Archive for October, 2011
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Hey, Bushwick! What’s It Mean to Be American?
October 14th, 2010For Columbus Day — also known as “Indigenous People’s Day” in parts of California and not celebrated at all in Hawaii, Nevada and South Dakota — I asked residents of Bushwick, “What does it mean to be an American?”…
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Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Playing Final NYC Show
October 14th, 2010
Photo by Jason PopeCasiotone for the Painfully Alone is playing his final NYC show tomorrow at the Ridgewood Masonic Temple. After almost 13 years with the project, Owen Ashworth is winding…
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Bushwick Chic: Natural History of Style
October 14th, 2010
Midwestern visiting student Amy, at Wilson and Noll. — Photos by Nicole Wasilewicz.Visiting from the Midwest, Amy hated to break it to me that NYC isn’t exactly at the top of the thrift store game — but…
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Bushwick Weekly Culture Picks 10/14/10
October 14th, 2010Hey Bushwickers, this week we have good causes, music, art, opera, and what is sure to be an amazing architectural tour of the neighborhood.
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Baltrop’s Sincerity: Love Shots of a Scarier NYC
October 13th, 2010The work of Alvin Baltrop, a photographer whose career spanned four decades, is a relentless documentation of the underbelly of New York City.
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Reaganomics: Shining DJ on a Hill
October 13th, 2010
DJ Reaganomics — Image from the artists’s MySpace.This writer is still surprised that the dusty backroom at Tandem attracts deejays more commonly associated with clubs and warehouse raves, but it’s happily welcomed. This weekend, for example,…
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’80s Night for Wagner
October 13th, 2010Of late the city has decided that there’s a certain feeling of Götterdämmerung in the air, one that can’t be addressed by reality television alone…
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Thrones Playing the Acheron
October 12th, 2010
Photo by BrandiJoe Preston is one of those guys with every finger in a pie. Name an avant garde or art metal band from the last 20 years, and there’s a…
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Crocodile Found on Jefferson Street
October 12th, 2010Last night, residents of Jefferson Street were surprised to find over a dozen police officers milling around a pile of tree debris from last months tornado.
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Paint Is Too Expensive
October 11th, 2010The tendency to use throwback styles isn’t confined to just music or fashion: graffiti is also susceptible to the retro treatment….
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