For the next 7 days, the streets of New York City will play host to over 1000 live acts as music venues, nightclubs, and empty lots on the Lower East Side fill up with the cacophony of unsigned hype. If you’re feeling as overwhelmed by the deluge of information as we are, it might help to keep your eye on the prize and focus on a couple of acts to catch in-between trying to dodge the crowds of badge-wearing college radio DJs. To keep you on the straight and narrow, we’ve put together a list of 5 of our favorite female (or female fronted) acts to check in the next week:

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We were invited to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the classic racing game, Gran Turismo, with its creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, Jeff Staple and Haze at the Classic Car Club in NYC! After an unveiling of a hand-painted Lotus Exige by Haze (to be auctioned off with proceeds donated to Studio in a School), Yamauchi himself introduced the new game with a “victory lap”. Music by DJ Soul, Theme favorite Neil Armstrong, and a special performance by Fool’s Gold-er Kid Sister. Not a bad way to celebrate a decade of heart-pounding, seat leaning, rubber burning virtual glory. Check a little trailer for the game below:

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RoStarr is one of our favorite artists and it’s awesome to see him with a lot of new work. He sent us an email recently about his show in Miami.

“If you happen to be in Miami this month? please stop by my current solo exhibition at Our House West of Wynwood:  www.oh-wow.com
for those of you that cant make it, here’s a short jpeg preview.
with warm greetings
Ro”

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Our friends over at Aperture have teamed up with Tim Barber and his crew of photographer friends to launch a new series of monographs under the TinyVices banner. TinyVices.com is the wildly popular online photography gallery started and curated by Barber. Join them tonite as they celebrate the launch of the book series with photographers Kenneth Cappello, Allan MacIntyre, Jason Nocito, Robin Schwartz, and Jaimie Warren! The photographers will be in attendance.

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A couple of nights ago Diane von Furstenberg launched a line inspired by Wonder Woman at her studio in the meat-packing district of Manhattan. She also unveiled a collaboration with DC Comics which she wrote. The Adventures of Diva, Viva & Fifa, was illustrated by Konstantin Kakanias, and published by DC Comics. The comic is available in store or online for $25. All proceeds benefit Vital Voices, a global partnership that empowers women. 

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The Beastie Boys and friends have confirmed the remaining dates of the Get Out and Vote 08 tour of the swing states crucial to the upcoming election. Joining the band in various markets will be Sheryl Crow, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Norah Jones, Crosby & Nash, Santogold, Tenacious D, as well as representatives from Rock The Vote, who will be on hand to distribute information on local polling sites, including early voting locations where available.

The newly announced dates and lineups are:

Oct 27 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend
Beastie Boys / Sheryl Crow / Santogold

Oct 29 Youngstown, OH Chevrolet Center
Beastie Boys / Sheryl Crow / Ben Harper / Norah Jones

Oct 30 Dayton, OH Hara Arena
Beastie Boys / Sheryl Crow / Ben Harper

The Oct. 27 Charlotte date goes on sale THURSDAY via www.etix.com. Tickets for the Oct. 29 & 30 dates go on sale FRIDAY at 10 a.m. at venue box offices and at Ticketmaster locations.

The full Get Out and Vote 08 itinerary and on-sale info including the new and previously announced shows is as follows:

Oct 27 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend
Beastie Boys / Sheryl Crow / Santogold
ON SALE THURSDAY VIA ETIX.COM

Oct 28 Richmond, VA - Richmond Coliseum
Beastie Boys/Jack Johnson/Norah Jones/Santogold
ON SALE NOW VIA VENUE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0100414896D8284E

Oct 29 Youngstown, OH Chevrolet Center
Beastie Boys / Sheryl Crow / Ben Harper / Norah Jones
ON SALE FRIDAY VIA VENUE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/05004147E9B082EF?artistid=1265078&majorcatid=10005&minorcatid=105

Oct 30 Dayton, OH Hara Arena
Beastie Boys / Sheryl Crow / Ben Harper
ON SALE FRIDAY VIA VENUE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/16004146BA74468B?artistid=1264199&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

Nov 1 St. Paul, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Beastie Boys/Ben Harper/Tenacious D
ON SALE FRIDAY VIA VENUE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0600414AD01B8D4C

Nov 2 Milwaukee, WI - U.S. Cellular Arena
Beastie Boys/Ben Harper/Crosby & Nash/Tenacious D
ON SALE NOW VIA VENUE BOX OFFICE AND TICKETMASTER
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/07004149E2FA89CE?artistid=1264803&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=52

For further information, check beastieboys.com or www.getoutandvote08.org

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Chanel’s quilted 2.55 bag is a legendary icon on the arms of socialites and inside closets of fashionables everywhere. Now the design house is making it the focus of their latest venture: “Chanel Mobile Art”—an entire exhibit housed inside a collapsible pod that serves as a traveling museum. The futuristic-looking structure, called the Art Container, was personally commissioned by Karl Lagerfeld and designed by architect Zaha Hadid. The fashion-art-architecture event will be showcasing the creative interpretations of the symbolic Chanel bag through twenty cutting-edge artists from around the globe. With a talent roster that includes Yoko Ono, Lee Bul, and Russian collective Blue Noses, artistic interpretations are said to vary tremendously. Preparation for the project involved an intimate tour of Coco Chanel’s apartment in Paris and the workshops in Verneil where the bags are handmade. Taking Stephen Shore’s photographs portraying these workshops in the style of American landscape painting and pairing that with Sylvie Fleury’s leather-lined room—suddenly you feel like you’re walking inside a handbag. “Chanel Mobile Art” will be touring worldwide until 2010, making a stop this fall in New York City. The installation will be on view in Central Park at the Rumsey Playfield, a week from today, October 20th through November 9th.

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Redbull Rampage happened this past weekend. Here is a highlight reel of the best stuff that went down. If you’re into mountain bike riding, this is well worth a visit at some point in your life. Just NUTS!

More info here.

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Dysemevas in Hong Kong will be featuring in their first pop up shop; innovative design talent from China. November 11th to December 21st, each week the theme of the exhibitions, along with the set up and artists will change. The themes highlighted in this years first show are beauteous, imaginarium, shine a light, freestyle, girl’s gone wild and chaotica. The artist’s work featured range from ceramics to denim to acessories and graphic art.Matthias Woo will be creating the gallery space and also the ajoining playroom; which will have activites according to each weeks theme.

266 Hollywood Road
Hong Kong
November 11th to December 21st 2008

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Scion’s L.A. gallery space will be home to a new show called TOKYO NONSENSE; featuring works by: artist group ChimPom, Iichiro Endo, Ai Kato (ai madonna), Sachiko Kazama and Taro Izumi.

This exhibition will contain performance, video, installation, drawing, painting and woodblock printing. The work of the artists represent the city itself in it’s delirious dynamic and it vibrant popular culture.

We are excited to see what Gabriel Ritter has to offer in his third independent curatorial project!

If you are in the neighborhood on October 4th, please stop by and check it out.

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