Archive for October, 2011
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The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! Playing Silent Barn
March 31st, 2011Everyone has at least one friend who isn’t concenrned with looking cool, who bubbles over with enthusiasm for everything, and, goofy though he or she may be, is generally just a…
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 3/31/11
March 31st, 2011
NEW is the word of the week (hello super functional & gorgeous BBK redesign!) around here. We have another pizza option in town, and I’m speaking from experience when I tell you it’s delicious. Go taste! Not to mention…
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New Sicilian Eatery Revives an Old Oven
March 30th, 2011
It’s drizzling out, and people are shuffling down Irving Avenue with scrunched faces and hunched shoulders, trying to keep the wind from blowing the rain down their necks. In front of one building, though, is a piece of sidewalk the…
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WU LYF Making US Debut in Brooklyn This Weekend
March 30th, 2011Every few years, a British guitar band will emerge to ressurrect British guitar music, and then travel across the Atlantic to help Americans rediscover their love of British guitar music. Mancunian quartet WU…
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Tall Firs Playing Shea Stadium
March 29th, 2011
In the world of down-tempo, predominantly acoustic bands, there is something particularly erie about Tall Firs. The freak folk trio are masters of tension; this could be attributed to the ever-shifting inflection of their vocals, which, if they…
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Three Dead in Putnam Blaze Started by Child
March 29th, 2011
A father and his two daughters are dead after the youngest set a fire inside a brownstone off Bushwick Avenue.
It took over sixty firefighters and twelve trucks to fight the flames at 1150 Putnam Avenue Monday night. The blaze,…
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A Touching Underarm Pitch for Japan
March 29th, 2011
The vast majority of images wheatpasted to walls across the city will eventually deteriorate and fall apart, the paper art flaking haphazardly from their surfaces under the weight of age and weather. Some might argue that resulting texture is part…
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Spurned Man Jumps in Front of L Train
March 28th, 2011
A “distraught lover” jumped in front of the L train after his girlfriend refused to take him back.
According to the Daily News, an unidentified man jumped from inside a train tunnel onto an on coming train at the Halsey…
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Welcome to the New BushwickBK
March 28th, 2011It’s been a year or so in the making, but it’s finally here — our new site is up and running!
Why? Since we have been essentially operating as a community newspaper for a while, we needed a change to…
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Bushwick Music Review: Elastic Summer
March 25th, 2011
Photo by Eric Ryan AndersonEach week we’ll highlight a different song by a Bushwick band or artist we like. If you would like to have your band’s song considered, you can submit an MP3 here.
Pop four-piece…
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