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on September 1, 2011 -
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Electric Zoo Art Installations Going Green, & Sponsors

The Randall’s Island Sports Foundation (RISF), The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Made Event are pleased to present FLOW, an environmental art exhibition featuring 5 site-specific art projects on view since July along the shoreline at Randall’s Island Park. The project is aimed at fostering appreciation of the shoreline through artistic expression, while calling visitors to interact with and care for the park’s island environment. A portion of the [...]

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on August 26, 2011 -
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Feeding Time at the Zoo!

Electric Zoo: New York’s Electronic Music Festival now in its 3rd year, will feature more than 100 of the world’s biggest electronic music talent, including DJs and live acts, providing the finest techno, trance, house, dubstep, electro, indie dance music and more across multiple stages on beautiful Randall’s Island Park. Electric Zoo received a coveted IDMA nomination for “Best U.S. Festival” and “Best Music Event” by URB magazine, as well as press coverage [...]

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on August 21, 2011 -
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Fall Forecast Calls for Singin’ in the Rain

Set in 1920s Hollywood, this classic is the story of Don Lockwood, a famous actor in silent films. His success is shared by his co-star, Lina Lamont, but – at least for Don – their romance is only for the screen. When they star in their first talking movie, Lina’s grating voice causes studio executives to arrange for the voice of the beautiful young actress, Kathy Selden, to be used instead. Although the movie is successful, Lina is furious. While Don has eyes for the lovely [...]

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on August 20, 2011 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with Counting 10

So I have never met these guys… nor have I talked to them on the phone. (I say guys… there is a girl in the band!) Everything I have done with this band has been done via email. That just goes to show the power of digital communication. They came to me… I don’t really know where they came from. But who cares, they are awesome! They originally sent me a copy of their album to prepare for the interview, and there was a very nice note included. A personal touch [...]

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on August 13, 2011 -
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The Original Firefly: Firefly Sweet Tea Vodka

I recently discovered sweet tea vodka. I mean, I like sweet tea… and I like vodka. It made sense to me. My favorite drink with sweet tea vodka is the “weed and water”. The weed comes from Jeremiah Weed, another popular brand of sweet tea vodka, but you can order that anywhere and the bartender will know what you are talking about. Jeremiah Weed is one of the original sweet tea vodkas. Anyway, it’s half sweet tea vodka and half water [...]

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on July 28, 2011 -
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Happy Birthday Ricky… from Google

My birthday was last week. First off, I want to say thank you to everyone that wished me a happy birthday. It was funny… I went to bed late, around 1:30… when I woke up the next day, actually on my birthday, I had over 90 emails from Facebook alone… people wishing me happy birthday. I would end up getting over 300 wishes before the end of the day. So to each and every one of you… thank you. It means the world to me. (I actually went through every [...]

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on July 28, 2011 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with Grace@Arms

I am a BIG fan of the work that Grace@Arms is doing. Bastion, the lead singer, came to me thanks to a connecting in Ryan Brewer. He and I met, talked, and one thing led to another. Then we were scheduling interviews and he was confirming his band to play on the next rickyleepotts.com presents six bands for six bucks. Once that was confirmed, the band literally took over the city promoting the show, shooting photos (both images used here are from [...]

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on July 23, 2011 -
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Artist Interview: 1-on-1 with 3:1

Don’t ask me where I met these guys… I have no idea. But they sort of fell into my lap recently, and I was immediately impressed. (They didn’t actually fall into my lap.) I had the chance to see them perform (without them knowing I was in the crowd of course), and was even more impressed with their live show. They were a blast to see perform, were fun and conversational on stage, and really got the crowd energized. That’s rare for a band these [...]

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on July 20, 2011 -
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Playing for Pizza by John Grisham

The book starts out with Rick throwing away (literally) the AFC Championship game. From there he finds himself on his way to Italy to play for the Parma Panthers. Each team is allowed three players from the USA. Rick is the only American player on the team, and his reputation follows him all the way overseas. American players are also the only ones who are paid to play. Rick is also provided a place to stay and a car, a Fiat that proves to [...]

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on July 15, 2011 -
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Bottoms Up at Barley Island Brewing Company

Since I write all of these interviews with bands and DJs, I figured why not interview the owner of a place like this? He has a hand in the beer making, and to me… making beer is an art… so I scheduled a meeting with Jeff, the owner and operator of Barley Island. (I actually did a brewery tour before the interview. It was neat to see such a small place producing so much quality brew.) The interview was great. We talked about their beer, his favorite beers, and the beer [...]

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