Five Bullets 6.16.23
This week: Theatre Matrons, Soulive, Sound Art & more
Hello and welcome back to Circles In Space for Five Bullet Friday, where each Friday I share interesting stuff collected during the week.
If you’re new to Circles In Space, I wrote a bit about myself and this newsletter.
Good morning and Happy Friday everyone! It’s a beautiful sunny day here in New York City. Fortunately, we’ve had beautiful weather, and the occasional thunderstorm, since last week’s ecopocalyptical conditions.
Last night, I had the opportunity to attend an event at the NYC Department of Records (DORIS) at 31 Chambers Street. I learned a little about the history of the beautiful Beaux Arts-style building with it’s ornate lobby and marble rotunda as well as meet some of the staff and learn more about DORIS’s mission. Read more about DORIS and my volunteer work with the department in my 7.15.22 and 12.9.22 newsletters.
THIS WEEK’S TOPICS:
NYC History: Per a 1930s law, children under 16 had to be supervised by a theatre matron when attending a movie. On September 13, 1936, theatre matron Mary McCord safely evacuated 400 children during a fire at the Eagle Moving Picture Theater. The NYC Dept. of Records is indexing an archive of theatre matron license applications and volunteers will soon be able to transcribe them.
Audio: Live in a noisy area? Here’s an interesting read on how noise impacts our health. Loud noises like train horns or the constant hum of a nearby highway can cause stress, inflammation and increase the risk of heart disease. Protect your ears! In other news, NYC musicians staged a concert at an unlikely location: in a sewer drainage tunnel, utilizing the ambient quality of the tunnel and the natural setting of one of the city’s many waterways. One of the performances, by Drain Brammage , started in 2020 as a sound-art composition from musician Stefan Zenuik.
Aliens: Last week a former U.S. intelligence officer, David Grusch, became the latest UFO whistleblower, claiming that the government has alien craft and evidence of a non-human entity. Grusch also states that there is a secret program without congressional oversight to retrieve crash or landed craft and reverse-engineer them. In an interview with NewsNation Grusch explains that it’s not clear if the non-human intelligence is extra-terrestrial or intra-dimensional. TLDR: We are not alone.
RIP: Cormac McCarthy aged 89, author of Blood Meridian, No Country for Old Men, The Road & more. I discussed McCarthy’s most recent novels in the Friday 10.7.22 newsletter.
Music: Jazz-funk-soul organ trio Soulive is playing at the Blue Note Jazz Club this weekend and next weekend. Soulive has been my favorite band ever since I caught one of their shows back in high school. I’ve seen the band perform countless times all over the tri-state area and have attended Brooklyn Bowlive religiously. Unfortunately, the band hasn’t performed much in recent years so whenever they’re in town I make sure to stock up on tickets. If you need some funky instrumental jam music to get you movin’ and groovin’ this weekend, head over to the Blue Note.
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That’s all for this week!
As always, thanks for reading and have a great weekend.
Until next time,
KW