Sun. Feb. 22

D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" was hailed - um, by various white people - as a monumental piece of film-making upon its 1915 release. Those were, of course, as Lou Reed sang in "Sweet Jane," "different times." It's also been considered a racist piece of crap and has agitated and angered people of color (and whites of a non-racist slant) for nearly a century. Enter: Paul Miller, aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid. He's done a hour-long "remix" of the film which deconstructs one of the most influential and inflammatory movies ever made, causing, we're sure D.W. Griffity to be rolling and spinning in his grave, that is, if anyone really can roll and spin in their grave. We have grave doubts. But anyway, this film, "Re-Birth of a Nation" - with music written by DJ Spooky and the score by the wonderful Kronos Quartet - will be screened free at the Beehive, Sunday Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. DJ Spooky, being of the 21st century, might be expected to draw some parallels to present socio-political conflicts in America. You can, of course, enjoy drinks and great food while you're enjoying Spooky and cursing out Griffith. For more on Spooky, hit "read more."

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DJ Spooky (Paul D Miller, born 1970, Washington DC) is a composer, multimedia artist and writer. His written work has appeared in The Village Voice, The Source, Artforum and Raygun amongst other publications. Miller's work as a media artist has appeared in a wide variety of contexts such as the Whitney Biennial; The Venice Biennial for Architecture (2000); the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; Kunsthalle, Vienna; The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and many other museums and galleries. His work "New York Is Now" has been exhibited in the Africa Pavilion of the 52 Venice Biennial 2007, and the Miami/Art Basel fair of 2007. Miller's first collection of essays,entitled "Rhythm Science" came out on MIT Press 2004, followed by "Sound Unbound," an anthology of writings on electronic music and digital media, published in 2008. Miller's deep interest in reggae and dub has resulted in a series of compilations, remixes and collections of material from the vaults of the legendary Jamaican label, Trojan Records. Other releases include Optometry (2002), a jazz project featuring some of the best players in the downtown NYC jazz scene, and Dubtometry (2003) featuring Lee
'Scratch' Perry and Mad Professor. Miller's latest  collaborative  release, Drums of Death, features Dave Lombardo of Slayer and Chuck D of Public Enemy among others. He also produced material on  Yoko Ono's most recent album "Yes, I'm a Witch."