Archive for October, 2011

• The Basement Thrift Store: Cluelessly Cool

  January 15th, 2009

  

  The two best parts of thrift store shopping, in my opinion, are the deal and the hunt. There is a unique sense of pride you feel when you walk down the street in a pair of amazing shoes that…

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• Cheap Drinks With the Justice League on Myrtle

  January 14th, 2009
  
  Gotham City Lounge Co-Owner Ray Torrellas busts some moves with his lightsaber behind the bar. — Photos by Diego Cupolo.

  While many comic book fans spend their lives collecting superhero memorabilia only to keep it locked up in…

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• Culture Click: The Man Who Gassed Himself

  January 14th, 2009
  
  Mike Marcus pasting his art up on a Bushwick warehouse. — Photo by LostFoundAgain/flickr

  British Jew Mike Marcus recently graced Bushwick walls with his gas-masked mannequins, which attracted the attention of art hawk Hrag Vartanian.…

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• Bushwick House of the Week: 279 Cooper

  January 14th, 2009

  

  279 Cooper has a few things going for it that aren’t obvious at a glance. It’s far from Bushwick’s “action,” but it is also very quiet, being just a couple blocks from the huge Evergreens Cemetery belt. The…

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 1/14/09

  January 14th, 2009

  

  $1750 — loft: Nice, bright loft in Morgantown with decent facilities, huge windows, and lots of space. Enjoy cute (and good) new Cafe Orwell down the block.
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• Bogart’s Archive Now Hocks Porn

  January 13th, 2009
  
  Photo by Luis Velázquez

  The Archive, that most blasé of institutions when it comes to customer service, possibly battered on the coffee front by newcomer Cafe Orwell, has now resorted to renting pornography. Apparently their abysmally slow…

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• Culture Click: The Radar of Flavor

  January 13th, 2009

  No, not that kind of flavor. I’m talking about Flavorwire, a cultural news and critique blog from Flavorpill, with an “international audience” and daily email updates about all things arty in New York (and other towns that are…

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• A Funk Carnival at Market Hotel

  January 13th, 2009
  
  Carcinogenic Static Carnival funks up Market Hotel. — Photo by John Ruscher

  It takes no small effort to put together an 11-person band. There are so many likely scheduling conflicts, so many potential breakdowns in communication. But for…

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• Current Events Reflect in Work of Andy Piedilato

  January 13th, 2009
  
  Andy Piedilato’s work evokes smashed cities at English Kills — Photo by Lolo Rodríguez

  With one dollar PBRs, live music and a barbecue bonfire out in the front garden, the art party spirit is being kept alive this…

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• Culture Click: The Tao of Tao Lin

  January 12th, 2009
  
  Eeeee Eee Eeee, by Tao Lin –Photo from NYMag

  It’s always impressive when someone figures out a way to bilk rich idiots out of their money, and so Bushwick resident Tao Lin has me so impressed several…

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