Ad Hoc Art proudly presents...

Ad Hoc Art proudly presents...

Brick Ladies of NYC
LADY PINK & AIKO

March 21st - April 20th, 2008

Opening Reception: Friday, March 21st, 7pm-10pm

After Party info:
DJ Painted, DJ $mall ¢hange & Doc Delay
Friday, March 21st, 10pm-late
MARBLE & STONE INC
8 Ingraham Street
Brooklyn, NY 11206
($5 suggested donation.)

BiB High Places Interview

Precious things belong in

High Places

Robert Barber and Mary Pearson

Recently pitchfork gave your record the highly coveted recommend status. That had to be a boost to the moral.
How many times have mom and dad read this?

Mary: I don't know if any of our parents actually saw this review. But my mom was pretty excited when we were on the front page of the Hometown Gazette in Plainwell, MI for performing with the elementary school kids there.
Rob: Well considering that my Father just asked me 5 minutes ago what Yahoo was, I have a sneaky suspicion his Pitchfork game is pretty off these days.

BiB: What are your thoughts on the Bushwick/East Williamsburg area shows and vibe?

Rob: Shows are always fun, and it seems like lately they can go down more easily without the cops showing up... But I always get lost when driving the van to shows there. We live in Bed Stuy/ Clinton Hill though. On a bike I'm ok, because I can ride the wrong way down streets, but driving...not as rad. The streets were planned like a plate of spaghetti.

BiB: You have played a lot of shows for Todd P in the area, a few of which I have seen, and seen to have a nice relationship
with him as a promoter. What is about his shows that just seem to be a cut above the rest?

Mary: I try to always remember what it felt like to be underage and unable to see my favorite bands play. One of the best things about Todd's shows is that they are always all ages.

Rob: Honestly, most of his shows that we play are due to our out of town friends coming through and asking us to play with them. Also, the last show we played before tour, we set up for some traveling friends and Todd is always super helpful with promoting and logistical stuff.


BiB: You guys have been on several tours already. You just returned from a tour that included
Salt Lake and Denver. How did did your music go over there?

Mary: I think Denver is officially one of our favorite places to play in the States now. The kids there dance harder than even Baltimore kids.
Rob: Salt Lake has an amazing couple that owns a book store called Red Light Books, with a rad basement for shows. I feel that kids there are going to start taking notice and a scene is going to get awesome there too.

Bib: Are you guys traveling in van? What passes the time, and makes that bearable?

Rob: Yep. We travel in a van. Really juvenile potty humour helps get through the long drives. Getting comfy with farts helps too. Two vegans can actually get quite bass heavy after awhile.
Mary: Our last tour was with Soft Circle, and Hisham somehow managed to do these really intricate drawings while riding in the back of the van. I don't know how he does that...

Bib: With such a nice start to your musical career, do you have specific goals you want to achieve using
the band? Places you want to play, or creating your own "white album"?

Mary: We love to tour, and we hope to start playing overseas a bunch.
Rob: We are putting out a picture disc next and then a couple splits and a full length. I really like recording. Playing is still pretty scary for me, but the traveling and friend sessions are totally worth it.


Bib: How can we purchase your EP? Is it on Itunes or any other digital store?

Rob: Not sure if the 7" is gone, but it's probably pretty close. You can check with ancientalmanac.com or insound. Our picture disc will be out in a few weeks and we'll have it at shows.

Thank you both for taking some time to answer some questions for us.

http://www.myspace.com/hellohighplaces

Download:
"Sandy Feet" MP3
"Head Spins" MP3

Bushwick is Beautiful: Portishead Third Impressions

Portishead's Third

A few words you are going to hear repeated when reading reviews of third.
Dark, brooding, diverse, and massive. The wait is over thanks to last nights album leak.
No we will not wait to download it, we've waited too damn long already! We will however
buy the record when it is officially released next month.
This record is meant to be listened to as a whole, and that is one of it's strong suits, it's a deep album. The individual tracks are good, but as a whole they are great. The album builds nicely, from the dark groove of "Silence" to the gorgeous "The Rip" which gives you that feeling you are looking for in a Portishead record. There are a few big surprises here, like a banjo lead track, but they pull it off in great fashion. The tracks on the back half are long and intense.

