We’ve all heard of directors crowdfunding their movies (see: David Cross), but this one’s new: Brooklyn filmmaker Alex Ross Perry, the ex-Kim’s Video clerk who went on to write and direct Listen Up Philip, has launched a fundraiser for his cat’s cancer treatments. Fluffy, the feline in question, actually appears in the movie as Gadzooks — Elisabeth Moss’s character takes him in when she breaks up with Philip, the narcissistic novelist played by Jason Schwartzman.
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A Gym (What Else?) Is Coming to the Former Home of Kim’s Video On St. Marks
(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
Because you can’t have more desserts on St. Marks Place without having somewhere to work them off, a new gym is opening in the onetime home of Mondo Kim’s.
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Checking in With Kim’s As the Lights Dim
Ugh, why? (Photo: Nicole Disser)
The inevitable “50% Off” sign has arrived at Kim’s, planting a death mask on the soon to be shuttered legendary East Village music and video store. We stood outside for a few minutes to see people walk by and pull a 180 to either gawk or rush through the front door.
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Kim’s Video & Music Is Closing
(Photo: Daniel Maurer)
This is not what we wanted to see on our lunch break. A couple of days after Record Store Day got us feeling good about the fate of local record shops, there’s a sign on the window of Kim’s Video & Music announcing a Store Closing Sale.
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So Deck! Forget Vinyl, This Label Is Still Releasing Cassettes
Ryan Martin’s two-years-in-the-making collaboration with Italian noise composer Maurizio Bianchi, “As Strong As Death Is,” isn’t available on Spotify, or Bandcamp, or even CD. It was released today as a double cassette (yes, cassette) on his tape-centric label, Robert & Leopold.
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