Just received word from Nat Kramer, the former host of Radio 1190's Rude Awakening morning show, who's also a co-founder of the Media Production Consortium, that Negativland -- the San Franciso-based band best known for its widely-publicized tiff with U2 -- will be playing two back-to-back shows on Tuesday, December 2, and Wednesday, December 3, at Old Main Theatre on the CU campus. The performances are free and open to the public and will be preceded by a two-hour "radio show sample opera" ho
Thirsty? Bring your checkbook.
Let it blog, let it blog, let it blog.
Today in Cafe Society:
• Try the $1,000 martini at Capital Grille.
• The Cooler is very cool.
• Shazam! Shazz Cafe suddenly appears.
• Veggie Girl has a happy hour at Dazzle.
• The naked truth about the Partida Tequila Dinner at Lola.
• Tyler Nemkov burns up over bad bacon.
• Tocabe is coming to northwest Denver.
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Operation: World Domination continues for 3Oh!3.
• The hi-dive
Today's weekly look at the wonderful world of WTF is brought to us by Smearballs. It's a mind-melting video mashup that puts me in mind of the classic audio collage genius of Negativland, only with an added video element that pushes it to the next level of bizarrely awesome. It's just the thing to spend the afternoon showing to your co-workers instead of working, but if your boss catches you he may institute company-wide drug testing. It's that weird. Check it out after the jump.
Ted AdamsVJ Scott Beibin mixes up the Lost Film Festival.
VJ Scott Beibin's Lost Film Festival is a law unto itself. Although it can be loosely compared to work by such artists as Negativland, Pee-wee Herman or the Marx Brothers, its anti-corporate vibe and array of topics addressed puts the Lost Film Festival firmly into its own category.
That being said, here's what attendees can expect: live storytelling and video exploring current events and blurring the boundaries of participatory media.
