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Houston and Bowery Maybe it’s time to move… to...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:26:42 -0400

Houston and Bowery

Maybe it’s time to move… to Baltimore.

In a surprise action this morning, with cops guarding, a...

Wed, 15 May 2013 13:52:58 -0400

In a surprise action this morning, with cops guarding, a developer puts up a fence around half of a Lower East Side community garden that’s been in negotiations. I’ve lived next to this for 17 years. Gotta say, feels like Berlin in 1961 or Israel in here.

92y: From the Poetry Center Archive—Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk...

Tue, 14 May 2013 17:23:12 -0400

92y:

From the Poetry Center Archive—Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood

To begin at the beginning …

It was sixty years ago today—May 14, 1953—that Dylan Thomas’s play Under Milk Wood had its premiere on the stage of 92Y’s Kaufmann Concert Hall, with Thomas himself reading a number of roles (1st Voice and Reverend Eli Jenkins, among them). To celebrate the anniversary, we’d like to share this recording of Thomas reading the play’s opening monologue.

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WELL?

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:08:07 -0400

WELL?

HERE IS TODAY

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:42:08 -0400

HERE IS TODAY:

coketalk:

I’m constantly yelling at people for not having a sense of scale when pondering their relative insignificance in the grand scheme of things. Maybe this will help.

To be honest, this really doesn’t help me. Do you know what does? Take an hour and absorb the significance of Frontline’s documentary on Syria.

“Remember when Tumblr used to tell you which version of a...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:19:03 -0400

“Remember when Tumblr used to tell you which version of a reblog someone liked?”

“Every time YM reblogs me a teenager starts following me it’s awful.”

taoistdrunk: I did not win the Grand Prix in Portland, but I did eat and drink well. I thought...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:52:15 -0400

taoistdrunk:

I did not win the Grand Prix in Portland, but I did eat and drink well. I thought before I went that I might fall in love, that I might do the American thing and decide to keep marching west. I thought I might never want to leave; I expected the things I like about Madison, Wisconsin without the things I don’t. I expected green and a comfortable pace and beer and I got all that, and if there were any couple days to fall in love the way I thought I might it would’ve been Friday and Saturday, but I didn’t. It had what I like about Madison, it probably had some of what I don’t but what’s got me sure I won’t pick up and move anytime soon wasn’t any of that, it was different, it’s different. Some things were sad and some things were seamy and next time I try the west coast it’ll be California.

So when are you moving to New York?

Grow up

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:31:47 -0400

Grow up

hragv: Spotted today at #friezeny (at FRIEZE New York) We do.

Fri, 10 May 2013 09:14:02 -0400

hragv:

Spotted today at #friezeny (at FRIEZE New York)

We do.

The Economist (Feb 1991): “On January 26, not two weeks...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:54:00 -0400

The Economist (Feb 1991): “On January 26, not two weeks into the Gulf war, the White House was surrounded by an anti-war demonstration that was bigger, at 100,000, than any seen in the first two years of the Vietnam war.”

This is what WE did in the 90s, MAN.

Would’ve been nice to see more of you millennials at the...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:36:33 -0400

Would’ve been nice to see more of you millennials at the war and OWS protests over the years but I guess you were too busy updating Facebook?

Bingo.

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:17:38 -0400

Bingo.

ohhleary: heymikewaskom: AB: I agree with you but… I think for...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:41:02 -0400

ohhleary:

heymikewaskom:

AB: I agree with you but… I think for 100$ you can buy someone a pretty decent bike, helmets should be mandatory and wish it wasn’t run by citi. Anyway, they tore out a ton of free bike racks for this project and that sucks too.

Minor fact-check: they did NOT tear out “a ton of free bike racks” for Citibike. In fact, I can only think of one documented instance of this, and it was a bike rack on private property in Battery Park City. There may be a couple more, but with the exception of about a couple dozen locations in the first roll-out, the vast majority of the 333 stations are in plazas, parks, or in the street in parking areas or no-parking areas - not on the sidewalk.

