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The M3 Masterlist — the most complete and accurate guide to all of the
events and happenings throughout the week of March 4-10, 2004 in Miami — is
giving away a trip for two, including hotel, passes to the M3 Summit, and a
new Motorola phone. Think South Beach in March, and enter to win. |
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LECTURE
Marc Abrahams
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| when: | Tue 1.27 (8pm) |
| where: | Caltech Beckman Auditorium (332 S Michigan Ave, Pasadena, 888.222.5832) |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | Marc Abrahams has amassed an astonishing assortment of remarkable research in science and technology, specializing in the weird and wonderful. Founder of the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research, Abrahams is also responsible for the Ig Nobel Prizes, which, each year, celebrate the unusual and honor the imaginative. The 2003 Ig Noble Award for Physics went to the team responsible for "An Analysis of the Forces Required to Drag Sheep over Various Surfaces." Always a plentiful resource for fascinating conversational nuggets, Abrahams doles out the knowledge ammunition for free tonight at Beckman Auditorium. (SN)
  
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| | When it comes to advances in multimedia, RES Media Group is there, whether in print with their RES magazine or with their RESFEST Digital Film Festivals. This screening kicks off a monthly showcase for innovative exercises in digital media, made even more exciting by its location in the Egyptian Theatre, a perfect place to soak up any kind of cinema. The lineup features fresh pieces from the likes of design über-genius Geoff McFetridge along with guest speakers and tweaked new videos from the Chemical Brothers and Air. Air's video features racy "art-porn" footage that can't be shown on MTV, so plug in, turn on, and turn out for this worthy new addition to LA cinemania. (MD)
 Geoff McFetridge created the title sequence for which 1999 film set in Grosse Pointe, MI? The third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event and a RESFEST DVD.
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| | Anchee Min reads from her latest novel, Empress Orchid — the first in a trilogy that steps into the shoes of Tzu Hsi, or Orchid — who entered China's Forbidden City at the age of 17 as a concubine, and left as the emperor's most trusted advisor. Min (author of Red Azalea and Becoming Madame Mao, which similarly steps into the female footprints of a historical figure) brings her readers into a portrait intricately woven with details based on extensive research. Min promises two additional volumes that trace Orchid's rise to leadership over the next several decades. (JF)
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| | Los Angeles loves a good drama with a touch of noir. Culling from his own dark chest of experiences as editor emeritus of show biz trade bible Variety, the always enigmatic (and über-insider) Peter Bart presents and signs his book Dangerous Company: Dark Tales From Tinseltown, in which he weaves tales of Hollywood via the ever-popular blind item, the dropped name, and the loaded innuendo. Like You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, Bart's unraveling of the Hollywood myth entertains as it indicts, keeping us mesmerized the whole time. (JF)
In what year was Variety first published? The first correct answer wins a signed copy of Dangerous Company (you must attend this event to claim your prize).
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FILM: Double Feature
Laura (1944) and The Man with Bogart's Face (1980)
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| when: | Wed 1.28 (7:30pm) |
| where: | Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Blvd, 323.466.FILM) |
| price: | $9 |
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| | When it comes to film noirs, Laura stands near the top. An exercise in visionary voyeurism worthy of Hitchcock, it investigates the apparent murder of a beautiful woman (the incandescent Gene Tierney) with whom everyone seems to be unhealthily obsessed, be she living or dead. This 1944 classic from director Otto Preminger is actually considered a "white" noir, because it forgos noir's typical high-contrast shadow chiaroscuro used to create ominous atmosphere; everything is well-lit and clear, with only Preminger's evocative, hypnotic camera movements to manipulate you through the narrative. Even more twisted, The Man with Bogart's Face is a 1980 cult oddity about a cop who has plastic surgery so he resembles Humphrey Bogart. (MD)
Note: A discussion with Hollywood legend Marvin Paige, actor Robert Sacchi, actress Michelle Phillips, and screenwriter/novelist Andrew J. Fenady follows.
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| | Elizabeth Peyton is one of the most popular — and populist — painters of her generation. Her beguiling pictures of the "companions" that populate her world (from friends to favorite celebs) made her an icon in the battle for the resurgence and relevance of figurative painting. Straightforward to the point of seeming naive, her colorful, dramatic potraits are in fact sophisticated, not only accessible but intimate. Peyton has galvanized a generation of visual artists who never lost their love of the physical world and the creatures that inhabit and shape it. (SND)
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| | The Greyboy Allstars attract more than the Volkswagen-driving, neo-hippie scene. The Allstars, who've been on a recording hiatus since A Town Called Earth (1997), twist funk, improvisational jazz, and hip hop styles into effortless grooves that focus less on repetition and more on springboarding into acid-jazz freakouts of melody and dissonance. Led by DJ Greyboy (appropriately) and ex-Lenny Kravitz saxman Karl Denson, the Allstars reimagine P-Funk as played by reverent, true-blue jazz-heads. (AB)
What is DJ Greyboy's real name? The first two correct answers each win a copy of Rewind! 3, Ubiquity Records' new remix compilation.
