Archives for category: Entertainment

Georgio, The Human Carpet

January 26, 10 //
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New York is well known for its plethora of curious and strange characters and this man is no exception. I present to you the Human carpet. I literally bumped onto ‘Georgio’ at a party in Brooklyn. It was a rusty and dirty auditorium annexed to what seemed to be a church or chapel. Hundreds of people exuberantly dressed as brides and grooms for the ‘Winkel and Balktick Wedding’ party. Underneath the bar, a strange figure laid wrapped under a carpet. He was wearing big black eye googles as to disguise his identity. He urged people to stand on him. Party goers had no other option but to do so if they wanted to order a drink as this man was clearly in their way. It quickly dawned on me this was the famous Human Carpet, a rumor and novelty amongst the nightlife of New York. I reached for my camera, the closest friend and snapped away:

The more people who step on the carpet, particularly if they are women in heels, the happier the man is. Some are timid, others are audacious. Some dance on the man. Some step on him while ordering their drinks, completely unaware that a live body is underfoot. Some just stand there, frozen, looking totally freaked out.

The New York Times has a great article on him, giving you a little insight on this strange man from Malta.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/fashion/14carpet.html?_r=1

You can also see the rest of my ‘Wedding of Winkle and Balktick’ party pictures here.

Going out? party half the time

November 2, 09 //
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It seems like whenever I go out I spend half the time trying to communicate with friends, cutting down my partying time. This Halloween, I was overburdened trying to give directions to friends, comparing parties and trying to tweet for those far away (ahem, Jordan). It was the first time where I had half the conversations of the night looking down at my phone. It’s a tough situation because you’re always on the lookout for the next big thing, so you’re texting friends about directions. In the meantime your friends that are running late to the first party have to be informed that you’ve moved on and therefore will have to be given directions. It’s all one big chain. I feel this is a complex for people in big cities like New York. In other regions there might be one option for the night and all your friends are expected to be there. Twittering has solved some of these problems but not all my friends are on Twitter, so they still rely on one to one conversations. Google also has tried to solve this problem with a great app called Latitude. It works great if you can get your friends to sign up. Many feel it’s too intrusive, as it shows your location to all friends on a map. Social networking can solve this problem, it’s just a matter of deciding on one medium to communicate with all friends effectively, without having to text every 5 minutes.

Brooklyn’s masquerades and weddings

April 11, 09 //
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Oh man, what a crazy friday night. I haven’t had one like this in a while. Chance encounters with all old friends and making new ones. First party was a friend’s birthday party. The theme, a Masquerade ball Brooklyn style. Live band performances, art and DJs. All of this bundled in a large and impressive loft in Greenpoint. A lot of interesting characters, from an extremely tall cross-dressing goblin to Inky from Pac-Man. Check out the pictures bellow:

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Second party, I rounded up a group of friends and headed to The Wedding of Winkel & Balktick. Huge underground party in a historic Fort Greene church. Think of this as a post burning man celebration, full of art, music, drugs, strange characters. People walked around on stilts, minimal techno blasted through the night and many ‘got married’. Polygamy was the theme of the night I would say. Brooklyn is full of characters but there was one last night that truly stood out. This was the human carpet man. This man wrapped himself in a carpet and laid in front of the bar allowing everyone to step all over him. He did this all night. You can see him in the pictures below:

winkelbalktick

All in all it was an incredible night. Brooklyn has so much to offer when it comes to nightlife. It definitely beats going bar or club hopping with a bunch of yuppies.

Free Green Music for Geeks Tonight!

March 30, 09 //
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8 Solar bits

Tune in tonight to NY’s independent free form station WMFU (91.1 FM in New York, at 90.1 FM in the Hudson Valley) where they will be broadcasting completely by solar power. The show will feature live performances from the best of the best in the 8-bit / video gaming music world such as Glomag, Bubblyfish, Natty, Nullsleep and more. Performing music from Game Boys with photovoltaic-charged AAs, of course.

Make sure to tune in to their online streams: http://wfmu.org/

via Engadget.

Kanye West – “Welcome to VIDEObreak”

March 2, 09 //
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Remember those days of watching scrambled porn and under-buffered online videos? Well, those days are over. But you can still relive them with Kanye West’s new video for “Welcome to Heartbreak”

Can’t get enough of this vid. Wonder how much production went into this (or how little).

