Liu, Yvonne (yl28172@imcnam.sbi.com)
Fri, 16 Oct 1998 08:07:18 -0400
I received this the other day during my trek through
the NYC underground beats of Latin percussion, African thumps
and the house of Serge Gainsbourg;
turns my day into night ... Oops ! Wrong movie here !
* ahem *
Picture a slug against a yellow paper flyer:
' If this reminds you of your subway ride,
maybe it's time you demanded improvements to mass transit. '
' Unfortunately, while subway and bus use is way up,
service definitely isn't.
Seems like your commute is getting worse ? It is.
Transit ridership is way up, but service isn't - and that means
more crowded trains and buses. And slower trips.
Over the past year, 560,000 more riders have crowded
onto city subways and buses every weekday.
By 1999, there will be 1.1 million more daily riders.
The MTA just announced it would add service,
but it's nowhere near enough. By next year, weekday
subway ridership will have grown 17 percent since 1997.
But officials plan to add only 4 percent more service.
Bus ridership will grow 36 percent, but only 9 percent
more service is planned.
The result is elbow-in-the-ribs crowding and slower commutes.
Transit workers and supervisors are being pushed to their limits
trying to keep things moving safely and conveniently.
Don't stand for it ! Demand more service and increased
funding for transit.
END THE CRAWL. END THE CRUSH.
Call Governor Pataki at 212 681 4580.
Fax: 212 681 4643
Call Council Speaker Vallone at 212 788 7271.
Fax: 212 788 7269
Call Mayor Giuliani ( our city's DICK-tator )
at 212 788 3000, Fax: 212 788 0070,
24-hour Msg Center: 212 788 9600.
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OCT. 16th to 17th
RESFEST DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL
Resolution Independent, 1998
http://www.resfest.com/
Infoline: 212 613 1600
Directors Guild of America
110 West 57th St. at 6th Ave.
Subway: N, R to 57th St.
LONGFORM SHORTS
Friday, Oct. 16th @ 8 pm, 83 minutes
Five excellent new films including
"Jaunt," "Naked Pavement," "Prime Time,"
"The Rocking Horse Winner" and the
festival premiere of "Roadhead."
CINEMA ELECTRONICA
Friday, Oct. 16th @ 10 pm, 90 minutes
Rarely and never-before-seen electronic
music videos from Autechre, Howie B.,
Invisbl Skratch Piklz, Aphex Twin,
Underworld, DJ Spooky and more.
FUTURE OF FILMMAKING PANEL
Saturday, Oct. 17th @ 2 pm, 120 minutes
A panel discussion of the pros and cons of
digital filmmaking. Panelists incl. Broadcast
Designer James Sommerville of the Attik,
Motion Graphics Artist Boo Wong of
Curious Pictures and filmmaker Bennett Miller
("The Cruise") + more TBA.
Co-sponsored by ECDC and United Digital Artists.
THE LAST BROADCAST (feature)
Saturday, Oct. 17th @ 7 pm, 85 minutes
Acclaimed digital feature that Wired called
"a gritty 'Thin Blue Line' meets 'Blow Up' ... "
RESFEST SHORTS
Saturday, Oct. 17th @ 9 pm, 80 minutes
24 eclectic new short films from around the world.
Tickets are $10 per screening,
the all-event ResPass just $35.
Available at Mondo Kim's, X-Large,
and TLA Video.
Charge by phone 510 594 1400.
On the web at http://www.ticketweb.com
and at the DGA box office on show nights.
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Friday, Oct. 16th
RESPECT IS BURNING,
The Infamous Parisian Party.
Featuring DJs
DAFT PUNK
CASSIUS, Philippe Zdar and Boombass
FRANCOIS K, of Body & Soul
ROMANTHONY, cult underground house DJ
@ TWILO, 530 West 27th St., NYC
212 462 9422
http://www.twiloclub.com/
$20 w/flyer, $25 w/o.
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Friday, Oct. 16th
GATHERING FOR THE COMMUNITY GARDENS
A night in support for the survival of our city's community gardens
with performances and readings by John Wright, author of Outlaw.
Jeff Wright is the provisional Governor of Chico West Community
Garden. Tom Savage has published six books of poems,
including Brain Surgery Poems. Lola Rodriguez is author of Notes
from a Solitary Rhumba. Elizabeth Morse is the editor of Down
Under Manhattan Bridge.
@ 10:30 pm
Poetry Project @ St. Mark's Church
131 East 10th Street at 2nd Avenue.
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FRIDAY, OCT. 16th
WAR IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
a multi-media event with slides
from Seth Tobocman's New Book
Performance by Seth Tobocman
and Cenen, Music by John Wagner,
Cybelle Blood, Ilness, Others.
