We’ll be bringing in the New Year of 2007 in just a few days and unlike the last few celebrations, this year we plan on making it a real blowout! The girls and I were talking earlier of going all out (since we haven’t in a while) and even possibly pulling an all-nighter. If you haven’t decided on plans yet, here are a few you might want to consider.

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The Motherfucker DJs are hosting a New Year’s Eve “Dance, Dance, Dance” party going down at Rebel with four different rooms to fill. There’s a select open bar from 10-11 and a champagne toast at midnight. Glam, punk, house, new wave, goth all night long. Tons of peeps in a huge space so if that’s what you’re looking for it sounds like a great time… 18 & over. Doors close at 6am.

Jukebox Heros present Newyorkfuckincity’s New Year’s Eve hosted by the Bangers, Rob Rewind, Methods NYC, FatcopXXL, Project Matt and F.P.C. Grandwizard Theodore, DJ Assault, Aaron Lacrate, Rob Swift, DJ Elle and more will be spinning the party cuts all night. Nonstop hip hop at Studio B in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. 2 for 1 drinks from 9-midnight, free Brooklyn Brew from 9-10, and a champagne toast at midnight. The bar stays open til 7am. Sounds like my type of party.

Then of course there’s the $100+ parties going on at all your regular hotspots: Marquee, Home, Bed, Snitch. Click here if you’re interested in finding out more.

And if you’re in party hopping mode, round out your early morning dance-a-thon at Savalas in Williamsburg where the Bangers will be making yet another appearance from 4-8am. $60 all you can drink starting at 9pm, $10 cash bar from 4-8am. Say “Bangers” for free entry after 4am!

Where will your Worship Worthy sisters be? Well, one of our lovely Hail Mary listers is having a house party which beats out a sweaty, crammed club any day! If you’re fortunate to be homies with this lady then maybe we’ll see you there!

Keepin’ it sexy in 2007. Happy New Year!

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We’re back from vacation and extremely exhausted from all the travel and family holiday drama! As I laid on the bed recouperating and nursing my new cold I began another brainstorming session on how to spruce up the lackluster bedroom walls. A warm hued coat of paint always does the trick and Pantone FINALLY makes it easy to match colorchips to wall paint! And, with the resurgence in popularity of wallpaper this last couple of years I figured there must be some new and modern versions in wall decor that provide a bit more interest than just a couple coats… I did some research and found a wide variety of solutions!

There are hundreds of beautiful and playful wallpapers out there today, check out some geometrics and line art from Erica Wakerly or Linda Florence’s “scratch” paper. The latter is perfect for those who actually find pleasure in scratching the silver wax off of those peforated lottery tickets. Some of my favorite wallpaper of all time still happens to be the bamboo forest mural and other miscellaneous geographic scenery as seen in the Ace Hotel and Virginia’s Commonwealth store.

For those that prefer to keep your walls white but wouldn’t mind experimenting with a little bit of texture, Inhabit makes the perfect peel-n-stick “wall flats”. They come in a variety of textured designs available in a box of ten 18″ x 18″ squares and are the answer for those of us who dread that “fun is over” second coat of latex. The panels come already primed so you actually have the option if you prefer some color over stark white.

Lastly, check out Blik’s assortment of wall graphics. These adhesive decals are removable so if you get tired of them faster than anticipated you can just peel ‘em right off. These decals “allow anyone to quickly and easily create custom wallscapes in no time.” They require a bit of creativity in the layout so we suggest a Scotch taping test-run before you do the final adhering.

Make redecorating one of your New Year’s resolutions and you might actually accomplish your goal with one of these wall sprucing techniques!

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A couple weeks ago I heard a woman on the radio speaking with Wendy Williams about her relations and sexual encounters with some of our favorite and most popular men in hip-hop and the NBA- Jay-Z, Nas, Diddy, Allen Iverson. What a floosy! I was shocked at the number of celebrity men she had been involved with and wondered what would be the motivation for such a person to go live on the radio to discuss these private encounters. I was equally as shocked when listening further and discovering she had written a “part tell-all” book about it, ‘Confessions of a Video Vixen’ by Karrine Steffans.

A week later I was grazing the shelves and came across the cover photo of a sultry honey-complexioned seductress and realized it was the cover of the “vixen’s” book, I just couldn’t resist!

It’s by no means a literary masterpiece and is probably the quickest read ever, clocking in at just a few leisurely hours for 200+ pages. But the stories, just like the events that take place in Steffans’ life, are so exciting! The very same topics that the author hopes to warn young women of are precisely the reasons why we find ourselves indulging. This woman has done it all! (Or should I say, done THEM all!) She’s the abused ex-wife of hip-hop pioneer Kool G. Rap and lover to Ice-T, Ja Rule, Fred Durst, Ray J, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Vin Diesel, Shaquille O’Neal, Diddy, Xzibit, Bobby Brown, and Usher. Probably the most interesting relationships are the ones she describes with her pimp and Murder Inc. exec, Irv “if you really mean what you say, then show me” Gotti and “Papa”, the hip-hop mogul whose identity she protects. Why start there?

Regardless, the stories she tells of her abusive childhood which lead up to her admission of low self-esteem and the need to be “loved” struck the softer side of me. Steffans explains, “I sat down to write this book because I think my story can serve as a warning to anyone aspiring to the kind of life I have led… Where young girls once aspired to be models and ballerinas, they now aspire to be hip hop video girls, the next hot girl in the hottest artist’s video. Having led that life, I can say it’s not everything it’s cracked up to be.”

Come on, ladies! Aren’t we all smart enough to already know that?
Good intentions from a “changed” woman at the tender age of 28…

**Correction: The woman on Wendy Williams’ show was actually Carmen Bryan, mother to Nas’ child. Her book, ‘It’s No Secret‘ was released in late November. Sorry for the confusion! As one reader, “Radio Rose” commented, “Yes people, there’s more than one Hip-Hop-Ho with a book deal!”

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About 4 years ago I woke up next to the fully tattooed body of some guy “friend” in his gorgeous loft in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. After clearing my hazy memory of the events that went down a few hours prior and tactfully declining his advances of a morning “session” he excitedly suggested that we make a “morning after” public brunch appearance. Hesitant of giving him the wrong impression but knowing it would be my easiest getaway plan, I complied. We threw on our duds, laced up our Chucks, and took a short stroll to what would soon become Brooklyn’s hottest kool kid hangout- Enid’s.

Within the last few months this well worn-in bar/restaurant has come up in conversation at least twenty times. It’s been the afterparty spot for most of the KCDC shindigs, RB and friends have had their skateboard film screenings here, Boatwright mentioned it was one of her Saturday night hangouts, and since that morning 4 years ago I have been making the occassional trip for the Hungry Bear brunch dish and free coffee while you wait. If you enjoy hanging with the hipsters or are one yourself I’m suprised if you haven’t already become a regular here, it’s the epitome of Williamsburg (actually Greenpoint, but close enough) cool. Not in a pretentious or contrived way (yet!) but still in the early stages before the wannabes chart their invasion.

It’s got a full bar, great music, dingey but airy atmosphere, free brunch coffee while you wait (did I mention that already?), a black & white 4-frame (sometimes working) photobooth, a decent southern style menu, and some of the most interesting outfit coordination I’ve seen in New York. It makes for a great place to stake out your latest muse.

With the potenial to be Brooklyn’s own Max Fish we pray that the bridge, bridge and tunnel, tunnel crowd get deterred. They’re open til 4am every darn day!

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BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT IN BABYLON

Tonight our homegirl, Joanne Carolino, celebrates her 32nd birthday at Sweet Tooth (Noca Lounge.) This place has been the jumpoff lately so expect to be in for a really long night! And if you don’t know the birthday girl yet, make sure to introduce yourself…Tell her Saint Agnes sent ya!

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It’s getting close to wintertime lockdown when it’ll soon be too cold to leave the house and all we’ll want to do is stay home, cuddle up, and chill.  Lately the weather’s been at that comfy gap between crisp and sunny chill and “oh, hell no” freezing cold where luckily, our cute fur-accented wool coats still prevail over the enormous and unflattering puffer.  However, soon the temperatures will drop and the city will go from fashion to straight function cuing in the months when we stop feeling cute and opt to stay in. 

