Archive for October, 2011
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Birth of the Air Conditioner
June 7th, 2010
1013 Grand Street’s miserable humidity gave us the first air conditioner. — Photo by Paul CoxIn 1902, the Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing and Publishing Company of Grand Street were struggling to align their printing plates on paper…
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Morgan/Jefferson L Stop Must-Sees at BOS10
June 5th, 2010It’s been a hot and well-attended Bushwick Open Studios so far — here are some great studios we hope you got a chance to see…
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Rosie’s Truck, Still Slinging After All These Years
June 4th, 2010
Miodrag and Rosalia Obradovici run Rosie’s Truck on Morgan Avenue. — Photos by Scarlett LindemanYou can almost see the grooves in the pavement. Rosie’s Truck has been parking in the same spot on Morgan Avenue for almost…
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The ABC’s of Circuit Bending!
June 4th, 2010
These days there’s a lot of emphasis on sounds and timbres when it comes to music coming out of Bushwick and Brooklyn. Careful deliberation goes into every sample, synth wash, or guitar tone for many bands, sometimes more so…
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Bushwick Cooks: Mediterranean Pasta Salad
June 4th, 2010
Bushwick Cooks, BushwickBK’s column about cooking with ingredients anyone can find in Bushwick, is back! Heather Cahill is the creator and executive chef of the underground supperclub, One Big Table, so she knows her stuff.
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Bushwick’s ‘Poster Boy’ Could Go to Rikers
June 4th, 2010
A recent work by “Poster Boy” at Eastern District gallery on Bogart Street. The subway-ad remixer faces almost a year in prison. — Photo by Jim KiernanOut on bail, anti-consumerist subway-ad slasher "Poster Boy" is probably…
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A Response to Dozens of Witty Brooklynites
June 4th, 2010
OPINION — Freelance WastelandMy anti-anti-hipster column this week generated over 70 comments as well as peripheral arguments on a couple of other sites, so I will take the opportunity to address the more common concerns, assertions, and made-up…
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Bushwick Culture Picks: BOS10!
June 3rd, 2010Congratulations to Arts in Bushwick on their fourth annual Bushwick Open Studios weekend!!! This year will indeed be bigger than ever…
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More Bang For Your Buck at BOS10
June 3rd, 2010BushwickBK’s Art Editor Stephen Truax has some helpful tips on navigating this weekend’s explosion of art that will save you time and heat exhaustion…
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Coltrane Motion- Electronic Pop with a 60′s Bent
June 3rd, 2010
A band that has caught my ear recently is Coltrane Motion, a Chicago-based electronic indie rock duo, with a new album titled Hello Ambition! out June 1 via Datawaslost, which they are currently touring in support…
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