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Brain Leaks: She Chose This Dark Place

June 23, 2009

I’ve been working on this short story for a while. I am attempting to encapsulate a moment in my life that led me on a particular path.
One evening, five years ago, I witnessed something that I could never forget.
I go back to this story from time to time, so I’ve decided to share it with [...]

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On My Radar: Afro-Punk 2009

June 5, 2009

BAMcinematek and Toyota present
The 5th Annual Afro-punk Festival
featuring Film, Music, Art, Skateboarding and Independence
July 3 – 8 in Brooklyn, NY
Thanks to BFF, I’ve been going to AP shows since 2005. Last year I did a feature on the Afro-Punk festival and community for MTV News. It took six months to pull everything together and [...]

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I’m Going: 4th Annual Bicycle Fetish Day

May 7, 2009

>>image via Dancing Weapon of Mass Destruction’s flickrinfo via bikemonthnyc.org

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Five Things You Missed At The 5/2 Bat For Lashes Show @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg

May 4, 2009

On Saturday night, Natasha Khan, creator and enchantress behind Bat For Lashes, played the Music Hall Of Williamsburg and blew the crowd away with her range (she’s one of few artists who sound the same live as they do on their albums) delicate dance moves and journey-through-your-grandma’s-attic set design.
>>More Bat For Lashes Photos In Bashira [...]

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I’m Going: Soul Clap & Dance-Off On 3/28 In BK

March 26, 2009

Yeah! This sounds awesome.
I will probably get there around 1 AMish, for those interested in coming with me or meeting up.

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Bushwick Tales: My First House Party

February 22, 2009

On Saturday I hosted my first house party since moving to NY. Attendees were friends from Afro-Punk and random nice people off the street! We listened to music, livestreamed on a private channel, workshopped some material, ate a lot of snacks and had lots of great convos.

Kaos Blac beat me to this by writing about [...]

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I’m Going: SURREAL ESTATE NEW YEAR’S EVE PARTY

December 31, 2008

Wednesday, Dec. 31st – Jan. 1st | 8 PM – 6 AM | SURREAL ESTATE Presents…
NEW YEARS’ EVE PARTY!
Four luscious floors and a silvery rooftop of live music, DJs +
all-nite dance party, a Variety Show with break dancers, a tall
unicycle rider, jugglers, a contortionist, and more! A Polaroid photo
booth and photographer armed with all the [...]

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Influencers: Claudia/Daniela Reunion ‘08

December 14, 2008

My oldest downtown Sacto-origins homie Claudia came up to visit me from Illinois this past Thursday and left early this morning. We hadn’t seen each other in four years.
She teaches kids how to make art at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale while she finishes her MFA. I had to work a lot during her visit but we [...]

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Snaps: Winter Is Here.

November 10, 2008

I am not happy about it, but at least my apartment has heat.
I’ll brave the cold this week to see Gardens Of The Night at the Village East.
About The Film
GARDENS OF THE NIGHT is about an eight-year-old girl named Leslie (Ryan Simpkins) who is abducted through trickery by an older man, Alex (Tom Arnold), and [...]

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Times Square Celebrates Obama Victory

November 4, 2008

It is almost midnight and Times Square is on fire. From my view on the 29th floor I can see them below like ants – there is a huge crowd (bigger than in the photo I took a few minutes ago) cheering and all the taxis are honking like crazy! I can hear the roar [...]

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