STAR CATCHER
my true adverntures with the stars
and the songs they sing
part two

Don’t miss this return engagement of last year’s Standing Room Only hit!
Maurice Peterson tells more juicy stories of his personal encounters with the superstars
including Cher, Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Lionel Hampton, Lisa Left Eye, Eartha Kitt, Joan Collins, Beyoncé and more A-list celebrities,
and sings the songs they made famous.
featuring special guest stars: Berkshire Idol winner, Catie Damon & Michael Lowe

SATURDAY, May 3 2008
two shows: 8:00 & 10:00
Rumpy’s
(the cabaret of The Village Inn)
16 Church Street
Lenox, MA 01232

Life and times: Simon Napier-Bell

The record industry is careering towards meltdown. A good thing too, says Simon Napier-Bell, after 40 years of working with its most notorious moguls:

Everyone had the same story. ‘Systematic thievery,’ said the Dixie Chicks in their writ against Sony. ‘Intentionally fraudulent,’ claimed US music lawyer Don Engel.”

“For 50 years the major labels have thought of themselves as guardians of the music industry; in fact they’ve been its bouncers. Getting into the club used to be highly desirable. Now it doesn’t matter any more.For artists and managers, this is the moment to take things into their own hands. Artists no longer need to be held for 10 years and they no longer need to sign away ownership of their recorded copyrights. These days, an artist working closely with his manager can ensure that everything is done in the artist’s best interest. Majors have never done that. And never will.”

Thank you Simon Napier-Bell for some truth about the thugs of the RIAA !

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HIRO Celebrate Thanksgiving Day at La Bottega Music by Suss One and DJ Sematic at The Maritime Hotel

371 West 16th Street at 9th Ave Weds. Nov 21, 2007

Release Party for 33Hz’s new single ‘Paris Texas’ featuring Teki Latex and Devin The Dude.
The talent bookings for this party kinda got out of control, which usually translates into a good time.
Surkin is a top notch electro DJ from the institubes label in Paris, Teki is the main guy from Parisienne hip-hop outfit TTC, 33Hz have never been better and have been ripping up dancefloors all over the place lately, while Lucky Beer, who are supplying the open bar, are proving to be a winner with the customers who enjoy a fresh, cold, delicious bottle of preservative-free beer in a very nice bottle.

Drinks Specials:
Lucky Beer Open Bar - 11pm to Midnight
Two-4-One Vodka drinks 2am-3am
$8 Tiger-Beer-and-Whisky-Chaser-Combo, and $4 Sparks all night

No Cover if you RSVP!!!
Just hit the RSVP button and sign up… (and remember to click the opt-in box if you want to get emails from us about similar events).

This is a 21+ event.

Cost: FREE IF YOU RSVP

Official Site: http://www.gbh.tv/

VHS or Beta, Moving Units & 33Hz Live
Free Live Show in Atlantic City!!!

Here’s a great excuse to get out to Atlantic City… Unbelievably, we are able to offer our loyal GBH customers free admission to this top notch bill….
VHS or Beta (who have never sounded better), Moving Units (who have been away for toooo long) and 33Hz (who are set to take off any minute now) will be playing live at House of Blues…
and it is free to everyone on the GBH list…

For free admission for you and your friends, just RSVP with your name and number of guests to info@gbh.tv
Remember to say you are on the GBH Guest List when you arrive at the door.

It’s all taking place at:
Club Harlem in the House of Blues
at the Showboat Hotel,
Atlantic City.
Doors 8.30pm. 18+ w/I.D.

Top Billin’ at Lotus - Friday November 16
Upstairs: Pete Rock & Frank White
Downstairs: Michael T. & Melody Nelson play Rock’n'Roll, ’80s & New Wave

This week at Lotus:

Upstairs in the main room, Hip Hop Legend Pete Rock will be spinning, joined by Frank White…

Meanwhile, at the Loaded party in the downstairs lounge, Michael T. and Melody Nelson will be playing some rock’n'roll, electro, ’80s new wave and party jams.
Hosted by Amanda Lepore, Miranda Moondust, Nico XO!, and Daniel Barbosa.

