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Influential Beat Poet Ira Cohen is in immediate need. Read this article to find out why and how you can help!
Full Story »GAZELLE – Afro-Future Electro “Lim Pop” From South Africa
South Afrikaan Electro-Roots “Lim Pop” band Gazelle, balance traditional African culture and Western pop music effortlessly, at the same time as making a name in the fashion world.
Full Story »JAMES JOYCE / HARRY CROSBY – “Work in Progress”
A nice scribbled on page by Harry Crosby from James Joyce’s as yet unpublished manuscript of Finnegans Wake for the legendary Transition magazine.
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Tom Estes stages a “Sewing Performance” at the Tate Modern as part of Post-Museum’s contribution to “Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents.”
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Full Story »SEBASTIAN HORSLEY – Dead at 47
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Full Story »DOLLAR SIGNS — Mumtaz’s Meditations On Root Of All Evil
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Full Story »KEION-BU and DANNY CHOO – Japanese High School Photolog
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Full Story »OHNO KAZOU – You will be missed.
A dance legend passes away, and takes an art form with him. Butoh legend Ohno Kazou passes away at age 103.
Full Story »ORDERED EPHEMERA — A Cure for Listlessness
Kurt Vonnegut once wrote, “History is merely a list of surprises. It can only prepare us to be surprised once again.” With that sentiment in mind, jot down “check out an archival exhibit of artists’ lists” on your to-do list.
Full Story »HYPERBOLIC CROCHET CORAL REEF
The Hyperbolic Coral Reef takes Dublin by storm in a ball of yarn and mathematics. Plus, learn how to make your own — if you can understand the math.
Full Story »Somnambulist Factory Girls — Rodarte Revisions Maquiladora Exploitation for Profit
The Rodarte sisters’ Fall 2010 collection ruminates on the plight of female maquiladora workers and, in that process, lazily betrays the horror visited upon more than 400 las muertas de Juárez.
Full Story »GIUSEPPI LOGAN – 75th Birthday Party @ Issue Project Room, NY
Giuseppi Logan, the nearly forgotten and highly elusive Free-Jazz master, is having a big birthday bash at the Issue Project Room on May 14th with Befo’ Quotet and TAUOM.
Full Story »MUSIC FOR DOGS — Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed
Your dog is going to fall in love with Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed at a free concert that’s so high-frequency you won’t be able to hear it.
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Music and comic books keep colliding as out senses lose focus and we seek to rebel. Even better, this one’s helmed by two women and a man, so it’s not just big boobies and guns everywhere. Yay.
Full Story »POSTHUMAN LIMBS – Mind Controlled Prosthetic Arm
Claudia Mitchell is one of the world’s first volunteers to undergo nerve-rerouting surgery, as well as getting a brain-controlled prosthetic. This prosthetic arm is controlled with her mind!
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Western imperialism gave European museums a booty of treasure. Now Egypt wants some of that treasure to come back to where it was made.
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