Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Jim Henson

See exhibition site here

Muppets galore at this show!

Like a virgin?

Rowlf!!! LOVE this dog.

Animal, of course.

MEEP! MEEP!

Muppet sketches

Early sketches of Big Bird concept

I never noticed that one of his arms just... never moved.

Okay, moving into the real heavy nostalgia now:

This is THE dress the girl gelfling wore in The Dark Crystal.

Ahhhhh YES!!!!

All the behind the scene business!

Go see this show if you've seen this movie even ONCE.

Skeksi sketches.

Have you ever seen anything scarier

than these vulture/turkey/dinosaurs

in royal robes from the underworld?

This show is running until January, so please haul ass to Queens and see it before it's gone. I was lucky enough to see this show in the middle of the night during open bar promoting a grapefruit and some kind of vodka cocktail I can't recall the name of (shocker?). Muppets and DJs all rolled into one! Long live the legacy of Jim Henson : )

Museum of the Moving Image: Signal to Noise

Signal to Noise Party, after hours at the Museum of the Moving Image

Awesome sculptural chairs. Beautiful, yes. Comfortable, no.

Christopher Bakers Video Installation:

Hello World! or: How I Learned to Stop Listening and Love the Noise

Over 5000 snippets of video diaries.

From YouTube and MySpace.

I looked for the Britney guy, but to no avail.

Screen test looking things from the intro to.....

Modal Kombat!

As promised, vids and pics from the dynamic dueling guitar duo.

Say that five times fast- go!

Coming soon: Jim Henson exhibit, featured upstairs at the museum. Everything from Labyrinth to The Dark Crystal to early sketches of Sesame Street Muppets`

The Past Fortnight...

Happy October everyone, pint glasses in the air please! It is Fall. Well, it's been in the upper 80s for the better part of a week now, but October it remains. I have not posted in some time, I have been playing host to some very near and dear out of towners for the past 14 days and nights. Here are some glimpses of our escapades. And yes, a large part of our excursions included galleries and museums, so I've got a lot in store for the rest of month. Also some fantastic pictures of food, and some trips out of town. A good New Yorker is the kind who can instill this feeling onto others not of this town, or country, or time zone. Enjoy!

Mannequins in a thrift store in Williamsburg.

Yes. I went to Williamsburg. Gag.

Millions of Xmas lights in an Indian restaurant.

You know the ones I mean... on 1st Ave?

Dan Flavin light installation at MoMAs permanent collection.

The view from a hotel room we had for exactly 13 hours.

On the 41st floor!

Saltwater taffy. Every flavor you can think of.

A really amazing night at a party at the Museum of the Moving Image.

A really amazing chair my butt kept slipping through at the party.

I will post more about this, in detail, at a later date. But for now.... feast your eyes....

Dueling guitars, playing Mortal combat.

Not controllers.

Acoustic guitars.

Fatality? YES!

Me, clearly channeling my inner Che Guevera look.

Hot enough to go to Coney Island again!

And ride the Wonder Wheel again, at night.

And take pictures at night.

And still hold on for dear life when it reached the top! Fright night indeed!