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| | J-Rocc hails from the mighty, mighty Beat Junkies, so named because their mighty, crate-diggin' beats are as infectious as this winter's flu. The Beat Junkies started as an award-winning turntablist crew, and they brought those skills to indelible dusty grooves for the likes of Dilated Peoples. One of LA underground hip hop's best spinners, J-Rocc slices and dices classic breaks and beyond for a funky vinylicious mishmash bar none. In the intimate confines of Gabah, with the poppin', lockin', and breakin' old-school vibe of the Root Down party's up-for-it clientele, J-Rocc is sure to rock your world. (MD)
Which two artists co-founded the Beat Junkies with J-Rocc in 1992? The first ten correct answers each win a Jaylib vs. J-Rocc sampler CD.
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FESTIVAL
CEAIT Festival
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| when: | Fri 1.30 (8:30pm) |
| where: | REDCAT (631 W 2nd St, 213.237.2800) |
| price: | $24 |
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| | CEAIT stands for CalArts' forward-thinking Center for Experiments in Art, Information, and Technology, which makes this multimedia showcase a unique and unforgettable experience. Over three days, a multitude of artists and performers too long to list invades not just CalArts' Roy O. Disney Music Hall, but also REDCAT, the space in Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall devoted to more intimate, experimental works, to assault the senses with new and surprising manipulations of technology. (MD)
Note: This event also takes place on Sat 1.31 and Sun 2.1 (8:30pm).
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| | Pop-punk impresario Ted Leo gracefully fuses his DC hardcore roots and political meanderings with powerfully catchy melodies. The ex-Chisel frontman's unpretentious vocal and lyrical stylings and technically impressive strumming skills stun. Supporters the Fiery Furnaces are neither husband and wife, nor Liza and David, nor Siegfried and Roy. They are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger, siblings from Chicago who have lately settled in Brooklyn. Their debut album, Gallowsbird's Bark, is a charmingly amateurish entry into the sparse pop style of Young Marble Giants, though it occasionally ventures into a more raucous Fall-like vein (the primary basis of their rocking live show). (CT & YS)
What is the name of Ted Leo's brother, who happens to have co-founded Chisel and appears on Ted Leo's Hearts of Oak? The first three correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | It's just another day for a local clerk in a New Jersey convenience store. Or is it? Kevin Smith's directorial debut, Clerks, earned the highest award at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival. This low-budget, black-and-white movie starred friends and members of his production team, spawning such memorable characters as the infamous convenience store slackers Jay and Silent Bob (Jason Mewes and Smith) and Dante (Brian O'Halloran), the man behind the counter at the Quick Stop — all of whom went on to appear in Smith's other films, including Mallrats, Chasing Amy, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Smith appears in person at this tenth anniversary presentation. (NL)
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| | Making its only West Coast showing direct from its acclaimed run at New York's P.S. 1, this exhibition features a large series of paintings and collages responding to the artist's discovery of his own alarmingly extensive FBI file. Exposing not only the government's dizzying degree of access to our private lives, but also Mesches' perspective on three decades of our country's social history, this is one of the most important art shows of the year. Led by NPR's Tony Kahn and featuring the artist as well as LA's own civil liberties superstar Tom Hayden, the discussion addresses the individual, creative, and societal implications of government surveillance. They're watching you. (SND)
Note: Arnold Mesches is also speaking on Thur 1.29 (7:30pm) in conjunction with the FBI Files exhibit, showing Fri 1.30 through Sun 3.28.
Journalist/professor Jon Wiener successfully sued the FBI to release the files collected from 1971 to 1972 on which musician? The first five correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | "Combat Baby" is a song about libidinous desires and "Succexy" is an antiwar song — if this discombobulates you a little, welcome to the world of Metric. Pop sensibilities are turned to commentary, but always with a playfulness that ensures it's never overdone. Live, their music is shaped by the presence of singer Emily Haines, channeling early Blondie at center stage. While such comparisons alone aren't a half-bad recommendation, with fresh lyrics and creative melodies, Metric also kick out a sound that's truly their own. (AD)
Note: South headlines this show.
