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 12.5
8pm $6
backroom
OCULARIS
Award
winning film series
Directart Productions Ltd. Presents
Two Decades of Failure
Films by Fabio Roberti, Michael Wolfe, Jim Sharpe
and Lary 7. Plus special bonus selection: Oscar
de la Renta!
Directart
Productions Ltd. began in the dark, desperate years
of the early-1980s as a vehicle for its principals
to create films, videos, recordings, live performances
and sound installations. It Failed. It tried to
examine the stupidity of mindless celebrity worship.
It Failed. It tried to expose the idiocy of commercial
propaganda (rock videos, commercials, advertising-wear).
It Failed. Its attempts at disemboweling "popular
culture" of its utter banality have all totally
failed.
However,
you will see how much fun we've had trying. We hope
you will enjoy our failures as much as we do. The
experiment in failure continues. . . .
Work
to be screened:
Oscar
De La Renta (16mm, Promotional film about bedspreads!)
- Found film, early seventies, inspirational.
Avant Garde Showcase (Video, 1992/2005, Fabio Roberti/Jim
Sharpe) - Television archive restoration.
Nut House (16mm, 1978, Lary Seven) - Camera failure
study.
Bloody Stump (S8mm/video, 1983, Michael Wolfe) -
Animated, psychedelic, military narrative.
Heterosexual Love (16mm, 1984, Michael Wolfe) -
Stop-action, sex & drug party.
Good Luvin' Guitar Man (16mm, 1986, Fabio Roberti)
- A man, his axe, and all his babes...
Robot Movie (1986/2005, Jim Sharpe) - Alien transmission.
Chett Grant: A Portrait of the Man (1984, Fabio
Roberti) Documentary.
 12.5
8pm FREE frontroom
SMUT
featuring Lianne Stokes, Thadeus Rutkowski, Eric
Sanders, and Clay Chapman
The New York Times
writes about
SMUT, "It's art that should carry a Parental
Advisory label, with some of New York City's best
writers and performers."
This
week, host Desiree Burch introduces writer Clay
McLeod Chapman (pictured - sitting), creator
of The Pumpkin Pie Shoe and author of the novel
Miss Corpus. Also featured will be performers Lianne
Stokes, Thadeus Rutkowki, and Eric Sanders.
 12.5
10pm FREE
MISS GALAPAGOZANGA
Amateur
burlesque contest
Come
see reigning champ Miss B. Havin defends her crown!
Hosted
by Mr. Murray Hill, "the hardest-working middle-aged
man in show business," hosts our hot new burlesque
competition the first Monday of every month. Think
you've got what it takes to win the rhinestone crown
and a cash prize? (Past winners have taken
home around $250!) Then kick those legs up.
Bat those lashes. Bust out that boa, baby! Both
genders welcome!
Wanna
compete? Please email booking@galapagosartspace.com,
subject: Amateur Burlesque Competition. For more
information, click
here.
 12.6
8pm FREE backroom
Variety
Shac
The
Variety Shac is a sketch comedy program from Andrea
Rosen, Chelsea Peretti, Heather Lawless, Shonali
Bhowmik and a calvalcade
of special guests. The Shac is part comedy, part
music, part film, and part
experiment.
http://www.chelseaperetti.com
http://www.tigersandmonkeys.com
 12.6
8pm front room $5
SPINSTER
Jen
Sincero and Cecil Castellucci star in a two-spinster
show about the realities of being a single lady in
the modern world. Learn from them, laugh with them,
look at pictures of their cats. Join them as they
reclaim the word "spinster" - it's kind
of like taking back the night. Only not.
Jen Sincero is a musician, radio show host,
sex expert, and the bestselling author of "The
Straight Girl's Guide To Sleeping With Chicks"
and "Don't Sleep With Your Drummer." Her
sex and relationship advice column, Living In Sin,
can be found on LAist.com, her sex talk radio show,
Dr. Happypants, is on killradio.org, and everything
else is on her website www.jensincero.com.
