Rock-it Docket: second handed news

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

second handed news

Thanks for all the birthday messages last week. I am making a final push on extending my birthday party by djing at the Lamp Post tonight. Next Tuesday, my DPF (dance partner for life) Alix Nelson comes back to JC to make a special guest appearance. And for your calanders, mark the after party for the 4th Street Art and Music Festival on October 6th will be at the Lamp Post with me and Cootah on the decks.

Tonight, my funny girl, Melissa Surach hosts Babyhole at Toyeaters Studio. It's an open mike event that loves comedy and hates poetry, but must be torn between ironic poetry ? who knows ? So far, Melisa has recieved two death sonnets and one horrific haiku. I guess the pen is still mightier than the sword ?

Thanks you to everyone who came out to our art opening for Hiroshi Kumagai's Imposed Sancity last Thursday. The gallery is

open Saturday's from 12 to 6 pm and by appointment. In addition, we will have pictures posted soon.

On Thursday Night, JC's adoptees The Meltdowns play a free show at Otto's Shrunken Head in NYC.THere's a film screening at anthology film archive at 2nd/2nd in Manhattanat 8 pm. If you are in Newark, Joseph Waks has an reception at 27-mix and the C-WOW gallery has an opening. Their links are in the Control Center (scroll down - on your right)

This weekend I will be away at a wedding. The Hudson County One-act plays are in Hoboken on Friday and Saturday. On Friday Night, Lismore plays at the Crashin in Party at Gallapagos. On Saturday Night, Toy Eaters is having a grand throw down with House of Leaves, Bi-Polar J and Water Under Water Performing. In addition to the music, they have 6 video games to swallow your quarters. DJ Johnny Astronaut will be spinning and Norm will make the room pretty

with lights. The night is full of musical choicesm because Polyabuse and Tiger Wall Flip play the Iron Monkey and Gravitas plays the Lamp Post.

The Full -on

Please join me for the season's opening exhibition at the Jersey City Museum.
On view is my most recent window/floor installation.
The Jersey City Museum
Reception: Thursday, September 20
6:30pm-8:30pm
September 20, 2007 - February 24, 2008
350 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Call 201-413-0303 or visit?www.jerseycitymuseum.org for visiting information

SAM BISBEE w/ brad gunyon, dan green and jason hart thursday, september 20
8:45 PM
THE LIVING ROOM
151 LUDLOW (BELOW STANTON)
FREE

RED SAW GALLERY
presents Paintings
by Joe Waks

at 27 Mix 27 Halsey StNewark, New Jersey 07102http://27mix.com/ Please join Redsaw and Joe for a viewing and artist's reception onThursday, September 27, 20077:00 p.m. to whenever (Show runs from September 14 to October 4, 2007) Directions:click the link for google maps "Un Portrait de Dick Cheney" (click for image) Redsaw Gallery585 Broad StreetNewark, NJ 07102redsawart@gmail.comour website:www.redsawart.com

SEPTEMBER 20 - NOVEMBER 1, 2007: ON EVERY WALL“On Every Wall,” curated by Ben Goldman, headlines three shows that have their opening reception Thursday, September 20th, 2007 from 5-9pm at City Without Walls. Show dates and location: September 20 - November 1, 2007 at cWOW, 6 Crawford Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Free and open to the public Wednesdays-Fridays 12-6 pm and Saturdays 1-6 pm. “On Every Wall” explores the relationship between originals and reproductions as part of new venture to broaden consumer access to contemporary art. The exhibition debuts defEYE™ productions, a three-year project of United Visual Arts LLC (UVA) to manufacture and distribute affordable, museum-quality, hand-signed, limited-edition digital prints in a unique consumer-friendly display system. defEYE™ productions will be available for purchase and ready-to-hang at $299, alongside the original works by artists Michael Amter, Emanuele Cacciatore, Edmund Jan Kounitz, Hiroshi Kumagai, Greg Leshé, Scherezade Garcia, Peter Walsh, Elizabeth Cooper, Manuela Paz, Alejandra Villasmil, and Emma Wilcox. See the first edition and order online here: Catalog Art Products Custom Services Shipping & HandlingFor more info and help ordering, call 973-622-1188 or email info@cwow.org

