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The Do LaB’s longtime friends and collaborators Shrine and TukTuk (who built the wonderful trash teahouse at LIB this year) are the masterminds behind Basura Sagrada, the team building the 2008 Temple at Burning Man, and the name for the temple itself. This Thursday at DNA Lounge in San Frnacisco they will be hosting a [...]

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Lucent Dossier‘s first night as the house band circus at the Edison goes down tomorrow night. The Edison is re-introducing and reinventing the spirit of cabaret. Reminiscent of Paris and Berlin of the early 20′s, Wednesday nights the venue is transformed into an exploration of the past — a peek into the decadent, sensuous underbelly [...]

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In Nation of Rebels: Why Counterculture Became Consumer Culture, Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter explain that really, there was never any conflict between the two to begin with. Counterculture hinges on, and consumer culture consists of, the expression of your lifestyle/identity. Whether you’re choosing to wear Nikes, Doc Martens, or some crazy obscure Japanese brand [...]

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when katie k brought me in to stage manage her fashion show at lucent l’amour 2005 is how this all began. i say the do lab treats experience itself as an artform. 3 years later, it will be a pleasure to experience tomorrow night’s masterpiece. 2005: 2006: (c) hero & arin ingraham 2008…. Like this? [...]

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If you ain’t never been to the ghetto Don’t ever come to the ghetto ‘Cause you wouldn’t understand the ghetto ~ Naughty By Nature, “Ghetto Bastard” used to be that if you were a musician the only way you could get ANY kind of significant distribution for your music was through a record label. cassettes [...]

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just found this photo in the icecreamman.com archives. Like this? Share it: Tweet

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it’s kind of hard to write a post advocating a sense of balance. it’s easy to get all riled up and energized on preaching some kind of extreme; is it even possible to create a polemic for moderation? i’ve been sitting on this particular post for weeks, unable to summon up the oomph to do [...]

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1 2 3 That’s the speed of the seed A B C That’s the speed of the need You can dream a little dream Or you can live a little dream I’d rather live it Cuz dreamers always chase But never get it – Aesop Rock: “No Regrets” there is some kind of undeniable human [...]

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a play about cross-cultural communication: burner – played by someone who is part of the burningman community. non-burner: played by someone who is not. – – – burner: OMG! the man burnt early! non-burner: what? burner: have you ever heard of burningman? non-burner: hmm… looks like some crazy festival in the desert? B: yeah. they [...]

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