My favorite winter activities of all time are cooking, drinking, and smoking.  I used to date this guy who loved to cook (an essential quality in a man), and we came up with the perfect setup for a great wintertime date.  First pick a recipe, something that you both agree on and you can’t go wrong. Then head to the grocery store for the ingredients and a couple bottles of wine- one to drink while cooking and one to drink with dinner! Make sure to give your boy chopping duties since he insists he’s handy with knives while you take on the duty of measuring and keeping track of time. By the time you’ve polished off that first bottle of Pinot, you’ve spent some quality catch up time camped out in the kitchen and have a hot home-cooked meal ready and waiting to be devoured. 

For dessert: skip the dishes, twist up a J, insert the Gil Scott Heron (or Aretha) and you’ve got the perfect ambiance for everyone’s other favorite winter time activity…

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If you are jonesing for an extra bottle or simply forgot to grab one at the store, New York has you covered.  Pretty much every wine shop will deliver right to your door.  My personal favorite of the moment is the 2005 Medici Grasparossa-a chilled sweet red sparkling wine available at De Vino for $12. 

If you are in the Lower East Side, call Eva at September Wines & Spirits.  She recommends El Chapparal Navarra Grenache ($11.99), made by a female wine maker and winner of their World Cup of Wine competition.  Gabrio of De Vino is also super friendly and very helpful.  He’s the son of wine makers and extremely passionate about his craft. 

If you are in Brooklyn, we like Uva Wines. Talk to anybody there since we know you’re just trying to get faded. 

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Every day our lives and surroundings are introduced to new design in many different forms such as products, landscaping, graphic design, and architecture, some merging beautifully and seamlessly into our environment and some offensively jutting out of the scenery as more of an eyesore than noteworthy intention. Some of the best designs and inventions are welcomed, subconsciously becoming staples in our daily routines- Google, the iPod, Pixar, Nike. Every three years the National Design Triennial takes place in New York and showcases the best new groundbreaking design innovation in every discipline from hair design to medicine.

The Design Life Now exhibit is currently on display at the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and features the most outstanding, innovative work from 87 designers and their emerging ideas, exploratory projects, new products and experimental media between the years of 2003-2006. A handful of our favorite designs showcased in this triennial include Kid Robot, Blik graphics, fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez, and hair designer Orlando Pita exhibited alongside today’s best achitects and engineers. Each of the designs displayed represent the best and most state of the art works in their respective fields, welcomed into our surroundings and setting the standard for what we can expect in the next triennial.

‘Design Life Now: National Design Triennial 2006′ is on view now through July 29, 2007.
Make a visit to feed your brain and familiarize yourself with the best.

There are also some exciting studio events and showroom visits taking place in conjunction with the exhibit so make sure to check them out!

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Angela Boatwright is one of the most unique ladies on our Hail Mary! list. She’s the perfect example of why we at Worship Worthy were so motivated to create this website in the first place, we wanted to give some recognition to the smart and talented women in New York who are normally running things from behind the scenes. She makes her living as a freelance photographer and works as a Creative Consultant for Mass Appeal magazine where she produces some of their biggest art features. Her time is also spent on pitching photographers, ideas and creative talent to her many clients as well as curating and exhibiting her own artshows at various galleries across the globe.

From her responses to our questions we pleasantly discovered a few things we have in common with this down-ass chick: growing up in the sticks, hanging with the skater boys, and LOVING Judi Rosen pants! (Jeans in my case but same dif.) Keep your eyes out on this lady, we have a feeling she’ll be making celebrity photographer status in the not-so-distant future. And make sure to check her updated website which launches soon!

Lock horns!

Boatwright photographed with Vain in 1990

Name and Age, please:
Angela Boatwright, 31

You’re from Ohio, where exactly?
Columbus

How long have you lived in New York?
13 years!

What neighborhood in NY do you live in?
East Village

You were hanging out with metal bands when you were younger, what sort of things were you getting into and were you taking photos back then too?
I spent an absolutely massive amount of time cataloging music, taping videos off of Headbanger’s Ball, reading the thank yous and liner notes on LPs etc. etc. At some point in 1988 myself and my best friend Meagan actually called up the guy that tattooed Axl Rose in Hollywood, Robert Benedetti and kept him on the phone for at least an hour asking him all sorts of questions. When bands would come through town we would do whatever it took to meet them, get autographs etc. Meagan is an insane artist and painted banners that we would hold up during shows. She did this for so many bands, it was ridiculous. I was constantly talking our way backstage and got to meet an absolute shitload of people that way. I have a lot of great memories, some of them are crazy vague.

