NewCityMovement

Mirage (for Murano Due) by Filippo Caprioglio, shafts of light like laser beams bring new shapes and dimensions to the surrounding space.

Chicao Afrobeat Project

The Chicago Afrobeat Project will be on stage tonight at the Utah Arts Festival. They sound like fun...

Chicago Afrobeat Project (CAbP) remains true to its original vision of breathing the intensity of Chicago’s rich music scene into the infectious sounds of afrobeat. Rather than become caricatures of the genre, CAbP slips a reverent nod to the tradition while delivering an energized originality different from any other band on the afrobeat scene today. At each of its 100+ live performances a year, the group’s frenzied songs hit audiences with a big enough one-two punch to tirelessly knock them onto the dance floor time and time again. ... Afrobeat’s range of influences — funk, rock,  jazz, afro-cuban, high life and juju music – settle into a hypnotic, dance-compelling pulse at the core of CAbP. The group layers a fiery originality around this core through high-energy rock and experimental jazz.

– UAF Website

Chicago Afrobeat Project
Friday 9:30 – 11:00 PM
Festival Stage

Find out what fish are safe to eat.

SAY NO TO HO!...and yes to ECCENTRIC GLAMOUR!

Glamorous eccentrics are irresistible people. They are irreverent, occasionally impertinent, a tad mysterious, charming, often self-invented, good at applying eyeliner, and above all nonconformist. They are a fabulous confection of style, self-empowerment, and black patent sling backs. Everyone wants to be one, but how? Ubiquitous style guru Simon Doonan has the answer.

By no means a typical how-to manual, Eccentric Glamour is a mixture of cultural commentary and personal disclosure, generously seasoned with gushings of wildly dictatorial, provocative, and reckless style advice. Through cautionary tales and inspirational examples, Doonan shows how to develop your own brand of eccentric glamour — by magnifying everything that is already unique and idiosyncratic about you.

In these comic essays, interspersed with one-on-one interviews with some of the world's most glamorous eccentrics (including Iman, Lucy Liu, Tilda Swinton, Malcolm Gladwell, and many more), Simon Doonan offers the women of America an alternative to the cheapness and tackiness that currently pass for personal style. Eccentric Glamour is intended as an antidote to the epidemic of slutty dressing and porno-chic that has taken over since the arrival of Paris Hilton and Anna Nicole Smith (may she rest in peace). While the typical TV boobs 'n' Botox makeovers force every woman to look the same, the transformations this book strives to inspire are the very opposite. Dressing like a ho is not just bad taste but boring! In Simon Doonan's book, conformity is the only crime and dressing down the only faux pas. Read More.

Low Flow

Absolutely brilliant Low Motion Disco album 'Keep It Slow' out today. Listen here. Get'et!

This should be your new water bottle.

Get Well Soon Masks are the fun way to protect yourself from the airborne diseases of the future. (Via CoolHunting)

Style Wars - Wednesday @ W. Lounge

There's a fun party happening tomorrow night at the dub. Style Wars is a collaboration between some kick ass cycle shops and retailers. Trix in the parking lot and fashionism inside. Hit it up!

Dada Factory presents The 337 Project Film

Afterimage: The Art of 337 is the new documentary film about the 337 Project. A labor of love for its creators, Alex Haworth and Davey Davis, Afterimage is the definitive record of the 337 Project. You can read an in-depth review of Afterimage here, or visit the website of Haworth and Davis to learn more.

 See the film and buy the DVD at the Salt Lake Art Center all Summer long:
Public Opening Reception: Gallery Stroll Friday, June 20 from 6 - 9 p.m.
Members Only Event: Gallery Stroll Friday, June 20 from 5 - 6 p.m.

If you miss the opening, enjoy seven more dates through Sep. 20th, free to the public listed at SLArtCenter.org.

Alex Moulton "Exodus"

This... is like the hottest album artwork I've seen in forever. Listen here.

NiteLite Presents Jesse Walker w/ Dan Dixon June 21st @ W. Lounge

There's some excellent contemporary house music out there right now. Our goal is to try and present the best of what we've discovered in an engaging format each month at NiteLite. If you've got the itch to twitch, let myself and guest Dan Dixon scratch it for you as we kick things into high gear for June this coming Saturday.

It could be on the warm side so I suggest wearing little to no clothing. That would be illegal but the least you can do is shock yourself and others with a high cut bathing suit and roller skates or heels - for girls - and maybe satin workout shorts with the slit up the side and tank tops for boys. We'll have several industrial fans to keep those skirts flying high so fear not!

We're going Black/White here at NCM. Hope you like.

Tame That Pussy

Kevin Richardson,  South Africas "Lion Whisperer." (Thanks Joe)

2008 Twilight Concert Series Lineup

The Arts Council finally released it's lineup for the Twilight Concert series:

July 10 The Roots
July 17 Andrew Bird | Josh Ritter
July 24 De La Soul
July 31 Yonder Mountain String Band | Keller Williams
August 7 Nada Surf | Tim Fite
August 14 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
August 21 Broken Social Scene | Big Sleep
August 28 Neko Case | Crooked Fingers

Rumor has it this will be the last year it's free to the public.

Live In The Rowhaus

Attention downtown dwellers/renters who might be in a position to buy. Take a look at the Rowhaus Project at 125 W. Fremont Ave. (1150 SOUTH), SLC, UT. The 2nd phase of 8 units are now going for $259,900 from the original asking price of $410,000 (!). These loft style homes are three levels of green living space - almost 2000 square feet with 3 Bedrooms / 2.5 Baths - a small, fenced private backyard and two car garage behind each unit. Constructed of ICF walls with R-50 insulation they are quiet and energy efficient homes. The minimal interiors feature, cement countertops, cement ground floor, large windows and bright opens spaces throughout. Best of all, they are a block away from the 13th S. Trax stop.

I know some hip people who already have offers in and want cool neighbors. Act today, they are going fast! (sales pitch) Contact Mark Seeley/Urban Utah Homes & Estates at 801-637-4220. Click the photos above for a tour and here's a Deseret News article from 2007.