Tour of Daptone Records on Troutman

“Amy Winehouse farted on that cushion”: Take a tour of Daptone Records in Bushwick, where the only digital equipment is a digital watch.

The ever-shifting art front: ArtCal Zine reviews our neighborhood’s strong sense of now, and previews the Bushwick Open Studios & Arts Festival.

Sex and the rest of the city: NYT: “There are neighborhoods in the far reaches of New York City, from Tottenville on Staten Island to Bushwick in Brooklyn, that have about as much in common with the glimmering, candy-coated Manolo Blahnik world of “Sex and the City” as, say, East Texas.” New York Magazine couldn’t help but wonder: can poor women actually have thoughts, feelings, relationships, and a keen interest in fashion? Gawker comments take it there.

Two Hartford boys had fun on a Bushwick rooftop: My sources say this record-release party was loud, fun, and….young.

Dancing like Super Mario: Team flex, a dance team founded by students from Bushwick, does it up in a high school auditorium.