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Push It

My buddy Matthew Bandy is playing in London right now on streaming station called PUSHFM.COM. I've never heard of it, but you can stream through iTunes and hear a bunch of great DJ's 24hrs a day. Give it a try!

Little Rooms

I'm digging these compact rooms by Italian furniture designer Tumidei Spa. More rooms to check out at ReNest and at Tumedi Spa.

Little Adults

"Little Adults" photo essay by Anna Skladmann explores the lives of privileged children in Russia. [TMN]

Tedd Patterson At W. Lounge This Saturday!

Solid Gold

[Via BelowTheClouds]

Jesse Walker Plays Downtempo At RUST This Sunday

For your weekend easedown I'll be delivering a rare downtempo set with eclectic bits ranging from nudisco to dubstep and drum n' bass this Sunday at W. Lounge. My set is from 11:15 to 12:15pm, so cruise down and hear something dramatically different with my corrosive friends at RUST featuring A. Vanvranken, RS4 and Nemesis.

Jell-O Like You've Never Seen It

SprintCam V3 extreme slow-motion HD camera.

The Portable Wonder From Teenage Engineering

Introducing the OP-1 synthesizer and controller. [Via Notcot]

Film School For Dummies

No, I didn't go to film school actually, but I live with people who did and you could say I'm fairly well versed for my age. So today I am re-posting my list of all-time favorites. Cult, independent, documentary and "other" including a few new additions for anyone with a dwindling Netflix cue. Don't be shy about recommending titles I missed in the comments. Enjoy!

CRAP-TACULAR CULT:
Dune
Zardoz
Barbarella: Queen Of The Galaxy
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
The Omega Man
Donkey Skin
Saturn 5
Danger: Diabolik
Juliet of the Spirits
The Wicker Man (Original Version)
Meet The Feebles (Peter Jackson's first film)
Logan's Run

BEAUTIFUL, STRANGE & CEREBRAL:
The Holy Mountain (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
El Topo (Alejandro Jodorowsky)
On The Silver Globe (Andrzej Zulawski)
The Saddest Music In The World
American Astronaut
The Films of the Brothers Quay
Stalker (Andrei Tarkovski) The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovski)
City Of Lost Children (Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Delicatessen (Marc Caro & Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
The Return (Andrei Zvyagintsev)
Utomlyonnye solntsem aka Burnt By The Sun (Nikita Mikhalkov)
Cabeza de Vaca (Nicolás Echevarría)
Aguirre, the Wrath of God (Werner Herzog)
Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)
Time of the Gypsies (Emir Kusturica)
The Devils (Ken Russell)
Faustus (Jan Svenkmeier)
Dreams (Akira Kurosawa)
Ran (Akira Kurosawa)
Things To Come
Metropolis

THE GOOD STUFF:
Blade Runner
Alien
Alien 2
Wild At Heart
Shadow Of The Vampire
Let The Right One In
Reign Of Fire
Boogie Nights
Timecrimes
Sunshine
The Devil's Backbone
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Bloody Sunday
Rosemary's Baby
Water Drops On Burning Rocks (François Ozon)
Once upon A Time In The West
The Good The Bad And The Ugly
The Celebration
Lost In Translation
Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson)
Beau Travail
The Party (starring Peter Sellers)
Downfall
Coraline
The Piano Teacher
The Lives of Others
The Five Obstructions
Exit Through The Gift Shop
Harold & Maude
City Of God
Ed Wood
Election

DOCUMENTARIES:
The Legend of Leigh Bowery
The Cruise
My Brothers Keeper
The Long Way Round
The Long Way Down
The Devil's Playground
Paris Is Burning
Grey Gardens
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
En el Hoyo
The Yes Men
Hell House
Hands On A Hard Body
The Devils Miner
The Nomi Song
The Fog Of War
Grizzly Man
The Eyes of Tammy Faye

TELLY:
Strangers With Candy
The League Of Gentleman (BBC)
Black Books (BBC)
The Kingdom (Lars von Trier) [Danish Television Series]

How city bikers look sharp. [NYT]

Spring Fashion & Gallery Stroll Friday April 17th

Press Release 04/16/09:

Can you believe it? After half a year of hibernation, the SLC Fashion Stroll is back tomorrow night for our semi-annual street festival celebration of local fashion, funk and flavor. We're back with more vendors, bands and runway shows than ever, and are whipping up a very special, very free, very local night of spring-themed razzle-dazzle, and we're doing it all for you, local shopper, tomorrow night from 6-10pm along Broadway between 200-300 East.

Wanna sneak a peek on the TV first? Tune in today at 12noon - 12:20 on KUTV Channel 2 for a chance to preview a few brief looks as our awesome models from UTG display some of the best of what's new on the streets of SLC for Spring 2009.

For those of you that haven't done the Fashion Stroll yet - come out tomorrow. Mother Nature is promising us good weather, we have performers from Transfusion Hype, stilt-walkers, runway shows at 7,8, and 9pm, and the band lineup is looking dancetastic with appearances from sexontherun at 7:30 and Same As It Never Was (one of my new local faves), a Talking Heads cover band with a lot of sexy band members. Not to mention all the great shopping and art to be had on Broadway as Fashion Stroll & Gallery Stroll join forces for one epic night out on the town.

- Matt Monson | Owner, Model Citizen | SLC Fashion Stroll Coordinator

Indie Dance Party Tonight

For all those who wanted to see Girl Talk at the U. but it's snowing. Or maybe you go to Girl Talk and then still want to go out. Check this party at W.

Paparazzi is currently a resident at one of the largest and most successful club nights in L.A., "Dance" @ Arena and has been manning the turntables on the Los Angeles indie scene for years. His unmistakably original mixes and unique style have made him a fixture in many clubs throughout LA. (metromix Los Angeles). Now he hits Salt Lake for the first time ever, to blow the roof off Salt Lake's Hottest Dance Club. Join Us April 15th for a massive evening where SLC's and LA's finest combine. Fully equipped and ready to unleash the hottness.

Live DJ Sets By: DJ PAPARAZZI, http://myspace.com/paparazzi + HOT NOISE, http://Myspace.com/djhotnoise + Flash N Flare, http://myspace.com/flashandflare

W Lounge: 358 S. West Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84104
Doors open at 9:00pm, 21+
Presale tickets available @ http://24tix.com
http://myspace.com/wlounge

Surfaces

I can't say I've supported enough modern dance in my day. Recently I met one of the new directors at Rire Woodbury and she is so cool that I am making a point to see her show on the 23rd. Originally from Denmark, Charlotte Boye-Christensen received her formal training in London and completed her MFA Degree at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Her work has been commissioned in places as far as Milwaukee, Singapore and Cuba.

April 23-25 at 7:30pm
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center

SURFACES wraps up Ririe-Woodbury's 45th Season with works by three compelling contemporary choreographers, including a poetic piece by award-winning New York choreographer Susan Marshall. Recipient of three "Bessies" and the MacArthur "Genius" Award, this will be Susan's first work presented in Utah.  The Company will also re-stage Doug Varone's musical and witty 1994 work "Strict Love," performed to a CBS memory-lane broadcast of the 1970s, which shows a world from which certainty and uncompromised strength have vanished.  The last work of the program is by award winning artistic director Charlotte Boye-Christensen.  Her "Degrees of Separation" is an emotionally charged piece about connection and loss. The score by Steve Reich, with haunting human voices, serves as the architecture for this piece.

Ticket Prices:
» Adults: $30
» Students/Seniors: $15
Call 355-ARTS or visit www.ririewoodbury.com