Archive for October, 2011
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Café Ghia Opens With Nod to History
April 15th, 2011
On Irving Avenue, a new restaurant picks up the mantle from an old one; Café Ghia, built with the help of friends, aims to be a gathering place for its community and a beacon on a long-unused corner. And it’s…
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Bushwick’s The Sky Report on Holy Touch
April 14th, 2011The blogger behind The Sky Report has been mentioned numerous times in our Culture Picks and even been featured in the Bushwick Chic section, and yet we’ve yet to mention the blog in this space. But he deserves…
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Snakes Say Hisss Playing Don Pedro
April 14th, 2011Snakes Say Hisss!-Take It Slow from Cyrus Lubin on Vimeo.
A week or two ago this could have started with a Bronx Zoo Cobra joke, but now that seems a little
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Bushwick Culture Weekly Picks 4/14/11
April 14th, 2011
I’m going to start with a little bit of bad news, but it leads to wonderful; do not worry. So, you guys are gonna be stuck with me each week for a little while. Why, I’m sure you’re asking, would…
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Zuzuka’s Interracial Music Babies
April 13th, 2011
Wherever the music strikes, Zuzuka reacts. Photo by Vladi.Zuzuka’s lyrics have graced a few of the tracks that we’ve posted by other musicians around here in the past, but somehow the fact that she lives in the…
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Bushwick Apartment Roundup 4/13/11
April 13th, 2011
The roundup is back! This week, go easy on me, I found four good ones in our own Bushwick Classifieds, from a $1100 railroad to a $2100 three-bedroom place that’s as big as a house.
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Gross Relations Playing Goodbye Blue Monday
April 13th, 2011Brooklyn’s Gross Relations seem to be equal parts deadpan vocals and synth pop. In between there are some guitar bits that stay…
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X-Ray Eyeballs Playing Shea, Releasing Debut Album
April 12th, 2011The lo-fi/garage/reverb trend is very effective at emphasizing guitars, swamping out vocals, and giving songs all the structure of a Jell-o mold. Brooklyn’s X-Ray Eyeballs are another set to go for warm vocal washouts, but unlike…
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‘I Like to Dig’ – Vintage Chic Opens at Loom
April 12th, 2011
Part of the fun of vintage clothes shopping is finding that diamond in the rough. But sometimes there’s a lot of “rough” to dig through. Fortunately, Shelby Lawson of Nouveau Vieux is happy to help.
“I wanted to do vintage…
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Will Bushwick’s Engine 271 Live or Die?
April 11th, 2011
A recent CBS report claims the Bloomberg Administration plans to close 20 firehouses, including Engine Company 271 in Bushwick, due to a budget crisis. The mayor’s office is mum, and fire department brass denies any closings, but one Bushwick…
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