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Album Review:
Sharon Van Etten’s Because I Was In LoveAugust 28th, 2009From the first track of her album Because I Was In Love, Sharon Van Etten’s voice comes on with the kind of pure tone that till then I’d only heard when someone rubbed a wet finger along the rim of a wine glass. That pristine.
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Zombies Attack Ingraham Street!
August 4th, 2009Has this ever happened to you? You’re drinking in a bar and Dawn of the Dead has been put up on a projector and is playing across the room with no sound…
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HBO’s Boardwalk Empire to Shoot in Bushwick
June 19th, 2009Signs were posted on doors of a Meserole commercial space for filming in the area this week. According to the website, Boardwalk Empire will be a “major HBO production”…
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Hip Hybrid: Zukkies Mixes Bikes and Vintage
June 18th, 2009
Zukkies owner Mark Jacobowitz chilling on a Break from the Bike Shop. — Photos by Joel MyersZukkies is an unlikely mix: part bike shop, part vintage store, both sides fully loaded with furniture, clothes and just about…
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Album Review: Binary Marketing Show’s Pattern
May 18th, 2009The Binary Marketing Show, a group of four musicians originally hailing from the south and partly based out of Bushwick, has released a new CD that evidences some serious effort at an album, and one that really feels like an album all the way through…
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Lumenhouse Benefit Brings Bushwick Out in Force
April 28th, 2009
Spillover Crowd from the packed Lumenhouse Benefit. — Photo by Joel MyersThis past Saturday, on one of the first blasts of warm weather we’ve seen since spring allegedly arrived, Bushwickers and visitors from around the city hit…
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Jeremy Danneman’s Parade of One
March 23rd, 2009
Jeremy Danneman’s birthday parade winds through Stuyvesant Town with random skater kids in tow. — Photos by Joel MyersThis year for his birthday, East Williamsburg resident Jeremy Danneman decided the typical party wasn’t enough for him. He wanted…
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Verbal Graffiti: Literally Old School Beats
March 12th, 2009
Guarco making ‘em move at Verbal Graffiti. — Photos by Joel MyersI walked in late, past the guy at the door who took 5 bucks from me and stamped a flower on my wrist, in through the…
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Abandoned TVs: A Bushwick Trademark?
March 3rd, 2009
Televisions strewn around Bushwick. — Photos by Joel MyersI can almost hear how it would start if Seinfeld did standup about Bushwick. I mean, seriously, what is the deal with all those abandoned TVs? You walk by…
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Boulevard Cafe Brings Class to Montrose
February 17th, 2009
The slick interior of the newly opened Boulevard Cafe. — Photo by Joel MyersWhen you’re walking past the string of bodegas and hair salons that line Bushwick Avenue, a slick new restaurant called Boulevard Cafe might not…
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