WORDPRESS? MOVABLE TYPE?

so. i am growing up and getting ready to switch to my own hosting. i got some cheap hosting at site5.com (thanks jason) but am on the fence about switching blogging software. wordpress is pretty easy to use but trying to import from blogger has been kind of disastrous so far. i'll try again, but it's not working as of yet. i hear moveable type is hard to install and is useful mainly b/c you can run multiple blog pages on one site whereas wordpress gives you one blog page and then several static pages. i haven't tried the new blogger yet, but maybe it's better. thoughts? i found this post useful, and there are zillions more out there i'm sure.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM OUR BABY IN THE SNOW

Happy Holidays everyone!

A NICE NEW ARTICLE ABOUT THE ARMADA

The New Merry Pranksters from the Gambit Weekly in New Orleans

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

HA HA HA.

OH ANGELA

Angela Coppola took this pic of Antlers at Bike Kill.

SATURDAY NIGHT SUCKA HAS ART: 3RD WARD

new in town: group-show.com pinned up and story exhibition dates: december 11 - 16, 2006 artist reception and closing party: saturday, december 16, 2006, 7-11p the gallery at 3rd ward 195 morgan avenue | brooklyn, ny 11237 view photos from the exhibit and book more here

GET READY - 11 SPRING ST. THIS WEEKEND

Wooster on Spring Three-day street art mega-installation. The Candle Building on 11 Spring Street in lower Manhattan has been an ever-changing and evolving canvas for graffiti and street artists from around the world for decades. The new owners of the building have decided to respect and celebrate the history of 11 Spring by allowing artists to create work inside on all five floors, as well as the exterior. They enlisted the help of Marc and Sara Schiller of Wooster Collective, who have rounded up artists from around the globe for the event. Artists have spent the past weeks creating work on all five floors and the exterior. The artists whose work will be showcased include Shepard Fairey, WK, Jace, Swoon, David Ellis, FAILE, Cycle, Lady Pink, London Police, Prune, JR, Speto, D*Face, JMR, Blek Le Rat, John Fekner, Bo and Microbo, Above, BAST, Momo, Howard Goldkrand, Borf, Gaetane Michaux, Skewville, Michael DeFeo, Will Barras, Kelly Burns, Abe Lincoln, Jr, Thubdercut, Judith Supine, Rekal, Maya Hayuk, Anthony Lister, Stikman, You Are Beautiful, Gore-B, Elboe-Toe, MCA, Jasmine Zimmerman, Plasma Slugs, Diego, RIPO, The Graffiti Research Lab, Txtual Healing, Mark Jenkins, Dan Witz, Iminendisaster, Rene Gagnon, and many other surprise guests. The exhibition will take place for three days only after which the building will be turned into condos. The interior work will be entombed and the exterior blasted clean. Also, don't forget that the SoundLab will be placing "Sonic Tags" inside 11 Spring, so if you are in the area set you from Dec 15-17 set you transmission frequency modulation to 100.1 All weekend long we Soundlab will be broadcasting sounds live at the event. Don't forget that we need you to help us make up the soundsystem. Dig out your Boomboxes and handheld transistors; tune when at the building to 100.1 on the FM dial. Panel discussion at 3p on Sunday. 11 Spring, Manhattan 11a-5p; $free Continues SATURDAY and SUNDAY 11a-5p http://www.woostercollective.com

TONIGHT!!!! GROUP SHOW AT CINDERS

with all your best friends: ian from japanther, swoon, kim from matt and kim and sto. 6-10pm.

YOUR PICTURES OF DEAD ANIMALS ARE TOTALLY PLAYED

I mean seriously. YAWN. Big yawn. It's the most obvious, 'hey let's make a gritty dead animal photo for vice' thing ever. Boring. La-ame.

BREAD AND PUPPET: BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

SIN DESTROYERS RUIN CHRISTMAS!

TONIGHT: WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

Where Have You Been? Stories about travel and far-away places. New Yorkers go all over the world but the city has a way of swallowing their homecomings. Orbit the earth and your friends just ask if you missed the pizza. Tonight offers a chance for travelers to tell stories, to bring the world home, and to share it -- with travelers as well as those of us who don't get out much. Featuring interviews with three intrepids: Circus composer Sxip Shirey explains the difference between touring islands in NorthernScotland and hitting the road with the Dresden Dolls; activist Dyan Neary went to Oaxaca, Mexico, in search of the paramilitary thugs who killed Brad Will; and DJ, promoter, and New Release publisher Justin Carter was carjacked in Los Angeles. Interviews by Jeff Stark. Gorgeous slideshows tightly edited and mercifully short. Bluestockings Bookstore 172 Allen Street, Manhattan Monday, December 11 7-8:30p; $5 suggested http://www.bluestockings.com/

TONIGHT: 11 YEAR OLD PUNK ROCKERS, ALSO, THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.

