Friday, August 6, 2010

Beyond the Monoculture of Modernity: Chanson de la Croisades: Chevalier

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A brief sojourn from the present -- Chanson de la Croisades: Chevalier, performed by Al-Darwish and Hesperion XxI, from Jordi Savall'...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

The Boro Prez on PPW Bike Lane: "New York Is Not Amsterdam"

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Borough President Marty Markowitz, on NY1 last night , criticized Transportation Commish Janette Sadik-Khan for placement of the two way bik...
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A Package of Sunlight Reaches Earth

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Photo by Jesper Gronne    Aurora Borealis from the arrival on Earth yesterday of the Coronal Mass Ejection . On 1 August, almost the enti...
Sunday, August 1, 2010

Freud's Last Session: The Lion, the Witch and the Psychoanalyst at the West Side Y

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C.S. Lewis (Mark H. Dold) and Sigmund Freud (Martin Rayner) A provocative summer surprise, The Barrington Stage Production of   Freud's...
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Criminal Intent-Brooklyn: Murder, Assault on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope

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As reported by Gothamist last night  and in passing by NY1, one man was bludgeoned and another stabbed at 5th Avenue and 12 th street in Par...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

On the Road III- Pittsburgh and the Andy Warhol Museum

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The 7th Street Andy Warhol Bridge over the Allegheny River connects the downtown/strip area with the Northside - home of the Andy Warhol Mus...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

On the Road II-Pittsburgh, PA, at the Confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers

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It was after visitng the recent Brooklyn museum exhibit on the later  works of Andy Warhol that we thought about visiting Pittsburgh, the c...
Tuesday, July 27, 2010

On the Road - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on the Susquehana River

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Sunset, Susquehana River, July 26, 2010 Sunset, Susquehana River Market Street Bridge The Walnut Street footbridge over the  Susquehana ...
Wednesday, July 21, 2010

More Brooklyn Daze: Let the Zappolla Special Shine a Light on Me

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When I was a kid in Windsor Terrace, there was a candy store on 10th avenue between Prospect Avenue and 17th Street. It was a little place, ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Me Feeling Fire: NYC's Hot, Hot, Hot Summer Heads Toward Record

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"If it feels hotter than it’s ever been in New York, that’s because it is, reports Bloomberg media: "New York’s Central Park is ...

The New Normal -- Outtake from Cartoonist Tom Toles in the Washington Post

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(c) 2010 Washington Post Company From the Washington Post/blog here
Monday, July 19, 2010

Step Right Up (Before it's too late): Tom Waits Muses from the Gone World

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The 200th issue of British music magazine MOJO has been on the stands for a few weeks now, and it is a classic. It is the July issue and the...
Saturday, July 17, 2010

Henri Matisse as Radical Inventor @ MoMA

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  The Moroccans by Henri Matisse  1916   The Piano Lesson 1916 On Sunday, The Museum of Modern Art will open what appears to be one of the...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Joyeux Quatorze Juillet

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Bastille Day is the French national holiday which is celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is formally called La Fête Nationale (...

Mid Summer, Clinton and State: July 13, 4:30 PM

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Photo by Brooklyn Beat/TN