David Byrne never ceases to toot my horn. I stumbled upon this bizarre love rectangle, while meandering though NY last week. "Play the Building" is an installation in downtown Manhattan. It is free, and wonderous. 10 South Street, New York,now through August 24.Open Friday,Saturday, Sunday: Noon - 6PM. CHECK IT!

Jenna Malone has a new pair of shoes. Actually, just one. "The Shoe" is her new music venture, with her piano playing partner in crime, LemJay. It is totally weird and totally bad ass, I absolutely recommend seeing it with your own eyes.

The scene.....As I rolled up to the corner of Ripple and Fletcher in Silverlake one late afternoon, I saw before me a grassy null, which sat beneath two giant billboards, and next door to the beautiful LA river. A small crowd was begining to form. The tireless nymph (Jenna) danced about the grass preparing for her show, ripping the chord on the generator to retrieve power for the shoe. There were gourmet cupcakes and small whiskey bottles individually wrapped in their very own mini-brown paper bags for sale for your pre-show enjoyment.  

The show involves singing, dancing, and tinkering with the multitude of sounds that come from their traveling hi-fi music trunk. I have no idea how you can find a show...as they are impromptu, and usually set up an a street corner, guerilla style. Invitations come in the form of a text or email, and if you get one it will go something like this...

"And while it gets hotter in the day

the night turns the page 

and with a glass of lemonade

we will sing ourselves a new age

you'll see us when we turn our lamp on

bring a chair, a blanket, a dog, a guitar, a loved one, a pillow, a secret in a jar"

-The Shoe

"a children's circus, a tinderbox." - Jenna