David Bennett
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2 years ago | Music Festivals
Greg Alvarez, co-founder of Miami's multi-use art space Vidium, wants to turn the music festival concept on its head with the 48-hour Sustain/Decay Drone Festival.
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2 years ago | Concerts
The International Noise Conference (INC) has become a monumental staple in Miami. The annual fest, which boasts acts from all over the globe doing exactly the opposite of what most people might expect from a live show, draws motley crowds from eve...
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2 years ago | Concerts
"Degenerate" typically has a negative connotation. Google says the word means someone who's "lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable." For Travis Egedy, better known as the electronic artist Pictureplane, bein...
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2 years ago | Art
Zoe Lukov, curator of the inaugural Faena Festival, uses Alfredo Jaar's historic work, "A Logo for America," as a jumping-off point. "If this is not America, what is it? What do we want it to be?" she poses, preferring to open a dialog rather than...
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3 years ago | Interviews
Eddie Izzard's diverse career undoubtedly justifies writing a memoir. His work has run the gamut from stand-up, to politics, to marathon running and beyond, and his autobiography, Believe Me, is tasked with detailing it all. Of course, Izzard woul...
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3 years ago | Interviews
The visceral sound of a Nick Klein record isn't something that can be easily sourced or replicated. This is due in part to Klein's approach to texture, volume, and recording: In his hands, the medium becomes shaped by the material in an inescapabl...