Archive for October, 2011
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April Fool’s Bushwick Restaurant is Believable
April 5th, 2011You could excuse us for our gullibility for a minute in thinking Huang Way was going to be a real underground restaurant — at least before we watched the video. In it, restaurateur Eddie Huang talks about having 30-40…
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Reggaeton Never Died
April 5th, 2011
Moombahton is a genre that gets mentioned in this space frequently enough, but reggaeton – the genre it’s based on – is probably more commonly heard in everyday life around Bushwick. And there’s defenitely some producers and deejays here…
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Local Man Called Police Claiming to Hold Hostages
April 3rd, 2011Police nabbed an Ocean Hill man who claimed he was holding hostages.
Naquone Taylor, 29, called detectives from the 83rd Precinct on Friday and told them he was holding hostages in an undisclosed area.
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Bushwick Music Review: Friends
April 1st, 2011
Each 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.
Relative newcomers Friends have packed a…
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Mopeds, New and Old, Get a Second Stroke
April 1st, 2011
Peter D’Addeo and Ari Sneider have spent the last couple of years tinkering away in various garages in Brooklyn, fixing up mopeds and taking them for a ride. After getting sidelined from their last spot in Greenpoint, they decided it…
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Don’t Confuse Your Cholulas
April 1st, 2011
Like so many of the taquerías in the neighborhood, El Sol de Cholula started as a convenience store. The owners have swapped shelving for tables — though there’s still a wall of chips and supermarket style-stacks of canned chipotle…
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