First Night New York 1999


Yvonne Liu (yl28172@yahoo.com)
Wed, 30 Dec 1998 10:15:15 -0800 (PST)



First Night New York 1999

If I read one more message from someone wanting to know
" Ummm ... what's going on for New Year's ? "
I will s c r e a m . . .

As if there wasn't enough to do in that one night.

Following is a very biased guide
to occupy yourself in the remaining hours of 1998.

!!!

THE RED BALLOON
Friday, December 25th to Thursday, Dec. 31st 1998

Directed by Albert Lamorisse, 1956. 34 minutes.

Perhaps the most famous short film in cinema history,
this excessively winsome Paris travelogue concerns
a small child who's followed everywhere he goes
by the eponymous helium-inflated plaything.
Sadly, no slingshot is handy.

Now playing at the Film Forum,
209 Houston Street between 6th and Varick.
727 8110

!!!

December 7th 1998 to January 31st 1999

SARAH JONES
"Surface Transit:
More Sketches of Ordinary Ppl"

Catch this 'rising performance star'
in this new and improved incarnation
of her hilarious one-woman show
featuring eight touchingly tough
New York characters.

The Nuyorican Poet's Café
236 East Third Street
@ 7:30 pm
Tickets: $10
Info: 917 953 2938

!!!

Wednesday, Dec. 30th 1998

URSULA 1000

Brooklyn's Ursula 1000
beats and loungey vibes
together in a fresh, fab way.
Check out "The Now Sound of Ursula 1000."

Windows on the World
One World Trade Center
Liberty Street between West and Church
524 7000
Subway: C/E to World Trade; N/R/1/9 to Cortlandt St.

!!!

Wednesday, Dec. 30th 1998

CROSSCURRENTS

the angle aka 60 channels

trumystic mutant soundsystem

Deenasty-DMC, France
Kimyon - the muvment
Lu Rayfield
DJ Ivy
Q-Maxx
King Panik - yay !

( This guy was awe-inspiring,
  spinning ragga jungle
  at the Liquid Xmas Party @ Cooler. )

Coney Island High
155 St. Mark's Place
Doors 10:30 pm

$ 10 w/flyer

212 604 4224
http://www.konkretejungle.com

!!!

FIRST NIGHT NEW YORK '99

First Night has organized a slew of opportunities
to herald the New Year: ice-skating at Wollman Rink,
country & western at the Y; pony rides and petting zoo
at Bryant Park; fox trot lessons at Dance Manhattan.

For $ 25, you'll receive a button admitting you to these
and other activities in historic city locales.

Please call 212 922 9393 for more info.
http://www.firstnightnyc.com/

!!!

Thursday, Dec. 31st 1998

Organic Grooves New Year's Celebration

DJs
Nat
Sasha
Nickodemus
Jay Douglas

live music
Zeb
Mariano
Mike T.
Gregory
Dave

Theater for the New City
First Avenue at 10th Street
Doors open at 10 pm.
$ 10 includes drink and food.
http://www.codek.com/organic.html

!!!

Thursday, Dec. 31st 1998
e a r t h a k i t t

Two shows at 6 pm and 9 pm.
The earlier performance includes dinner.
The late performance also includes
DJs Funkmaster Flex, GrandMaster Flash,
Jackie Christie, Alex Lauterstein,
Neil Landstrumm from Scotland,
Mark Ronson and Q-Tip,
special guests including Perry Farrell.

Life
158 Bleecker Street at Thompson St.
420 1999

First Kitt set 6:30 to 9:30 pm
with buffet dinner, bottle of champagne
and seating is $ 150 per person ( yikes ! ).

Second set at 10 pm includes open bar
until 11 pm is $ 75 per person.

!!!

Thursday, Dec. 31st 1998

CULTURE CLUB
and
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Radio City Music Hall
1260 Sixth Avenue at 50th St.
247 4777
Tickets $ 47 to $ 77.

!!!

Thursday, Dec. 31st 1998

LUNA

;; Dean Wareham is a babe !
;; ;->

The Knitting Factory
7:30 pm and 10:30 pm
$ 25
74 Leonard Street
between Church and Broadway
212 219 3055

!!!

Thursday, Dec. 31st 1998

CIBO MATTO

CBGB at 8 pm and 11 pm.
$ 20
315 Bowery at Bleeker St.
982 4052

!!!

Thursday, Dec. 31st 1998

Sarah Greenwood + SWATI

Meow Mix
( I saw "Chasing Amy" last night,
  what a poor excuse for a mainstream representation
  of the present gender bender generation.
  Thumbs down, says me. )
9:30 pm
$ 5
269 Houston St. at Suffolk
334 7474

!!!

