DEC 1 IS WORLD AIDS DAY

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THERE WAS THIS ARTICLE IN GLAMOUR

I may not have mentioned it, but it came out a few months ago. It's about young women & abortion, and I was interviewed for it. I think it's very good, and it's now available online, so read away, here.

SOME PARTIES TONIGHT.

1) Happy Bday Jake! See you later! 2) Indymedia closing their office on 29th st party: NYC Indymedia is in a time of transition. We are moving out of our longtime home at 34 East 29th St. at the end of the month. The space is almost entirely empty after a mad weekend of cleaning. On Tuesday Nov. 29, we will celebrate five years of Indymedia here in New York (as well as the 6th anniversary of the birth of the global Indymedia network) with a rockin' party featuring live DJs and historic Indymedia video footage from the past six years. Please help support radical, independent media. c/o wboard 3) Animal Collective Homecoming: Other Music Presents: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE HOMECOMING PARTY @ APT Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:11:29 -0500 THIS JUST IN! Other Music and APT are hosting a homecoming party for Animal Collective, who are finally back in NYC after their long tour. There's no cover charge, just tell the staff at the door that you're there for the "Other Music Presents Party." Here are all the details: Other Music and APT Present ANIMAL COLLECTIVE HOMECOMING PARTY Featuring DJ sets from JOSH DIBB (Deakin of Animal Collective) and SCOTT MOU (Jane) TUESDAY, November 29th 9:00 P.M. until 4:00 A.M. Open Vodka Bar from 9:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. + $4 Stellas all night long!!! *FREE* Downstairs at APT 419 W. 13th Street New York, NY APT c/o wboard

RIP PAT MORITA

Meeo B Ward, awesome antlered reader and friend to antlereds everywhere, wrote this the other day about the passing away of Pat Morita: noriyuki pat morita 1932-2005 noriyuki pat morita died from on thursday. i heard about this while i was slurping down a large bowl of noodles at my favorite diner and watching the tv with the sound off. a strange feeling came over me. they showed the standard clips from the karate kid movies and i thought that maybe i could add just a little more for you guys: at the age of 2, pat contracted spinal tuberculosis and was severelly ill for the following 9 years. most of this time was spent in body casts and it was believed that he would never have use of his legs. he was determined to walk and eventually did so at the age of 11. this was at the time when pearl harbor was attacked and he along with 100,000 asian americans ( mostly japanese) were forced to live in internment camps. he was escorted by an fbi agent, from the children's hospital to the nearest camps where he was to meet up with the rest of his family. morita often spoke about the pain of bigotry up to his final years and was a lifelong supporter of japanese american ww2 soldiers who fought for the us. these troops were known as the purple heart battallion, very few survived. morita spoke on behalf of these veterans that are nearly forgotten, many of them dead. morita was the narrator of "beyond barbed wire" (it will make you cry!), a documentary on these infantries. many do not remember the story of "mr. myagi's past", but morita drew upon his experiences in the internment camps, and those of his veteran friends and incorporated thee events into shaping the role of "mr. miyagi". the story goes that morita addressed the director over the absurdity of the mr.miyagi drunken stupor scene in 'karate kid', due to the fact that there was no content to the scene. morita pressured the director into letting him develop mr miyagi as a ww2 veteran, whose wife and child died in the camps while he was fighting the war. when i think about it, i didnt know then what was going on. i wonder if anyone else remembers that? can we all start saying "go for broke" instead of "wax on wax off"? ha ahh...but i digress... after his release he went to school and started a career with an aerospace firm. he left this work at 30, tired of his office life and its effects on his health; to become a comedian. while working the comedy clubs, he took on the nick name "the hip nip" (this completely freaks me out) and developed a friendship with red foxx who helped him push his acting career further by appearing on 'sanford and son' and 'happy days'. i think that it is hard to look at the roles that he played back then, without feeling a cringe from some derogatory stereotype roles that he had to fill. At the time, he was the only asian-american actor working regularly and filling a diverse amount of roles: landlord, business owner, cop, cab driver, sensei, grill cook, etc.; both in film and on tv. i thought he was great. when i look back on it all now, i'd say he was ....revolutionary; and i say this because he CAME OUT and QUESTIONED the us government's mishandling of japanese detainees and soldiers who fought and died in WW2. he QUESTIONED the "pledge of allegiance" and the defninition of "nationality". throughout his career he was a type of symbol to some of us. he survived some serious shit, yet had that incredible laugh that came from somewhere really deep. how this guy moved on to become a comedian, i cant fucking imagine. it's the type of transcendence that is moving. he was a bad ass mother fucker. love you guys, meeo

IF YOU HAVE SOME MONEY I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE IT TO CREATIVE TIME.