When I was sixteen I was dropping acid, going to metal and indie rock shows and hanging out at bonfires drinking Mickey’s Hornets and strawberry Boone’s. Got any similar childhood/high school memories you can share?
Meagan and I set a restaurant on fire at one point; something my mom still brings up whenever she can. Evidently she had to pay off the owner so that he wouldn’t call the cops. I used to be really good at stealing and had to consciously quit doing it. Oh man, and we met so, so many bands when we were younger. Just tons of them. I have a million stories, I wouldn’t know where to start really.

How did you first get into photography and what inspired you?
My mom set up a darkroom in her apartment when I was about 15 and I spent hours and hours in there printing all sorts of horrible images I had taken with this Kodak point and shoot camera she bought in the check out aisle at Gold Circle. For my 16th birthday she gave me a Canon T50 which was relatively useless but I cranked out all sorts of images of my boyfriend at the time and my friends and all that. I would just lock myself up in that little darkroom. I suppose at the time there weren’t any other photographers around in my immediate scene so it was kind of my thing. Music was always, always a big deal to me so I would go out and shoot whatever half decent band happened to come through Columbus. I still have my photos of Kurt Cobain playing a local Ohio dive bar called Stache’s in 1991. I was 16 at the time.

What was your first camera?
That crappy Kodak and then the equally crappy, albeit fancier looking Canon T50. In high school I acquired a Nikon FE and I still shoot with those type of cameras today.

What’s your camera and format of choice?
I shoot almost anything. I’ve been working with my 4×5 camera a lot. I’m in the process of purchasing a mini army of Nikon FEs and FE2s. I own any number of point and shoot cameras, Holgas. My Contax 645 AF is my everyday medium format right now.

What are your feelings about digital photography? Have you made the cross over and why or why not?
I understand that digital exists and if necessary I will shoot it for paying clients however I do feel in small ways that it’s an assault to everything I love about photography. I enjoy printing, getting my hands dirty, making on the spot repairs using whatever I have at my disposal. Older cameras just make a lot more sense. There’s no LCD screen, if something breaks half the time you can get in there and make it work again. I still use cassette walkmans for similar reasons actually. I had an ipod once but it didn’t last more than 2 hours into a 22 hour flight from Australia and there was no way to recharge it on the plane. Modern technology might seem fancy but it’s incredibly useless in a lot of ways, and totally expendable. Digital will never look completely like film no matter what people say because it just simply is not film. It makes sense for certain projects but not everything.

You’ve shot 12 Urban Outfitters catalogs for “work” and you shoot metal and goth kids as a “hobby”, 2 different lifestyles pretty much on opposite ends of the spectrum. Do you experience any differences when shooting the different subjects?
In terms of subjects I really feel like it’s all the same, the situations are usually different but in the end, people are people. I had a blast with the models I worked with for Urban Outfitters. There are a few of them that I still see around and hang out with on occasion and of course I have a ton in common with the metal kids although in some cases they’re half my age.

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Who’s on your client list?
Urban Outfitters
Truth anti-smoking campaign
Etnies
Element skateboards
MTV
Sony records
Spinefarm records
New York Times
Vibe magazine
XXL magazine
Mass Appeal magazine
Revolver magazine
Guitar World magazine
Dazed & Confused
Tokion
Anthem magazine
Teen Vogue
Missbehave magazine
Jane magazine
Seventeen magazine
Hamburger Eyes photo zine
Lodown magazine
Arkitip

You’re also shooting for skateboard magazines now, how did you get into that and what is like photographing those hottie boys?
Most of my friends in Ohio were skateboarders and I ended up meeting a lot of skateboarders when I moved to New York. One of my first clients was Thrasher magazine. I always thought the best photography was in skateboarding magazines and I always aspired to shoot for them. Still do.

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What makes photography fulfilling to you?
I love being able to hang out with all sorts of people. I’ve been able to travel the world and have been all over New York City. I’m able to collaborate and produce ideas with all sorts of creative people as well. It’s pretty altogether awesome.

