Archive for October, 2011
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Acid Tracks on VHS
May 20th, 2011
Wait… was it the green wire or the blue one??.“Awkward Landing” is a basic but effective track, resting on an acid house foundation and featuring throwback drum hits, grunting rhythmic samples, and epic synths. It was written…
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Metropolis Vintage Celebrates with Music in Bushwick
May 19th, 2011
Manhattan-based vintage clothing store Metropolis is celebrating 21 years of business, and oddly enough they’re celebrating in Bushwick. The retailer is throwing two celebratory gigs, one at Don Pedro on Friday and the other at Brooklyn Fire Proof…
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The Cult of iBomba, This Friday
May 18th, 2011
Geko Jones, ready for anything.They might be calling this party “Lite” because there’s no big, out-of-town guests, but all the deejays at the iBomba event this Friday at Bushwick’s Beauty Bar are involved in throwing the…
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A Military-Industrial Guilt Complex
May 18th, 2011
The home front has been a staple of theatre since Aristophanes, but the setting has become an increasingly alien one, all but relegated to historical productions. What is a Walmart employee to the war effort in Iraq? What’s there to…
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Jason Webley Playing Party Xpo
May 17th, 2011Jason Webley has something of a wandering minstrel spirit to him, even if his accordion expresses something rather more modern rock than canticle. The Seattle solo artist and sometime Amanda Palmer collaborator has a rootsy, Americana sound that…
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Stan Da Man Setting Standards
May 17th, 2011
DJ Stan Da Man is a local deejay who can get it in with a pretty diverse house set but also flip a reggaeton or a hard bachata mix, depending on your mood.
In 15 minutes, his Winter House…
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I Don’t Like to Live in a Sceney Place: An Interview with Phil and the Osophers
May 16th, 2011
Bushwick’s Phil and the Osophers have been keeping busy writing, recording, playing live, and appearing on Wheel of Fortune. Singer/guitarist Philip Radiotes answered a few questions for us via email about their new single, Figures of Speech/Ink…
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Two Die in Covert Street Hot-Plate Fire
May 15th, 2011
A four-alarm fire engulfed a Bushwick row house Friday night, killing two people.
The fire spread quickly, according to neighbors who witnessed the three-story building at 16 Covert Street go up in flames. The inferno trapped Gregory "Uncle Jiggs"…
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The Chill Beats of Slang
May 13th, 2011
Most artists have a lot of heat tucked away in the folds of their hard drive, waiting patiently for the right cultural context for their release or for a label to sign it. Luckily for us, Slang decided…
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Yogurt Shop Newest Addition to Varet Strip
May 13th, 2011
A yogurt shop may seem an incongruous venture for a family that owns a gym, but a closer look will clear up any confusion. It’s not strictly for dessert, and in fact its owner Barry Borgen opened it to provide…
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