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VACATIONS ARE THE NICEST.

my vegan foodswings thanksgiving dinner. the mock cornish hen in the shape of a cornish hen was a tad weird but it was all quite delicious.i have barely been out all weekend except to see bright eyes in new jersey. that was fun. mad 16 year olds with their parents. a tad humiliating to be so old but whatev. i totally missed critical mass AND the last fixed at tribeca grand. so it goes. zipco's on his death bed and i've been holding his hair back and stuff. poor kid.

it was so neat

we were all in this giant roof bubble

it was beautiful to watch

fire guy practicing for the burning man thing

thick of it

eeeeeeeeeeee!

Rise up!

joey channelling jesus

sloshed

he always means it

this is what they do on stage

joey royale & greg

a totally wasted birthday joey royale rushing the stage for angeline

playing with his hands

i think they're one of my favorite bands ever

sometimes greg looks like he has no neck

have they always had a horn guy? he was rad?

greg

o'death blew everyone's minds

moments after brett downed the last of zipco's whiskey

gaggle of ladies having a giggle fest

this is for JAH!

poorboy johnson!

pbj & gdr

poorboy johnson!

poor kevin got a flat outside glasshouse at the joey royale birthday show

nina & joey royale on his birthday

whoa

TRYPTOPHANATICISM.

So. Thanksgiving is tomorrow, today technically. Enjoy your tofurkey, or alternately, turkey. Tell me nice stories from being home.

HAPPY ENDING TONIGHT. GOING AWAY PARTY FOR DOYLE.

HAPPY ENDING TUESDAY NIGHT JAMMER Upstairs SHIT HAMMERED Host / DJ Darryl Nau Resident DJ Bastard FREE SPARKS 10-11 Going away party for DOYLE of the infamous Black Label Bike Club Come gobble down your weekly dosage of cocks, tits and porno thats plastered all over the walls. Always a different theme and different set up Downstairs WE BITE! Host / DJ's Spencer Product Stefan Lockdown Guest DJ's KITTY MAGIC(MILENA MEPRIS & LAURA KITTY) FREE SPARKS 10 - 11 DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979 RECORD RELEASE PARTY “ROMANCE BLOODY ROMANCE (REMIXES & B SIDES)” INCLUDING REMIXES BY ‘PHONES’(A.K.A. PAUL EPWORTH) , JUSTICE, ALAN BRAXE JOSH HOMME FROM QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE & MORE! GIVEAWAYS ALL NIGHT LONG! PLUS OTHER GIVEAWAYS FROM VICE RECORDS OF THE STREETS, BLOC PARTY, & CHROMEO COURTESY OF ADDVICE! TONIGHT @ HAPPY ENDING! 302 BROOME ST. BTWN ELDRIDGE & FORSYTH

GUARD YOUR ALONE TIME WITH THE FEROCITY OF A MAMA WOLF.

this was basically the weekend. and it was nice. one of the highlights was finding my long lost bike kill pics. see below. tonight i am going to the gym. i have been missing the gym sorely for like a month or so, barely going at all. tonight that changes. i want to start going every day without fail again. oh and i just want to admit right now that i'm really into LOST. i watched like 13 hours of it this weekend. also, check out jennifer's article about choice on alternet & nerve.com.

LONG LOST BIKE KILL PICS!

Can't believe I found 'em. Yay! Posting in full this evening. [ed note: i didn't-will tuesday night]

awesome

TONIGHT AT GLASSHOUSE

TODD P, who looks remarkably like a smaller version of Joaquin Phoenix SAYS: hey y'all - * if anyone would like to make a donation to help offset DMBQ & Michelle Panache's travel & medical expenses following their tragic car accident, pls send PayPal donations to --> dmbqpanache@gmail.com or go to http://www.toddpnyc.com for a direct link. so - TONITE - Monday the 21st --> Matt & Kim - BARR - Hawnay Troof -and- Hey Willpower @ GLASSHOUSE. Matt & Kim are one of the most energetic and fun live bands in New York City right now - belting out ridiculously catchy tunes over keyboards and drums and no more. BARR = Brendan Fowler (x Dogg & Pony) - possibly the most positive man on the planet - speaking and rhyming over beats, channeling a dozen characters, twisting rhythms and taking crazed poetic tangents. Hawnay Troof is the alter-ego of xBxRx frontman Chris Touchton aka Vice Cooler - Miami booty bass beats with awesome outfits and dance moves. Hey Willpower are a R&B + dance party duo from San Francisco featuring members of Imperial Teen and Tomo. <-> MON 11/21 @ GLASSHOUSE <-> :: Matt & Kim --------------> http://www.myspace.com/mattandkim :::: BARR ------------------> http://www.myspace.com/barrbarr :::::: Hawnay Troof ------> http://www.myspace.com/hawnaytroof :::::::: Hey Willpower ----> http://www.myspace.com/heywillpower [ GLASSHOUSE GALLERY ] 38 S 1st btwn Wythe & Kent | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | L-Bedford/G-Metropolitan/JM-Marcy | 8PM | all ages | $8 - donation

