A Big March on The Sound

Fluffy clouds march east towards Long Island Sound passing over City Island, NY where the camera was set. The video was captured on Black Friday between noon and sunset and was later sped up to get the time-lapse effect.

The music is by New York musician, Lattice from the album titled:
Songs in the Key of Glass.The tracks are(in the order they are heard on the video):
Lovesong
Movement 3

This video has been inspired by a track called: The Sky Was Glorious For A Moment by DestroyAllDreamers.

It was used on another video last year:

Arab-esque

Last Saturday was the 8th Annual Arab American Cultural Street Festival which is the official kick-off to New York City’s Annual Arab Heritage Week. NAAP-NY has been organizing this street festival since its inception.

The festivities included an interesting and diverse array of live music & dance, food(of course) and several businesses/activities from all parts of the city and the Arab world.

The Big Bang…On A Can

Bang On A Can Marathon took place in The World Financial Center this year with music flowing non-stop for more than 12 hours defying all borders between genres and really making it hard for music lovers to take a break.  Every time a new group emerged on the stage, we got swept away and taken by their ingenuity and brilliance.

The photos show the following performers in the event. I only stayed for 10 hours and took a few walks to stretch my legs!

Slagwerk Den Haag
JACK Quartet
Talea Ensemble
Moritz Eggert
Vernon Reid, Mazz Swift, and Leon Gruenbaum
Mira Calix
Tim Brady

And of course:Bang on a Can All-Stars

Can’t wait for the next Big Bang…On A Can!

Another entry in the Big Apple diaries

My day started early this past Saturday as I was behind the wheel just as the sun was rising to catch up with my photography meetup group in the city for a walk around Union Square, Washington Square park and the street fairs going on there. It was interesting to say the least…

As I was wondering around the street market, I heard a guy repeating the phrase: "Sheeshhh Kabaaab…" in a very authentic way… He turned out to be from Russia, his name is Sasha and his photos are in the collection!

Later on, I met with friends of mine for some Arabic conversation practice and hit Broadway North. On my way, I saw an immaculate version of Tin Tin’s Citroën Traction Avant and later bumped into the famous Naked cowboy in Times square.

Moreover, there was a couple having their wedding in a church just by the corner of Times square so I joined the masses and had a few pictures(they seemed to be hot shots but no one in the crowd had a clue who they were).

A Johnny Rockets late lunch and 1200 Calories later, my final destination in the city was Lincoln Plaza Cinema for Michael Moore’s latest motion picture Capitalism, a love story.

& that was it for yet another day in the big apple….