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50 Great Concerts: Part One, pre-2005
(crossposting LJ/FB because I can)
OK, here are the rules. Test your memory and your love of live music by listing 50 artists or bands (or as many as you can remember) you’ve seen in concert. List the first 50 acts that come into your head. So for all of you who may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol at any point in your life you ( Read more... ) -
The choices of a Brooklyn bike commuter: a Tale of Three Bridges
As I settle into Summer and my new post at W. 34th St near the Hudson River, I've been trying to ride in at least 3x a week when weather and evening activity schedule permits. One of the most underrated factors of why Brooklyn living is superior in every way to New Jersey (even if you are lucky enough to be near the shore in Hoboken, Jersey City, ( Read more... ) -
Grit + Will + Bludgeoning Stubbornness = San Francisco
Sunday morning, 10:30 am. teratologist needs to get some birding in, and I need to get my training up for Summer's race season. We both need to work off last night's lamb burgers ( Read more... ) -
My Summer Concerts (or, why I love the Mercury Lounge Box Office)
Pink Mountaintops at the Merc: $12.00
Camera Obscura at Webster Hall: $20.00
Explosions in the Sky at Central Park: $25.00
TV on the Radio at Prospect Park: $30.00
Jarvis Cocker at Terminal 5: $35.00
Total "convenience charges": $0.00Hot curry from cab stand across the street: $4.00 ( Read more... ) -
In which I moonlight as a street art culture jammer...
Last month I found myself at Bushwick's Eastern District gallery with my buddy Tom to see the latest Poster Boy exhibit. In talking with the curator about our favorite subway ad mashups, it eventually came out that April 25th 2009 would be a day of reckoning. To wit, most unauthorized NPA billboard ads that clutter the side of buildings and fences ( Read more... ) -
Throbbing Gristle at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple
This one had been on my calendar for awhile. I was dubious, for sure. Tickets were expensive ($35) and sold out immediately. Reunions of classic acts are always dicey. And when I arrived at Masonic Hall on the day of reckoning at the ripe hour of 6:15, the line was already wrapped around the block of balding paunchy ex-anarchists in black ( Read more... ) -
Phosphorescent at the Bell House
Even though it's winter, it's still a season for new discoveries. My encounter with Phosphorescent is a perfect testament to the utility of last.fm. Having spotted them high atop the charts of a random "neighbor" among a bunch of stuff I knew and love, I inquired as to what they were like. The response was quite gushing, so the next logical step ( Read more... ) -
Our Multi-Fork East End Getaway...
People who know me know that I have a special visceral hatred for Long Island. But I've learned over time that this hatred barely extends beyond the borders of Nassau County (it does extend a tad, being as Screwy Startup's original office was just over the Suffolk County line in East Farmingdale ( Read more... )