Hey! This weekend is going to be pretty rad so I thought I'd spread the details around. Tonight at the ARM gallery on n7 between havemeyer & meeker "Tiny Masters of Today" - literally tiny people (11 yr olds) bang on the drums at Ben Frost's art opening. Later on there's the Rubulad, a day of action for Eric Ng, then Saturday's Michael Jackson party, and a warm and Sunny Sunday where I turn 26 and Callie and Orien also get old. Old! ||||||||||||||||||||||||TONIGHT|||||||||||||||||||||||| 1) THE ARM. Says Dan via Ian: Hello, This Friday December 8th from 7PM there will be an opening party for Ben Frost's show Don't Try This At Home at The Arm, 281 North 7th Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Music will be provided by pre-teen Brooklyn rockers Tiny Masters of Today. This is gonna be crazy! Entry is free. Drinks are free. Hope you can make it! 2) Rubulad. Not your average Rubulad experience, because it will feature the return of Orien and also Callie and me being birthday-ish. We're all getting old! Rubulad is at 338 Flushing Avenue, between Classon and Taaffee, Brooklyn 10p doors, 11p show; $10 B61 bus on Driggs to Flushing Avenue, J,M,Z trains to Marcy Avenue station, G train to Flushing or Classon sations ||||||||||||||||||||||||SATURDAY|||||||||||||||||||||||| 1) Day of Action & Memorial for Slain Cyclist Eric Ng 1PM: Memorial bike ride for Eric Ng, 22 year-old bicyclist, teacher, and friend who was killed by a drunk driver on the West Side bike path. Meet up in Washington Square Park at 1pm. We will ride together to the site of Eric's death at 1:30 SHARP. Non-bikers can go directly to the West Side Greenway, near Clarkson St. By train: take the 1 to Houston St. 2:30PM: Directly after the memorial ride there will be a memorial service at St. Mark's Church. Friends & family will share stories, show photos, and play music. St. Mark's Church is at the corner of 2nd Ave and 11th St. By train: 6 to Astor Place, R/W to 8th St, or F train to Houston St. 8PM: Memorial dance party. Do not go gently into that good night. DJs & live punk rock. At Time's Up, 49 E. Houston St. By train: 6 or B/D/F/V to Bleecker-Lafayette. 2) La Superette cheap good things at eyebeam 3) Remember When Michael Jackson was Black . . . AND AWESOME?!? a celebration of old-skool MJ. THIS SATURDAY - Dec 9th, partytime. 345 eldert st apt 206, corner of Irving. L train to Halsey $5 with free drink tikt or FREE with convincing crotch-grab and howl. *a note on this: i was able to ask later on what "reverse michael jacksonification" was, and, just as i feared it was literally people putting themselves in blackface and "whiteface." wtf, right? i think the idea was that the 3 black folks attending their party might put themselves in whiteface as though that was somewhat equitable. i mean, you wouldn't go to your friends house whose parent did of lupus and wear a "lupus face mask" right? it wouldn't become okay if this part featured lynchings of white people right? digging up the history of minstrelsy like that for fun just seems somewhere between massive oversight and batshit insane, can't decide which. i know they meant well, i'm a big fan of matt levy and my dear friend who lives with him, but this party was totally not okay in my view.

||||||||||||||||||||||||SUNDAY|||||||||||||||||||||||| It will be approximately twenty degrees warmer than it currently is. Rejoice! Also I will turn 26.

SPEAK OUT: I HAD AN ABORTION IN WOMEN'S E NEWS TODAY

READ ABOUT IT HERE more on the film at speakoutfilms.com

SUNDAY SUNDAY

On Sunday I will be 26. I'm getting old.

MEMORIAL RIDE FOR ERIC NG

Thanks Todd, for posting:

This is reposted from the Visual Resistance site:

On Friday, December 1, Eric Ng was riding his bike up the West Side bike path. He was on his way from a show to a party — that was Eric, always busy, always seeing people — when a fucking drunk driver ran him down. The driver had traveled at speed for over a mile on the bike path, ignoring dozens of exits, literally dozens of chances to return to the road. Dozens of choices. The car hit Eric with such force that his bike was crushed, he was thrown into the air, his tire and shoe landing fifty feet away. The horrific details are in the news, if you want them. —– A big group of Eric’s friends spent the weekend mourning, talking, and, finally, making. We made a ghost bike for him on Saturday and sunflowers on Sunday. Eric’s memorial plaque reads “Love & Rage” — no resting in peace for this rock star.