THURSDAY 9/20Elysian Cafe 9:30pmDouble Horn Quartet!My man Russ just moved to town, so come help us throw down. Lotsa fun.w/ Russ Kirk - alto saxMyself - tenor & sopranoNoel Sagerman - drumsJoe Bussey - basswww.elysiancafe.com1001 Washington StHoboken, NJ 07030THURSDAY 9/27DC'S Tavern 10:30pmMy favorite dive will host me once again!505 8th St HobokenNo Cover! Come on down!http://www.myspace.com/bryanbeninghove
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Hi again,We have ANOTHER nyc show this Friday. i.e. tomorrow.if you are one of the awesome bunch that have come to our last batch of shows... thank you so much!!!if you haven't seen us lately, come wish Penelope a Happy Birthday!!it's our last nyc area show til cmj... details below... email us for more info (times, etc).xxoo + <3'sLismore_________Friday, Sept 21.Crashin' In Presents:LismoreI Am The HeatCarol BuiAlan Astor-DJs: Oil(Kanine Records) and Gerald(Other Music)10:00pm-4:00amCover: $8Galapagos70 North 6th Street (between Kent and Wythe)Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NYhttp://www.crashinin.com/----------------------

Sorry for the extra email, but here's more stuff that I almost forgot about.I have three shows this week and I'm doing completely different things in all of them. Besides tonight's BabyHole Open Mic, you can see me in the following: Hamilton Morris Psychedelic Comedy HourI'll be doing stand upFriday, September 21st, midnight (I assume they mean 12 am on the 22nd)Mo Pitkins34 Avenue ANew York, NYSweet Face, Sour Puss My reading series. I'll be reading humorous essays and faux-etry at a hair salon and everyone will be uncomfortable, including me.Saturday, September 22, 3 pmBalance18 Eerie StreetJersey City, NJThanks!Melissa SurachPS If you want off this list, let me know.

Sounds of Greg D are pleased to present these real nice out of the area gigs..
The band:
Arne Wendt - keys
Greg D - guitar, vocals, songs
Dave Dreiwitz - bass
Eric Slick - drums
http://myspace.com/gregsounds
(new photo of Greg D & James B...heh!)
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Fri Sept 28th
@
The Khyber
56 S.Second St
Philadelphia....$8
http://thekhyber.com
9:30 - Overlook
10:30 - American Babies
11:30 - Sounds of Greg D
12:30 - Crescent Moon
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Sat Sept 29th
@
Alley Katz
10 Walnut Alley
Richmond, Virginia....$6
http://alleykatzrva.com
10pm - MiCROjOY
11pm - Sounds of Greg D
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Sun Sept 30th
@
Ziggy's
433 Baity St
Winston-Salem, North Carolina....$7
http://ziggyrock.com
9pm - Sounds of Greg D
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New Location - Just Behind City Hall : 6th Borough Market

FIRST THURSDAY TIKI PARTY AT DC"s TAVERN

03-06 8 pm Put some Class in your Grass Skirts 8pm DC's Tavern Hoboken : So the crew behind D.C.’s Taverns First Thursdays has decided to go to Hawaii. We’re having a Tiki Party! With a very special guest, the one and only Rum Queen, Natalie Jacob of Papa's Pilar Rum! John Ernst and Joe Donohue are donning Grass Skirts while shaking their coconuts behind the bar. Zoey Ramone will be back in her little tattoo shack and of course I’ll be spinning all things Hawaii, Surf, Skate, Lounge and anything else that reminds you of Summer. So catch a wave, walk don’t run or ski or use the Light Railbut get to D.C.’s Tavern this First Thursday because it is TIKI TIME!

PATHS THAT CROSS : Photography Show at 313 Gallery

03/01 & JCF 5 to 9 pm : Paths That Cross is a visual art experience comprised of works both in photography and video. The work reflects the artists finding their own space in this song to create and reflect. Faet artists : Allana Clarke, Cristine Posner, Gabriella Chavez, Cathleen Marie Thérèse Parra, Kelly Schirmer, Fredrick Macaraeg, Amanda Unger, Rita Jimenez, Roxana Zavala Marroquin, Melissa Büsing, Dakota Santiago, Albamaria Escalante, Kathleen Odenthal, Grace Morchel, and Leona Strassberg Steiner.

