In a world without cell phones, what do you do with your thumbs?
For our first-ever (CLL) PHN-LCKN (Cell Phone Lock-In) at MoMA with PopRally LVHRD confiscated nearly 1,000 cell phones from guests and displayed them as installation art on a custom-built 32 ft wall. For one night several hundreds of human beings received a brief respite from a modern-day mainstay: the cellular phone.
THROWN DOWN
(CLL) PHN-LCKN was a two-fold event designed to highlight the impact…
Ergo is a new SMS system that uses data from the EPA and weatherbug.com to give you a rundown of the air quality in your neck of the woods. By texting various phrases to 415 624 6678 you can find out if it’s really as nice as it looks outside, as well as where the air is the dirtiest.
Text a 5 digit…
We tried to protect you from cell phone radiation at CLLPHNLCKN. Maybe we didn’t go far enough.
Textually reports that Swiss clothing manufacturer, Isabodywear has come out with a new line of men’s briefs made with special silver thread to block harmful cell phone radiation from damaging sperm.
Purportedly, the underwear’s radiation blockage is so strong that if you put your phone…
To celebrate the new indie rock cookbook, “I Like Food, Food Tastes Good,” the Brooklyn Kitchen, a cookware store in Williamsburg, presents a nightly cookalong with local rockstars leading up to the book release party at Union Pool on May 5th.
Tonight, Tim Harrington, frontman of Les Savy Fav, who judged LVHRD’s MCFGHT I (MCFGHT II is coming!!) and played at CLL…
Perhaps you may have caught up with LVHRD member and writer Todd Jatras at Les Savy Fav’s (CLL) PHN LCKN performance. Now he’s in a whole new venue for rockers, and he’s telling us about it.
Reporting for Wired News, Jatras is down south in Austin, Texas reviewing SXSW. He will be there over 10 days, along with tens of thousands of…
On Tuesday, November 7th 2006, LVHRD presented (CLL) PHN-LCKN with PopRally at MoMA. During the evening, LVHRD confiscated nearly 1000 cell phones from event attendees, storing them on a large 32 foot wall temporarily installed in the museum’s lobby. LVHRD staff donned hazmat-esque safety suits to reduce the risk of SMC contamination. After all cell phones were safely contained, guests were invited…
Remember that scene in Goodfellas (or any mobster movie, for that matter) when Robert DeNiro talks on the pay phone down the street so the FBI can’t track his felonious conversations? Well, in this day and age, that scene wouldn’t fly, not with cell phones and all.
Or maybe it would. In recent news, it turns out that the FBI can now listen…
We are proud to say that LVHRD stands at the forefront of battling cell-phone related illnesses, from SMC to texting claws. But with recent research done in the U.K., we are very sad to inform you that cell-phone related tumors are becoming a global epidemic. In a study posted by Telegraph, researchers have discovered that people who use cell phones for…
LVHRD: Okay, so this is the DRTS series of LVHRD, something new that we’re starting to find out more about LVHRD and its members. It’s complimentary to LVHRD MGZN’s NTRVW series, and is presented in AIM format to offer more of a conversational approach similar to the fast moving, fast talking internet age. Today, we’re talking to Jeff Newelt, aka JahFurry.…
Taking place at Fontana’s in the Lower East Side (no longer at Tai - Tai closed its doors - forget about Tai) is Seth Herzog’s annual New Year’s Eve Party. Starting at 9:30 and going way into the 2 double 0 7, dress attire is optional, so you can wear anything from your Sunday best to your 90’s grunge era flannel shirt. Just…
It looks like there’s even more reason to visit the fine folks at Apple now that LVHRD is officially on iTunes. Posted by LVHRD founder, Beauregard H. Montgomery, episodes from the VDO series are now available, absolutely free of charge, at the iTunes store for download and subscription.
VDOs included in the series are (CLL) PHN-LCKN, ACTHRD, BFLD, and FSHNDL 3.0 with Laurel Wells and…
PopRally, a group that worked closely with LVHRD at (CLL) PHN-LCKN, will be celebrating the opening of the new exhibition, Altered, Stitched and Gathered, on December 14th from 6:30PM-9:30PM at P.S.1.
Present at the party will be the group Jah Divison, which performs renditions of Joy Division songs with a reggae twist. Spencer Sweeney and the Jewish will also be on board,…