Wreck The Tape Deck

the Downtown Art Walk is tonight, and it is going to be cuh-ray-zee, because as the warm summer season arrives, there are just THAT many more drunk people out in the streets. check out our recent gallery from June’s night of debauchery for plenty of porn slash art, plus lots of alcohol-fueled shenanigans (although that happened mostly behind the shutter). jesus satan will see you there, and he might just take your picture if you’re lucky… or if you’re willing to take your clothes off for free.

definitely going to be checking out Dennis Dutzi’s posthumous fund-raiser at the Pharmaka gallery. pretty amazing Socal portraiture, and the benefits go to the Colors of Hope charity for support of cancer patients and their families.

ALSO definitely going to be checking out Christy Rogers‘ Siren collection at the Spring Arts (453 S. Spring St., 90013) Collective group show. she takes underwater portraits of herself as dreamlike, drowning nudes (sort of like my dreams every night) and some of it is really beautiful stuff.

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It’s been quite a busy Tuesday in the music world, I shall attempt to fill you in.

PIRATE BAY: the good news is, The Pirate Bay four won’t be going to jail. The bad news is, in order to avoid this, TPB has been sold to the Swedish company Global Gaming Factory. This mean’s they will decentralize their servers and stop hosting trackers and torrents, moving to third parties for help. They will also be selling shares of the company on the Swedish market.

Diggers had this to say:
“The revolution is over. The RIAA/MPAA won. They’ll receive their $3.6 million and we’ll lose The Pirate Bay. TPB was for me, a little way of protesting. I laughed at the lobbyists every time I went there. I read the takedown notices many times. I felt like I was part of a movement that might actually force the corporate, greedy motherfuckers to consider adopting a new business model.

They’re fucking laughing at me now. It’s a sad day.”

VIBE: is done. It died alongside MJ. The Source stands alone. Oh yeah, and something called the internets.

MJ: Michael Jackson’s body will be taken to Neverland Ranch for a public viewing on Thursday, July 2nd. Plastic recylcing day is Friday, July 3rd, so get there fast! (hurrah).

This is all so sad, so let’s move on with some HAPPY THOUGHTs. White Denim’s new album, Fits, came out on the 22nd. I just got my copy, I suggest you get yours. Listen to this uncharacteristic track:

White Denim – “Sex Prayer”

Dirty Projectors released a music video for their song “Stillness is the Move”… it’s all over the “sphere” today, so here it is again. Watch out for a wandering llama and some silly sirens.

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