Wacky Blog Wars Continue; An Anecdote Involving Snow and Money

Notes from Bushwick

* A friend of mine made $80 shoveling snow from out of people’s sidewalks last night. He started out doing it for a next door neighbor and then people just started handing him money to deal…

The Case of the Bartender Who Must Be Destroyed

Notes from Bushwick

* In my two decades of making cash purchases from little stores across the United States and in a couple of third world countries to boot, I had never been faced with the problem of…

Let’s Just Colonize a Planet or Something

Notes from Bushwick

A certain Eric Nelson requests a little bit of your time and a bit of your self-indulgence, if you can spare either (I’m fresh out of the latter). The New Jersey-born writer is among the dying…

An Irritating Segue; Tuna Kills

Notes from Bushwick

It turns out that a few locals are willing to engage in a little self-promotion after all. This is just as well; I was starting to worry that the spirit of the ’80s had finally died…

Robert Stacy McCain is Still a White Supremacist. Also, Zombies!

Notes from Bushwick

* All the zombie crawl bullshit is ongoing this month just as it is every October. The most popular of these go on in Manhattan, where dozens of creative class sorts…

First They Came for the Idiots…

Notes from Bushwick

Nothing happened in Bushwick this week. Or, if it did, it didn’t happen to me. But I’m of the understanding that other neighborhood residents are fond of attending music events and artistic gatherings, sharing meals at…

Everyone Must Know of My Various Inconsequential Feuds

Notes from Bushwick

Our little organization, which will be known as the Civil Liberties Reclamation Project until such time as someone provides me with a more inspiring name, is off to a fine start. Founded in an…

Shark Meat, B-Movies, and Justice

Notes from Bushwick

Last week, we proposed the creation of a small neighborhood association by which to provide legal assistance to those who have been illegally searched by police in Bushwick as well as…

Smoke ‘Em if You’ve Caught ‘Em

Notes from Bushwick

Strolling through the Frick Collection a few weeks ago, I got to thinking about Alexander Berkman, the anarchist revolutionary who is most commonly remembered for his failed bid to kill Henry Clay Frick in…

All Restaurants Are Terrible; Race War is Coming

Notes from Bushwick

One would probably not expect much drama to arise from a site which concerns itself largely with restaurants, art exhibitions, and community gardens. Nonetheless, BushwickBK has the most drama-prone readership of any outlet with which…