O RLY?

so. these are great and you should send me lots. i know i'm late on this one---mostly b/c i thought it was silly to jump on the inter-bandwagon but oh who fucking cares i have nothing to do with the interbandwagon. from imeyer & pcd and whoever started this shit. got this last one here. some say this one started on fark.com says commenter. that makes sense. there's also orlyowl.com but you guys have heard of google, so go for it.

REMAINDERS

me & mike at the counts party so. here are some remainder pics that never got blogged because i got too busy and i don't blog from work anymore. counts party, the bell orchestre show & afterparty pics. As for the weekend plans: tonight there's an opening at pammy's gallery before she drives across the country for her friend wyatt. sammy will be bartending. come on down. says troublebrass: friday evening i will be bartending at the opening at roebling hall. in brooklyn. s.4th and wythe. pam's friend wyatt is showing his work. i hear it is good. okay. also, there will be a lovely performance at stay gold gallery, a benefit for a play about cancer which the incredible jane lecroy and lauren fardig among others. deets. also tonight:

MANHATTAN! Opening reception:

Friday, November 18 7-10 p.m. 100 Lafayette

100 Lafayette St. at Walker St. (Just below Canal)

Please come celebrate the 10th anniversary of PAPERMAG.com with a group show featuring the works of over 50 New York City-based artists, curated by Carol Lee. November 18 - December 17, 2005

For more information, go to http://www.papermag.com.

* AFTER-PARTY

China Chalet

47 Broadway, 2nd Fl. (One Block below Wall St.)

** Stay tuned and keep your calendars open for screenings of films by Michel Auder and "Maestro" by Josell Ramos.

Dates to be announced.

MANY THANKS TO:

Amstel Light, Red Bull, the A-Team, the girls of WildCat & the boys at SPH

ALSO, DAVE P BRINGS SOME CRAZY SWEDES FOR LATE NIGHT MUSIC FUN AT DON HILL'S. COME ON THROUGH. DEETS. SATURDAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO CHILL AT THE END OF THE HIGH LINE: LAST CHANCE - The Plain of Heaven is going out with a bang this weekend with a magic cow, a Water Thief, and deconstructed organ music. Don’t risk the self-loathing you’re sure to experience if you miss this show. 820 Washington Street (Meat Packing District) Friday – Sunday, Noon-6pm. SPECIAL EVENTS: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2PM ARTIST CONVERSATIONS with COREY MCCORKLE and PAUL RAMIREZ JONAS Corey McCorkle will share tales of his pilgrimage to Cambodia to find and film Preah, a Cow known to possess magical healing powers. Keeping with his interest in utopian ideas of nature and transcendence, the artist explores the power and vulnerability of belief in a setting where the subject is more tyically identified as a perishable commodity. Paul Ramirez Jonas exposes the fallibility of our efforts to preserve ideas and their resistance to permanence with Water Thief. The project features an unfired decaying clay tablet and an updated version of a Roman water clock calibrated to mark the time of the show. Beginning to drip at the opening on October 14th, the water clock empties its last drop this Sunday at 6 pm. SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 5:40-6:00 PM TRISHA DONNELLY During the last 20 minutes of exhibition, Trisha Donnelly’s organ sound installation will blast through the space for this singular presentation. Evoking medieval church music, as well as fantasy and science fiction films, the piece begins as a kind of retro-futurist heavenly prelude, at times mysterious and discordant, then epically grand, mournful, celebratory, brooding and ecstatic. Emanating from speakers placed in the heart of the building, the organ music will wind its way through the decaying architecture, elegizing the building, the exhibition, and Donnelly’s work itself—before each fully vanishes. Join Creative Time for a closing drink! 6 - 7 PM HAPPY HOUR Brass Monkey 55 Little West 12th Street (Washington and West Side Highway)