zee avi's tiny desk concert

big game

best way to feel the bay area pride: the big game. shar went out to stuyvesant town to mj armstrongs, the offical cal bar in new york. knocking back a pitcher of sierra, i watched the bears win against the cardinal, 34-28. it was just the crowd i needed to chant grrrrrr. even got a call into jason who was at stanford in the stands. cal beat the farm out of the rose bowl. sorry cardinal. no hard feelings but we are keeping the ax.

FLTGC: team gallery and glowlab

fltgc pairing: team gallery and glowlab. shar's never paired the two for fltgc in the past. it boggles my mind since they are a natural fit. only blocks away from each other. i suppose i pair them with deitch most of the time. so anyhoot, first up was team gal for the slater bradley if we were immortal exhibit. lots of joy division faux album covers based on obscure b-sides and so that were fabricated by bradley's imagination.



bradley, apparently more well-known for his video works, only has one in the exhibit, which was what captured my attention most. it consisted of four screens that projected sea foam. i'm a sucker for the beach. check it out. it's up until december 19.


at glowlab, alex lukas has his first solo show in new york. the eventuality of daybreak muses over disaster in some well-known cities. lukas takes old coffee table books and paints over cityscapes. i spotted chicago a few times and new york.

oh yes, and my sweet hometown sf.

lykke li covers...

"will you still love me tomorrow" and you can get it free here. lykke does the carole king written tune justice. is she a lost shirelle?

OMGLEE!

must stamp of approval: glee cast on npr. shar hearts glee and so does the world apparently. i find myself just wanting them to sing and no need for plot. it's a treat to hear the behind the scenes tidbits from cast members lea michele, corey monteith and ai reject amber riley on xpn. no live renditions, but they did give insight on the process of how a song is picked for the show.

p.s. hey, that teaser last night with rachel as sandy from grease is true.

red shoes at film forum

much belated viewing: red shoes at film forum. this is a classic that i have been meaning to see for over ten years. shar's finally gotten the chance and it was great to see in all its remastered glory at film forum. kids, don't snooze it's running until thursday, so snap to it. it is nyt approved.

why do you want to dance?

why do you want to live?

the red shoes ballet and score are impeccable. makes me wanna see "an american in paris". mel, can i borrow your copy? you can really see it's influence on the gene kelly masterpiece. moira shearer can really hoof it. it's been back to back nights of red head goodness.

first listen: fever ray's live at lulea

best warm-up to a live performance: npr's first listen to fever ray's latest. it's up for two weeks prior to it's release november 23. can't wait to see karin in all her artsy fartsy darkness december 5.