Why should the US convert to the metric system? The first ten answers each win a copy of Metric's Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? and our favorite answer also wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | Longtime player Danny Krivit is no stranger to making the floor move. A frequent patron of hotspots such as the Loft and Paradise Garage, Krivit rose to fame during the '70s while playing to New York's most world-renowned dance floors. Soon adding production credits to his résumé, by the time he opened Body and Soul with François K and Joe Claussell in 1996, Krivit had become a legend in his own time. Feel the heat tonight as Krivit graces LA with his soulful style, drawing from a collection of wax that's said to carry more than 50,000 classic and contemporary gems. (AM)
Krivit's father once managed which prolific West Coast jazz trumpeter/vocalist? The first five correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | LA-based independent imprint Utensil Recordings strives to drive house music in fresh directions, drawing on the skills of recognized producers as well as unknown talents. Celebrate its third, fourth, and fifth releases tonight as Balance welcomes Om Records staples Kaskade and Rithma, along with LA favorite and production whiz Lance DeSardi, to drop a mix of deep and funky beats designed to delight both house purists and dance music lovers alike. A hot bet for Saturday nights, Balance tends to draw a sizeable mass, and with tonight's mega-lineup, it's about to get even hotter. (AM)
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PERFORMANCE
Susan Silton: Tornado in a Box
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| when: | Sun 2.1 (3-5pm) |
| where: | Angles Gallery (2230 Main St, Santa Monica, 310.396.5019) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Susan Silton has an interest in the hidden character of ordinary things, for example the compelling imprecision of language, as many different, even opposite meanings can be seen to inhabit the same word. She also takes an interest in larger ideas, such as photography's disingenuous claim to truth and impartiality, and the impossibility of defining or controlling nature. In her latest artist's book, Tornado in a Box, Silton weaves together all these big ideas, combining appropriated and digitally altered photographs from storm chasers with the collected topical works of 24 acclaimed artists. This event includes not only readings by the contributors, but also performances by lyric soprano Tania Themmen and contortionist Bonnie Morgan. (SND)
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FILM: Double Feature
Dead Ringers (1988) and Videodrome (1983)
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| when: | Sun 2.1 (5pm) |
| where: | Egyptian Theatre (6712 Hollywood Blvd, 323.466.FILM) |
| price: | $9 |
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| | Writer/director David Cronenberg is not afraid to explore the dark, sticky psychosexual corners of human consciousness. His films hover defiantly between the sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and thriller genres, submerging the audience in tales that explore the inevitable and often treacherous relationships between man and technology. In Dead Ringers, Jeremy Irons masterfully plays twin fertility doctors who become dangerously obsessed with their godlike powers to cure. In Videodrome, James Woods fights against a television broadcast that controls, reprograms, and destroys the mind. For better or worse, Cronenberg sees technology not as separate or alien forces, but as a disturbing reflection of our own latent desires. (ES)
Note: A discussion with David Cronenberg takes place after the films.
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| | Interested in helping to solve a real-life murder mystery? In the past decade, more than 300 young women have been abducted, raped, and murdered in the maquiladora factory town of Juarez, Mexico, just south of the Texas border. No one has been brought to justice. On February 13 and 14, an international demonstration takes place in Juarez organized by the activist groups CodePink and V-Day. In preparation, CodePink and SPARC present this screening of Lourdes Portillo's powerful documentary about the issue. Watch it and consider participating in a different kind of Mexican getaway this Valentine's Day. (RK/QofV)
When is International Women's Day 2004? The first two correct answers wins a pair of tickets to this event and a CodePink t-shirt.
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| | A modern mix of deep lyrics, moody melodies, and haunting instrumentation, Elephonic are a talented collection of four friends led by vocalist Anne Montone, whose angelic voice sends shivers down the spine of anyone with a heart. Often elusive, whether playing soulful downtempo, sexy trip-hop, or experimental broken-beat, their intimate show leaves you pondering the meaning of life, love, and, yes, happiness. Likewise, with their self-released EP, Musicmakers, having recently hit shelves, Elephonic's star fast rises. (AM)
Who produced Elephonic's Musicmakers? The first three correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event, with the very first correct answer also winning a copy of this EP.