17 Year Cicada - New Works by Kayt Hester

SAT 08/24 @ 9pm Port-o- Lounge he 17 Year Cicada – New Art Work by Kayt Hester – opens August 24th at Port- O Lounge, one of the handful of downtown Jersey City restaurants/art galleries that, by presenting to new audiences, up & coming and established local artists, are transforming the New York Metropolitan area Art World. As the title of the exhibition suggests, this edition of the yearly Hester Summer Showcase coalesces around the theme of Magicada Cicadas – the species of cicadas that only appear every 17 years. Her more recent work also expands her use of texture and color. Augmenting her black masking tape are new, extraordinary details made of brightly colored, metallic tape. She also has incorporated embroidery to canvases, essentially embedding 21st century needlepoint within her tape illustrations.

21st Annual Pagan Thanksgiving Dinner

MONDAY Nov 21st 7 pm @ Halcyon [Montclair, NJ] Bring you best side dish, cash bar, donations accepteed for the Human Needs Food Pantry. The 21st Annual Pagan Thanksgiving Feast Where: Halcyon, 114 Walnut Street, Montclair (Next door to Egan's. Parking in back or at the train station) When: The Monday Before Thanksgiving - November 21, 2011 Why: Libations - 7 PM, Dinner - 8:30 (we promise multiple food stations this year!) Who: Everyone, and anyone you want to bring, all are welcome. How: Remember to bring a side dish or homemade dessert Bonus!: Get your muscles primed for the Annual Wishbone Grudge Match! The 21st Pagan Thanksgiving Feast is upon us and from every nook and cranny the weird and wonderful will gather for an evening of full throated frivolity! We will gorge and devour! We will cackle and hoot! Glasses will empty, plates will be licked clean! In the end we will be emerge with bursting bellies, fizzy heads and murky memories. This year we are back at HALCYON in Montclair (next door to Egan's). Feel free to invite any demons you desire: friends and neighbors, families and co-workers, the more the merrier. We'll cook up the turkeys, the ham, the potatoes and the stuffing. All you need to bring is your momma's best side dish or a homemade dessert. No need to bring booze - the bar will be open all night. Every year, we pass the hat to benefit the Human Needs Food Pantry, which has enriched the lives of Montclair residents since 1982.

We Come in Peace | Annual House Party

click for pictures || Four different music rooms with Two different dance floors If you aren't familiar with our house parties: This is an all inclusive deal[ there plenty of cheep free beer and wine [but we also have a premium cash bar] Come in costume [alien, indian, UN peacekeeper, hippie] make an effort. People like to tlak to people in costume, and you want to talk with them. Come in mixed company [if we wanted to have a sausage party I'd go to the Italian Deli] Have fun be safe and be respectful of people [you are in my apartment] +++++If you think that you are that special that you don't need to pay or don't want to pay at least $5 to come, then take your $5 and see how far it gets somewhere else ++++++

3rd annual dj leonard smalls birthday bash

Sat. Dec 4th at Lucky Sevens | Live music by TFTHC, In Musth, Aminial | DJ's Leonard Smalls, Dancing TOny , Caligula | please note, the annual dj leonard smalls drive for the York St. project will also kick-off on december 4th. like last year, please try and bring something to help the single mother's of jersey city this holiday season and each donation gets you a 1/2 priced draft or well drink (one per visit). plenty of items are needed, such as diapers, wipes, bottles, cleaning supplies, bathing supplies, unopened toys, school supplies, non-perishable food, etc. please help make this holiday season a little brighter for those less fortunate

58 Gallery Reunion Show

Opening F 6 to 9 pm Mary Benson Galleryey everybody, there once was this place called 58 gallery in dtjc showed some of the best art around by some of the best emerging artist around, it coupled the shows with sounds and visuals "that would create an atmosphere unlike any in nyc" holland cotter ny times...and it did a bunch of other things to strengthen the artist community between 2002-2012. it closed in 2012. some of the pioneers and trendsetters of that time are gathering for the start of this amazing series of shows. stay tuned for more info. www.fifty8.com

The Attic Ensemble Presents

Nov 7 to 18h @ Barrow Mansion | August, 1949. A fascinatingly realistic picture of routine cases brought into a bustling metropolitan police station in the course of an evening. Out of the welter of human misery, vice and foolishness there emerges the moving case of a decent young man who has stolen money from his employer; a hardened criminal dragging his young friend down with him; a lawless NJ "gardener" with a corrupt lawyer; and others. In the throes of the tumult is Detective McLeod -- a man whose black & white vision of justice will be challenged by the woman he loves most: his wife. A cast of 22 men and women will bring this drama of truth and consequences to life on the stage.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

second handed news