The good news: VD09 made the City Pages a-list

The bad news: about half of what they wrote is not true - but what can you do?

8pm : show @ Umber Studios
fingers crossed: 4 girls pulling heartstrings (dc ice, rebecca sullivan, torey bonar & jessica helvey)

9pm : show @ Altered Esthetics
REJECTED! Artists’ Discussion and Valentine’s Day Party! (3PM - 10PM)

10PM : VD09 show @ the NKB
V-day show @ the nkb - get the (correct!) details @ www.vd09.com (7PM - Midnight)

Mindnight : Dj Soul Feather & The Disco Devils will be throwing down in FULL EFFECT @ the Caterpillar Lounge this Valentines Day!

peepshow @ rosalux tonight..

we’re off to some openings tonight, including the peepshow @ rosalux - which looks like fun..

missed story of the sea last night, which blows - but i had other fish to fry.. including looking for a new machine. have to send this one back to the company and i’m seriously unhappy about it. it’s the software that is the real problem.. i can either buy a brand new laptop + a ton of replacement software ($$$$) or try to find someone who is upgrading and wants to sell their old machine (fully loaded).. obviously the cheaper option.

so if you happen to be upgrading & are looking for someone to take your “old” (i.e. a year or so) machine off your hands, please contact me

here’s what i’m looking for, at a minimum:
- macbook pro (pref 17 inch)
- adobe creative suite (pref v 3 or 4)
- OR (at least) : dreamweaver, flash, illustrator, photoshop & acrobat

thanks

You are invited...

Join is in celebrating love & VD in 2009!

VD09 is a free Multimedia Art Event, featuring 14 local artists. DJ Danny Sigelman will spin love songs from Al Green, Barry White, Prince, etc and we will offer guests the three "must haves" of love: chocolate, alcohol and good lighting. Raffle prizes provided by Squad19.

The event will take place in the large common space of the third floor of the renowned Northrup King Building - (as well as two adjoining smaller spaces) - follow the signs.

Participating artists:
Bounthiene
John Erste
John Grider
Corey Goering
Nate Kadlac
James Khani
Caroline Keefe
Gina Louise
Steve Ozone
Rhea Pappas
Shannyn Joy Potter
Erin Sayer
Mike Welton
and special guest DJ Danny Sigelman Spinning

More information, including guest services and FAQs, can be found here: http://www.vd09.com/

Hope to see you there
Kim

i am a huge fan of this woman's work - although i'm not familiar with this series in particular, i was lucky enough to run into rhea on the way to get her new book printed.. the book focuses on the "sisters" series and will be living in my home soon..

her images are simple and beautiful - and each of these seemingly "normal" environments/moments that she captures somehow seem to shift and take on an increasingly haunting quality, the closer i look... like i have stumbled in on some intensely personal moment or exchange that i had no right to witness. subtly eerie expressions... great work. the fact that rhea pappas is still a student makes it that much more impressive

If you can't make this one, there is an opening for her sisters series in mid-december - more on that here soon

what: art opening (black and white photography, winter beauties series)
where: perpich center for arts education, 6125 Olson Memorial Highway
when: thursday dec 4, 2008 6:30-9 PM
website: www.RheaPappas.com

NINE INCH NAILS @ the target center last night..

okay - this concert was amazing. seriously. granted, i haven't seen an arena show in about 15 years or so .. the last one was Jane's Addiction or Chili Peppers headlining (i honestly can't remember which - so that gives you some idea of my state of mind back then) with smashing pumpkins opening, right after gish came out - (this show only filled HALf of roy wilkins!! and corgan threw a hissy fit, stopping mid-song to threaten that he was going to leave if the crowd didn't pay attention to him - what a whiner) because i hate big venues (give me first avenue - where i actually saw the best nin concert in the history of nin concerts.. but now i'm rambling)

but even my jaded arena-concert loving friends agreed that it was the best show they had seen - blowing both beck and radiohead out of the water with the crazy lcd screen sht.. it was obviously a stretch for them to blend the old with the new tho (and the new won, hands down). the songs from year zero, the slip and ghosts were absolutely amazing, but the kids preferred the old stand-bys (song 10-20 years old) and i found myself getting that feeling i experience when watching the big cats do "tricks" at the zoo.. slightly sad and wanting to look away, out of respect. regardless, i guess getting paid to perform (even songs 20 years old) is better than most jobs and performing those four or five songs probably paid for these lcd screens.

that said, my favorite song of the night was actually "big come down" so i guess i still want to hear some old stuff too.. the greater good and great destroyer were amazing and every track from ghosts blew my mind (the visuals blended best with these songs, i think). songs from the slip were awesome too but fit oddly with the rest (head down and echoplex were particularly perfect.. hey, it just occurs to me that i don't think they played demon seed.. which is disappointing..hmm) - and i saw the coolest thing i have ever actually seen with my (relatvely sober) eyes.. check it out on youtube (note: click "watch in high quality" under the video frame)

lastly - the one thing that really wasn't great about this show was the fact that we weren't on the floor - my fault, since i missed the nin.com presale by 15 minutes due to poor planning (i was on a plane, waiting to take off and the stewardess put the smack down on my attempted ticket purchasing