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Archives for November 2008

Ducktails and SSPS @ Cake Shop…FTW

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Ducktails SSPS While everyone was lounging on their sofas from eating massive quantities of food, I was at the Cake Shop checking out a small but amazing show last night with Bob Bellerue, SSPS, Ducktails, HD (members of WZT HEARTS). Most noteworthy of the night were the sets by SSPS and Ducktails. SSPS is Porkchop […]

Help Find Mango!

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There’s been a coldhearted dognapping in Red Hook, and the owner’s asking everybody to keep an eye out for Mango, a 9-year old Jack Russell with a brown spot under his left eye. He let the dog roam freely – no leash – for years, and as you’d expect the Post’s conservative readership are all […]

Confusing Bike Lanes Leading to W'Burg Bridge

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The bike lane situation is looking pretty confusing at South 4th Street, with blatant signage leading bikers up on the sidewalk and onto the bridge. A couple of riders wrote into Gothamist today with stories how the lane led them right into the open arms of a few cops. Naturally, our lovely NYPD wrote them […]

Music Tonight

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If you haven’t packed up and left town yet for Thanksgiving festivities, there are two great shows happening in our fair hamlet of Williamsburg: Sexy women will be in abundance at Glasslands tonight, since Afternoon, Sharon Van Etten, Glass Ghost (Eliot Krimsky of Flying), and Treasure are playing. These are all marvelous, Brooklyn-based acts, and […]

Be Like Lil' Wayne = Best iPhone App Ever

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It’s completely worth the $0.99 cost for the “Be Like Lil’ Wayne” iPhone application. The possibilities are endless and wonderfully asinine….. Per EpicTilt, the application’s designers: “Lil’ Wayne equips you with a vast array of his personal bling and outfits to pimp yourself out so you can share with your friends! You can even add […]

Yup, CBGB is Still Dead.

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c/o cbgb.com There’s an article in today’s New York Times that gives a depressing update on the status of now-defunct music mecca CBGB. The brand is being run out of Moishe’s Storage here in Williamsburg, and whoring itself out on an incredibly cheesy yet lucrative scale: “…CBGB Fashions Inc., [is] a clothing operation run from […]

The Hours – "See the Light"

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If you can set aside seven and a half minutes, then go on and watch this music video from The Hours. It’s, um — interesting. The band isn’t very well-known over here in the U.S. (yet), but the melodramatic song and expensive video counterpart have gathered severe buzz. It’s directed by Tony Kaye (American History […]