Ghostly International

Came across an interesting albeit occasionally pretentious video on Current TV featuring the American electronic record label, Ghostly International. A lot of their tunage is pretty "ambient" - the hip alternative to classical for a massively efficient study sesh. But some of their stuff, particularly the track at 2:41 into the clip (maybe a Todd Osborn track?) got my head bobbin' with conviction. Even if the beats aren't for you, the Ghostly story, I'm sure you'll find, is pretty inspiring: cool dudes, gettin creative, gettin collaborative, gettin theirs.

If you're in Gotham and would like to catch Ghostly artists in action, you're in luck. Osborne plays with Depeche Mode writer/founder Martin Gore on July 24th at the beautiful Hiro Ballroom. Kate Simko takes a Spectral Residency victory lap at The Annex Matthew Dear breaks in new venue, Santo’s Party House on August 14th. To close out the summer, Matthew Dear and Ryan Elliott tag team at the venerable PS1 Warm Up outdoor events. See ya there-- Tostado in the houuuse.

Posted by Pan Tostado on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 12:01 PM 2 comments

Craig Wetherby's 1 Day Show on July 22nd

Craig Wetherby was born, raised, and still resides in NYC. Wetherby is a completely self taught photographer who started photographing his friends in 1992. Since then, and through his personal relationships, he's been able to acquire a STUPENDOUS & seemingly endless portfolio. Many of the world's most prominent musicians, athletes, artists, and entertainers have been photographed by Wetherby, including pretty much every hip-hopper you can name.

He's showing his work in an exhibition titled "The Good Life" on Tuesday, July 22nd @ Milk Gallery (450 West 15th Street, NYC) from 7-10PM for one day only, which sucks, but it'll make the ambiance of the gallery more fun.

Music at the event will be provided by hip-hop legends Prince Paul, Ricky Powell (aka Ricky the Rickster), and Smoke L.E.S.

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The Good Life! Photography by Craig Wetherby

Tuesday, July 22nd @ Milk Gallery 450 West 15th Street, NYC

RSVP here: events[at]frank151.com

photographs below: Prince Powell (NYC 2006), Fire Escape (Staten Island 1997), Ricky Powell (NYC 2005)

Posted by Madame Lamb on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at 7:29 AM 0 comments

Playing the Building

10 South Street, New York, NY (Map)
31 May – 10 August 2008
Open Friday, Saturday, Sunday: Noon – 6PM (Free)

(via David Byrne's Journal) Playing the building is a sound installation in which the infrastructure, the physical plant of the building, is converted into a giant musical instrument. Devices are attached to the building structure — to the metal beams and pillars, the heating pipes, the water pipes — and are used to make these things produce sound. The activations are of three types: wind, vibration, striking. The devices do not produce sound themselves, but they cause the building elements to vibrate, resonate and oscillate so that the building itself becomes a very large musical instrument.

More information and Anne Pasternak's interview with David Byrne here // Take a video tour inside the building:

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Posted by Pan Tostado on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 11:19 AM 0 comments

NY Design Week 2008

New York Design Week starts this week; Party Guide.

Tostado-certified, big-fun fête:

"Core77's Ping Pong Party
Party: Saturday May 17, 8pm-late
Join us in a secret Chinatown lair for a night of "Balls, Beats and Beers!". There are only two ways in, with a ping pong ball invite (we'll be around town handing them out), or by RSVP'ing right here."

Do it.

Posted by Pan Tostado on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 8:06 AM 0 comments

Creativity Now

If you're in NY next weekend, be sure to check out Tokion's Creativity Now Conference. Some big talent will be in the house. D Cross what what--

75 bones for the weekend, 45 for a day.

Posted by Pan Tostado on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 8:36 AM 0 comments