Art Basel is upon us....

Are you ready for THE biggest art event in North America? I think the more succinct question is: Are you ready for the parties? There's soo much amazing art to see this week and a lot of events to attend on the Beach and the mainland, that I ended up staying in Saturday night to prepare myself for the marathon ahead, instead of going to The Borscht Film Festival opening. I'll do my best to post during the week, but Basel is bananas and the craziest time of year so who knows what's going to happen. In the meantime here are a few events happening around town, that could be worthwhile.

Wednesday, December 2nd
This is the night when multiple vernissages (French for "preview" or "private opening") will be happening all over town, so take your pick since there will be plenty of glamour.
Indie Goddess Miss Ebony Bones (pictured above) will be the free show on The Beach to kickoff Basel. In the past Peaches and Iggy Pop have entertained the masses, I hope Miss Bones picks up a legion of fans and doesn't just weird people out with her awesomeness.
Over at The Gansevoort, the fabulous King Britt will be performing for FREE over three nights in the lobby.


Also starting on Wednesday through Saturday the amazing O.H.W.O.W Gallery will be sponsoring a bar in honor of the famous Max Fish bar in New York's 20th Anniversary, at the locale that used to be PS 14 (28 NE 14th Street) featuring performances from a bunch of bands from Animals of the Arctic to the Jacuzzi Boys to Gang Gang Dance, check out the full lineup here.

Oh ye & some guy named Dr. Dre will be at The Shore Club.


Thursday, December 3rd
Local clothing line Last Rights throws a party at The Moore Building...

& indie rockers OK Go plays for the 2nd night in a row at Design Miami at 6:30

Friday, December 4th
Hip-hop badass Kid Sister plays a FREE show at The Delano, sponsored by SVEDKA. RSVP here.

G. LOVE plays the Electric Pickle...no word if there will be any Special Sauce, but I'll make sure to bring my own ketchup packets if I show.

Saturday, December 5th
Chairlift DJs at the Electric Pickle at the POPLIFE party while The Golden Filter headlines.


Sunday, December 6th
Getting some rest people! But if you still want to party, G.Love is playing the closing night party of the Miami Independent Thinkers Fair at the Mitrani Warehouse located at 222 NW 27th St.

trailer trash - The Girlfriend Experience

I first read about The Girlfriend Experience well before Halloween and Stephen Soderbergh's forray into 3-d Musicals about some hot dead chick named Cleopatra, but didn't think too much of it because I was too busy wondering how Soderbergh was going to convince Clooney to play Marc Antony and sing on screen...(come to think of it he could just get this guy, but he is nowhere near as hot.)

The film stars real life porn star Sasha Grey in her mainstream debut (well aside from those American Apparel ads,) playing a $2000 an hour escort, and it follows her over the course of being interviewed, going on dates with guys who want more than just sex and for her to be pretend to be their girlfriend, hence the title of the film. The film is full of non professional actors so there's a real sense of verite. But what I found most intriguing about all the research I've done is that the film, which already premiered at The Sundance and Tribeca Flm Festivals, will be released in theatres on May 22nd, but was released on DVD and On Demand on April 30th, virtually creating a new business model for the release of films.

Exxotica Miami Beach starts tomorrow, and it's THE biggest XXX convention on the East Coast and Sasha Grey will be there. & of course everyone will want a piece of her, but I just want to ask her for Soderbergh's #...