No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford
OTBKB Music: Celebrate Brooklyn’s Rock Weekend; Li’l Mo Plays Two Boots
Celebrate Brooklyn hosts a rock weekend tonight and tomorrow. Tonight’s show is of the softer variety with The Swell Season and The Low Anthem (gates open at 6:30pm and the show starts ay 7:30pm). Tomorrow the festival goes loud with a triple bill of Sonic Youth, Grass Widow and Talk Normal (gates open early at 6pm and the show starts at 7pm).
After tonight’s show at Celebrate Brooklyn, why not head over to Two Boots on 2nd Street and catch Li’l Mo and The Monicats? You’ll get to see country, rockabilly, blues, 60s pop and whatever else she and they may play. And I’ll add that not only are Li’l Mo and The Monicats terrific musically, they are just plain fun to watch. More details for this show are over at Now I’ve Heard Everything.
–Eliot Wagner
No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford
Only the Blog Knows Block Island…
…and I’m taking it slow for a few days. I promise a few posts this morning. Thank goodness for OTBKB Music and Eliot…
OTBKB Music: The Boss Makes An Appearance; The Wailin’ Jennys and Amy Speace Tonight
A few days after Alejandro Escovedo played The Bowery Electric in New York City last week, he played The Stone Pony in Asbury Park. And as you might have suspected, Bruce Springsteen showed up at that show and joined Alejandro on a few songs. You can find a video of Always A Friend from that night here at Now I’ve Heard Everything.
Tonight, The Wailin’ Jennys show up at Madison Square Park. Their sound is described as including folk, classical and pop and the focus of the group is on their harmonies. Later in the evening check out singer-songwriter Amy Speace at The Living Room. Amy’s in town with a trio featuring two guitars and an accordion. Full details are over at Now I’ve Heard Everything.
–Eliot Wagner
No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford
No Mad Men on Block Island and Bar 4
Seems I made a little mistake yesterday and I apologize. I got a tip from someone in the neighborhood that they were screening the 4th season premiere of Mad Men at Bar 4. Turns out that was wrong, wrong, wrong.
Maybe he meant Bar Reis. I learned of my mistake just as I was trying trying to find a place to view Mad Men on Block Island…
OTBKB Music: Kathleen Edwards and Sister Sparrow Photos
Last week was a great week for live music and I was able to capture two of the shows I saw photographically to share with you. On Thursday, Kathleen Edwards and her band played on a Rockin’ the River cruise. You’ll find lots of pictures from that show here at Now I’ve Heard Everything. Kathleen still remembers playing the Celebrate Brooklyn Canada Day show back in 2002 fondly and would love playing Celebrate Brooklyn again.
The wonderfully brassy, both in terms of instrumentation (the band has four horns) and personality (of lead singer Arleigh Kincheloe) Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds packed them into the new Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 on Saturday night and had the whole place up and dancing. You can see pictures of the band here at Now I’ve Heard Everything.
–Eliot Wagner
No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford
The Sunday List: Mad Men, Django Experiment, Hamlet
Today is SUNDAY and it’s hot. I’m off to Block Island but you’re still here in need of things to do. Tonight, of course, you’ll be watching Mad Men on AMC at 10 PM. But if you don’t have cable there are things you can do…
Watching Mad Men in Park Slope, Times Square, Block Island
Season 4 of Mad Men premieres tonight and I think I’m going to miss it unless I can find a bar that’s showing it on Block Island.
If you’re in Park Slope (and you don’t have cable) you can watch the latest adventures of Don Draper, Roger Sterling, Pete Campbell, Peggy Olson and all the rest at Bar 4 (444 Seventh Avenue in Park Slope), where they’re having a Mad Men viewing party. There are other ways to get your fix on Mad Men tonight…
Current Weather in Park Slope: HOT
Brought to you from the Feldman Family weather tower in Park Slope.
No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford
Raccoons Run Amok in Park Slope
Toby Williams, a Park Slope, mom, music therapist and jazz singer, recently discovered a dead raccoon in her kitchen. A few nights ago, she thought her apartment was being robbed but it turned out that a raccoon snuck in, scurried about her kitchen in search of food and died in one of her cabinet drawers…
Tonight: Swedish Documentary Up On The Roof
Tonight, Rooftop films presents Greetings from the Woods, a documentary about the town of Varberg, a beautiful little hamlet located deep within the Swedish forest. You can watch this film while sitting on the roof of the Old American Can Factory on Third Street and Third Avenue in Park Slope…
Starbucks: No Air Conditioning, Free Coffee
The Park Slope Starbucks had to close down for the day because their air conditioning is on the blink and, according to one employee, “It’s. like. 102 degrees in there.” So what were two employees doing standing out on Seventh Avenue???
