“A flower is coloured silk in the dirt, not a symbol.”

June 24-- Albert Parsons Radical American editor, printer, Haymarket martyr. *Festival of Contagious Magic. ALSO ON JUNE 24 IN HISTORY… 1647 — Margaret Brent urges women’s vote before Maryland Assembly. 1842 — Devil’s Dictionary author Ambrose Bierce born, Meigs County, Ohio. 1848 — Haymarket...

ritual for wild dogs by Jeremy Gaulke we found whiskey in bottles without labels in charred ruins and secret places draped in rust and toadstools filled hub caps and jagged cans and left near the shit and uneaten cowls of the dogs who ran the woods at night we left the whiskey to madden the dogs the way that men are mad to make them brave [...]

Need to read up on Dan Graham before his Whitney retrospective opens to the public this Thursday? Find a few informative articles here. This Friday’s Feelies performance is the first of many Graham-related events at the Whitney and elsewhere around town. Besides the four Whitney Live Friday evening shows in July, there will also be a [...]

Don’t miss this article in the NY Times by Claudia La Rocco (whoops! forgot to share it sooner!) about Colin, his work, his Whitney residency, and his recent Chocolate Factory performances.

Please tell yer NY peeps to come on out, or come on down and join in the fun!! Friday June 26– Thee Plastic Crimewave Vision Celestial Guitarkestra will be happening at the Cake Shop 152 Ludlow St., New York, NY–with openers Prince Ruperts Drops, Samara Lubelski and the Bubble Electric, and Puffy Areolas (from Ohio–they rule and [...]

Floating World Animation Fest 2009 Trailer - Holocene, June 25th from Floating World Comics on Vimeo. “The 3rd annual Floating World Animation Fest features mind melting video art and psychedelic animation from the secret world of motionography. “Secret” meaning these are the geniuses that make your music videos, on air graphics, commercials, credit sequences, and movie [...]

Saturday, June 27 Arthur presents… A special summer twilight show at Frankford Gardens 7:30pm featuring two sets by PETER STAMPFEL AND THE ETHER FROLIC MOB plus Just added! BROTHER JT and IAN NAGOSKI spinning vintage 78rpm music 2037 Frankford Avenue (enter around back on Sepviva Street)...

“Never roast a farmer. If you think they complain under normal circumstances, you don’t know the half of it.”