New York City

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I went to The Armory Show with my sister today. For those of you who don’t know what The Armory Show is (which is probably all three of you babays, seeing as you’re thousands of miles away from me), it’s a huge four day art show at piers 92 and 94 in Manhattan that’s been going on since Thursday. 

The Armory Show-Modern is held at Pier 92, that’s where all of the better known art is (I know you guys like Yoshitomo Nara and Chuck Close—some of their pieces were at the Pace Gallery cubicle).

The Armory Show-Contemporary is held at Pier 94, that’s where all the up-and-coming art is. All of the pieces here was made by artists who are still alive (Yoshitomo Nara and Chuck Close are still alive though, they’re just really well known). Personally, I liked this section more because of its quirkyness. 

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I was dumb and didn’t write down any of the artists’ names, but all of these are from the  contemporary show. 2 reminds me of Mark Mulroney’s paintings (Avi and I went to one of his shows at Guerrero in SF last summer, check him out). 3, that’s a neon noose. Also, the man in 4 seems very skeptical of my picture-taking skills. Anyways, that’s how the cubicles looked.

We went to Il Baretto for lunch in the Hell’s Kitchen area. Yelp gives it 4.5 stars, my bowels do not.

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Went to the Museum of the Moving Image today~

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1. Most of the museum is white, which is really disorienting. There was a short experimental type film that was being projected onto the wall, I just happened to get this gem of a still.

2. Makeup that was used on the actors of The Cosby Show

3. Mrs. Doubtfire mask. Did you guys know that Robin Williams lives in San Francisco?

4. Bert and Ernie, of course. There were a lot of muppets, I don’t know if these are the originals.

5. Gang

There were also a lot of old school cameras and early sketches for Sesame Street that were on display. Apparently Oscar the Grouch was originally planned to be purple, and even appeared in orange during the beginning episodes. Who woulda known.

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This is one of those weird weather mornings where I’m just glad I get to wake up to baby Wade under my bed.

Come As You Are//Nirvana

Alphabet Town//Elliott Smith

Morning Has Broken//Cat Stevens

Como Somos//Gothart

Vindaloo//The Pussywillows

Son Of A Preacher Man//Dusty Springfield

Come To The Sunshine//Van Dyke Parks

And of course, 

Send Me On My Way//Rusted Root

Which I’ll be listening to until I’m finally on my way back home to you guys, who I miss every day but especially on weird weather mornings.

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I met up with Jacob and Jules yesterday and we ended up going to a ramen restaurant on 4th avenue called Ippudo. There was a huge line outside, probably about 150 people, waiting for the place to open. I don’t know enough about ramen to tell you guys if it’s the best ramen in New York City, but apparently it is. I liked it.

We saw a Jenny Saville painting at the met, that was awesome.

1. Image from Yelp.com

2. Image by me, bros

CLASS ACTRESS / NEON INDIAN + JOEL FORD DJs @ TWOEIGHTYFIVE KENT 2/4/12

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