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| | If you reach back in your mind past today's soupy California pop rock, you may remember the raucous live shows and unnerving arrogance of punk. LA band the Vacation, formerly the Sons, bring a gritty yet highly accessible punk sound to their aptly titled debut EP, They Were the Sons. With such pounding, anthem-worthy tracks as "No Hard Feelings" and "Trash," it's no wonder they have the Brits drooling and Beck producer Terry Hoffer wooing them to sign on to the Fierce Panda label. (HC)
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| | Check out the less-staid section of the Walt Disney Concert Hall — otherwise known as the REDCAT Theatre (actually an acronym for the Roy and Edna Disney Theatre) — for one of Astrid Hadad's surreal, inspired performances. A sort of political cabaret artist for the postmodern era, Hadad blends visual-, musical-, and movement-based absurdity, turning stereotypes inside out. Hailing from Mexico City, she proves that the traditional sounds of ranchero, son, and bolero music can be injected into today's dizzying world. Take a multilingual trip with Astrid and hum the revolution. Ay! (JF)
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| | Variety leads to a spicy life, but sometimes the search for it in LA can take a full day of driving. Not so this week, as upscale art mall Bergamot Station hosts two great shows literally 30 feet from each other. Mitchell Syrop (at Rosamund Felsen) uses text as a weapon of visual composition; his work quite often consists of a sensually painted phrase of indeterminate origin, incisive wit, and haunting portent. Opposite Syrop (literally and figuratively) is modern watercolor master Till Freiwald (at Mark Moore), whose untitled portraits defy the unruly waifishness of watercolor to produce luminous, fleshy, crisp, and evocative images on an unconventionally large scale. (SND)
Note: Don't miss Gail Dawson in Mark Moore's project room; she creates tiny, semi-abstract paintings based on stills from her earlier video pieces, like Rorschachs in reverse.
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ART
Robert Mapplethorpe: Pictures, Pictures
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| when: | Sat 1.31 - Sat 3.13 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm) |
| where: | Marc Selwyn Fine Art (6222 Wilshire Blvd, 323.933.9911) |
| price: | FREE |
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Robert Mapplethorpe |
| | Shows such as this one, wherein a well-respected contemporary artist curates a presentation of works by an iconic, influential, and deceased artist, create a multitude of subplots. For fans of Mapplethorpe, this is LA's first large-scale survey of the fine-art rock god in far too long. For fans of curator Catherine Opie, this presents a rare glimpse into her motives and ideals by investigating how she imposes her vision on Mapplethorpe. For fans of human psychology and creative generation gaps, it's a fertile look into the nature of artistic influence. Watch how Opie's frankly sociopolitical landscapes resolve themselves with Mapplethorpe's homoerotic classicism. (SND)
Note: The opening for this exhibit, which inaugurates Marc Selwyn Fine Art's new space on Wilshire Blvd, takes place on Sat 1.31 (6-8pm).
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| CD REVIEW: Romanowski, Steady Rocking |
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Future Primitive Sound
Released November 2003
$9.00 (The Giant Peach)
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San Francisco's longtime party-rocking DJ makes no mystery of his inclinations on Steady Rocking, which, as the subtitle makes clear, features him Inna Jamaican Stylee. And what a style! Technically an EP, this collection of six songs (and three remixes from J. Boogie, Jack Dangers, and the Gadget) covers far more territory than many roots-ripping long-players. Check "Flat Picker" (featuring Poets of Rhythm's Jan Whitefield), in which deadweight bass drums go blaaap under curiously out-of-tune country blues guitar. "Why?" — featuring acid jazz vet Jacko Peake on sax — reinvents bluebeat with a flurry of samples and a cool, gusting solo. And "Chalice" and "Speaking Of" both send shivers down the spine, splicing classic vocal fragments into Romanowski"s drum-heavy, echo-perplexed sound. The looping piano and falsetto counterpoint on "Speaking Of" make it the saddest sampladelia since RJD2's "Here's What's Left." (Dangers' remake of the tune, true to form, drowns its sorrows in waves of delay that spool out like smoke rings.) (PHS)
This review is courtesy of Earplug, a twice-monthly music newsletter produced by Flavorpill Productions.
Jacko Peake was one of many trumpeters to appear on a 1997 album by what reggae greats?
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| WEB STALKER: Beinghunted.com |
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Launched in 2001 as a resource to track down rare sneakers, toys, and clothing labels, Beinghunted now hunts down pretty much anything you'd want to find that represents the leading edge of urban culture. And their reviews of new magazines, events, and artists do live up to their motto, "We'll let you know. First." Check out current features on Made magazine, the DVD Dithers (which we've seen, and think is incredible), and the sneaker scene in Munich. They've also got an online store to buy your caps and tees, and a global event calendar. (CH)
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| STREAMS: dublab |
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When they knock on your front door, how you gonna come? With your hands on your head or on the trigger of your bun? Ccccck: "This is team dublab! We've got you surrounded! Come out with your hands up and get down!" And then the party starts, and it's bobbies booty shaking and perps pulsating, and this whole crime rigmarole gets fixed in a snap. It's the revolving wax of justice and it takes a byte out of time like Kevin Bacon's moves at the end of Footloose. "I thought this was a party! Let's dance!" (Leave it to the labrats to tie your shoelaces.) (YS)
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