You just wrapped up two of your own photo shows. How’d they go and got any more on your plate?
My most recent show, ‘Sorcerers’ has shown in Los Angeles, London, New York and parts of it are currently up at the WeSC store on Robertson Blvd. in Los Angeles right now. I guess it’s come full circle. I’ll be showing ‘Sorcerers’ for the next year or so however. I tend to create a body of work and then shop it around for awhile before creating another one. I’m already working on my next project right now. It’s slated to be a mid-year promo however I feel like it has the potential to become something bigger but we’ll see… I want to spend more time fleshing out some of my older projects as well. I just have to take one thing at a time.

What’s your favorite photograph you’ve taken? And, who’s your favorite person you’ve photographed?
That’s tricky. Those kinds of opinions change all of the time. I loved shooting Jemini and Dangermouse. Jemini is probably the funniest person I’ve ever met. Tracy Morgan was crazy funny. Oh man, Lamb of God are great guys, Maja from The Sounds was a sweetheart, I got to spend 2 days with Children of Bodom in Finland and photograph Abbath from Immortal’s Motorhead cover band, Bombers in Bergen, Norway. Pretty bad ass. I just shot some great photos of my friend Bill that I love. I’m not sure what my favorite photo is though. I like them all together as a group.

You started “Killer of Giants” what’s the idea behind the collective?
Killer of Giants started in 2004 as a budding photographic agency and for almost 2 years I repped myself and 2 other photographers as well as an artist. About 5 months ago I made the incredibly painful and frustrating decision to quit repping however. At this point Killer of Giants is my resource for any projects that I work on outside of my freelance photography. I have my hands in a lot of stuff right now and there are really big things on the horizon; I’m going to let it evolve, take a life of it’s own and see where it goes.

Who’s your favorite photographer and why?
It’s hard to pick just one. I love Ed Templeton’s work. I’ve been working with Dennis McGrath a lot lately and I think his stuff is amazing. Josh Wildman is a great photographer and an even better friend. I’ve always loved Sally Mann and Sante D’ Orazio believe it or not. Eugene Richards, Nan Goldin, Joseph Rodriguez, Estevan Oriol. The book ‘Teenage’ by Joseph Szabo is amazing.

Who’s photographs and art do you own?
Lori D., Jordan Bennett, Jeremy Fish, Ben Woodward, Josh Wildman, Rob Abeyta, Maya Hayuk, Gavin Stevens, Alain Levitt, Andre Razo, Ryan McGinness, Shepard Fairey, my friend Judith in Cuba, Cody Hudson and Ricky Powell all hang on my walls. Got some stuff in drawers too.

Got a long term life plan?
So long as I can keep doing what I do, expand, travel more and hang out with good friends I’m alright.

If you could see any artist/band perform live, dead or alive, past or present, who would it be?
Okay, Randy Rhoads with Ozzy would be #1 on that list for sure. I guess the obvious is Cliff Burton with Metallica but I’d rather see Cliff with his previous band, Trauma and see Metallica with Dave Mustaine. Actually, as long as I’m being picky I would have loved to have seen Kerry King play ‘The Mechanix’ with Megadeth (1984). Seeing Kiss with Vinnie Vincent would have been cool. Seeing Vinnie Vincent Invasion with Mark Slaughter would have been cool too. Thin Lizzy of course (with Scott Gorham). Oh man, Scorpions in the early days. They’re such an overlooked band. The stuff they did in the ’70s is incredible. Oh and Queen with Freddie Mercury and early days Judas Priest when Rob Halford had long hair and holy shit, not to forget but literally any NWOBHM band at their prime. Diamond Head, Angel Witch, Witchfinder General, Iron Maiden with Di’Anno. To see Iron Maiden play ‘Running Free’ in the early ’80s, with Di’Anno would be the sickest!!!

What accomplishment(s) are you most proud of?
Being asked to judge this past years Guitarmegeddon contest (put together by Marc Razo) was seriously an honor. Me and two others actually got to choose a guitar champion out of 15 or so contestants. I was born to judge that contest! In terms of career, shooting 12 Urban Outfitters catalogs has been great. Freelancing for a client for 2 1/2+ years is really rare. I’ve pitched ideas in the past that have sent me all over the world. Traveling is a massive luxury and I am very thankful to be able to get up and go whenever I please. I have some crazy sick things coming out in the future too that I’m really excited about!