Thank you Portishead, it was worth the wait.

3rd ward

The Spring SOLO SHOW was open to artists working in sculpture, photography, painting, printmaking, motion graphics, illustration, installation, industrial design, graphic design, film & video and more.Come back April 1st when we announce the winner!

The Selected Artist will receive:
$1000 cash grant from Pernod
2-month residency at 3rd Ward with Full access to studios and facilities
Exhibition and huge opening reception at 3rd Ward in June
City-wide press exposure

Agata Olek
mixed mediaAgataOlek.com

Darren Jones
found objects, text and sculptural installationDarrenJonesArt.com

Devrim Kadirbeyoglu & Gabriela Vainsencher
installationDevrimKadirbeyoglu.comartnews.org/GabrielaVainsencher

Einat Imber
sculpture and drawingEinatImber.com

Eric Araujo
sculpture, installation, public interventionflickr.com/photos/rogue2/

Harry Gold
sculpture/ architectural metal fabricatorflickr.com/photos/goldharry/

Jeremy Leichman
sculptureLeichman.com

Joshua Sledge
programable sculptureflickr.com/photos/23280641@N03/

Leah Brown
mixed-media sculpture and installationflickr.com/photos/leahbrown/

Rob Seward
wood, metal and electronicsRobSeward.com

Judging Panel:
Eric Singer, Director of LEMUR & Jason Goodman, Founder of 3rd Ward.

Party this Friday at Don Pedro in Bushwick!!!

Party this Friday at Don Pedro in Bushwick!

Big Bang TV and Rowboats will move your hearts, minds and (occasionally your) butts.
The Creature DJs and DJ Mangoose will keep you dancing between sets and into the wee hours!!!

(their mission will be aided in no small part by $3 dollar beers all night long!!!)

ROWBOATS (www.myspace.com/therowboats) "Top Ten of 2007...the 'Boats took Eno's "Another Green World" as a template for warm robot pop and covered it in Brooklynite chintz....The best aspects of indie-rock (invention, appropriation & affection) get a mechanical cold-water rinse and emerge refreshed. Like a Dolorean with a fresh coat of wax, the Rowboats polish and buff indie clichés till they shine with an alien phosphorescence."
The Dazzling Strangers BlogBIG BANG TV (www.myspace.com/bigbangtv) "Big Bang TV is a four person band hailing from Brooklyn...some asshole like you might say, "Oh, another one of those?" And then I'd get all up in your face. I'd say, "No, they're actually GOOD"...Because they are. With the combined sounds of guitar, turntable, electric and acoustic drum, bass, laptop, and a few mouths, Big Bang TV creates a sound that can only be defined as "experimental-electro-post-indie-rock-hop.""
It's the Money Shot Blog
THE CREATURE DJS (www.myspace.com/thecreaturenyc) ---"growing up on punk and hip-hop and freaking out on electro, makes it impossible to nail down the Creature sound. Mixing in new wave with heart-crushing bangers and unafraid to throw in some total anthems makes the Creature totally fucking awesome!"

THE MANGOOSE (www.myspace.com/scottneagle) ---Mangoose seamlessly blends Hip-Hop, Classic Soul, and Retro-Pop. The only DJ that could make you dance to the Ghostbuster's theme without feeling like an ass.$3 DOLLAR BEERS (googling "$3 beers" produces this image. Sounds about right.)

DON PEDRO (www.myspace.com/donpedrobarlounge)90 Manhattan Ave. (map here)

L to Montrose, G to Broadway, J or M to Lorimer

8PM$5

Monday March 3rd at the Market Hotel in Bushwick

Tonight @ the Market Hotel

in Bushwick

WHAM CITY PRESENTS:

SHOOT HER: JURASSIC PARK: the play

957 Broadway @ Myrtle 9:30pm

$7 rec donation

Monday March 3rd