February 2012
19 posts
“How did the Brooklyn of the Lehanes and crack houses turn into what it is today?”
– — How Brooklyn Got Its Groove Back
“One of the mistakes I made was thinking that chicken and penguins could sing.”
– Brett Mckenzie, nominated for an Oscar (!!!) for his song “Man or Muppet” on the perils of writing for Muppets.
January 2012
6 posts
“BrooklynVegan is the worst, it just becomes like a rating board for guys to have...”
– I don’t say this much, but this is a load of horseshit from Perpetua. If we’re going to start “shaming” people for dumb things they say on the internet, I think Brooklyn Vegan commenters are pretty far down the list
December 2011
3 posts
U.S. Sales Figures for Pitchfork's Top 50 Albums...
Courtesy of Matthew P, here’s a great article about the sales of Pitchfork’s top 50 records. A little perspective: as he points out in the comments (although not in the post, for some reason), it’s extremely rare to top a million these days (only Jay and Kanye’s Watch the Throne makes it to that mark, although Mrs. Jay-Z comes close), and selling in the 30K - 60K range is...
November 2011
2 posts
October 2011
7 posts
“In Generation X, one of the protagonists, Andy, reflects that “we live small...”
– I have actually had many arguments about this very issue.
Generation Catalano: The generation stuck between Gen X and the Millennials.
Doree wrote a great piece for Slate about this weird generational no man’s land. It’s nice to read this, cos I totally identify with this angst! I think I mostly...
September 2011
3 posts
August 2011
6 posts
Places I have been this week
A graveyard
An assisted living facility
The Tampa Bay International Airport
Logan Airport
John F. Kennedy Airport
A Mexican restaurant which had recently changed its name from “Aunt Chiladas”
My dead sister’s house
A sailboat-rental stand on the beach
Publix
Johnny Rocket’s
A nameless South Williamsburg wine bar
Samurai Mama Japanese restaurant
July 2011
3 posts
June 2011
11 posts
