X-Dance Review: 8-Bit (Surf)

X-Dance Review: 8-Bit (Surf)
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8-Bit
Glove World
X-Dance Screening: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 6:30pm
8-Bit is a surf short featuring Jamie O’brien, Cheyne Magnusson, Alex Gray and Justin Quirk from Body Glove. … read more

X-Dance Review: One for the Road (Ski)

X-Dance Review: One for the Road (Ski)
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One for the Road
Teton Gravity Research
X-Dance Screening: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 4pm
One for the Road was easily the best film I’ve seen so far at X-Dance and honestly, I doubt it can be topped. … read more

X-Dance Review: TB20 (Snowboard)

X-Dance Review: TB20 (Snowboard)
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TB20
Standard Films
X-Dance Screening: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 2pm
TB 20 (Totally Board) marks Mike Hatchett’s twentieth release in the snowboard film series. This year’s film seems to be a homage to the life span of Hatchett’s film career. … read more

Solitaire (Ski)

Solitaire (Ski)
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X-Dance Screening: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 5:20pm
In an age of fast paced, high energy action sports films, it is refreshing to see a production company take a step back and return to the roots of skiing. … read more

The Art of Flight (Snowboard)

The Art of Flight (Snowboard)
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X-Dance Screening: Thursday, Jan. 12 @ 7:30pm
After the success of That’s It, That’s All, some doubts began to surface as to whether Travis Rice and company’s second film, The Art of Flight, was going to live up to the hype. … read more

The Ordinary Skier (Ski)

The Ordinary Skier (Ski)
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X-Dance Screening: Friday, Jan. 13 @ 8:45pm
The world of extreme skiing has its share of notable athletes, but few have the cult following of Seth Morrison. In director Constantine Papanicolaou’s (CP) latest flick, the rise of one of the planet’s most prolific skiers is documented in a real and dramatic fashion. … read more

All.I.Can (Ski)

All.I.Can (Ski)
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X-Dance Screening: Saturday, Jan. 14 @ 7pm
The latest release from Sherpas Cinema, All.I.Can takes the helm and controls the audience’s emotions for the next hour. Directed by the talents of Dave Mossop and Eric Crosland, this film goes beyond the traditional idea of a ski movie. … read more

Best of CMJ 2011

Best of CMJ 2011
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In some ways, CMJ Music Marathon is similar to the athletic competition that it shares a name with. Five days of non-stop music requires endurance—a good set of earplugs helps, too. There are a plethora of day parties, industry panels and nighttime showcases crammed into these five days. It’s utterly impossible to experience everything that you want and equally as difficult not to wear yourself down with days that can span from 12 p.m. to as late as 4 or 5 in the morning. … read more

CMJ: The Final Nights

CMJ: The Final Nights
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The final nights of CMJ had a strange way of mashing into each other. It’s always easy to party until the sun comes up in NYC, but when you throw in a music festival that comes with occasional free drinks and bars that stay open until 4 a.m. it becomes exponentially easier. … read more

Sub Pop/Hardly Art Showcase @ The Mercury Lounge 10.20

Sub Pop/Hardly Art Showcase @ The Mercury Lounge 10.20
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When I arrived at The Mercury Lounge at 7 p.m., I was greeted with the words “SOLD OUT.” I figured it meant that this showcase was probably going to be a killer one. I liked two of the seven bands on the bill, had been told that a third would be right up my alley, and figured that since the showcase was Sub Pop and Hardly Art branded, the bands that I was unfamiliar with would probably still be entertaining. … read more