Cecil Castellucci is an author, filmmaker and
erstwhile musician. Boy Proof (Candlewick Press),
her first novel for Young Adults, is not a reflection
of her spinster status. Her second novel, The Queen
of Cool (total refection of her complete sass), is
out in Spring 2006. She just finished her first feature
film, Happy Is Not Hard to Be. She likes long hot
baths, chamomile tea and lavender. More info at www.misscecil.com.
 12.6
10pm free
Brooklyn
Comedy Company
BCCO
spotlights industry renowned standup comedians plus
notable up and comers every week, with no drink minimum
or cover charge. It's diverse and witty stand-up,
served straight-up, and we're proud to have it here
at Galapagos!
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 12.8
7pm FREE
TEMPERAMENTAL
GLASS LAUNCH PARTY
Are
your dark winter evenings longing for some luminous
lights and colors? Glowing glass in beautiful hues
can brighten your home and warm your nights. TemperamentalGlass
is a new Brooklyn-based glass business selling fun,
funky one of a kind glass vessels, bowl, vases and
serving dishes (prices range from $ 70 - $120).
Come to their inaugural launch party celebrating
the arrival of our new website! Our unique and color
infused glass is all handblown in Brooklyn. Come
meet the artists, buy fabulous glass pieces and
see the new winter collection floating in Galapagos'
serene pool of water.
 12.8
8pm FREE
UNTITLED READINGS
A dynamic evening for actors, screenwriters, and
filmmakers of all ages.
Up-and-coming
actors perform 10 pages of work by up-and-coming
screenwriters.
Laugh.
Cry. Laugh some more.
You'll
see written works come to life before your very
eyes.
http://www.myspace.com/37263847
Feel
free to submit 10 page excerpts of YOUR screenplay
for future readings: untitledreadings@yahoo.com
 12.8
10pm FREE
BOSS TWEED +
THE DANSETTES
The
Dansettes
- this is the sound of young America: three young
women who, with close harmony, and a four-piece
Hammond organ and Wurlitzer-electric-piano-driven
backing combo are pushing a set of new songs in
an evergreen blend; Stax/Atlantic/Tamla Soul, a
touch of Brill Building Pop, and sweetly syncopated
New Orleans rhythm & blues come together to
make a kind of "mod" Americana.
Boss Tweed (pictured) - "This
Brooklyn based trio plays '50's throwbacks, crossing
fast rockabilly with a laid-back beatnik influence."
(Time Out NY)
"Rockabilly recast for a new era." (Vintage
Guitar Magazine)
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 12.9
8pm $5
backroom
Becky
Yamamoto's Yamaholiday!
Songs! Spectacle! Comedy! Men! Women! Elves!
Eggnog! A holiday extravaganza hosted by comedienne
Becky Yamamoto.
Featuring
the talents of:
Lang
Fisher , Michelle Collins, Michael Cyril Creighton
, Baron Vaughn, Desiree Burch, The Fabulous
Entourage, Tony Carnevale, Joe Randazzo, Jon
Friedman, Lianne Stokes, JB Rote, Becky Poole,
Jimmy Owens, Daiva Deupree, JJ Shebesta, Sara
Schaefer, and Michal Pasternak
With
special musical guests The Flanks
 12.9
9pm $6
backroom
Ocularis
presents
No Wave Video Night
Special Screening!
"I
define No Wave as an (anti-)aesthetic demarcation
and not necessarily an idiomatic one—that
is to say that I think No Wave had (or has) more
to do with a nihilistic, but sometimes totally
sardonic outlook than a certain cliched guitar
sound or drumbeat, as many would have you think.
Simply put, the term could be utilized to define
any negatively charged music destroying or disemboweling
the tradition of Rock music and its platitudes
through intentional noise, abstraction or atavism."
- Weasel Walter
Weasel
Walter, of the Flying Luttenbachers, XBXRX, and
Lake of Dracula infamy, will present a night of
rare No Wave videos from his exclusive collection.