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What would you be doing if you didn’t have to make money?
I’d probably be doing the same thing actually I’d just be a bit more relaxed (maybe). If money was no object I would start my own publishing company and put out the sickest art and photo books ever and when I say ever I mean ever, ever, ever.

Do you have much free time? And what do you do when you’re not working?
No free time but I thoroughly enjoy what I do so it doesn’t really matter. If I’m not working I create work. I have shitloads of ideas. Some of them are garbage I suppose but I never know until I flesh them all out.

How would you describe your personal style?
I’m a t-shirt and jeans girl for sure. I don’t really consider myself as having a particular style actually. Most days it boils down to whatever’s clean, or warm or comfortable. If I’m working I’ll wear whatever I can get dirty. I get dressed up on occasion however but it’s New York City and walking can become a chore in 4″ heels so I always bring spare flats just in case.

What’s your favorite accessory you own?
Is a shoe an accessory? If so I have a sick little collection of ’80s metal boots and cute little ’80s style heels. Every now and then you’ll see me romping around in a pair.

What’s your favorite piece of clothing you own?
It has to be my blue Wilson leather jacket I bought at a thrift store in Dallas, Texas. Hands down every single time I wear it I get compliments on it. I also adore my super tight Judi Rosen pants. I wear her clothes until they literally fall apart. I love them.

Where do you like to shop?
Judi Rosen (The Good the Bad and the Ugly) for sure. Athena Razo designed the greatest t-shirt ever for Verte and although I spilled syrup on it I still wear it all the time. Verte sells at Autumn skateshop. I live in the East Village and my office is on Canal and Broadway-ish so I tend to shop at all the little boutiques between the 2 locations. I love having really well made, beautifully fitting stuff. Most of the time I wear t-shirts and jeans though, if I’m working - which is always.

Do you go out much? Got any favorite bars, lounges, clubs?
I go out all the time but tend to stick to the same spots. Max Fish of course. I’m almost always there. They finally got a good pinball game so I’ve been spending my quarters. I like Lit on Mondays (metal night) and on Saturdays when Patrick and Leo DJ. My friend Sean has been DJing at Enid’s in Brooklyn on Saturdays. He plays great music. Motor City had an absolutely insane Monday night for a short while but they shut down that party real quick. That’s how you know it was good. Peasant on Fridays is good too.

Name your top 3 fave restaurants in NY and what your favorite dish(es) is there.
Lil’ Frankies is a staple. They have this squash butter and sage truffle thing that I adore. My roommate works at 7A so I have to mention that. San Loco was a big 5AM favorite until it started to give me insane stomach aches. Punjabi is another night time treat. I’ve been cooking at home a lot and watch the food network for ideas and all that.

What music have you been listening to lately?
My friend Matt sent me a mix that I can’t get enough of that contains all sorts of great stuff including really, really old Ministry, 9th Wonder, Roxy Music etc. Peter Gabriel tears me up, Thin Lizzy! Scorpions! Leeway! I like tons of dancehall and reggae but don’t know enough about it to know what it is all the time, Janet Jackson ‘Nasty’, New Order ‘Crystal’, Cinderella’s ‘Night Songs’ is on my turntable now and Ulver’s ‘Svidd Neger’ is in my CD player.

In terms of other metal, the new Enslaved is so ripping, Craft, Immortal, Slayer, Lurker of Chalice, Deathspell Omega, Venom ‘Acid Queen’, Iron Maiden ‘Prowler’, the new Teeth of the Hydra, Satyricon ‘Mother North’, Cirith Ungol, Holocaust ‘Death or Glory’, Dissection ‘Night’s Blood’, Nattefrost, Accept, Big Business, Melechesh ‘Tablets of Fate’ 10″ version, Nuclear Assault ‘Survive’, Municipal Waste! Motorhead ‘I’ll Be Your Sister’, Def Leppard ‘Mirror Mirror’, old Bon Jovi, Judas Priest ‘Sad Wings of Destiny’, the Reverend Kriss Hades, Yngwie Malmsteen ‘You Don’t Remember, I’ll Never Forget’, Angel Witch ‘Sorcerers’, Acid ‘Hooked on Metal’, Holocaust ‘Heavy Metal Mania’, Burning Witch, Diamond Head ‘Borrowed Time’.

