Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Do You Really Get What You Pay For?: What is "Free" anyway.

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In an interview, Bob Dylan commented on the prevalance of downloading: " I don’t know anybody made a record that sounds decent in the p...
Monday, September 14, 2009

Wicked Gravity: Jim Carroll, Singer, Poet, Dead at 60

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The New York Times reports on the passing of Jim Carroll. Rest in peace.
Sunday, September 13, 2009

Timothy Carey: Deep Underground with "The World's Greatest Sinner"

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"World's Greatest Sinner" Above and top, Timothy Agoglia Carey, as Clarence "God" An insurance salesman turned rock ...
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Friday, September 11, 2009

Never Forget: Metaphors for Living - September 11, 2001

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Strolling around the World Trade Center, circa 1993 8 years later. We never forget but the memory, and the pain, becomes slightly faded. Per...
Thursday, September 10, 2009

The September Concert: Approaching 9/11 - Memories and Beyond

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"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." This year, whether owing to the passage of ti...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009

9/9/09: Move Over Once, Move Over Twice

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Angel proclaiming the end of time. 9/9/09 For NYC school kids, it is an end of the world of sorts. For others, 9/9/09 seems to resonate with...
Tuesday, September 8, 2009

The Baader Meinhof Complex: Turning of the Page

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Above, Moritz Bleibtreu, right, as Andreas ("Andy") Baader; Martina Gedeck as Ulrika Meinhof Bleibtreu and Johanna Wokalek as Gudr...
Thursday, September 3, 2009

Downtown Brooklyn on a Late Summer's Day

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A little before 1 PM on a perfect late summer day in Brooklyn Heights. Sunny, not hot, with a gentle, cooling breeze wafting off the water d...

Upcoming Fall Events: BPL's Central Library @ Grand Army Plaza

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A great list of upcoming fall events at the Central Library at Grand Army Plaza: Friday, September 11, 2:30 PM -Tomas Rodriguez - Latin ...

Got Tech? : Smartphone Overload

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While it shouldn't be a surprise, the iPhone, like the BlackBerry and other smartphones is ultimately just that -- a phone. Using a BB, ...
Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Underground Lit: The A, B,Cs (and Ps & Qs) of the Q Train

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Currently Carless in Gaza, since our daughter has use of "Dad's" Honda for her senior year upstate, Brooklyn Beat is getting r...
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Monday, August 31, 2009

'What's Inside is Just A Lie': Passing Strange

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Above: Stew as The Narrator, left, and Daniel Breaker as Youth in Passing Strange. Stew and Spike Lee, above. Passing Strange, the film by S...

Roaming & Rambling: Bay Parkway

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Above, Rimini Bakery, Bay Parkway Bay Parkway, beginning at 65th Street, is a great melange of Italian, Chinese and Russian Brooklyn. Chang ...
Thursday, August 27, 2009

'Prophet' or 'Misguided Fanatic ?': John Brown (or Quentin Tarantino)

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Not to give away spoilers, but by this point it is surely not news that Quentin Tarantino has re-written the rules of the World War 2 movie....
Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The Lion of the Senate: Edward M. Kennedy, 1932-2009

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"He was a Rabelaisian figure in the Senate and in life, instantly recognizable by his shock of white hair, his florid, oversize face, h...