May 2010
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May 28th
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Howie's Weekly 45: The Ideals
Each week, Howie Pyro tells us a little about a 45 from his collection of 30,000 records. Let Howie trip you out live and in person Fridays in the Amigo Room at Ace Palm Springs. The Ideals: The Gorilla / Cortland Records Absolute drunk party dance killer! This jungle soul monster gets everyone moving at a certain point in the evening! After this they released the follow up, Mo Gorilla...
May 28th
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May 28th
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May 28th
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Maestro at Ace Hotel New York, walking around NYC, and ending up at AdiCup.
May 27th
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May 27th
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May 26th
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Craft Night with Ranger Joe : Ace Palm Springs
Ranger Joe has combined two of life’s greatest pleasures — happy hour and summer camp — to make Craft Night. Every last Wednesday, he transforms the Amigo Room into a boozy make-along, with a new craft featured every month: desert pom-pom pets, paper poppies, friendship bracelets, and paper plate masks to name a few. New Year’s Eve, it was noise-makers. And tomorrow,...
May 26th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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May 25th
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Howie's Weekly 45: Alf Newman
Each week, Howie Pyro’s going to tell us a little about a 45 from his collection of 30,000 records. We’re really excited about it. Let Howie trip you out live and in person Fridays in the Amigo Room at Ace Palm Springs. Alf Newman: It’s A Gas / Let’s Do The Fink, on Golden 12 records Considered to be the greatest Rock & Roll record ever made by late Cramps vocalist...
May 21st
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Timothy Liles in Loft 1011 at Ace New York
Loft Room 1011 at Ace NYC features two pieces from Timothy Liles’ new collection through May 20th: the Crested Comb-Back Chair and Sweetser Lamp, made in collaboration with Lilies and local craftspeople and artisans. Find out more about the pieces on Design Mouth.
May 20th
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GARAGE SALE at Ace Palm Springs
Our treasure is your treasure. Ace Hotel & Swim Club is having a garage sale Wednesday from 8 to 4. Drink some lemonade with us and sift through Commune Design and Ace-selected furniture, uniform extras, knick-knacks, and all kinds of cool Ace wares. Not only is everything really cheap, but a donation will be made to the Desert AIDS Project.
May 19th
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May 18th
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May 18th
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May 17th
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May 17th
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Annuals played a very special show in the lobby of Ace Hotel Portland on a strange and sunny Wednesday afternoon. It was lovely. See more on our Vimeo. And stay tuned for more free lobby shows at Ace.
May 14th
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May 14th
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May 13th
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TRANSFORMING MILK INTO MILK
Harry Everett Smith was an American archivist, ethnomusicologist, experimental filmmaker, artist, bohemian, magician, and mystic. He was born in Portland, Oregon in 1923, and lived at Ace New York when it was The Breslin Hotel. So we’re pretty fond of him. OMFGCo and resident artist Johnne Eschleman designed and installed this photograph of Harry shot by Allen Ginsberg at The Breslin...
May 13th
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Ohmega Watts Spins Thursday at Ace Hotel & Swim...
You are looking at one of the nicest people in the world, Ohmega Watts. And we’re not even going to mention his good looks. A West Coast nomad, designer, creative, producer, DJ, and MC, Ohmega joins Palm Springs favorite DJ Day for his weekly ¡Reunión! at Ace Hotel & Swim Club. Hailing from Portland, with a residency at The Fix and his group Lightheaded, now in San Francisco via...
May 12th
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Our friend Holly Miranda played a special show at Ace Portland recently, and we took some video. Holly’s headlining at the Bowery Ballroom May 26th, and we’ll be celebrating with her afterward at Ace NYC. If you haven’t heard her debut album already, get it here for ten bucks with code Holly10 playing a show tonight at Bowery Ballroom. Video by Martin Schoeneborn
May 11th
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May 9th
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May 8th
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May 7th
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May 6th
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May 6th
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Jarrett and Andi Got Married
at Ace Palm Springs. They’re solid chums of Ace, and their party was amazing. Parra from Amsterdam created the look and feel of the wedding and this incredible cake. And guests received these custom bamboo towels by Luxurious Organics (check out their shop). Everything was very YES. Goro’s in Harajuku made a special tie pin for the groom and the wedding party wore these top-secret...
May 6th
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Other Music Curates a New Collection at Ace Hotel...
Other Music is our friend. They unveiled an inaugural collection of vinyl and CDs at Ace Hotel NYC in February. Now they’ve sent forth another to make our lives even better. Here’s what they have to say about their latest collection: The Drums have been tearing the blogs up since mid-2009, and have quickly become New York’s most buzzed about indie-pop band, garnering fans...
May 5th
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May 4th
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May 4th
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Howie's Top 10 Collaborations
Howie Pyro made a list of his top ten favorite collaborations caught on 45s. It was part of the recent X: Mark of Collaboration issue of Arkitip curated by Ace founder Alex Calderwood and Ace friend John Jay, of Studio J. Howie also hosts a weekly party at Ace Palm Springs called Intoxica Radio Live, a live version of his radio show on luxuriamusic.com. Howie is awesome — we did another...
May 4th
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May 4th
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