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 1.31
8pm
FREE
SMUT
is
a provocative new weekly series that presents explicit
art side by side with intellectual discourse.
Featuring
NEAL
MEDLYN (pictured)
with
Tsurah Litzky
Regie Cabaco
Jennifer Dziura
Hosted by Desiree Burch
Neal Medlyn, Mr. Lower East Side
2004 and the Paris Hilton of Performance Art, has appeared
at PS122, the Knitting Factory mainspace, Here Arts Center
and many, many other locations. In addition to hanging
out with celebrities and watching soap opears, he has
co-starred with Karen Finley in George and Martha and
appeared with the Wau Wau Sisters, Murray Hill, and Lisa
Carver. http://nealmedlyn.com
Desiree Burch is a writer, performer and comedian
based in New York City. Her work has been seen at HERE
Arts Center, P.S. 122, Dixon Place, CenterStage NY, Atlantic
Theater, Provincetown Playhouse, Caroline's on Broadway,
New York Comedy Club and as part of the Mae West Fest
in Seattle. She can be seen regularly with the New York
Neo-Futurists in "Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go
Blind."
 1.31
10pm
FREE
MONDAY
EVENING BURLESQUE
A
night of classic burlesque hosted by WORLD FAMOUS BOB
New York City's self-described
"female-female impersonator" who jumped up and
down with glee upon learning she won the "Best Tits"
prize in Village Voice's most recent Best of New York issue,
unleashing minor tremors in China.
Russ Meyer couldn't have wet-dreamt
*BOB* in his wildest, most wicked filmic fantasies.
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2.1
8pm $10
suggested donation
NYC
Artists Care Benefit
In Support of the Victims of the Tsunami
A
collection of some of New York's most talented independent
artists will come together to help raise money for the
children of the tsunami disaster. A collaboration of rock,
soul, spoken word and hip hop, six acts will showcase
their talents while raising money for a worthy cause.
2.1
10pm FREE
CHINATOWN
free jazz
Daniel Carter, Shanir Blumenkranz, Kevin Zubek
One
of Free Jazz's most accomplished players, multi-instrumentalist
Daniel Carter has spent nearly 30 years trading
ideas with the cream of outside players from all over,
including trumpeter Roy Campbell, bassists Peter Kowald
and William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake.
Shanir
Blumenkranz, strumming and finger picking his bull
fiddle as if it was a large guitar, has become one of
the most in-demand local heroes over the past five years,
playing with giants like Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Jon
Madof, Louie Belogenis and more.
Kevin
Zubek (Tzadik Records) lashes, bounces and rebounds
his snares and toms...exercising his claves and ringing
his cowbell as if he was a ranch cook. Pumped up cymbal
evocations and wooden nerve beat-thwacks add to the polyrhythmic
bustle.
"Chinatown
is one of the freshest and most creative outings of recent
times."
Paris Transatlantic Magazine
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2.2 8pm
$8
CASEY
NEILL BAND
CD LAUNCH PARTY
'Memory Against Forgetting' (Daemon/AK)
Brooklyn
songwriter Casey Neil brings his band to Galapagos
to celebrate the release of his CD 'Memory Against Forgetting'.
The CD is a joint release between lefty publisher AK
Press and Daemon Records run by Amy Ray of the
Indigo Girls. The music is a collection of recordings
culled from the past decade that range from basement
punk songs to country, folk, and Celtic. Neil's songs
have garnered praise from radio and critics, as well as
musical luminaries Jello Biafra, Pete Seeger, and
Steve Earle. His raspy voice, well crafted songs and
devotion to the emotional center of the material has been
the foundation of his career on the cutting edge of American
roots music.
"Live
performance may well be the best introduction to Casey.
There's the palpable tension of an audience on the edge
of their seats. These are songs with stories well told.
This is what it's all about."
-Steve Earle
"(Casey
Neill) can muster some fearsome energy in concert ...
He's a skillful and deeply committed writer who deftly
blends Americana, Celtic folk, and rowdy rock into something
personal and true."
-The OREGONIAN (Portland, OR)
2.2 10pm
FREE
KATHY
ZIMMER + LINDA DRAPER
+
ALEXA GEORGEVITCH
rock
New
York city singer-songsmith Linda Draper (top
picture) will be releasing her much anticipated
fourth LP fittingly titled "One Two Three Four"
on Planting Seeds Records in January 2005. The record
features 12 timeless tracks, and is sure to please fans
of Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, Cat Power, and atmospheric
space folk music lovers. The LP was produced by NYC
icon kramer who has produced some fabulous music from
Galaxie 500, Low, Sonic Youth, and Urge Overkill ("Girl
You'll Be A Woman" -from Pulp Fiction) among others.
http://www.lindadraper.net
 Kathy
Zimmer (bottom picture)
is a songstress whose music is at once sophisticated
and naïve, polished and quirky. She calls the music
she makes “cosmopolitan folk”, romantic urban
music created through old world ways. Her forthcoming
EP, dreamin’, will be released in spring of 2005.
http://www.kathyzimmermusic.com
New York singer-songwriter
Alexa Georgevich sets clear, looping vocals within
intricate guitar structures to tell sea stories and
urban tales. At once sparse and complex, her songs explore
themes of escape and surrender in fantastic lands. Her
work evokes the simplicity of Vashti Bunyan or Sandy
Denny, with a vocal deliverance reminiscent of Kate
Bush or PJ Harvey.