What’s your most recent discovery/exploration in New York?
I’ve been wandering around deep- Chinatown a lot lately. You can get just lost enough there to feel like you’re in another city. It’s great.

Do you plan on living in NY forever?
New York is by far my favorite place in the world. It would take a lot for me to move at this point but you never know.

What’s the most epic metal/rock song of all time?
Depends on how you describe ‘epic’. So far as rock anthems go Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You/ We Are the Champions’ is a clear contender. Metal-wise, Manowar pretty much kill it. ‘Battle Hymns’ is just one example. Basically any band that sings about themselves rules. Judas Priest’s ‘Dreamer/ Deceiver’ is a masterpiece. Megadeth ‘Holy Wars’, Black Sabbath ‘Heaven and Hell’, Reverend Kriss Hades’ ‘Winds Over Orion/ Pyramids of War and the Destruction of Enemies’ will light your hair on fire.

Tell us your cocktail/drink of choice.
Oh I’ll drink almost anything. Won’t touch Jagermeister but pretty much anything else.

Name one New York woman that you would nominate to our Hail Mary! list.
Can I name more than one? Judi Rosen. She rules. I’m really glad Jauretsi made it on the list. She’s one of the most inspiring, focused people I know. I always have the best conversations with Athena Razo from Verte. Former Mass Appeal Art Director and current Missbehave Creative Director, Sally Thurer is one of my favorite people on earth. She is absolutely loaded with ideas and puts 400% into everything she does.

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This weekend is already feeling like one of the most significant in the history of New York and the world of street art and graffiti. The abandoned 5-story building located at 11 Spring Street has been know over the last couple decades as the “graffiti building” with its ever-changing facade of colorful posters, spray painted murals and minor structural add-ons. As news began to circulate a few months ago about the purchase of this historical building by condominium developers group, Elias Cummings, artists and graffiti writers from all across the globe started arriving in droves to come pay their last respects- wheatpasting, spraying, painting and stickering was in full effect.

As a gesture to “celebrate the art that has become such a critical part of the building’s and neighborhood’s history” the developers along with the folks at Wooster Collective cleverly decided to bring the art inside and do a “time capsule” exhibition directly on the internal walls of the structure, opening their doors to our many favorite artists from past and present years. 45 plus artists including Shepard Fairey, Lady Pink, Doze and the Barnstormers have been working throughout the last two months to get the 30,000 square feet of exhibit space ready. Once remodeling of the building begins the art will be preserved between its sheet rock and brick for future generations to discover. You’re not gonna want to miss this!

The exhibit doors are open for only 3 days starting today, Friday December 15th continuing thru Sunday the 17th. Hours are 11am-5pm each day with an artists panel discussion on Sunday at 3pm. Building renovations start Monday.

Don’t forget your Leica!

Visit Wooster Collective for more info.
Click here to see more photos.

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BOOK LAUNCH IN BABYLON

Here’s the scoop on Tony Arcabascio’s book, “Now You Know.” Since departing from Alife about a year ago, this is Arcabascio’s first project (of several, we’re assuming) that the eagerly awaiting public is getting its hands on. He’s teamed up with Arkitip publishing and compiled the columns and short stories he’s written exclusively for their magazine over the last 3 years, 2003-2006, giving his readers some street smart advice on things like ‘how to torch a car’, ‘how to make the girls love you’, and ‘how to get married.’ Just a few of life’s lessons we all might have missed at grooming academy.

Swing by the launch party at the aNYthing store 5-8pm this evening to get your copy signed. Check the flyer for more info.

BUYING IN BABYLON

While you’re out, stop by Patricia Field’s new location on the Bowery. This evening they’re hosting a Holiday Season Shopping Party with all your favorite brands and one-of-a-kind pieces. Give the gift of Claw Money gear and you’re sure to win big with any little soul! It’s today from 5-9pm.

If Santa Clawz is in the building make sure to ask her to sign that wrapping paper for some extra gift-giving points! Sweet. Click here to RSVP!

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