I tell The Turtlenauts of Zond 5 about the Replacements, Joe Ely, Phil Ochs, the Mekons, and the lack of a true self
Although tortoises are not mammals, humankind should remain in awe of the achievement of Bek and Lek, two…
August 29, 2014-
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The Solution to All Our Problems: Not Your Average Goat and Your Average Goat
There is a great beauty in confusion. The seemingly random assembly of events, geometry, words, sounds, forms, colors, and…
August 15, 2014 -
Blogger Outraged as Brooklyn Bridge ‘Love Locks’ Replaced by Love Garbage
Back in May, the city let it be known to tourists and others inclined to leave “love locks” on the Brooklyn Bridge to cut it out. While the totally ridiculous practice of leaving a gym lock fastened to a public place as a sign of a couple’s devotion has roots going back 100 years, it’s […]
August 8, 2014
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Books, Race, and Other Things I admit I Know Very Little About
I can imagine little more challenging than writing about the experience of being black in America if you are…
July 29, 2014 -
20 Years Ago Today I Started a Spectacular Voyage with Hootie and the Blowfish
People might tell you something is impossible, unfeasible, and ridiculous; but you do it anyway, because you think it’s…
July 5, 2014 -
Declaration of Independence: July 4 1970, Great Neck
When I was a child, I would dutifully clip the facsimile Declaration of Independence that appeared on the back…
July 4, 2014 -
One Century In The Shadow of the Great War
This past Saturday was the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Imperial…
June 30, 2014 -
The Monuments on Battle Hill, Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn
Last week my wife and I, along with a friend, took a tour of some of the more impressive mausoleums in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery. Following the guided tour, about which I’ll be blogging more in the near future, the three of us went to Battle Hill,…
May 22, 2014
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Tickets Available Now for Saturday’s (5/24) Homer Fink’s Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour
BHB publisher/ LICENSED NYC tour guide Homer Fink is brushing off his walking tour shoes and hosting another edition of his Hidden Brooklyn Heights Walking Tour on Saturday (5/24).
May 20, 2014
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20th Annual Bus Festival September 29!
The New York Transit Museum will hold its 20th annual Bus Festival on Sunday, September 29th, in conjunction with…
September 20, 2013