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2.3
8pm FREE
Pomegranate
Studios presents SHOW
dance
An
evening of dance entertainment featuring the Tattoed
Ballerinas, Junkface, Kefran, Dj Kingfish, and more.
It's the kind of night that will inspire you to go home
and dance around your room when you know no one's looking.
 2.3
10pm
FREE
DANK
FUNK presents
with Puppetbox + Blunted Funk DJs + Art by Oneil Edwards
music and art
In
this long-running series, we feature live music, DJs,
and the work of talented local visual artists. The music
ranges from rock to soul and the art from photography
to sketches.
Tonight:
Electrorock
pioneers Puppetbox lay down their fat synth bass
and guitar sound at Galapagos. Also sets by Blunted
Funk DJs and art by Kevin Peterson.
http://www.dankfunk.com
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 2.4
8pm $5
Adam
& Zach present
THIS SHOULD BE GOOD *
Comedy
duo Adam Carpenter and Zach Steel put aside
their tried and true routines for potentially horrible
new works. Come see them try. featuring such visionaries
as Eleanor Hullihan, Katy Pyle, Keith Biesack, Pete
Karinen, and others that aren't confirmed yet.
"Laugh
it up, fuckers" -Time Out NY
 2.4
10pm FREE
VJ/DJ
FRIDAY NIGHTS
Grooves
for your body, art for your mind!
It's
a new weekly dance party event featuring multi-screen
video projection and music you can dance to.
Galapagos' favorite DJ's and VJ's create intoxicating
multimedia environments for dancing and viewing.
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 2.5
7:30pm
$7
SUMMER
LAWNS
+ NICOLE SCHNEIT
rock
Summer Lawns position
intimate vocals and songwriting amid a grand backdrop
of lush instrumentation, creating songs that are at once
both shimmering and spare, ephemeral yet profound. As
if Nick Drake sat down for drinks with Yo La Tengo in
Low's palatial kitchen at 3 in the morning. http://www.summerlawnsband.com
Nicole Schneit is a NYC-based singer-songwriter
whose music transcends the traditional folk medium with
a sense of irony and an appreciation of rock.
http://nicoleschneit.com
 2.5
10pm
$6
HOTELS
+ R.U.O.K.
rock
Hotels plays sci-fi dance music for your broken
heart, dancing with tears in your eyes. Now with more
synths than Devo. http://www.hotelsmusic.com
R.U.O.K. is a four-piece combining raw emotional
frenzy and moody melodic ambience with the greatest of
ease. They're one of Galapagos' favorite bands -- and
one of the best unsigned bands in NYC. They're gonna be
huge. http://Ruokmusic.com
Followed by music from DJ Richie Roxx.
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 2.6
7pm $6
OCULARIS
film series
High Above This Wall: The Cinematexas Roadshow
Ocularis presents a traveling show of work from the
Cinematexas International Short Film Festival in Austin
They call Texas the Lone Star state.
And lately some Texans have in fact been acting like lone
stars at the center of the universe: behaving as if their
law is mightiest, existing apart from any other galaxy.
But Cinematexas doesn't accept this cosmology. We've seen
some astonishing work these last few years, work from
all countries and in all genres; work that reflects the
inner and outer landscapes of battle, the social and emotional
architectures of war. We want to share this work with
our worldwide community stars are not singular, and that
it is always the conversation that matters most.
Works to be screened: A Room With a View in the Financial
District, Carola Dertnig, 2003, 5 min.; Fields, Julie
Speechley, 2003, 18 min.; Viva la Guerra (excerpt), Paul
Hanley, 2003, 5 min.; Seven Days, David Barker, 2003,
10 min.; Right Road Lost, Victoria Gamburg, 2001, 11 min;
Forbidden to Wander, Susan Youssef, 2004, 35 min.
Programmed by Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin.
More info at http://www.ocularis.net.
 2.6
10pm
FREE
SID
& BUDDY KARAOKE
Take
life a little less seriously. Sing a song. Be a rock star.
You
win prizes! You sing!
You stumble -- you fall! You get back up again!
One trunk of costumes and one hundred props! Thousands
of musical selections! Millions of fans, 13 helicopters,
and seven buses!
Sing
a song. Be a rock star.
http://www.sidandbuddy.com
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