Repellentzine

The Social Registry

But You Can’t Go On Brand Loyalty, Can You?

A profile of the Social Registry

Words:  bb

The trouble with the spectacle is its omnipresence.  Damn thing’s everywhere; and who and how are you to know one way or another?  The thing is, the spectacle’s a damn fine trick – the whole walk around real quiet-like until you infiltrate everything then rise up and stand before the public that already loves you;  it’s one way to go about changing the world after all.

This comes up now, in reference to Brooklyn-based record label The Social Registry because the folks over at The Village Voice, back in October (we might make sense of that revolution talk yet), called them out by name and exposed the whole gag by naming The Social Registry the best new label in New York.  In the last year a number of records have hit the shelves thanks to The Social Registry, but those releases only just happened to document the activities of, perhaps, the most ubiquitous label in the city since the turn of the millennium.  Back in the Big Hype days of Williamsburg, Brooklyn the artists that make up The Social Registry’s roster were already staples, one way or another.  One of those bands, Gang Gang Dance, now sit comfortably in the glow of critical delight after unleashing one of the most anticipated records of the year … at least in the art-rock scene.

Insitu Matzu - MTP Expo | Opening SAT. July 2nd - 6PM | Triple Crown

The first Artist Series "Insitu" opening with Matzu MTP at Triple Crown takes place this Saturday July 5th. He has completely taken over Triple Crown in Williamsburg, Brooklyn inside and out. If you've walked up Bedford Avenue you've noticed him working on the mural but the interior is truly amazing. There's free booze provided by Carlsberg and music provided by DJ Myles and DJ Language.

Click the link below for more information on Matzu:
www.dreamsomuch.com

Dream So Much presents Triple Crown Artist Series 01
Insitu Matzu-MTP Expo
Exterior/Interior Installation

Opening Party Saturday, July 2nd at 6:00pm

Sounds provided by DJ Language & DJ Myles

Exhibition Runs from July 2nd - October 7th 2005
hours 6:00pm - 4:00am
at Triple Crown
108 Bedford Avenue (at North 11th Street)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
L Train to Bedford Avenue Station
718-388-8883

www.triplecrownpage.com

Every 3 months Insitu will strip the walls and do it all over again. Other
confirmed artists include:

HVW8 Production House: www.hvw8.com
Surface 2 Air: Surface2Air.com
Jose Parla: JoseParla.com

DARMSTAT | Wednesday, June 29th | Galapagos | Emily Manzo

This month's Darmstadt, "Classics of the Avant-Garde Listening Party" is proud to present the insanely talented sorceress of the modern piano, Emily Manzo. Perhaps you heard her performing Steve Reich's legendary "Piano Phase" or more recently at the Kitchen in Suzie Ibarra's "Shangri-La" with the gifted young tenor, Nick Hallett. Ms. Manzo will delight and amaze us with a rare performance of John Cage's "Suite for Toy Piano" as well as works by Rob Reich, Mary Halvorson, Chopin, Eve Beglarian and Galina Utsvoltskaya.

Providing visual stimulation will be the gifted video artist, Andy Graydon who plays with the electroacoustic ensemble eA. andygraydon.net

DARMSTADT @ GALAPAGOS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29th, 10pm, FREE

"Classics of the Avant Garde Listening Party" every last wednesday of the month at
Galapagos Arts Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
70 N6th Street, between Kent and Wythe

galapagos.com
zachlaytonindustries.com

AFRO-PUNK Weekend | July 1-4th | BAM + other venues

JULY 1- 4th is Afro-Punk weekend!

In 2003 James Spooner, debuted a raw but honest look at the “other black experience” called AFRO-PUNK. 2 Years and 200 independent screenings later, a movement has begun.. Thousands of underrepresented black people from around the world have stood up and said “that's my story!” Bands have started. Love affairs begun, and a self validated black community is here.  This Afro-Punk weekend is one of many events to let the world and more importantly ourselves know yes “black folks do that!”.  It is poignant on this, America's “independence day weekend that we ask ourselves are we
really free?

We encourage you to attend these events, join the afropunk.com online community, think, create., and liberate yourself.

We have so much stuff for you all to do over the weekend you won't know how to contain yourself and you shouldn't.  Below is a complete list of what is happening on each day.

July 1st.

OPENING NIGHT
FREE SHOW 
8pm - all ages

BANDS

HEALTH CARE ALERT :: for those NYC'ers without health care...

Can't FOCUS? Well your troubles are about to be solved, finally the solution to all of our woes as workers in NYC living without health care. Check out the information below to enroll in two different health care programs in NYC depending on your needs or occupation.

