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“Electric Moon Dance: A Tribal Ritual” Gets Brooklyn to Dance to a Different Beat - Brand New Video by Jerry T

Feature DJ AK and dancer Brittan LeFils
While Brooklyn’s multicultural backdrop is normally a melting pot of art, music, and creativity one event, on Friday August 27th stood out from the rest.
“Electric Moon Dance: A Tribal Ritual” brought together underground music, drums, art and yes… body paint.

The highly anticipated event did not disappoint, carrying an impressive online buzz on Facebook off line to the awesome performance and art space in BK called Littlefield.
Littlefield is a 6,200 square foot warehouse dating from the 1920’s, in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. The event itself is unique, having sound walls framed from recycled rubber tires, a bar built from salvaged bowling alley lanes, and energy supplied by wind power.
The event drew over 500 attendees, which gathered together in a jungle of dancing, live performances, DJ sets, face painting, black lights, a witch doctor, cave painting, and tribal visuals by Ben Cooke.
Read on to learn more about the show, and check out the video from the party created by Jerry T.
Geoffrey Bauer Grinds Back for a Win at the Amsterdam Billiards Tri-State Stop while ABC Announces Table Time Specials!

Geoffrey Bauer (1st) & Scott Simonetti (2nd)
By NYC Grind Contributor, Alison M. Fischer
On the weekend of September 4th-5th, The Tri-State Tour headed to Amsterdam Billiard Club, which hosted their A/B/C/D 9-ball event. This $1,000-added, two-day event drew 28 top amateur players from around the area, including a number of Amsterdam’s top league talent.
Highlighting the field were players including 2009 Player of the Year Dan Cintron, Christian Smith, Carl Yusuf Khan, Geoffrey Bauer, and Scott Simonetti. And in this event, it would be Simonetti who would dominate throughout the winner’s bracket.
Making it through to the winner’s side final four, Scott edged ahead of Christian Smith at hill-hill, winning 7-6. Meanwhile in the final four match-up, Ryan McCarthy defeated Ramilo Tanglao 6-4. In Scott and Ryan’s face-off for the hot seat the two had another close battle, but Scott Simonetti came out on top at 8-6.
Back in the third round of the tournament, Scott Simonetti handed a 7-4 loss to Geoffrey Bauer… however, tour rising star Bauer was not ready to bow out yet. Having won two tour stops on the ‘09-’10 season and finishing runner-up in the Tri-State Tour ‘B’ Class Invitational, Geoffrey Bauer has been proving himself to be more of a threat in each event.
Dechaine Wins Seminole Empire State Title Undefeated at Raxx

Empire State Champion, Mike Dechaine (Photo by Jerry T)
Story by NYC Grind Contributor, Geoff Conway
Sunday morning saw a slew of the best players on tour fighting it out to take down this coveted title. Click here to check out the photos from Day 1 of the tournament, by Jerry T & Charles Eames.
First match up on the winner’s side final eight was Corey Deuel vs Earl Herring, where Herring handed a walk over to Deuel, with a 8-0 forfeit… as Earl Herring is a minister and had to return to church on Sunday morning.
Also in that round, we saw a much-awaited match up between Dennis Hatch and Jeremy Sossei. This match did not go the way of the betting line, with Jeremy coming out the winner 8-6. I should point out that neither player showed us their best game, and the latter racks were consumed with safety play. This win propelled Jeremy into a match against Corey Deuel, and an upset Mr. Hatch had to wait for the outcome of the loser’s side match between Matt Krah and Mike Davis, which went to Mike 8-7.

Jeremy Sossei (Photo by Charles Eames)
Next up was Mike Dechaine vs Josh Brothers, which went to Mike, 8-6. Josh was not able to capitalize on his strong break, and would then have to start his comeback in the loser’s side of the draw.
In the next match we had Mike Sigel, who had batted a 1,000 through his first three matches on Saturday. In Sunday’s 11:00 round, Mike continued his winning streak, when he devastated Dustin Morris 8-0, making for 28 games won and no losses.
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