Welcome to Theory Events!
Hiya!
If you're coming here from BoingBoing, welcome! Theory Events is an arts collective based in the east village. We throw free parties that showcase groundbreaking local art and music, and we are all deeply committed to making NYC a better and culturally richer place each day.
Now seriously, the vast majority of the NYPD are amazing, kind and heroic people, truly New York's finest, but the bad apples in the bunch, be they corrupt, overzealous or simply incompetent, make the entire city look bad. All we're saying is that the NYPD needs to take a note from the comic books and understand that with great power comes great responsibility. When officers' conduct in the line of duty is so outrageous as to shock New Yorkers, accountability must be called for.
Oh, and if you'd like to lock any of us up for saying this, we've got nine friends who say you can't. Take that, haters.
And so, with our First Amendment Cred established, on to business...
100dBs and Ryan-O'Neil spent Saturday in the lab, mixing records and writing rhymes to express their feelings about the Sean Bell verdict. The resulting mix featuring Ryan's 2008 update of the classic Dre/Snoop (and later Fat Joe) banger "Deep Cover" is free for listening or mp3 download at 100dBs.com.
On a less topical but nonetheless somewhat political tip, mashup monsters It's Overture have continued their genre-bending ascent into freeform fair use with their new 45 minute mix, The Magnificent Dance. All I can say is it starts out with a mash of Mos Def, Todd Terje and The Clash and gets wilder from there. The Magnificent Dance is available for free download from It's Overture's deceptively modest web outpost.
By the way, Voidstar's live set at our March party at midway's still blowing our minds. It's still available for free download, if you're into transgressive, groundbreaking live electronic remixes and mashups.
That's what we've got- stay tuned for our next party, coming at the end of May!
Cheers,
Sam Cohen
Founding Organizer
Theory Events
If you're coming here from BoingBoing, welcome! Theory Events is an arts collective based in the east village. We throw free parties that showcase groundbreaking local art and music, and we are all deeply committed to making NYC a better and culturally richer place each day.
Now seriously, the vast majority of the NYPD are amazing, kind and heroic people, truly New York's finest, but the bad apples in the bunch, be they corrupt, overzealous or simply incompetent, make the entire city look bad. All we're saying is that the NYPD needs to take a note from the comic books and understand that with great power comes great responsibility. When officers' conduct in the line of duty is so outrageous as to shock New Yorkers, accountability must be called for.
Oh, and if you'd like to lock any of us up for saying this, we've got nine friends who say you can't. Take that, haters.
And so, with our First Amendment Cred established, on to business...
100dBs and Ryan-O'Neil spent Saturday in the lab, mixing records and writing rhymes to express their feelings about the Sean Bell verdict. The resulting mix featuring Ryan's 2008 update of the classic Dre/Snoop (and later Fat Joe) banger "Deep Cover" is free for listening or mp3 download at 100dBs.com.
On a less topical but nonetheless somewhat political tip, mashup monsters It's Overture have continued their genre-bending ascent into freeform fair use with their new 45 minute mix, The Magnificent Dance. All I can say is it starts out with a mash of Mos Def, Todd Terje and The Clash and gets wilder from there. The Magnificent Dance is available for free download from It's Overture's deceptively modest web outpost.
By the way, Voidstar's live set at our March party at midway's still blowing our minds. It's still available for free download, if you're into transgressive, groundbreaking live electronic remixes and mashups.
That's what we've got- stay tuned for our next party, coming at the end of May!
Cheers,
Sam Cohen
Founding Organizer
Theory Events
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