Let's Talk About Cities + Asha and The Eastern Bloc Heads + Revel Switch + Don Paris Schlotman & The Hired Goons @ The Way Station

7:30pm- Let’s Talk About Cities

Satellite is back in Brooklyn on October 14 with more short talks about cities. This month, we’ll hear about:

Willets Point

Willets Point, ugly and unloved, is slowly disappearing off the face of Queens, redeveloped by the people who brought you its neighbor, Citi Field. Shayok Mukhopadhyay used a large-format camera to make formal portraits of the people who are disappearing along with it. They chopped up old cars, sold the parts, fixed younger cars with those parts, played fútbol, grilled their steaks over old oil drums. He will talk about them, and what happens to us when we refuse to look at the consequences of our consumption.

Haiti in New York

Since 2009, Brooklyn-based Haiti Cultural Exchange has been developing programs designed to present Haitian culture to a broad audience while supporting new and established artists, promoting cross-cultural exchange, and encouraging dialogue around contemporary social issues. Co-founder and executive director Régine M. Roumain will discuss.

Public and affordable housing

The Institute for Public Architecture, a new organization promoting socially engaged design, recently concluded Total Reset, a residency program and exhibition exploring solutions for New York’s housing crisis. Executive director Karen Kubey will present.

Art, culture, and community

Caron Atlas, co-director of Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts New York, will discuss the group’s efforts to understand the role of art in local neighborhoods and advocate for creative economies.

https://www.facebook.com/events/854517044582222/

9pm- Asha and The Eastern Bloc Heads

Genre: indie pop rock

For fans of: Fiona Apple, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails

Asha and The Eastern Bloc Heads is the brainchild of Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Asha Iwanowicz. Originally from Boston, Asha started out performing in the city by herself with just a guitar and a voice, going from open mic nights to booking her own shows. Now playing with her lovely Bloc Heads, she’s excited to showcase her music with the help of some friends and wonderful musicians. She is excited to continue sharing new music with the world, and if you like what you hear, don’t be afraid to reach out!

http://ashasounds.com/

http://ashamakesmusic.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/asha-sounds

https://twitter.com/AshaSounds

10pm- Revel Switch

Genre: alt rock slacker Americana new wave light metal

For fans of: Hank Williams, Black Sabbath, Uncle Tupelo, Lou Reed, V, Underground, Pavement, Elvis Costello, Kris Kristofferson

Revel Switch is a band from NYC comprised of Alex Miller on guitar and vocals, Rich Meyer on bass and vocals and Arei Sekiguchi on drums. Their eponymous first record was released digitally and can be found at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/revelswitch2, on ITunes, and at http://revelswitch.com/.

https://www.facebook.com/devilbiz

11pm- Don Paris Schlotman & The Hired Goons

Genre: Downbeat Sci-Fi Rock

For fans of: Nick Cave, Smog, Sun Kil Moon, Lou Reed, Magnetic Fields

Don is the bass player and co-founder of post-apocalyptic rock band The Sky Captains of Industry. He and his hired goons play minimalist sci-fi rock from the new album Hardest of Hearts that is funny and sad like a train wreck full of clowns.

“This is Don in a Lou Reed meets Johnny Cash mode, with the banjo and reverberating whistling adding to a sense of understated, yet mysteriously present, anarchism. It’s a kind of mix of Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ and ‘Perfect Day’” — Eric Hathaway, Sometime in Long Island City

http://www.schlotman.com