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-
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Forget the German’s White Flag Stunt, Watch this Brit Artist Use the Brooklyn Bridge as a Harp
Last year, British artist Di Mainstone was filmed playing the Brooklyn Bridge like a harp. She accomplished this feat using a specially designed vest that allows her to pluck the bridges suspension cables like a harp.
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FIVE GREAT SONGS (Just Because!)
Because it’s Wednesday, and because it would simply be tasteless to engage in a detailed discussion of the Rule…
August 13, 2014 -
German Art Group Takes Credit for Brooklyn Bridge White Flag Stunt
Two German artists are taking credit for last month’s Brooklyn Bridge flag swap. Heck, it was all a tribute…
August 12, 2014 -
The New York Times Pisses Me Off Endlessly
A rather grievous error in the New York Times – yes, yet another one – has set me off…
August 12, 2014 -
Robin Williams, 1951-2014
As most, if not all, of you know by now, Robin Williams died today. The photo at left, by Photographer’s Mate Airman Milosz Reterski (Navy NewsStand) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons, was taken while he was “entertain[ing] the crew of USS Enterpr…
August 11, 2014
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Roedelius and The Secret History of Rock’n’Roll
When I use this phase “The Secret History of Rock’n’Roll,” I am not talking about hushed conspiracies, or Masonic…
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The City and the City” A Novel by China Miéville
A young woman murdered, her body dumped at the edge of a park in the poor part of town.…
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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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My Life As A Child News Junkie Climaxed 40 Years Ago Tonight
As children, we are awed and entertained by dinosaurs because they have a scale and size incomprehensible to us,…
August 8, 2014