Featuring live performances by The Contortions,
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, DNA, Suicide, and
other downtown luminaries, this selection offers
a revealing glimpse into the short-lived but highly
influential genre Brian Eno documented on his
seminal compilation No New York.
Work
to be screened (interspersed with live commentary):
The
Contortions - Live NYC, 1978, 10 min
Teenage Jesus and the Jerks - Live at Max's Kansas
City, NYC, 1978, 10 min
The Contortions - Live NYC, early 1979, 4 min
The Contortions - Live at Max's Kansas City, NYC,
fall 1979, 5 min
DNA - Live NYC, circa 1981, 10 min
DNA - In the Studio, Location Unknown, 6 min
Friction - video clip, 1979, 4 min
Von Lmo - Live at Max's Kansas City, NYC, circa
1979, 5 min
Lounge Lizards - Live NYC, circa 1979, 4 min
8 Eyed Spy - Live at Mabuhay Gardens, SF, spring
1980 10 min
Bush Tetras - In the Studio, circa 1980, 4 min
Suicide - Live NYC, circa 1980, 6 min
Raybeats - Live clip with synched music, circa
1981, 3 min
 12.9
10pm $7
LEN
XIANG
(formerly UKEMI)
Lead singer, lyricist Tuäc
(pronounced tuck) grew up in the prime of New
York’s crack era. The son of single mother,
Tuäc spent days at home alone with nothing
to occupy his time but his mother’s 45-inch
records. The burgeoning Hip Hop Soul singer and
lyricist was forced to move from Project Housing
to Project Housing during his teenage years until
his family made the decision to move to Milwaukee.
Tuäc, whose influences include Otis Redding,
Marvin Gaye, Rakim, and Run DMC, continued to
record and perform in showcases during his teens
until he decided to move back to Brooklyn. Tuäc
quickly began impressing fans with his seamless
blend of lyrical skill and vocal talent at his
frequent performances on the open-mic scene in
New York City, where he met musician/song writer
B. Satz.
Originally from California’s Bay area, B.
Satz made a name for himself on the East Coast
Live and Recording scene as a bassist with, Tony
Touch, Doug E. Fresh, Lou Reed, Majisterio, The
Hip-Hop Theater Festival, Pistolera, Beetroot,
La Bruja, Josh Joplin, Yacine Kouyate, and many
other and
established and Independent acts. Together, Tuäc,
B. Satz, and newest member, world DJ, Ayce International
comprise Len Xiang. Their forthcoming album entitled,
De-classified, reflects the groups disinterest
in putting a label on their music. Instead, Len
Xiang focuses on live soul, rap, and instrumentation
in the studio on-stage for eager audiences.
12.9
Midnite FREE
 VJ/DJ
DANCE PARTY
It's a weekly dance
party event featuring multi-screen video projection
and resident DJ BOYRACER spinning the best
DISCO PUNK BRIT POP 80's 90's & 00's -- guaranteed
to make you move!
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 12.10
10pm $5
Holiday
Pageant
from The Office of All Sorts of Backwards Productions
The Office of All Sorts of Backwards Productions
is pleased to present Holiday Pageant: an evening
of performance, video, music and dancing. This
talent show/holiday party features the work of
Robert Anton, B.R.O.K.E., Disorientals, Elizabeth
Deasy, Meg Duguid, Beth Gill and Marissa Perel,
Stefany Anne Golberg and the Off-Key Carolers,
Gabriel Fowler, Helki Frantzen and Andrea Minicozzi,
Trevor Martin and Kym Olsen (pictured),
Sandy Morgan, Marisa Olson, Josh Thorson, Adam
Sipe, Woody Sullender, Jonathan VanDyke and Matt
Morgan, and Bethany Wright. Come for the pageant
and stay for the office after party meet Meg’s
dad and take pictures with Santa Claus II, the
two-headed Santa and DJ Mental Sweatpants. This
event is also a release party Marisa Olson’s
new Christmas album, Have Yourself a Very Midi
Christmas.
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12.11
10pm FREE