Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Assault” by Harry Mulisch
In January 1945, Haarlem in the Netherlands still awaits liberation from the Nazis. Anton Steenwijk, 12 years old, lives…
October 24, 2014-
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Tell the Bartender Episode 45: This Time, It’s Personal
Listen to Episode 45: This Time, It’s Personal Download From iTunes Here In this Episode: The Bartender is joined by herself because her computer somehow lost all of her yet-to-be-released interviews (and all of GarageBand!) so the very special Halloween episode will be up next week BUT Katharine didn’t want to leave you hanging. So, for the […]
October 22, 2014
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Tim’s Favorite Bassists (A GROHL-FREE COLUMN)
Inevitably, after you compose a Best-Of list you remember the one or three or eight names/albums/bands you’ve omitted. But…
October 22, 2014 -
Footnotes to the Prologue of a Manifesto
I have nothing against Dave Grohl. I’m serious. The Foo Fighters are an incendiary live band, Grohl has a…
October 21, 2014 -
Dave Grohl is Killing Rock ‘n’ Roll, Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll: Prologue to a Manifesto
We need a true form of musical activism. We need artists willing to risk everything to expose the cultural atrocities and mammon-driven careerist lies spread by the wheezing rock’n’roll machine.
October 20, 2014 -
#BroadwayBomb: If You’re Over 16 and Your Last Name is Not Hawk Get Off the Skateboard
The Broadway Bomb happened Saturday. This is an illegal and epic display of douchery and a fine example of…
October 18, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Gods Behaving Badly” A Novel by Marie Phillips
Eternity is a long time, even for an immortal. Thanks to a good real estate deal in the 1660s…
October 17, 2014 -
October, 1969: The New York Mets Invent Me
Before we believed in Beatles, before we believed in Kinks, before girls made us damp with tears or uselessly…
October 17, 2014 -
Timbits! Billy Idol! The Stranglers! EBOLA!
U.S. NEWS MEDIA: Ebola! HODOR: Hodor! U.S. NEWS MEDIA: Ebola! HODOR: Hodor! U.S. NEWS MEDIA: Ebola! U.S. NEWS MEDIA: …
October 15, 2014 -
Dwell Thinks Its Aviation-Inspired Sheets Are ‘Inappropriate’ for My Daughter
Here’s the thing about getting overly excited by the arrival of a catalog of high-end nursery furnishings: one way or another, you’re going to…
October 13, 2014
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