Not to mention that if people leave their own bike at home in favor of Citibike, it’ll actually increase the number of available spaces at free bike racks.

Also - just for clarification, it’s not being run by Citi. It’s being run by Alta Bike Share, with the revenue split between Alta and the City of New York. Citi paid for the naming rights, and yeah, the logo is kind of garish, but they otherwise have no involvement in the system.

No involvement other than you’re their corporate advertisement on wheels.

supcakes: whatwhatwhat: nudewave: unbornwhiskey: Hard to tolerate Adulting or any project that...

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:44:41 -0400

supcakes:

whatwhatwhat:

nudewave:

unbornwhiskey:

Hard to tolerate Adulting or any project that deeply reckons with the idea of “becoming an adult.” There are two steps to becoming an adult: 1. Recognize your responsibilities toward yourself. 2. Recognize your responsibilities toward others. Poof, you are no longer a mouth that wants. Everything else is just decoration.

All of my issues with Adulting summed up beautifully.

I’m going to respectfully disagree with this. I mean, not the sentiment because it is spot on, but the idea that Adulting is somehow perpetuating the opposite of this idea. I find her to be very thoughtful, encouraging, and an open blogger who is receptive to criticism, ideas, and other humans in general. I think she’s trying to provide a source and a service for people because she genuinely enjoys it and learns at the same time. And I don’t think widespread practical life-advice is a bad thing in general.

I got a copy of Adulting at work and I have no bad things to say about it. There’s a lot of valuable stuff in there and I keep coming back to it. I can say, without hesitation, it has helped me.

I’m similarly against the idea of adulthood and/or your twenties being this monolithic thing that everyone does or should do in a specific way, but I don’t think the book is about that at all. I think it instead is trying to help people figure out stuff (i.e. money) they really should’ve been taught about, but weren’t. God knows it’s not all going to be correct information— which is true of any and all self-help books— but it’s a very, very good place to start.

I cosign this book.

Oh wow. There’s more.

keyanamiyana: unbornwhiskey: Hard to tolerate Adulting or any project that deeply reckons with the...

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:39:23 -0400

keyanamiyana:

unbornwhiskey:

Hard to tolerate Adulting or any project that deeply reckons with the idea of “becoming an adult.” There are two steps to becoming an adult: 1. Recognize your responsibilities toward yourself. 2. Recognize your responsibilities toward others. Poof, you are no longer a mouth that wants. Everything else is just decoration.

Related to the previous.

Really makes you think.

Superchunk - “Detroit Has a Skyline” Two times out...

Wed, 08 May 2013 21:58:00 -0400

Superchunk - “Detroit Has a Skyline”

Two times out of three you pick the acoustic version.

julene: humansofnewyork: Seen in Union Square “So what’s it...

Wed, 08 May 2013 17:50:20 -0400

julene:

humansofnewyork:

Seen in Union Square

“So what’s it like to live in NYC?”

“sorry, 10/10 of my internet friends agree that New York needs to go up in a giant gas ball of fire”

Is there a worthy sculptor among all you fine young knives?

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:55:42 -0400

Is there a worthy sculptor among all you fine young knives?

Heritage Foundation Distances Itself From Comments On Hispanic...

Wed, 08 May 2013 14:23:12 -0400

Heritage Foundation Distances Itself From Comments On Hispanic IQ

The conservative group’s immigration expert, Jason Richwine, wrote in 2009 that immigrants have lower IQs than “white native” Americans. Heritage says that’s not their view. Another bad news cycle for immigration opponents.

Yep, still racist. When will they just change their name to the White Heritage Foundation?

Unlike the dogged pursuit of a Village Voice intern, my FOIL...

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:58:14 -0400

Unlike the dogged pursuit of a Village Voice intern, my FOIL request to Mayor Bloomberg’s office about his annual holiday party was largely ignored. In late Jan 2012, Ariel Dvorkin in the Mayor’s office did write me and say “we should have something for you within a week” but after repeated follow-ups, I never heard from him again.