I’m in my second semester at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and I realize I’ve been so busy that I never posted about the first semester. I have two things I’d like to share:
(1) In August, I went to the Museum of Modern Art on a “Free Friday Night” and the line literally wrapped around the building. Needless to say, it was ridiculously crowded when I got inside. Despite all the bustle, I fell for the designs by Revital Cohen. Her works contemplates how new technology will alter human behavior. They’re playful pieces, which you might be able to tell by their names: “Artificial Biological Clock” and “Phantom Recorder.” In the fall, I wrote this piece about Cohen’s works at MoMA.
(2) I wrote my first article on an architecture and design related subject. It was a new challenge and I had fun tackling it. This semester I’m taking a class called “the Physical Structure of Urban Cities,” so I was obviously inspired. The article I wrote, titled “A Larger than Life Word Search,” is about the new Queens’ Glen Oaks Library by the architect duo known as Marble Fairbanks. The Library’s innovative design considers the importance of shared public space as well as how we search for knowledge with evolving technology.
For my final Bandwidth column for the San Francisco Chronicle, I interviewed BlackMahal, a Bay Area band that spans many musical genres. The band has proclaimed its music to be “turban groove”.
I like to listen to podcasts while I’m painting my nails or doing the dishes. For my last Lights Out column for the San Francisco Bay Guardian, I wrote about the Bay Bridged’s podcast.
I wrote my first column called “Lights Out” for the San Francisco Bay Guardian on trio the Sandwitches and the Eagle Tavern’s second-to-last show. Plus, the Bay Guardian published my photo from the band’s record release show!
to follow Night Fog Reader. There’s lots of new material re: Thee Oh Sees, Young Prisms, Fresh & Onlys, and more.
Last Saturday, I went to Guerrero Gallery and saw Nick Waterhouse with his band the Tarots and his back-up singers the Naturelles. It was a nitty-gritty performance, in all the right ways. Last week, I also got to interview Waterhouse for the Chronicle, and found out how rhythm and Rooky Ricardo’s records inspire him. Read more here.
Waterhouse seems to be on a roll. Check him live at 111 Minna Friday (4/22) 8 pm, $5. And also, at the Knock Out next Saturday (4/30) 10 pm, $7.
For my first piece for the Bay Citizen’s Culture Feed, I wrote about City Limits Records, a new label started by SF bloggers Peter Arko (Ears of the Beholder) and Robert Khoruy (See the Leaves). You’ll have to wait till June, but the first release from the label is a Bay Area-based compilation with tracks from so many rad bands:
