Thanks so much for the email. I will follow up with Cara soon. For now, I'd like to introduce you to my friend Brent. Like you, Brent is from Dallas originally but now lives in NYC. He is an artist. I thought you might be interested in his upcoming art exhibit (opening Jan. 15) - a tribute to Tower Records' role as the rallying point for indie music community, before the internet came along and changed everything. Among the performances will be Brent as Vanilla Ice. Should be quite a show.
Here is what the Village Voice had to say:
If it looks like the old Tower Records on Broadway and West 4th is back in business today, you're partly correct. Artist and musician Ted Riederer is opening a new shop called Never Recordsthough you won't actually find records to buy. This is a multi-artist installation designed to look like a functioning record store, complete with record bins, cash registers, poster racks, large reproductions of fake album covers, and a statue of a record-store employee. Artists participating in the show include X frontlady and collage artist Exene Cervenka, Dee Dee Ramone, and Marilyn Minter, whose recent work involved models licking glass. Tonight, for the opening party, artist Brent Birnbaum will give an in-store performance as Vanilla Ice and sign reproductions of Tom Sanford's painting "Ice Ice Maybe." Depending on your age, it could be either a fun nostalgia trip or a history lesson.
Would you or someone else you know be interested in getting the word out on Huffington Post? At any rate, I think that you and Brent might get along so I couldn't help but get you in contact with each other. Hope that's okay!