Log in

CMJ 2010

By Shawn Lennon Launch Fullscreen Feature

New York hosted the annual CMJ Music and Film Marathon in October, a festival spanning 5 days and consisting of over 1200 live performances in 75 venues across Brooklyn and Manhatten. I boarded a midnight bus from Montreal and arrived at Port Authority, in the heart of the Big Apple, by 8 am. From there the fatigue and sleep depravation combined with the culture shock of suddenly finding myself in the middle of 18 million people elevated me to the point where I actually had to make a conscious effort to refrain from looking physically happy. I thought if I didn’t…

Features

Launch Feature ►

CMJ 2010

By: Shawn Lennon - Posted on: 23/11/2010

New York hosted the annual CMJ Music and Film Marathon in October, a festival spanning 5 days and consisting of over 1200 live performances in 75 venues across Brooklyn and Manhatten. I boarded a midnight bus from Montreal and arrived at Port Authority, in the heart of the Big Apple, by 8 am. From there the fatigue and sleep depravation combined with the culture shock of suddenly finding myself in the middle of 18 million people elevated me to the point where I actually had to make a conscious effort to refrain from looking physically happy. I thought if I didn’t pay attention I might find myself bounding through the streets like I was off to see the wizard or something. I didn’t find myself in need of more than my press credentials, a camera, and a subway pass as the city can accommodate most every whim . It would take a fleet of photographers to capture the festival’s entirety, so instead here’s fraction from one photographer on foot with a bus pass.

Related Videos

  1. BUFFALO

    Quiksilver skate Buffalo, NY Released with print story in Color Magazine 10/4, “The Photo Issue”, Winter 2012 colormagazine.ca/store/product/104/color-104 filmed...
    ...

  2. Table Scraps

    All that is good and swell about skateboarding, sign painting, and surfing NY and SF in this Super-8 offering from Jon Bocksel. music...
    ...

  3. Joseph Delgado from Poisonous…

    Poisonous Products is the first video offering from Montreal’s Jeremy Elkin since he expatriated to New York City a year and...
    ...

  4. Part 1 - Ace Trucks in…

    Raven Tershy, Tom Remillard, Sam Perrault, Adam Hopkins, Joey Tershy, and Brandon Perelson shred some of Montreal’s best tranny...
    ...

  5. POISONOUS PRODUCTS PREMIERES…

    The due to be released video from Jeremy Elkin is all about “movement”. This footage was taken when the O.W.S protesters...
    ...

  6. Color 8.2 cover shoot…

    Riley Boland graces the cover of the annual music edition (8.2). Watch the footage that made the cover + some of what else you can...
    ...

Related Posts

  1. Everybody Street Premieres…

    On a drab afternoon in Amsterdam I found myself wading through the crowds at a temporary weekend carnival and questioning the training
    ...

  2. The Ballad Of Keenan…

    Listen as Devendra Banhart pays homage to a skateboard legend with a beautiful instrumental titled: "The Ballad Of Keenan Milton"
    ...

  3. Partying Matters this…

      This Friday (August 17) from 6:30-8:00pm we're hosting a little meeting of the minds at Village & Co (231 Union St., Vancouver)
    ...

  4. The final reverb from NXNE…

    Aidan checks out one last great show then crashes hard at the end of an amazing NXNE Festival
    ...

  5. Reverbs from NXNE — You…

    FU at The Bovine Sex Club, John Maus at Lee's Palace and Justin Miller at The Drake
    ...

  6. Reverbs from NXNE- So BadBad…

    All throughout this week, Color contributor Aidan Johnston will be blogging daily from the NXNE Festival in Toronto. Make sure to
    ...