Thursday, Dec. 31st 1998

JUNIORVERSE

Twilo ( bleh ) is ringing in the New Yr.
platinum style ( yah, $ 50 door fee ).
Junior ( old bitch ) spins it to the late
noontime hours of Friday.

( I think this is the web site )
http://www.twiloclub.com/

!!!

Thursday, Dec. 31st 1998

DIRECT DRIVE

special afterhours party

DJs
R Notourious
J Seoul
Cassien
Seen

Baktun
418 West 14th Street
212 206 1590
$ 10 w/flyer, $ 20 w/o.
2 am to 8 am ( on Friday, Jan. 1st 1999 ? )

!!!

Friday, Jan. 1st 1999 ( wooo ... )

POETRY PROJECT'S 25th ANNUAL
NEW YEAR'S DAY MARATHON READING

A total of 190 performance artists, musicians, dancers
and visual artists ( oh, and poets ) have been invited
to participate. Confirmed so far are Vernon Reid,
Richard Hell, Eric Bogosian, Jim Carroll, and Laurie Stone.

The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church
131 East 10th Street at Second Avenue
212 674 0910

!!!

Friday, Jan. 1st 1999

SASHA + DIGWEED ( yay ! )

Platinum-style continued ...
( sorry guys, I'm plagiarizing
  verbatim from Flyer mag,
  these are *not* my cheezy words )
check out S + D, the UK trancemeisters,
who broke their last Friday-of-the-month
commitment for this special evening.
Avoid the New Yr's Eve madness
and rest up for this one.

TWILO
530 West 27th St. at 10th Ave.
212 268 1600
Doors at 11:30 pm.
$ 20

!!!

Saturday, January 2nd 1999

AMON TOBIN
and
DJ LOGIC

The Knitting Factory
74 Leonard Street
between Church and Broadway
212 219 3055
Tickets $ TBA.

!!!

Wednesday, January 6th 1999

The publick is respectfully informed that on
January 6th 1999
BINDLESTIFF FAMILY CIRKUS CABARET
W I N T E R C A B A R E T
enter its fourth season.

Witness the Grand Spectacle
of this Legendary
Vaudevillianous Variety Show.

Featuring NY's finest in Live Entertainment:
Philomena, Mr. Pennygaff, Scotty the Blue Bunny,
Jennifer Miller ( Circus Amok ), Zeroboy,
Albert Garzon the Piano Man,
the Bindlestiff Family Marching Band, and surprise guests.

Every Wednesday night at
the Brooklyn Brewery
79 North 11th Street, Williamsburg.
Six blocks from the Bedford Avenue L train.

Doors 8:30 pm
Band 9 pm
Cirkus 10 pm

January 6th: Musical Guests PUSS PIE

Admission is $ 5, $ 3 for clowns in makeup.
More information 212 726 1935
Visit the Autonomadic Bookstore

http://www.atomicage.com/bindle

!!!

Saturday, January 16th 1998
ONE NITE ONLY

Nonesuch Records & the Brooklyn Academy of Music
in association with the International Production Associates present

PHILIP GLASS
& The Philip Glass Ensemble
KOYAANISQATSI LIVE !

The Film With Music - In Concert -
First Live Presentation In Over A Decade.

BAM Opera House
Tickets $ 40, 30, 18.
BAM Information 718 636 4100

!!!

Now I'm sure there's so much more
but I have neither the time nor the inclination
to become the online chronicler of millennial events.

Lemme share some words from the Missing Foundation [tm]:

the gunshots are boring
and the rape is none of my affair
i cannot face it
i am a ghost
leaving trails of grafitti
the air i breathe
costs a chest of holes
and i am painting with fire
putting forth a colder flame
a digger in stir
i sift through journals
for words unwritten
spelling out a mystery of love
and hate
while the strangers come and go
i've only been stopped once
to fill the space between these iron bars
i wish i had an interest level
so i could monitor it from a distance
huh ! and if HE wants to know
if i have any last words ...

( by Keith )

Have a righteous holiday y'all.
Don't lemme catch any on the milk cartons.
Keep it safe, don't drink and drug.

We are still living in 1933,
Yvonne.

==
Hermit Thrushes are elusive
and tend to drift quietly
as we are doing now
( I too consider myself a demented drifter )

           -- Franklin Rosemont, Penelope
              ( Chicago Surrealist Editions: 1997 )
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