Do you make less than $37,000 annually? Enroll yourself in the HHC Options program at the NYC public hospital of your choice and receive excellent, affordable, and comprehensive medical care (dental, ob/gyn, psychological services, prescription drugs, tests, etc.). We're talking REALLY reasonable fees here - from $15 to $60 per visit (NO monthly charges!) based solely on your income. You will be assigned your own doctor who will be able to refer you to other doctors and specialists accordingly all at a fee-per-visit scaled according your income. To review a list of NYCs public hospitals, please visit: here

ARE YOU AN ARTIST OR ARTS WORKER?

ArtistAccess is a pilot program developed at Brooklyn's Woodhull Medical Center for ALL New York City based artists and arts workers. A special program of the pre-existing HHC Options program (with the same financial parameters and formula), ArtistAccess was designed specifically for artists living in any of NYC's five boroughs. Presently, the ArtistAccess program is ONLY available at Woodhull.

MARGIN X HULGER Headsets Up for Auction

The customised handsets are now being auctioned at the Hulger website for charity - Place your bids for a good cause at

Hulger

FINISH DATE JULY 1st

A new invention from web-creative Nicolas Roope, Hulger is the brand name for a range of retro landline handsets converted to work with mobile phones as a headset. Not "hands-free" by any means, the Hulger P*Phones initial appeal is in its retro styling, but as more people complain of headaches from cellphones, Hulger will be perceived to be a healthier option to stay mobile. As mobiles do much more than just take calls, the Hulger P*Phone will enable users to take calls and check their emails at the same time. The Hulger P*Phone also has the added bonus of not looking like a crazy person talking to yourself which can happen when using tiny invisible bluetooth headsets!

All proceeds will be going to Oxfam to help raise awareness about disasters going on all over the world. After the Tsunami & the incredible support that came from around the world, Oxfam is trying to draw people's attentions to other disasters which are claiming & ruining just as many, if not more - such as the civil war in Uganda, a conflict whose fighters are mostly child soldiers.

Kim Gordon | Chronicles Vol. 1

Kim Gordon – Chronicles Vol.1

By: Kim Gordon

With Photographs by Richard Kern, Tabitha Haggerty, Rob von Furth, Christina Birrer, Alice Taylor, David Markey, David Rose, Sarah Carmody, Tetsuro Sato, Pablo Ravazzani, Leah Horsley, Chris Morret, Martin Goebel, Chris Touchton, Martin Schoeller, Peter Norrman and Stefano Giovaninni

32 Pages -$20.-

The first 100 Copies sold come with Something for the Girl with Everything - a new Zine by Thurston Moore

You can purchase through the link below -
nieves books

Idols of Perversity | Opening Thursday June 30 | Bellweather Gallery

Ben Blatt, Ray Caesar, Colin Christian, Sass Christian, Dave Cooper, John Currin, Dame Darcy, Lori Early, Paul Green, Everest Hall, Duncan Hannah, Jocelyn Hobbie, Catherine Howe, James Jean, June Kim, DR. LAKRA, Graham Little, Ruth Marten, Tim Mensching, Ted Mineo, Mel Odom, Christopher Pugliese, Pieter Schoolwerth, Christoph Stienmeyer, Jansson Stegner, Thomas Woodruff

Curated by Thomas Woodruff and Becky Smith

Bram Dijkstra’s Idols of Perversity- Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin de Siecle Culture was a curious and esoteric book that appeared in the mid 1980s. Written with a decidedly feminist slant, Mr. Dijkstra explored “the magnificent dreams of intellectual achievement doomed to wither before the tempting presence of women”. With fabulous chapter headings such as: The Cult of Invalidism; the Nymph with the Broken Back; Poison Flowers, Maenads of Decadence; and the Cold Caress of the Sphinx; this book enabled those inclined to swoon in the heady ether of 19th century symbolist imagery.

PARTY CRASHERS | Friday July 1st | Drop the Lime & Special Guests

PARTY CRASHERS

Drop the Lime + Special Guests

Friday July 1st, 2005
$7
9pm
169 Bar (169 East BWY) NYC

Party Crashers is the dirty punk rock side of underground electronic music. Laptop performance has had its boring or distanced reputation by audiences, but tonight's event is completely the opposite. Artists, like Drop the Lime, incorporate the raw attitude of punk vocals with the growling basslines and cut up drums of jungle and UK Grime. Hearts of Darknesses as well sings live while flailing his body to the rhythms of his own karaoke deathpop.

RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR | Brooklyn NY

Come + see the first annual Renegade Craft Fair Brooklyn

McCarren Park (and that's in Brooklyn.  Williamsburg, Brooklyn)  

10:30 am - 5pm

This Weekend: June 25 & 26! 

It's free to attend and over 150 crafty superstars will be in attendance selling their wares. Plus, BUST magazine will be there on Saturday passing out free magazines!

Fred Flare and Sockit Projects have teamed together to throw a kick-off party on Friday night at Supreme Trading and rumor has it that Amy Sedaris is baking the cupcakes! And if you're feeling lucky there's also a raffle!