THE BALMY AIR, the murky waters of the Hudson, the aromatic fish smells of the docks, the stars in the sky, the great salsa band – what could make a night out on the town better?! Kudos to Jonathan Sarno and his WebCinema group in conjunction with Troma Films, for putting on a nice party…
MAY DAY! May Day! Naked Dancing Ladies seen at the Razorfish party! Actually, it was a gold-lame clad butterfly winged belly dancer. But that was only one small part of this wild extravaganza May 1 that had so many Silicon Alley folks chatting over the week. The party was a chance for Razorfish to thank…
ON THE CALENDAR: Take in Jonathan Sarno’s “The New York Filmmakers and Webmasters Spring Ball” on May 3. The Ball is going to be on the “Frying Pan,” an old hull of a ship, moored on Pier 63, one block North of Chelsea Pier. Room for 400 people and next door is a pier with…
Related Links:Webgrrls Silicon BowlNetGravity’s pulling some adsNetDay 2000 effortsPointcasts’ pointGen Art grungeCalendar of Events May 2, 1997 Webgrrls Silicon Bowl THE DRAMA, THE suspense, the rented shoes! It was the first “Silicon Bowl” at the luxurious BowlMor Lanes on April 14. The beer was cold, the pizza was hot and the lanes were smoking as…
IF I SEE ONE MORE film where self-mutilation is cool, I’ll scream! I saw a screening of “Love God” at the GENArt Film Festival, April 24, co-hosted by ECHO and NY Black Book. PULEASEE don’t let this become a cult classic. The party afterwards in a gutted out Angel Orensanz Foundation Synagogue was a bit…
THE DRAMA, THE suspense, the rented shoes! It was the first “Silicon Bowl” at the luxurious BowlMor Lanes on April 14. The beer was cold, the pizza was hot and the lanes were smoking as some downtown new media companies mixed it up in an informal evening of bowling and conversation. Claiming lanes were folks…
NETGRAVITY‘S launch party for its new AdServer 2.1 on April 17 at the @Cafe was sponsored by Net Perceptions and IChat. NetGravity has established itself as one of the industry’s premier ad management system. Among the attendees were Corey Podolsky of SonicNet and Mark Friedler of Vcast. The very dapper 20’s styled looking Dave Brown…
NEW YORKERS DO have a heart! (Who said we didn’t, huh?) To prove this, the turnout on April 19 for Netday2000 at Washington Irving High School was a CyberSocial Register’s dream come true. Nicholas Butterworth of SonicNet, Random-Man Geo Geller, Howard Greenstein of Microsoft, top people from Poppe Tyson, David Packman of N2K, Michael Dorf…
OTHER SOCIETY NOTES: ANOTHER ADVERTISING soiree this past week was a Pointcast party. While they demoed their new model for advertising on the net, I got a chance to catch up with Damon Torres, president & creative director of The I-way Company, Thomas Hespos of K-2 Design, and Myles Weissleder and Scott Heiferman of i-Traffic….
NEW YORK April 18, 1997 Related Links: House of Borax GeoCities Best Unsigned Bands Contest LPNYTHink’s Creative work for Canada Calendar of Events April 18, 1997 House of Borax YOU’VE GOT TO LIKE the space at House of Borax. Exposed bricks, old arched windows, high ceilings and exposed beams. It would be any real estate…