RAMBO – Because Brooklyn Needs Another Dopey Nabe Name

Our pals at DUMBO NYC (via the NY Post) note that Google Maps is now showing RAMBO as a neighborhood near the Manhattan Bridge:

Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Attack” by Yasmina Khadra

Books about Israeli Arabs don’t come my way very often. “The Attack” tells the story of Dr. Amin Jaafari,…

Brooklyn Heights’ Rez Björk Garners Two Grammy Nods

Congrats to Brooklyn Heights resident, singer, songwriter and Icelandic artist Björk, whose “Biophilia” was nominated today for two Grammy awards: Best Alternative Music Album and Best Recording Package. For the former nod, she’s up against Fiona Apple, M83, Gotye and Tom Waits. The latter: Boys & Girls, Charmer, Love This Giant and Swing Lo Magellan. […]
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Hipsters Trash Bushwick Victorian Home

A Paper Mag photo essay shows what happens when a once pristine 1890 Queen Anne home in Bushwick becomes…

Jay-Z Meets Ellen Grossman on the Subway, the Internet Goes Wild

To get to his 8th and final show opening Barclays Center, Jay-Z took the subway. The videos of him…

Lighting Of The Borough Hall Christmas Tree: December 6

On Thursday, December 6, at 5:30 p.m. Brooklyn Borough Prez Marty Markowitz will emcee the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Borough Hall Plaza. A lucky kid from the audience will be chosen to flip the switch and illuminate the 40-foot-tall balsam fir, which Time Out New York hailed as one of the city’s holiday […]
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As It Is On Earth, by Peter M. Wheelwright

Taylor Thatcher, protagonist and point-of-view character of Peter M. Wheelwright’s first novel, set at the end of the last millennium, tries to make sense of how the world works, and so seeks unifying concepts. His brother, Bingham, or “Bin,” delight…
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Patti Smith Says Barclays Center is Like a Cockroach

Patti Smith and Neil Young played Barclay’s Center Monday night and, naturally, folks tweeted about it.

One fan wrote, “patti smith just likened the barclays center to a cockroach… while playing barclays center.”

Local Photographer Offers Portal to Cinema’s Past

Though Williamsburg-based photographer Matt Lambros is a cinephile who appreciates everything from indie films to popcorn flicks, these days…

Venti Pimpin’: Brooklyn Heights Starbucks Employees Sport Nets Apparel

Gothamist reports today that employees of some Brooklyn Starbucks stores, including the Montague Street branch, are being asked to wear Brooklyn Nets hats to promote the team who are now playing at the controversial Barclays Center: Gothamist: One employee at the Montague Street outpost told us the Nets advertising “started a couple of months ago […]
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