The Saturday List: The Book of Liz, Celebrate Bklyn, reRun Gastropub
Today is SATURDAY and it’s hot. Whatcha wanna do today? I spend hours each week scouring the listings to find great stuff for you to do. Below you will find info about a new movie theater in Dumbo and find out about Celebrate Brooklyn’s “DIY world’s fair.” Whatever you do, remember to drink water and stay cool…
No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford
Verizon Cell Phone Tower Ontop of Park Slope Church
it seems that the Greenwood Baptist Church, on Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, has discovered an interesting, new source of revenue. They’re letting Verizon install a cell phone antennas on their roof.
Why not?
The money will pay for the upkeep of the church, Verizon cell phone users get better service. Sounds like a win win. Unless you believe that those towers are a health risk…
The Friday List: Audrey the Trainwreck, The Big Lebowski, Nocturnes
Today is Friday and you’re probably beginning to plan your weekend. That’s why I spend hours scouring the listings to find great stuff for you to do. This weekend check out the new movie theater in Dumbo and Celebrate Brooklyn’s “DIY world’s fair.” Lots to do, there is truly lots to do this weekend…
Bklyn Bloggage: Arts & Culture
Artist Cynthia Sparrenberger (painting above) : Art in Brooklyn
Without truth you are the looser: Truth & Rocket Science
Pictures of African Festival: Brooklyn Vegan
Rembering Barbara Stanwyck: Self-Absorbed Boomer
People of the corn: Brooklynometry
Otto Dix at the Neue Gallery: The Spiral Staircase
Henri Matisse as radical inventor at MOMA: Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn
OTBKB Music: Friday Night Double Feature
Tonight there’s a double feature of two very good but very different musical acts, Charlie Faye and Second Dan.
Charlie Faye is up first. She released one of my favorite records of 2009, Wilson St. Originally from New York, Charlie moved to Austin three years ago. Charlie’s music consists of rock, blues, country and folk blended into each other and she has a rich, melodious voice.
Second Dan is up second (kind of fitting based on their name, I guess). I originally discovered them through a bit of serendipity. I was at a party a few months ago and after a while, the guy I was talking to told me that he not only was a photographer and a blogger, but he played in a band as well. As you have no doubt figured out by now, that band was Second Dan. More details are over at Now I’ve Heard Everything.
Tomorrow there’s another great show coming up: that nine piece R&B/Soul/Rock band, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds. Check Now I’ve Heard Everything on Saturday for the details.
–Eliot Wagner
No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford
The Weekend List: Inception, Hamlet, The Kids Are All Right
I try to bring you what I think are the funnest activities every weekend. It’s stuff I’d like to do but more often than not I don’t get around to it. Besides, I can only run around so much. As the weekend progresses I add more…
Bklyn Bloggage: home & design
Yard sale booty and vintage map giveaway: CasaCara
MOMA curator of architecture speaks: Swissmiss
Luz’s mid-century mini: Apartment Therapy
Home of Gold Teeth Brooklyn: Design Sponge
In crumbling mansion, history and creativity meet: NY Times
Recycled Etsy pet beds: Reclaimed Home
Current Weather in Park Slope
Brought to you from the Feldman Family weather tower in Park Slope.
No Words Daily Pix: Photograph by Hugh Crawford
Bklyn Bloggage: food & drink
A dessert and a sex potion: A Cake Bakes in Brooklyn
Garlicky marinated zucchini with soy and sesame: Not Eating Out in New York
The Castello Plan in Ditmas Park: NY Times
Campo de’ Fiori on Fifth Avenue: NY Times
Hotlantic: Brooklyn Paper
Alan Harding’s Food Truck Hits the Road
Red Hook chef Alan Harding, who writes Alan Harding Cooks, now has a food truck that will finally be open for business on Friday, July 23rd at 825 Atlantic Avenue. “So after three inspections and mucho dinero I, Alan Harding, am a fully licensed mobile food vendor. The hardest part of the whole process was the waiting, every time you fail an inspection you have a two week wait to get a new appointment. I passed on July 13 2010, let the games begin,” he wrote in an mass email announcing the opening of his truck. Click on read more to see the interesting menu that he will be serving from this truck…
OTBKB Music: Alejandro Escovedo Tonight and Kathleen Edwards Tomorrow
Alejandro Escovedo is a name that you probably don’t know, but you should. Al shines in live performance. Tonight he leads his band, The Sensitive Boys (guitarist David Pulkingham, bassist Bobby Daniel and longtime drummer Hector Munoz) into The Bowery Electric for their fourth show in New York City this month. We are also promised special guests, and one of them will be Garland Jeffreys. Full details are at Now I’ve Heard Everything.
Tomorrow, Canada’s Kathleen Edwards (who made her Brooklyn debut as an unannounced opener for Sarah Harmer and Luther Wright and the Wrongs at Celebrate Brooklyn back in 2002) will be playing New York City on a Rockin’ the River Cruise around Manhattan. More details will be available at Now I’ve Heard Everything tomorrow.
–Eliot Wagner
