Archive for October, 2011

• From Caracas With Teeth-Rattling Bass

  April 30th, 2010

  Ill Pharaoh began dabbling in music while studying piano and musical language during high school in Caracas, Venezuela…

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• Recommended Show: The Binary Marketing Show at Fort Useless

  April 30th, 2010

  

  With the closure of Market Hotel a few weeks ago, the future of DIY venues across Brooklyn is now under greater scrutiny. What will happen with other artist-friendly spaces? Will they be able to pick up the slack? Will…

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• Helpful Thinking: Artist Hopes to House Haitians

  April 29th, 2010

  Local artist Lopi LaRoe plans to visit Haiti in May with 10 geodesic domes of her design which can house 10-20 people each and can withstand severe weather…

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• Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 4/29/10

  April 29th, 2010

  Did you see that gorgeous full moon last night? The view was spectacular on St. Nicholas. We’re supposed to have sunny good weather through May Day…

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• Light Pollution: Goes Well With Noise Pollution.

  April 28th, 2010

  

  I received Light Pollution’s album Apparitions a few months ago and put in on a few times, but it never really clicked until today when I was forced to turn my stereo up to 26 (!!)…

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• Dual Raid Turns Up $10M Coke Stash, Arsenal

  April 28th, 2010

  The Daily News reports raids on two apartments near the Bushwick-Ridgewood border turned up a $10 million stash of cocaine – or 80 pounds (!!!) – and a small arsenal (of big firearms) on Tuesday…

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• Bushwick Apartment Roundup 4/28/10

  April 28th, 2010

  This week, back to our cheapo ways. Four one-bedrooms, one two-bedroom railroad, some locations better than others, all doable. This is for couples or people who can’t stand roommates and can swing the rent.

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• Brooklyn Label Woodsist Announces West Coast Festivals

  April 27th, 2010

  

  Local Bushwick label Woodsist, run by Jeremy Earl of Woods, has decided to take their meandering psych-folk to the West Coast for a pair of miniature festivals this June.  The first of the two fests will be held…

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• Thanks to Arts Donor, Lights On at Lumenhouse

  April 27th, 2010

  Lumenhouse, a photo studio and sometime gallery, originally planned to close on Feb. 1 due to financial constraints. But thanks to a grant, the business will remain open for at least another year…

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• From Moscow to Myrtle

  April 27th, 2010
  Nik Kibirev prefers goofy faces and Polaroids.

  I first met Nikita Kibirev while he was waiting to be interviewed at the Paris Theatre, a cinema in midtown Manhattan. Small talk quickly led to the realization that we lived down…

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