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The Williamsburg Brooklyn-based culture guide to New York and beyond.

Archives for August 2009

Who Is Dick Chicken?

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We ask because he/she is suddenly everywhere. I can’t remember the first time I saw the tag (late last year?) but in recent days there seems to be a Dick Chicken tag on every block in Williamsburg and Bushwick. He even has a girlfriend who’s making the rounds: Pussy Ham. Now, in our favorite appearance […]

Whole Foods CEO Opposes So-Called ObamaCare

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And we thought he was a liberal. Looks like we’ll be skipping our trip to Whole Foods tonight. the last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us much closer to a government takeover of our health-care system. […]

RIP Les Paul

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Christ…. who else is going to die this summer? From Wikipedia: Lester William Polfuss, known as Les Paul (June 9, 1915 — August 13, 2009) was an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which “made the sound of rock and roll possible.” His many […]

Subway Flasher's a Jerk-Off

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So the media is in full sha-wing over this subway flasher story, with headlines ranging from the Village Voice’s Have You Seen… Stroker on the #3, the Post’s Lazy Cop Is A Jerk, and 1010 Win’s Woman Jerked Around By Cop?. Who comes up with these things, and why isn’t there a reality show competition […]

Store Front New York

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As we lament the ongoing transformation of New York into a giant collection of Chipotles, Pinkberrys, and board-run mini-chains, we were delighted to discover that the husband and wife duo of James & Karla Murray are doing their part to record its vanishing history. They recently published a great book called “Store Front — The […]