What? ESP-disk is back in busy-ness, whoda thunkit, right? right.  Enjoy a night of Bernard Stollman’s legendary precedent definings with intergenerational ahead-of-their-timers TOTEM>, Alan Sondheim, Okkyung Lee and Nate Wooley. Additional music by DJ Whistle Punk and your free cd. 21+

Date and Time: Sunday, Jan. 25th, 8PM
Venue: Zebulon
Address: 258 Wythe, Brooklyn
Directions: L to Bedford, J/M/Z to Marcy
Price: Free

The ESP-disk webbed home: http://espdisk.com/catalog/Front.html

The Guggenheim Museum presents The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia. Broken into 7 thematic wedges, the show compiles 100+ years and 100+ artists to express essentials of our trans-continental dialogue. Highlights include the temporary reinstallation of La Monte Young’s Dream House, live performances by Laurie Anderson and Meredith Monk, talks with Yoko Ono and Merce Cunningham, and the featured work of all the heavies:  John Cage, William Burroughs, Brion Gysin,  Allen Ginsberg, George Maciunas, and Adrian Piper. Wowowow. All Ages.

Date and Time: Jan. 30th – Apr. 19th, Saturday to Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 7:45 p.m. Closed Thursday.
Venue: The Guggenheim Museum
Address: 1071 Fifth Avenue (at 89th Street)
Directions: 4/5/6 to 86th St.
Price: Free/Donation on Fridays after 5:45, otherwise, Adults $18.00, students/seniors (65+) $15.00, members and children under 12 free. Admission includes audio guide tour.

For more info: www.guggenheim.org

Growing! Arp! Noveller! Go to Space Church to help Space Church! Braid and dye your ear hair!

Date and time: Thursday thee 15th, Party:30
Venue: Death by Audio
Address: 49 s 2nd St b/t Wythe and Kent
Directions: L to Bedford, JMZ to Marcy

[NOLA] COMMON GROUND co-founder admits being FBI INFORMANT first is a statement by a group of Austin-based community organizers to provide background info, followed below by the actual letter from Brandon Darby, co-founder of COMMON GROUND in New Orleans, in which he publicly acknowledges that he is working with the FBI and has been for some time…

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Paul Laffoley: The Sixties

Kent Gallery showcases 10 constructs, diagramatic footprints left during the earliest leg of Laffoley’s spiritual and intellectual journey in the hollowed-out halls of thee Boston Visionary Cell…think of the pieces as intricate, cosmic post-it-notes to himself…maybe.

Date and Time: January 8th – February 21st, Tue-Sat 10am-6pm
Venue: Kent Gallery
Address: 541 West 25th Street, Second Floor, New York NY 10001
Price: Free for all the ages

If the devil were to come to this plane, it really would make sense to come as Bowie. I don’t think I need to explain any further, but…

Uniters-not-dividers Lucky Dragons, Soft Circle, Bow Ribbons, and Donald Beaman give us this small, happy, free get-together at NYC’s favorite Parisian firepit Zebulon. Expect glowing things, your skin becoming translucent, etc.

Date & Time: Wednesday, Jan. 14th, 9PM
Venue: Zebulon
Address: 258 Wythe, Brooklyn
Directions: L to Bedford, J/M/Z to Marcy
Price: Freeee

date & time: Saturday 10th 9:00-4:00AM

venue: Glasslands

address: 289 Kent

directions: bedford L, marcy J

price: 5$

Golden Triangle, Suckers, K-holes (ex-black lips) bust it out, while Ian Svenonius and Jonathan Toubin dj it up. Get up, Get down.

Extra Life,  Skeletons, Jim Dwyer/Sam Hillmer, John Fell Ryan, DJ The Chairman

date and time: Friday 9th, 8:00

venue: Death By Audio

address: 49 s 2nd St b/t wythe and kent

directions: L to bedford, JMZ to marcy

price: 7 smackers

Heads coming together, the vibrant squirtles of Extra life and Skeletons, with new projects from John Fell Ryan of Excepter and Jim Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees…fuzzy, shaking, omnidirectional