Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The View from Gobbler's Knob...and The Island of Staten Island

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"Philluch," as he might be known in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, aka Punxsutawney Phil prognosticates .... From Pennsylvania, the predic...
Monday, February 1, 2010

February

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les tres riches heures du duc de berry mars February: A typical winter's day. Some peasants warm themselves by the fire, another peasan...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

Bob Dylan at the White House Next Month

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Bob Dylan at the White House on February 10 to celebrate Black History Month. Details here Other performers attending include Natalie Cole,...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Arnold, President Obama, and the Rhythm of American Politics

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An interesting interview with Governor Schwarzenegger, Republican of California: Excerpts: Tea-party-style voter revolts are just part of “t...
Monday, January 25, 2010

The Late Night Wars--Jimmy Kimmel's Post-Mortem, Ken Burns' Style

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Via NEW YORK Magazine's Vulture: Jimmy Kimmel, who has been fearlessly taking on NBC and Jay Leno in the closing days of the Late Night ...
Friday, January 22, 2010

From the U.K.: From One Extreme to the Other-- The Photography of Nat Finkelstein

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Three Icons. Poster from the Idea Generation Gallery Show on the photography of Nat Finkelstein. Photograph by Nat Finkelstein. Nat Fin...

Conan Farewell: Take the Money and Run

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Conan O'Brien Neil Young is among the guests on Conan's last "Tonight Show." In rejecting NBC's bid to reshuffle...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Bright Star

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So quickly, in January, the afternoon Sun lingers longer and longer. The days are changing, although we are still in winter, the changing li...
Monday, January 18, 2010

Remembering America's Greatest Spiritual, Ethical and Political Leader, Martyr

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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) Had he not been martyred, could the Rev. Dr.King have been the United States o...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Haiti: When the already fragile is further shaken

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A map showing the areas in Haiti, on the island of Hispaniola, impacted by the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Tuesday. From time ...
Monday, January 11, 2010

Update from Cortelyou Road: The Latest From The Wall

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Ditmas Park's own version of "The DaVinci Code" -- the grafitti wall at Cortelyou Road. From the plain to the arcane, it's...
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Friday, January 8, 2010

Montague Street Journal: Brooklyn-Based Reflections on Bob Dylan

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In “Joey,” from the Desire album, Bob Dylan sings about Joey Gallo (aka “Crazy Joe” and “Joe the Blond”), a mob figure from Red Hook, Brookl...

Happy Friday: It Really Is 2010

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The end of the first business week of the year; well, it will be in a few hours. The post-holiday lethargy begins to lift. For what it's...
Monday, January 4, 2010

Wassily Kandinsky @ Guggenheim Museum through 1/13/10

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"Thirty" by Wassily Kandinsky 1937 Wassily Kandinsky 1913 or earlier Portrait of Kandinsky by Gabriele Munter, a German abstract e...
Friday, January 1, 2010

2010

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Above, Times Square, 2009 2010 "America": Audio Recording Walt Whitman, Brooklynite, reading from "America." [This is a ...