Archive for October, 2011
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Guacuco: Arepas on Irving
July 30th, 2010
Arepera Guacuco serves Venezuelan fare, and opened last month at the corner of Irving Avenue and Troutman Street. — Photos by Scarlett LindemanBushwickers no longer have to schlep over to Caracas in Williamsburg for an arepa…
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Avi Buffalo / Chad VanGaalen at Seaport
July 30th, 2010
Tonight’s show, which is another chapter in the always great River to River Festival, is a West Coast, Sub-Pop repping double whammy. Chad VanGaalen, who many think should be headlining this show, comes on first at…
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KRTS: Flannels and Beats
July 30th, 2010
One of the first artists I wrote about on BushwickBK was East Williamsburg resident KRTS, so I’m happy to be able to write about him again now that he’s released this new mixtape, Remixes for Beards and…
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One Month Later, Loft Law Confusion Reigns
July 30th, 2010
In the shadow of the McKibbin Lofts, tenants walk to a meeting hosted by Assemblyman Vito Lopez about the effects of the Loft Law. — Photo by Aaron Short)A month has passed since Governor Paterson signed the…
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L Train Service Changes July 31-Aug 1
July 29th, 2010The L train will be out of service between Myrtle-Wyckoff and Rockaway Parkway stations…
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 7/29/10
July 29th, 2010Last weekend was epic. Fantastic events, crazy heat (which = crazy fashion), baby pools, full moon, iced coffee… all in all, a great one….
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We Rock Masks In The Club!
July 29th, 2010Joell Ortiz dropped this video last week for the track, “We Don’t Believe You,” which features New Jersey’s Joe Budden on a verse. Raised in the Cooper Park Houses off Morgan Ave., Ortiz is a punchline rapper and…
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WORK: Saleem the Artist (and Cashier)
July 29th, 2010Saleem graduated from one of the roughest high schools in NYC — Franklin K. Lane, graduation rate of 40%, to be shut down in 2011 for its poor performance. He went on to college and majored in art…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 7/28/10
July 28th, 2010We’re looking at apartments in the $1200-$1400 range this week. They seem a bit expensive for “studios” but several are really just wide-open apartments with big square footage…
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Mammoth Grinder Playing The Acheron
July 28th, 2010
Photo by Brian ArnoldAustin’s Mammoth Grinder walk a blurry line between speed metal and hardcore. The metal leanings mean some seriously sinister vocals, the occasional indulgent guitar solo, and a whole lot more references…
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