The Problem With Mainstream Media

July 6, 08 //
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And this is why I hate mainstream media…

Blizzard Unveils Diablo III

June 29, 08 //
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The much anticipated sequel has finally arrived. Diablo III was unveiled this weekend at the Porte de Versailles Exposition Center in Paris. An estimated 11,000 people were the first to get a glance of the game and many of its new features. This game consumed a whole summer of my life, and I don’t regret it one bit. Here is the open cinematic teaser and character classes:

Bonnaroo 2.0!

June 8, 08 //
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Another year, another Bonnaroo excursion. It seems like I’m much less physically prepared this time but definitely mentally there. It’s going to be a wet one this year with expected thunderstorms on all 4 days! I’m hoping to come back like this:

Has anyone noticed how the Bonnaroo line up has been shifting from hippie-esc acts to more indie bands, yet it remains a very eclectic line-up. How often do you get to see Metallica and Tiesto at the same concert?!
The concert is just 3 days from now, and I have not prepared a single thing. I am up to my neck with work and social events that require my attention, yet I retain my cool and just can’t wait to head to Tennessee. So without further ado here is my favorite acts this year (in no particular order):

  • Metallica
  • Jack Johnson
  • Chris Rock
  • The Raconteurs
  • Death Cab for Cutie
  • BB King
  • Les Claypool
  • M.I.A.
  • Iron and Wine
  • Sigur Ros
  • Gogol Bordello
  • Broken Social Scene
  • Ozomatli
  • !!!
  • Ladytron
  • Minus the Bear
  • Battles
  • Vampire Weekend
  • MGMT

I will be doing live updates through twitter, so make sure to add me to your list: www.twitter.com/headphonist

Angels and Kings, Revival and Beauty Bar

April 4, 08 //
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Thursdays are the new fridays did you know?! Geez where have you been? living under a rock?! Well here are some pictures from last night’s excursion.

Revival April 3, 2008

Cyril’s Party at the Delancey

March 26, 08 //
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Cyril’s Party
(Click to launch gallery)

God, what a night! Started out with a little pregaming at Seth’s with some beer and Vodka. Arrived at the Delancey around 10:30 and it was already packed. About an hour later, they closed the roof because it was too crowded, a lot of people were not able to get in so we decided to go to another bar. We all split, some went to Speak Easy and several other bars. Later we rendezvous at Seth’s again just to continue drinking in the wee hours of the morning!

Hey Cyril thanks for the amazing night, and good luck in Hong Kong!

Elf-Yours-Elf

December 20, 07 //
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Elf Yourself

As if x-mas wasn’t close enough, office Max has a pretty damn cool game where you put your face on a dancing elf and watch it dance. Great time waster for those lame afternoons at work: www.elfyourself.com

Funniest song covers

November 26, 07 //
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Listening to Richard Cheese a while I was trying to find other funny/ridiculous song covers by other artists, here are the best 3:

The first one is by Avril Lavigne covering “Chop Suey” by System of a Down. It’s not really funny, more like…pathetic.

Second one is by Alanis Morissette covering Fergie’s “My Humps”.

Saved the best for last. I am sure you have seen this one already but it still cracks me up. William Hung’s rendition of Ricky Martin’s “She Bangs”.

…she bangs, she bangs…Now I’ll have that song stuck in my head all day, thanks William Hung.

Watch Michael Moore’s Sicko online

July 13, 07 //
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The controversial and very hated documentary director Michael Moore has released its latest documentary to the online world, free of charge. Watch it here:

I <3 Japanese TV

July 1, 07 //
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Why don’t we get any Japanese channels here in the US?! If all they had was shows like this I would never leave the house.

Nintendoria

October 14, 06 //
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I have a weakness for anything Nintendo, old school Nintendo. I grew up with Nintendo games, systems, PJ’s and cartoons. Nintendo’s golden days are over but they are still resonating in people’s hearts. Here are a couple of interesting Nintendo related links:

Mario Room
Casa Mario – A room decorated wall to wall with Super Mario World levels. Very cool idea.

Mario Paper doll
The Real Paper Mario – Make your own 3D Nintendo charaters out of paper.

8bit people
8bit Peoples – Nintendo inspired music, also known as Nintendocore. They extract game sounds and recompose them to make crazy beats. Make sure to check the site for tons of Mp3s.

Lego Mario
Lego Mario – Here’s a good example of someone having a lot of free time on their hands with a love for Mario.