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Posted Oct. 15, 2007,
Eight Items or Less: The Moby Quotient, Hipster Ranger Sean Avery and Illy's Kalkin Container
By Gary Pini
1. Everybody's talking about the Moby Quotient.
2. Where was he when "metrosexuals" needed a spokesperson? New York Ranger Sean Avery is interviewed in yesterday's New York Times Magazine and he seems, well, hip. After spending five years in Los Angeles, he's adjusting to New York City by buying a Warhol and a Philippe Starck assault-rifle lamp. As a matter of fact, we like his taste in music too: Radiohead and Kate Nash (check out "Mouthwash" on her Made of Bricks LP). Avery also says he'd "like to be the editor of a fashion magazine. I think I have a lot of good ideas that would be good on paper." OK, Sean, send us an email and we'll give you a shot!
3. When Rick Rubin took over Columbia Records he claimed that the only thing that could save the record business would be a subscription service that would give listeners access to all music for a small monthly fee. Somebody must have been paying attention, because three of the biggest companies -- Universal, Sony/BMG and Warner -- are launching a $5 per month service called Total Access that must have execs at Apple you-know-whating in their pants.
4. A critical analysis of urban life from house-music legend and DJ Kenneth Dixon Jr. (aka Moodyman): "There's only three things going to happen in Detroit. You're either going to sell or make cars. You're going to be a musician or going to be on drugs. For a female it would probably be prostitution." (Via www.filter27.com)
5. Attendees of Art Basel Miami and the Venice Biennale (and PAPER Magazine readers) are familiar with the work of architect Adam Kalkin. Now one of his "transformer" shipping containers is coming to New York. This one opens in 90 seconds and turns into a coffee shop sponsored by Illy. See it at the Time Warner Center from November 28 to December 29.
6. Another new nightclub or not? It has 12,000 square feet of party space and is located at 240 West 52nd Street and used to called T and Temple. The new name is Touch. Somebody please go and see if it's just a name change by somebody obsessed with the letter "T" or if, indeed, it is new.
Posted Oct. 12, 2007,
Eight Items or Less: Perez Hilton Leaks Britney, DJs Vote for Themselves and Paul McCarthy Installs Chocolate Factory
By Gary Pini
1. Because we believe everything we hear (and there are no repercussions to spreading it around the Internet): Radiohead has already sold 1.2 million copies of their new album and they have pocketed $10 million.
2. Perez Hilton has been sued by Zomba (the publishing arm of Jive Records) for posting 10 tracks from Britney Spears' forthcoming album. The album will now be coming forth sooner (October 30) than originally intended (November 13).
3. You're right, there could be repercussions to spreading things around on the Internet. Item #1 should have included the word "supposedly."
4. Here's a new twist on "The Million Dollar Home Page" inspired by the bursting real estate bubble. Somebody is selling their Miami condo for $35.50 per square inch. You can get your piece at www.condofiasco.com but be forewarned: You may need a lawyer just to read the fine print. We got lost half way through the "in plain English" explanation.
5. Speaking of Miami, that city's version of the "Fillmore" brand-extension juggernaut opened this week in the former Jackie Gleason Theater with an appearance by Ricky Martin. Kid Rock follows next Thursday.
6. A big scandal is rocking the DJ world. DJ Mag has discovered that several top DJs were voting for themselves more than once in the mag's annual reader poll. Shame on you DJ Dan!
7. Crack is wack. Two people were injured when they fell into a giant crack-in-the-floor sculpture at the Tate Modern in London. Created by artist Doris Salcedo, the work symbolizes "the gap between white Europeans and the rest of humanity."
8. Just in time for the holidays, artist Paul McCarthy is installing a chocolate factory at the Maccarone Gallery ( 630 Greenwich Street), from November 11 to December 14. The factory will manufacture edible chocolate Santas holding a butt plug.
Posted Oct. 2, 2007,
Eight Items or Less: Radiohead Goes Digital, Mo Pitkins Goes Bye-Bye and Cavemen Goes Primetime
By Gari Pini
1. Radiohead has not only upset the music biz applecart, they are also stomping on the apples. The group, whose major label deal recently expired, is selling their new album exclusively as a digital download (via their own website and not iTunes) from October 10 until December 3 and you can pay whatever you want. This has set off a media analysis not seen since the sub-prime mortgage meltdown with everybody from the Wall Street Journal to the New York Post gleefully searching for the last nail in the record industry coffin. An editorial in the LA Times sees the move as "a rare show of faith in fans to pay for the things they value" while biz pundit Bob Lefsetz posts on his blog, "this is the industry's worst nightmare."
2. According to musicnation.com, New York street performer The Naked Cowboy makes $1,000 a day singing in Times Square wearing nothing but tighty whiteys and a cowboy hat. Hopefully the IRS doesn't read musicnation.com.