Where: Rudy's
Date: 2007-04-21 21:00:00
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Cartright Bio: "'It's all here for the taking' is an apt metaphor for everything in this life. No matter how well you analyze, study or recompile, the healthiest and heartiest always come from the earth. Be it food, art, or the decay and dust that fills the cracks of a band like Cartright. The Austin band is worth making a fuss about for plenty of reasons--its home-recorded debut, A Tall Tale Comes Of Age (an assessment of violent entertainment), its sweaty and boisterous live show, its steadily growing cult of shout-along fans--but you've heard that shit before about endless, boring bands that concoct dream formulas of Merle + Hank + Frank Black. Hell, maybe Cartright is a genius lab creation of its own. Ben Russell leads the quintet with a beaten-down acoustic guitar, finger-picked with a rare level of drunk precision, and he shouts his pleas of aggressive reluctance--a man lost in his Southern youth but unafraid to face it--through a sweat-soaked mess of hair and beard. The Cornetti brothers three on bass, piano, and drums, along with lead guitarist Casey, are a pack of howlers and stompers. Together with Lou's subtle necessity, Nick's drumstick crescendos, and the rowdy dialects of Joe's organ they stagger in time with broken rhythms blanketed by sleeves of noise. It's easy to see why the young band already draws a cult fanbase; the easiest comparison point is Lucero, as both acts lean toward country-rock with a love for war-torn, cigarette-stained vocals. But where Lucero sticks to a harder, narrower path, Cartright leaves its swinging bar doors open to the acoustic exploration of folk, the erratic tempo changes of post-rock and the passion, the arrangements and the willful repetition that mark the best in the worlds of blues and gospel. It's a rich pool to draw from, sharing plenty in common with their hometown's country-blending alumni--critically acclaimed locals like Centro-matic, Little Grizzly, and Slobberbone. And that's where the dirt, the soot, and the ruin come pouring into Cartright's coffer. In concert, Russell howls the line "Learning to die" so many times over and over that he might as well give a how-to lecture on it. When he can't get back to the mic quickly enough after shouting, "Oh, I shouldn't say this"--and this happens plenty--the crowd wastes no time in finishing the line: "You broke my wrists, but I'm still makin' fists." Those fans stand at the very front, lining an army of empties in front of the monitor, arms around each other's shoulders and sights aimed at the band's every strum, cry and crash. The best things are in between a mess and a jigsaw, the things that fill in all the cracks and mend up all the scars. That's where Cartright stands, waist deep, yelling out their masterful wreckage just because they can." http://www.myspace.com/cartrightmusic http://www.cartrightmusic.com/ http://www.myspace.com/rudysnewhaven $3.00 cover (the venue may actually be at 370 Elm St)
Where: Miller Memorial Library Senior Center
Date: 2007-04-24 18:00:00
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Where: The Space
Date: 2007-05-24 19:30:00
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The Sharp Things' first New England show in six months will feature many songs from their upcoming Bar/None Records release, A Moveable Feast. Stream the album at thesharpthings.com! Also appearing: Thunderegg, Clock Hands StrangleEvent submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of sharpthing.
Where: Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall
Date: 2007-09-25 20:00:00
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The Chamber Music Society at Yale School of Music presents the Tokyo String Quartet. Martin Beaver & Kikuei Ikeda (violin), Kazuhide Isomura (viola), Clive Greensmith (cello); Mozart: Quartet in G major, K. 387. Janacek: Quartet No.1, "Kreutzer Sonata"; Brahms: Quartet in A minor, Op.51, No.2; Tickets $27-34 / Students $14 / Rush $7. Rush tickets are available at 7:45pm at the Box Office on the day of the performance and can be purchased in person with a valid Student ID.
Where: Yale Law School
Date: 2007-12-07 00:00:00
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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School will host a symposium, “Reputation Economies in Cyberspace and Beyond”, from December 7-8. Reputation, which plays a key role in almost any economic or social system, is a fundamental aspect of any cyber-community that is not yet well understood. Because traditional modes of accreditation and prior acquaintance with participants usually do not apply to online communities, in recent years we have witnessed the development of alternative models for reputation management including ratings, stars, points, karma and others. These new models, which apply to people, goods, and services, challenge our accepted notions of identity, social capital, accreditation, expertise, and risk as they shift the reliance of reputation systems away from traditional social networks, educational backgrounds and institutional affiliations and towards the wisdom of the crowd. This shift, in turn, entails dramatic changes to information privacy, quality, ownership and the ability of groups and individuals to affect them. The symposium will seek to explore these themes, and their meaning to democracy. The symposium will bring together leading scholars from industry, academia and government to discuss the role of reputation in cyberspace and beyond. Proposed panels include: Making your Name Online!, Privacy and Reputational Protection. Reputational Quality and Information Quality, and Ownership or Cyber-reputation.
Where: The Space
Date: 2007-05-04 19:00:00
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The Sleeping, These Green Eyes, Schoolyard Heroes, My America Is Watching Tigers Die, My Holy GhostEvent submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of indietickets.
Where: Hamden Memorial Town Hall
Date: 2007-04-16 17:30:00
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HART will be demonstrating in front of Memorial Town Hall, prior to the Town Budget Hearings. Please plan to participate and try to arrive by 5:15pm to organize! No special materials required.
Where: Shubert Performing Arts Center/Administration
Date: 2008-02-22 19:30:00
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'MAAFA' is a Kiswahili word describing calamity or disaster as it refers to the period in world history known as the Middle Passage or the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. 'The MAAFA Influence Production' is a "psycho-drama" that stimulates through music and dance, and educate you through the history of dramatic expression. It reflects on the pain of the past, how that affects our communities today and changes all people to live and leave a legacy that brings reconcilliation, healing, education and strength.
Where: Toad's Place
Date: 2008-05-06 19:00:00
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Other Acts: The Dear Hunter, Foxy Shazam, Tera Melos