There’s a memorial ride this Saturday, December 9th, meeting at 1pm in Washington Square Park and then proceeding to the site of Eric’s death. Non-bikers can head straight to the site, on the West Side bike path near Clarkson St. Please bring flowers (especially sunflowers), sidewalk chalk, paint, whatever you want. There will be a memorial service after the ride with music and a slideshow, and a party later that night.

Check the VR site for more updates.

SEEN ON LONDON'S COBRASNAKE

London has a website just like the cobrasnake which I stumbled on. This pic was there of the happiest guy around.

TONIGHT: RIGHTRIDES & STREET HARASSMENT COALITION--7:30PM

Who RightRides For Women's Safety joins forces with the Street Harassment Coalition and TimesUP! to host an informative safety discussion regarding downtown safety.

When Monday, December 4th, 2006. 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m Where TimesUp! 49 East Houston Street Between Mott and Mulberry NYC

Panelists and Discussion

Panelists include Detective Olga Mercado from Special Victims Unit, One Police Plaza , representatives from NYC Gay & Lesbian Anti Violence Project, and the Callen-Lorde Community Health Clinic, more TBA. The panel will be moderated by Oraia Reid, Executive Director and co-founder, ofRightRides. This discussion will focus on general safety in the Downtown Manhattan areas, with a primary focus on the safety of women and the LGBTQ community. This is a FREE meeting and open to all. Get informed about the issues affecting your community, learn about how you can address violence and the resources available to you. Light refreshments will be served courtesy of the Street Harassment Coalition

About the Street Harassment Coalition The Street Harassment Coalition is a group of NYC based activists focused on eradicating the sexual harassment women and transwomen face daily on the streets and other public spaces. Working in conjunction with community and feminist groups we offer educational workshops and direct action campaigns to raise awareness and end harassment. For more information contact 212.696.8606 or www.streetharassment.org

About TimesUP! TimesUp! is a grassroots environmental group that uses educational outreach and direct action to promote a more sustainable, less toxic city. For more than 15 years, TimesUp! has worked to educate people about the environmental impacts of everyday decisions, from the food we buy to the means of transportation we use. For more information, contact: www.times-up.org

Special thanks to KC Hunt for helping organize this Neighborhood Safety Meeting!

IT'S WORLD AIDS DAY TODAY

And Bristol-Myers Squibb gave away up to $100,000 for every lighting of an electronic candle on its site lighttounite.org they've already had over 318,000 clicks, so no need to click anymore.

TONIGHT: EVE ENSLER & DENNIS MUKWEGE OF THE DRC

Reminder: NYC Event - Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Conversation with Eve Ensler and Dr. Denis Mukwege Tonight, Eve Ensler and Dr. Denis Mukwege - long-time advocates for improving the lives of women and girls in violent situations - will discuss sexual violence in the Congo and beyond, and examine mechanisms for prevention and ways to influence policy change on the ground. Healing the Wounds of War: Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is presented by The Center for Global Affairs at NYU and The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in collaboration with V-Day, The Global Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls. Friday, December 1, 2006 6pm - 8pm at New York University School of Law Vanderbilt Hall, Tishman Auditorium 40 Washington Square South at MacDougal Street New York, NY EVE ENSLER is an Award-winning Playwright/Performer/Activist and Founder of V-Day, a global movement that supports anti-violence organizations throughout the world DR. DENIS MUKWEGE MUKENGERE is the Director and Founder of the ground-breaking Panzi General Referral Hospital in Bukavu, South Kivu Democratic Republic of the Congo Pre-registration is required. Register online at www.scps.nyu.edu/preventviolence For more information please call (212) 992-8380 or email scps.global.affairs@nyu.edu Please note: Arrive promptly at 5:30 PM to ensure priority seating. Please note that pre-registration is required but does not guarantee a seat if you arrive late. Because our events are presented at no charge, it is our policy not to hold seats once a program is about to begin.

THIS MAN DOESN'T BELIEVE IN BIRTH CONTROL

So, the guy Bush has appointed to be in charge of family planning for the entire country is a right wing zealot nut who doesn't believe in birth control. How can the guy have planning in his title and not believe in birth control? Sign the "THIS MAN DOESN'T BELIEVE IN BIRTH CONTROL" petition here. effing ridic.