not everyday can be christmas
🥁🎁 more markets, artist interview, & feeling everything
I was walking to Hide and Seek to get some work done this morning through the Christmas trees across from Bernie’s and the strange thought that crossed my mind was: I’m so glad these trees aren’t always on the sidewalks so that I can notice their smell like it’s the first time every year.
What a cool thought. And a good reminder for me as I live in an apartment lingering in a half-moved-in phase. The thing about being in transition is you can feel everything with all of your senses. It’s the phase before you’re numb with the ‘used to its’ and autopilots. It’s that state your brain kicks into of noticing things cause it has to— it doesn’t know them yet. Tiring, sometimes. Definitely. But also, when else will I get to so mindfully scrub down the first $2 plate I picked up from Mother of Junk? Or drill the first screw into a freshly coated wall?
Idk, part of me likes this part.
It’s the gift of new experiences: feeling it all. Really noticing. And we can always give ourselves that, especially in New York City. Which leads me to the lineup for this week’s issue:
It’s Happening: a freshly updated list of Holiday Markets plus some cool shows and concerts
Check This Out: a new interview published with meg elsier, and some thoughts…
Listen to This: a folk track to process with and some recent releases from local bands
It’s Happening:
to start us off, here are this week’s updates to the Holiday Markets section of our warm wishes gift guide…
scroll down to the bottom of the gift guide👇 for this list👆 with links to everything
SENAIDA's KUNST KAPUTT Album Release Show will be “a sonic experience that joins an interdisciplinary exhibition and an album listening party” — check it out tonight at Loft Story. Check out an interview from last year with the artist where we talk about the album online here. And you can check out details and RSVP here
Tomorrow night is rlyblonde’s album release party at Alphaville! If you wanna know a bit about a rlyblonde show, you can read about a fun one here. And grab tix to this weekend’s show here!
Mr. Melo bar is celebrating their one year anniversary with a party on Sunday. deets here
A craft night last spring was my intro to all that is Journaling Classes. It was sooo juicy and nice and there’s another one at the Butcher’s Daughter in Williamsburg on Monday night. Just might have to go hand-make some holiday gifts!! You can read about Journaling Classes on warmly too! and grab your tix for Monday here
Check This Out:
an interview with meg elsier on the .com
Some new music content online!!!
I loved talking with Nashville artist, meg elsier ahead of her show at Baby’s last month. Highlights were reflections on things like:
the inevitability of the creative impulse winning out even when fear is present too
jealousy of peers sometimes has a lot to teach us about what we want for ourselves
sometimes the more deeply personal we get, the more other people can relate— we’re all connected
working creatively with friends can be pretty powerful
Listen to This:
Okay, I’ve been doing a lot of listening lately. here are some things to listen to…
Definitely the gorgeous and raw debut album of the aforementioned artist: meg elsier’s spittake
A great new tune from Brooklyn band, Why Another, this is “Need to Know”
Last night, local band, Laundry Day released their new bop, “Damn Shame” with a party at Delancey Laundromat :)
Finally, the way Jesse Welles writes songs is such a crazy powerful thing. His music releases with media cycles and in it I almost always find a kind of comfort among the noise. And not because it’s necessarily positive- actually it’s often angry (if not maddeningly accurate)- but it hits. It’s a peaceful yet powerful protest. It’s a call and a call out. It’s a vehicle to give both art and language to the feelings that the way things are, isn’t the way they should be. His latest is called “United Health”.
okay, go find something new to experience if you’d like! Let it make you feel things like it’s the first time and maybe even be uncomfortable.
Reach out with any Qs or things to share. Lotta love, stay warm!
warmly,
Calli