@ 7:30 pm sharp, $5
Exit Art, 548 Broadway
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FRIDAY, OCT. 16th
Tsunami presents
TOTALLY TWISTED
A night with Twisted UK Artists
Tsunami 24 hour infoline
212 439 8124
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Saturday, Oct. 17th
OTHER MUSIC + SOUNDLAB
launching http://www.othermusic.com/
9 pm to 4 am
Soundlab Cultural Alchemy infomix
212 726 1724
Live performances and special int'l guests,
including
AUTECHRE ( Warp Records, UK )
JIM O'ROURKE ( Drag City, Chicago )
STOCK, HAUSEN & WALKMAN ( Hot Air, UK )
NINTIN SAWHNEY ( Outcast Records )
ARTO LINDSAY ( Bar None )
PLAID ( Warp )
DJ SINGE ( Cultural Alchemy )
othermusic.com web launch party
@ Chelsea Arts Bldg.
508 West 26th St.
between 10th and 11th
Tix are $20 in advance at Other Music,
15 East 4th St., 212 477 8150.
You should really call NOW if you still need tix.
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Saturday, October 17th:
Junebug Productions brings you another night of Deep Jazzy Vibes
First, at 9 PM:
Artist Exhibition featuring the work of
Erica Diehl,
Justine Delaney,
and Carol T
Then, 11 PM 'till:
DJs
NAT
NICKODEMUS
MAMMAL
JASON DOUGLAS
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This party will take place in a private sound
studio in LIC = Excellent acoustics,
all nite dancin, tasty drinks, good vibes!
call (212) 560 5593 for directions
(its close to Manhattan, easy to get to)
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SATURDAYS, OCT. 17th & 24th
A Tech Fu Do Production
DIRECT DRIVE:
The Drum & Bass Series.
Two Nights Only !
Oct. 17th:
SEOUL
Your Host, Providing Bass
WALLY
AKA Pish Posh, New Album on Rawkus
LION
Jungle Nut, NYC; Nutty Music Group
CASSIEN
Audio Arcade's Forefront DJ
CHRIS THOMAS
Audio Arcade, Partner in Crime
Oct. 24th:
SEOUL
Tech Fu-Do Mastermind
E.C.T.
Rude FM, M.V.P., London, UK
CASSIEN
Resident, Rollin the Beats
LION
Resident, Droppin the Tunes
DEL MAR
Liquid Sky Music, Shaolin Fist
SOMATIC
Caipirinha Records
MCs POSI-D & CREST
Free giveaways, 2-4-1 drink specials
and ladies free before midnight.
@ Baktun
418 West 14th St.
between 9th and 10th Ave
10 pm to 4 am, 21+.
$7 with invite, $10 w/o.
Info: 212 613 0900
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Stop Rudy Giuliani From Selling Off Our
Community to the Highest Bidder
SAVE CHARAS / EL BOHIO !
Call Giuliani's Deputy Mayor, Joseph Lhota,
212 788 3137, give him this msg:
Tell Mayor Giuliani to call off the sale of
Charas/El Bohio. * Tell him that Charas
belongs to the community and should be sold
to those who invested sweat, time and money
to create it. (I) Demand to know who bought
the building and what they intend to use it for.
* (Block #392, Lot #10)
For more information on meetings, actions
and demonstrations: contact Charas/El Bohio
605 East 9th St. between Ave B and C,
212 982 9446.
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I'm shivering now at work.
It's about 8:05 am, I got in at an unearthly hour 6:45 am.
Ugh.
I'll be stopping by the Gathering for the Community Gardens
first tonite, after a looong disco nap & Scooby snack,
and then ( methinks perhaps ) Twilo for Respect is Burning.
I would very much like to check out Todd A.'s post
about the open mic Fridays at Pink Pony cafe.
Has anyone else ever been there ?
Already I have tickets for the Other Music web launch,
and I've been harping about nothing else in the past 2 weeks.
Brrr ... it's freakin' cold in here.
Chattery teeth,
Yvonne.
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RECOMMENDATION III
by Jack Collom
Study: Biology/Evolutionary Theory/Your house, in scales.
Drink Environmentalism, but when stirred make poem hip
to its own playful energies first, then you can say, "Pretty
please with sugar on it" or "Save a leaf" or "Plant a tree on
your neighbor's head."
Study: local geology, weather, water history or what
parts of these large matters you can manage.
(Anselm Hollo says, "Poets should know everything.")
Play.
Stare at things.
It's a matter of familiarity. You can truly find as
many echoes (thus fun complications) in the "natural"
"world" as you can socially or sociologically - your own
reality is as closely related to a family of foxes as to
riffs of culture.
And in those foxes you can find, in fox liver cells or
fox quarks or fox behavior, the most up-to-date
workings time can belch or foreshadow at you.
May I call you citizen?
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