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MUGWeekend
Originally featured on April
7,
2005
Evil
Illustrators Nicholas Blechman and Christoph Niemann take on Evil
(Princeton Architectural Press, $14.95, available in bookstores
everywhere) in the most engaging way imaginable. Pen and ink drawings
of evil shoes, evil furniture, evil toilets, evil pizza, with an
introduction by the dastardly, if not actually evil book designer Chip
Kidd. In the middle of things, Blechman and Niemann fight it out for a
dozen pages with their own armies in a battle of evil versus evil.
Airborne
At the New Museum of Contemporary Art, 556 W. 22nd [11th] 212.219.1222, Transmission II: Airborne,
opening Saturday, in which nine artists explore the idea of wireless
transmission. Paul Davies concocts a Prayer Antenna (pictured) to pick
up signals from the gods. Mendi and Keith Obadike work with the
Nigerian scam letters (which we wrote about here)
and create an ATM where you can select a transaction such as
withdrawal, deposit, balance, or generate your own scam letter. Melissa
Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson collect Last & Lost Transmissions –
such as a disc jockey signing off for the last time or a sailor's lost
plea. In all, lots of cool stuff.
Buster, Fifi, Bugs
Buster and Fifi are waiting for you this Saturday, noon-5pm, at St.
Paul the Apostle Church, Columbus [59th/60th]: dogs, cats, and rabbits
will be available for adoption, sponsored by the Mayor’s Alliance for
NYC’s Animals. More on pet adoption here.
Sinolea
Doing some cooking this weekend? The Gourmet Oil Company's
highly regarded Sinolea oil is on sale while they wait for the arrival
of the new vintage. The 750 ml bottles are marked down to $25.
Josh Rouse
Entertainment Weekly on Josh Rouse
(MUG loves Rouse and especially his latest CD): "There are
approximately 2,138 white-guy singer-songwriters currently vying for
your attention, and while they all seem like perfectly nice fellows,
it's hard to imagine any of them topping themselves six albums into
their career – a feat Rouse accomplishes with the persistently gorgeous
Nashville. Songs like 'Winter in the Hamptons' and 'Middle School
Frown' draw from both the Mac and the Moz, patching together Cali
rock's orange-sunset warmth with Britpop's relentless longing.
Somewhere, Nic Harcourt is having a glee-induced seizure. Grade: A-"
Rouse is at Irving Plaza this Friday at 8pm, $20.
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