With MCA passing and a whole grip of other related topics, I am missing New York more and more. Love and respect to the families and loved ones.
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The Beastie Boys play live on Chappelle’s Show [Unaired Footage] (by BIuejay)
Why wasn’t this aired??
Gering & Lopez Gallery: Todd James
The Gering & Lopez Gallery will be exhibiting a new Todd James show starting March 1st and running through April 21st. The gallery will also being show a Ryan Mcginness show starting in May that looks to be far out.
For more information, you must learn.
Rammellzee: The Equation
The Suzanne Geiss Foundation will be having their inaugural exhibit starting March 8th with the work of New York graffiti mystic Rammellzee. The elusive artist, to me, captures the essence of a true New York creative. Pre internet, pulling from sources not of this world, and for Hip Hop standards on some real/other shit.
The collection of Letter Racers is being shown for the first time in New York.
For more information, you must learn.
Makin With The Freak Freak
I once DJed an opening in Houston Texas that was to showcase Ramm’s work. His work showed, Ramm didn’t make it. I was incredibly excited to get a few words in with the myth, but our paths never crossed. His work lives on, and it looks like we will finally start seeing more of it soon.
“Rammellzee’s Work and Reputation Re-emerge” - Via The New York Times. Learn you something about this dude!
Queens Museum Of Art: Frank Oscar Larson
This past weekend saw the opening of what looks like an amazing collection of New York street photography from banker by day, relatively undiscovered photographer, Frank Oscar Larson. The show is based around the photos taken during the 1950’s and 60’s in the Queens area amongst other New York locations. The sample shots via the Gothamist are inspiring and I am excited to see the rest of the show this weekend.
For more information + a visit to the seldom mentioned Queens Museum, you must learn.
Speaking of Beastie Boys, this has been on repeat in the Samsung for the last month and has sparked my wanting to skate New York.
Ironically, yesterday was the 18th year anniversary of the release of this collection. Go buy that shit.
Grimey NYC
Animal New York posted these great photos of New Old York from back when it was on some real shit.
You must learn.
Discussing New York: Bruce Davidson
I write this as I am listening to Willie Nelson’s Red Headed Stranger.
I am an outsider in this metropolis. Though I have absorbed the New York we see in films and photos through out my youth, I am now apart of landscape. I live and breath New York everyday….mostly Brooklyn. The city has seen some outrageous times and luckily there is always someone there to document it.
Bruce Davidson took to the dangerous subways of NYC in 1980 to document the characters that made the city what it was. Though we have the fear of terrorism constantly shoved down our throats now, and photographers have been arrested for simply taking a shot while in the subway, Davidson had his own, more immediate, issues. Stick up kids and general craziness were no stranger to the trains back then and he tells us a little about his process and preparation to shoot these beautiful photos.
Thanks to Petapixel for the great article.
You must learn
The Boombox Project
Though I was nowhere near New York in the hay day of Hip Hop/Boombox culture, I remember going to the flea market with my family in San Antonio and always wanting one of the knock off boomboxes this one vendor had.
I would ask my parents almost every time and just stare at the massive boxes as we walked by. I never got one.
Photographer/ Creative Anthropologist, Lyle Owerko, documents the amazing models of stereos in his latest book The Boombox Project. This short film directed by Paul Stone, gives us a closer look into Owerko’s thoughts of cultural significance for the works he does.
Cost + Revs
Walking The Highline this weekend for the first time ever, I didn’t realize this historical roller was along the way. Thank goodness they kept it! The wear on this is beautiful.
I can’t tell you how much of an influence both Cost and Revs were to me and my friends back in Texas. It made us want to go bigger and crazier.
These Americans: The Gangs Of New York
These Americans posted a great photo series from photographer Laurent Corbel. The series takes on the street gangs of New York which has been a popular subject as of late here on MMM.
You must learn.
A powerful tribute to 9/11 by the crew at Dear Photograph. These particular photos were taken by Jason Powell.
Rubble Queens
Don’t think the ladies weren’t in full effect at the world premier of Rubble Kings. Rocking their colors proudly and standing by their men, these ladies were just as much a historical part in New York street culture as their male counterparts.
William Basinski’s Disintegration Loops Live
New York City Event / Experimental Performance
Ten years have gone by since New York City came under attack. I won’t go into conspiracy theories and my thoughts on what really happened, but the fact remains that the act is forever with us and will always be remembered in such a horrific way.
Though speculation runs rampant as to how true this is. An eery parallel came to exist when experimental composer William Basinski stated after transferring some of his early works from magnetic tape, they were disintegrating during the process. He managed to transfer the work and was reportedly listening to the crumbling tape loops on his apartment rooftop the morning of Sept 11th all the while The World Trade Center too was crumbling.
Regardless of the folklore behind the haunting tape loops, the captured audio remains some of my personal favorite music of the last decade.
With a decade behind us, this Sunday marks the anniversary of 9/11 and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in conjunction with ISSUE Project Room will have a live performance of Basinski’s The Disintegration Loops.
The performance is free and open to the public.
For more information, you must learn.
::BONUS::
If you are not familiar with his work, here is one piece from the above mentioned collection. 2.2
