Archive for October, 2011
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Sitron Squeezes Soul From Corporate Beginnings
February 15th, 2011
Sitron in the foreground. From the artist’s FaceBook.Art healing is undeniably effective. Release through the artistic process is fulfilling and can make even a utilitarian acknowledge the usefulness of creative pursuit in society. But self indulgence doesn’t…
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Ridgewood Men Busted with Long Is. Heroin Ring
February 15th, 2011Two Ridgewood men are accused of running a multimillion-dollar heroin ring that sold on the streets of Long Island.
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Syphilitic Lust Playing the Acheron
February 15th, 2011
Photo by Austin CadoreMetal subgenres are a thing for pedants and pranksters, but describing Brooklyn band Syphilitic Lust as “sleaze metal” is pretty accurate. There is something intrinsically unpleasant — dirty, really —…
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Tev95 Brings the Heavy Vibes
February 14th, 2011
The artist.Although Tev95 isn’t well versed in dubstep, “It’s Good” fits perfectly within a particular strain of the genre these days. A large part of that is like due to Admiral Grey, who wrote the majority…
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Swiss Beats: We Loyal at Goodbye Blue Monday
February 14th, 2011
Swiss trio We Loyal have been doing a mini tour around NYC, which included a late show at Goodbye Blue Monday last Wednesday. Unfortunately, the combination of late night, weekend, and the extreme cold meant that the space…
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RBSCC Shake-Up Continues, CFO Sacked
February 14th, 2011
RBSCC headquarters on Wyckoff Avenue. (Google)The probe goes on at many levels for neighborhood nonprofit Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizen’s Council, where the latest highly paid official has been sacked by city investigators.
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Arepa con Alcohol: Venezuelan Joint Gets Booze
February 14th, 2011
Guacuco’s recent Facebook update was a welcome Friday afternoon announcement: the Venezuelan restaurant finally got its beer and wine license. It is also…
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Bushwick Flicks: ‘Nothing to Look At’
February 14th, 2011Film makers love to exploit the clichéd “gritty landscape,” and Bushwick has this quality in abundance….
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Jeffrey Lewis and Peter Stampfel Album Release at Shea
February 14th, 2011Anti-folk hero, comic book artist, and illustrator Jeffrey Lewis and anti-folk forefather Peter Stampfel have teamed up to write and record the album, Come On Board, and they’re celebrating with a record release show at Shea…
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These Records Are No Small Change
February 11th, 2011
Small Change at Cielo. Photo by Vitamin Dee.The space that Rubulad used to throw its parties at in Clinton Hill resembled a giant childhood fort on steroids and psychedelics, what with its ladders leading into glowing cubbyholes…
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