Dang Gurl
Posted by The G on April 15, 2012 under Street Art | 
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Dang Gurl
This little friend was spotted in Brooklyn.
Review: Alabama Shakes live at Music Hall of Williamsburg
Posted by The G on April 13, 2012 under Encounters with G, G Reviews | Be the First to Comment
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Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes
If you are not familiar with Alabama Shakes, I reckon you sure will be by the end of 2012! The quartet (quintet if you include their touring keyboard player) from Athens, Alabama rocked the house at a very sold out show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn on April 12, 2012. Lead singer Brittany Howard is also a name you are soon to become well acquainted with as her vocals are like a cross between Betty Davis (not the actress, Miles’ ex-wife – look her up!) and Adele. Musically, Alabama Shakes fuses elements of southern rock, blues and soul and when you put that combination together, you get a rockin’ good time!
Alabama Shakes
Their debut album “Boys and Girls” was released this week and it’s going to be a smash. The Shakes (as they are sometimes known) played the record to an adoring crowd, who sang along to the words of nearly every track! Lead singer Brittany Howard played guitar and also delivered an extremely powerful vocal performance where just from watching the show, you can tell she’s going to be a star! She thanked the crowd for us coming out to see Alabama Shakes and she said that it seems hard for her to believe that she’s in New York performing songs that were written in their bedrooms in Alabama. She better get used to it because in a matter of no time, they are going to be playing huge venues.
It's Brittany, Bitch!
If you head over to Alabama Shakes’ official site (link is above), you can download a free mp3 of their song “Heavy Chevy” in exchange for your email address. Highly recommended! I am looking forward to watching Alabama Shakes shake up and take up the music world.
See the setlist after the jump.
Lowest
Posted by The G on April 5, 2012 under Street Art | Be the First to Comment
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Lowest
Dumbo by Bast
Posted by The G on March 26, 2012 under Street Art | Be the First to Comment
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Dumbo
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Keith Haring 1978 – 1982 at Brooklyn Museum
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Keith Haring Polaroids
If you’re a fan of Keith Haring and you are in the New York area, you’re about to hit the mother-lode. The Brooklyn Museum has a fantastic exhibit of Keith Haring’s work focusing on the early part of his career from 1978 – 1982. You’ll see sketches, journal pages, subway drawings, videos, still photos and many of these works have never been displayed in public before.
Partial view of a gigantic Keith Haring mural.
Videos from his time at the School of Visual Arts are also on display and if you’re a big Haring fan, you’ll be really excited to see footage of the infamous performance of Keith Haring “painting himself into a corner.”
Rare video footage of Keith Haring
Somehow, they were able to preserve dozens of Haring’s infamous subway drawings and there’s an entire room dedicated to the chalk drawings, including one that was done in collaboration with Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Subway Collaboration between Keith Haring and Basquiat