Loaded Drinks Specials (available downstairs bar only):
$7 PBR & Shot
$5 Beers 3AM-4AM

Pictures by nickydigital.com.

Complimentary Admission on the Loaded Guest List Click Here

Doors Open 10pm. 21+ w/I.D.
Lotus: 409 W14th St. between 9th & 10th Avenues

Rob Garza (Thievery Corporation) DJs & Dust Galaxy Live
GBH & Giant Step Present: ESL Night - Friday Nov 16 at Hiro Ballroom

Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation (one of the most celebrated names in electronic music) has a new band - They are called Dust Galaxy and they have exceeded all our expectations. Just really really good. We are hearing shades of Happy Mondays, Kula Shaker, Primal Scream, Stone Roses and even Velvet Underground…. not quite what you might expect from a project headed by one half of Thievery Corporation - but more than welcome just the same.
But don’t listen to us, listen to a couple of their tracks: Overhead and Sun In Your Head - you’ll be glad yo u did.

Dust Galaxy will be performing their New York Debut live at Hiro Ballroom on Friday November 16 - and we recommend you don’t miss this show. Seriously. It’s going to be something you can tell your grandchildren about one day.

Rob Garza of Thievery Corporation will also be spinning (which he hasn’t done in NY for a while now) and the always excellent Ursula 1000 (of ESL Music) will also be taking his turn behind the decks - opening for the band.

$15 Tickets Available Here
Hiro: 371 W16th St. at 9th Ave. Doors Open 10pm. 21+ with I.D.

Radio FG is a french techno radio broadcasting in Paris, France. Founded in 1992, Radio FG has always aimed to promote the electronic sound. Broadcasting only in Paris at first, it extended its cover gradually using new medias like the cable and the satellite and started to use the net in 1999, becoming the first french radio streamed all over the world at CD quality. Since then, Radio FG embraced the net and now offers various services. Link   Steaming Link

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In 1987 he discovered the Haçienda club in Manchester and met Mike Pickering the resident DJ. Chicago House and Detroit Techno became very popular, and Garnier started mixing at the Haçienda club under the name of DJ Pedro. Garnier becomes one of the first Europeans to begin mixing American house music in Britain, Garnier was one of the prime cogs in the late-1980s Madchester scene. His DJing at Manchester’s Haçienda club provided an inspiration for The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays to begin adding house rhythms to rock music.

In 1988 he went back to France to fulfill his military obligations. He also spent some time in New York where he meets Frankie Knuckles. Garnier shifted his attention back to France in the early 1990s, running the Wake Up club in Paris for three years, also mixing in clubs like le Palace or le Boy, DJing in rave parties and gradually moving into recording as well. For the FNAC label, Garnier released “French Connection” and the Bout de Souffle EP; after the label went under, though, he formed the F Communications label with Eric Morand (a friend who had also worked for FNAC). Link to Ultra Cool Site

Thomas Ruff studied photography from 1977 to 1985 with Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Art Academy). Ruff names Walker Evans, Eugene Atget, Karl Bloßfeld, Stephen Shore and William Eggleston as his main influences. From 2000 to 2005 Ruff taught Photography at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (the previous “Becher-Class”).

During his studies in Düsseldorf, Ruff developed his method of conceptual serial photography. His initial main topic was the interior of German living quarters, with typical features of the 1950s to 1970s (room portraits and design details). This was followed by similar views of buildings and portraits of friends and acquaintances. These are typically shown with emotionless expressions, in very large, passport-style portraits of great detail and high resolution. In a discussion with Philip Pocock (Journal for Contemporary Art, 1993), Ruff mentions a connection between these portraits and the police observation methods in Germany in the 1970s during the German Autumn.

Ruff gave up shooting his own images in a recent series, Nudes, using porn-stills pulled from the Internet. Ruff continues to address photography in the age of the Internet in his latest work, jpeg, an ongoing series of massively enlarged versions of downloaded compressed files, a process that maxes out the resolution to near abstraction. Link Show Link