I was at the Modest Mouse show last night and it was definitely a mixed bag. It started off strong with Paper Thin Walls and some Good News tracks. The banjo and electric 12-string were cool on Bukowski. But Isaac Brock also felt the need to heckle the audience for requesting tried […]
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I had the best view of the fireworks this year of my entire life.
Growing up in the city, I’m accustomed to only seeing the top half of the fireworks, losing the rest to a silhouetted skyline. But this year I got hooked up by Larry, and got to see them at the Cabana restaurant […]
This weekend marked the first installment of possibly several lightsaber battles across the city. LightsabersNYC is the brainchild of one Gideon Levy, an acquaitance from back in the day, and tour guide extraordinaire. A self-proclaimed “lightsaber enthusiast,” his event drew dozens of curious onlookers, and Star Wars nerds.
The event had a decidedly political […]
Because of a non-anonymous tip (thanks Jay), I checked out the hosts of WNYC’s Radio Lab at the Apple Store in Soho yesterday. The hosts, Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich, base an hour long show around a broad topic, crafted from interviews and ambient sounds and the result is a really engaging story. […]
Just flew back from Colorado and boy are my arms tired. Seriously, going snowboarding in thin air and having a high center of gravity result in some hard falls. Every muscle used in standing up from a prone position, which includes many of those muscles no one ever knew existed, still hurt. […]
I got a letter from Netflix shortly after signing up with them, that they had settled a class action suit brought against them. Frank Chavez accused them of false advertising because their DVDs were far from unlimited and weren’t shipping in a day, as promised. (I’ve noticed this myself, but only since the […]
I attended decentcontent’s Blogmukkah 2005 this past Saturday at Lucky Jack’s at the behest of one Yusuke Toyada. I can’t think of a better place to meet people, whose writing is the sole reason you know them, than a pitch black basement lit with 3-watt bulbs. I showed up with Larry, but quickly […]
June 30th, a day of reckoning across the city. Like our forefathers, immigrant or otherwise, people pack all their earthly belongings into a truck and migrate north, east, south or west to a better place. In my case, south, to the borough of Brooklyn. And it was far from a smooth ride. […]
I attended a gala celebration at the Museum of Modern Art last night held by the Center for Architecture. I have nothing to do with the Center for Architecture, and I have no idea what the Center of Architecture was actually celebrating. But here’s what I do know: they served free alcohol. […]
Holy Crap!
I just got an automated phone call from Blockbuster saying I have an overdue item. That’s why they ask for your phone number when you rent, so they hound your delinquent ass. Now yours truly just has to return it before they make me buy it.
I’m actually quite impressed such a sensible […]
