An entire mural in a day? Well let's say more like two weeks, according to Laura Campos. She and fellow artist and collaborator, Carlo Quispe, spent almost two years trying to get permission to paint their visionary tripped-out space alien demonic world on this East 2nd Street (Ave C) wall. Apparently this structure had been home to druggies and shooting deaths in the past and has been locked up and vacant for years-- but with persistence and sensitive negotiating with the neighbors, the two of them managed to finish the work this past weekend.
East Second Street says thanks a million-- it's wonderful having this beautiful work to pass by and admire every day.
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Posted on 8/18/2008
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On my way home from work yesterday and I reach the Apple Store location on Prince Street and hit a wall of barricades, cops, and hundreds of young teenage girls who all have a look on their faces like they need to find a restroom, bad.
I knew they were not part of the current iPhone cult, and since many of them were standing there with their moms in attendance, I also knew that they all had the good sense to pop into a restaurant to use the loo if my first impression made any sense, which of course I knew it didn't.
So I asked a mom nearby what all the hubbub was about and she says "It's the Jonas brothers, dude." Gosh, when moms start calling you dude you reallyfeel like you're in some kind of generational time warp.
Yikes-- sirens, SUV movement, crackling dispatches, adolescent shrieks fillthe air. "It's the Jonas brothers, dude."--
I am so out of here . . . .
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Posted on 8/13/2008
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Last Thursday we witnessed a breathtaking display of ping pong artistry featuring the three great female players dueling dueling their professional male counterparts, along with a full-blown film session covering the event, plus a bonus star sighting of Susan Sarandon, a ping pong enthusiast in her own right.
What was up with the film session, the repeated takes, make-up artists-- or the old-school sandpaper paddles? Turns out that Frank, Jonathan, and Bill are pitching Naked Ping Pong as a possible TV series, much in the same way that World Series of Poker is aired on cable television. Since the criticism of ping pong on TV has always been that the speed of the game does not allow for favorable viewing in a televised format, the use of sandpaper creates a slower paced game, that not only can be followed more easily, it also levels the playing field slightly for those novice to average players who are eaten for lunch by more professional level players using tacky rubber surfaces made in China and Japan.
The event ran from 2pm to 6pm at Ceco Studios in the West Village and did stay primarily focused on the filming technicalities, but those in attendance were treated to some great displays of pong expertise, celebrity tricks, and were also invited to step up into the camera lights and put their own game on digital tape for the show. Wouldn't it be awesome to see men and women, young and old, duking it out on tv for prizes, cash, and celebrity stardom? I for one say amen to that-- beats boring poker any day . . .
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Posted on 8/12/2008
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