in a perfect alignment of the musical stars, two of my friends’ bands are playing tonight in brooklyn – Bear in Heaven and Tanlines. they’ve both been getting crazy good press and played some of the best showcases during CMJ a couple months ago. people are generally stoked and i’m super excited that they’re getting the recognition. in fact, check out this video review of ‘bear in heaven’ from pitchfork on abcnews, with charles gibson tripping over the album name – gold.

gonna hit up bear in heaven first:

Hello Friends,
pardon the email, we just want to let you know a couple of things.
1. We love you.
2. Thank you for receiving these emails through the years, we mean it.
3. We are playing an intimate show @ Zebulon this Friday 11/20.. Come hang, it’s time to celebrate!
4. We’d like to ask you to take a moment out of your day and vote for us here.  http://nyc.thedelimagazine.com/snacks We get some free recording time (dying to record a new single)
5. One last time, our album Beast Rest Forth Mouth is out.. you can buy it anywhere you choose. In stores, itunes, insound, amazon, whatever floats your boat.
6. Lots of people have been saying lots of nice things about us, and we’ve attached a few in case you care as much as our Mom’s do.
7. Smile a lot, and be nice to others.
Love, Bear In Heaven

Bear In Heaven
w/ Pillars and Tongues
+ DJ Brad Loving

Friday November, 20th, 9pm FREE!
@ Zebulon: 258 Wythe Ave Brooklyn, NY

then tanlines:

Hope you can make it, we’re playing at MIDNIGHT
xoxoxo
Jesse

9PM COOL PLACES SOUND SYSTEM  twitter.com)
11PM THE SUZAN  twitter.com)
12AM TANLINES  twitter.com | www.youtube.com)
1AM LEMONADE  twitter.com)
2AM CRYSTAL FIGHTERS  twitter.com)

Fri Nov 20, doors 8pm, $8
@ Glasslands, 289 Kent Ave (S. 2nd street)

my boy from back in the day, chris glancy has a (yet another) new project up his sleeve that he’s finally unveiling to the masses — Bodega™! a series of designer wall decals and they all are so so def. in my fantasies, i have a corbusier mansion tucked away in the hudson valley and all my walls feature a different piece.

Bodega™ Wall Vinyl is a curated collection of large scale, eco-friendly, temporary indoor art. Obsessed with process, Bodega creates high quality, layered die-cut vinyl art editions using eco-friendly inks, representing some of the most captivating artists of our generation. Artists in Bodega™ include:

Barry Mcgee, Clare Rojas, Cleon Peterson, Cody Hudson, Darcel, Delta, Harsh Patel, Hisham Bharoocha, Kevin Lyons, Kenzo Minami, Maya Hayuk, Michael Leon, Mike Giant, Rostarr, Steven Harrington, Surface to Air, Wood Wood, and more.

Bodega™ will release a new artist periodically every month and Arkitip.com will release new offerings in conjunction with Bodega™.

Available online at Arkitip.com and worldwide at select accounts including Colette Paris. Look for Bodega at the Scope Art Fair “Covet Garden” during Art Basel Miami Dec 2-6, 2009.

my dining room, by S2A

my reading room, by Harsh Patel

my tv room, by Mike Giant

the WNW space is going to be wrapping up – so this is last week of events! there have been some great rides so far. be sure to check out the wheelbuilding classes on tomorrow and Thursday; then Tom Sachs will be closing it off proper with a lecture & presentation about the ethics of “reviving” abandoned bikes this Friday at 7pm. let’s hope there are tequila shots!!

after this weekend, the space turns back into Trackstar (for those who’ve been fiending all this time to get their hands on a new frame or Campy part). here’s an interview with Brad to keep you satisfied in the meantime…

all you haters – suck my b@llz!

it’s like an SNL digital short but made by the nixbros – complete with an overabundance of flannel, pbr and autotune!

picture venice. picture the wake-choppy waters of the never calm canals. now picture tall masts of hand-constructed sprawling impossibly floating structures emerging from the distance, coming into view like mad max on the water. venetians coming out of their alleyway houses to wonder at what was sailing towards them. it is the serenissima armada — and what i would have given to be there to see it myself….

Pankabestia: Punk Beasts of the Swimming Cities of Serenissima

“Pankabestia”- what the Italian villagers called us when we floated into town on our junk rafts. It translates to “punk beasts”, and by all accounts we were – magical, grubby, unruly creatures carrying out an enchanted mythical scene, looking like bits of broken dreams, drifting.
- Curator Spy Emerson

Pankabestia: Punk Beasts of the Swimming Cities of Serenissima, is a retrospective of artist Swoon’s “Swimming Cities of Serenissima”, the artist’s recent invasion of the Venice Biennale. Traveling from the Karst region of Slovenia to Venice, Italy, Swoon and more than 30 other artists braved the waters of the Adriatic Sea and navigated a fleet of three intricately hand crafted vessels. The exhibition will include large-scale wall drawings, original Swimming Cities boat installations, portions of the ships, found objects acquired from sea. The exhibition will also feature performers Gatto Morto, Adina Kennedy and Adina Bier, beautiful photographic documentation from artist Tod Seelie, and original artwork from Swoon, Monica Canilao, Spy Emerson, plus many more.

Opening reception: November 20, 6-9 PM
@ ANONYMOUS GALLERY at COLLECTIVE HARDWARE: 169  Bowery
Full calendar of Pankabestia events & performances – www.anonymousgallery.com

RAINDATE: Sunday November 15 at 2pm
@ WNW Space: 231 Eldridge St

yo yo yo – it’s time once again for the Friday the 13th Alleycat!! this one’s being thrown by messengers Krillz and Stoned Tone:

If underground alleycats were mixtapes, Stoned Tone would be Lil Wayne. This is going to be the fastest nyc ghost tour ever.

Stoned tone and I dont think you are fast.
This race goes on rain or shine.
Illegal. Underground. Intense. You lazy bastards.

Fri Nov 13, registration at 6:15pm, race at 7:15pm / $5
@ Tompkins Square Park