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MSTRKRFT to play NYE in NYC (at Webster Hall)
The End of Irony | December 22nd 2009 by The End of Irony
If you haven't figured out your New Year's Eve plans yet, here's another option (aside from Q-Tip at Brooklyn Bowl, Screaming Females at Cake Shop, The Rub at Old American Can Factory, and Surfer Blood at Cameo Gallery), MSTRKRFT have announced plans read more
Walkabout: Favorite Sacred Spaces
causes kyoto home | December 22nd 2009 by hwistlerem
Throughout history, in all cultures, buildings and spaces dedicated to honor and worship a Higher Power or Powers, have been the laboratories for innovation in architecture. Everything we know as familiar in Western architecture, has been borrowed fr read more
Upcoming Trips
The City Birder | December 21st 2009
Below is a list of upcoming local trips for the weekend of December 26th - 27th, 2009:Brooklyn Bird ClubSunday, December 27th, 2009Celebrate the BBC Centennial in Prospect Park seriesMeet 9:00 am at Grand Army Plaza park entrance (Stranahan Statue)No read more
Darrell Gresham Jr., 18, Dies After Being Shot, Friends Dump Him…
Black Political Thought | December 19th 2009 by Janet Shan
Darrell Gresham, 18, was fatally shot in the chest Thursday night while he hung out with two friends in a car a few feet from his home in Brooklyn's Crown Heights community. According to the NY Daily News, a gunman walked up to the car and started fi read more
James "Fly" Williams: "Fly is Open, Let's Go Peay!…
Bluegrass State Basketball | December 19th 2009 by Anthony Wireman
Today is Austin Peay day and a great opportunity to take a look at one of the greatest basketball players in the history of the Ohio Valley Conference.James "Fly" Williams was born February 18, 1953 in Brownsville, Brooklyn (New York). He made a nam read more
Operation Holiday Hope. Iranian Cyber Army
High Technology Revolution | December 18th 2009 by Edhitok
Operation Holiday Hope. Whay do think about that phrase? You can read this article to know more about Operation Holiday Hope Operation Holiday Hope,Iranian Cyber Army:New york City and in various urban centers around the world. This year they will be read more
The History of Hip Hop Vol 15 - The Rub 1993
This Scene Is Dead | December 17th 2009 by Jonathan Bird
Been a while since I dropped a Hip-Hop joint, though this time I thought I’d come correct with the lyrical wickedness in the form of this big 115min 1993 special from Brooklyn based online Hip-Hop radio station : The Rub. DJ Ayres on the wheel read more
Video: The History of Cadman Plaza
causes kyoto home | December 17th 2009 by hwistlerem
Check out this fascinating video about the history of Cadman that Karl Junkersfeld put together for the Brooklyn Heights Blog. Great stuff! read more
Session # 4 “Working With Stone”
Repairer of Broken Walls | December 16th 2009 by Tom Russack
Curriculum and Activities:· Winston Churchill - Leader, hero, bricklayer· Patching stone· Carving stone· Repointing mortar joints· Sand as a cleaning materialClass Work Projects:* Using sand (course aggregate) to cleaning masonry hand tools of read more
This Day in Dance History: December 16
Valery Lantratov's Ballet Blog | December 16th 2009 by Laura Lee
December 16, 1937- A now famous dance step, "The Lambeth Walk" was introduced during the first performance of Noel Gay's "Me and My Girl" in London. On this same date in 1977- the disco film Saturday Night Fever was released. John Travolta, who was read more
VIDEO: Fu-Schnickens-“La Schmoove” {Throwback}
EG Radio Online | December 16th 2009 by RAS
What's going on everybody I have a GREAT Hip Hop Throwback here for you. Before Bone Thugs & Harmony, There were three friends from East Flatbush, Brooklyn N.Y. Who were fast with tounge. The Fu-Schnickens are an American hip-hop group. Similar to Da read more
Today in history: tragedies in Staten Island, Park Slope
The Bowery Boys: NYC History | December 16th 2009 by The Bowery Boys
click pic for closer viewOne of the strangest and most tragic accidents in New York history occurred 49 years ago today when two planes, one United Airlines, the other TWA, collided in midair above New Dorp, Staten Island. The United Airlines flight read more
Yeasayer to Tour in Support of Odd Blood
differing product | December 16th 2009 by kimbergall
Yesterday, Yeasayer announced the a full U.S. tour in support of their upcoming full-length album, Odd Blood. The tour, starting in April, kicks off in Washington, D.C. and rounds up in Philadelphia, PA in early May. Their trek across the U.S. is a f read more
Radio Vs. Wolves
Arcane Radio Trivia | December 16th 2009 by Jose Fritz
This is the sort of quackery that keeps me interested in radio history. In North America we spent that last two centuries killing off the wolves. Wolves do not carry off children in the night, they rarely raid chicken coops, and they do not carry read more
Yeasayer Plot New Year World Tour
Rock on the Streets | December 16th 2009
Yeasayer have announced dates for a massive world tour set for next year. The band will kick off the four-month jaunt on February 5 in Los Angeles. Among the dates announced are shows in New York, London, Toronto, and San Francisco. The band will b read more
This Day in Geek History: December 16
The Great Geek Manual | December 16th 2009
December 16th is the birthday of renowned science fiction authors Arthur C. Clarke (1917) and Philip K. Dick (1928), as well as authors Peter Dickinson (1927) and Randall Garrett (1927). 1897 The first US submarine to be equipped with an internal com read more
Yeasayer Extends Tour Dates in Support of Odd Blood
TheMusic.FM | December 15th 2009 by TheMusic.FM
We know plenty about Yeasayer’s sophomore release, Odd Blood. It’s coming out February 9th, and already know what “Ambling Alp” and “I Remember” sound like. Now we have an expanded tour that includes three dates i read more
Best New Years Eve in Chicago - Tony And Tina's Wedding
The best of gay Chicago | December 15th 2009 by derrick sorles
TONY N' TINAS WEDDING is the longest running Off-Broadway show in history! It started in 1988 in New York City and has been playing in Chicago about 15 years.It is a unique theatrical experience that has won over the hearts of thousands of read more
No Fun festival, Brooklyn, New York
eyeflare tips and stories for travelers | December 15th 2009 by jack norell
The No Fun Festival in Brooklyn, New York has a history of being amazing. It is a weekend musical festival organized by musician Carlos Giffoni that features primarily noise bands and avant-garde musicians. It is a fairly new music festival, it has o read more
Correction History Society: NYS's Last Hanging Exhibit
New York History | December 14th 2009 by Adirondack Almanack - New York History Blog
At the Raymond Street Jail in the City of Brooklyn, New York State's last execution by hanging took place 120 years ago last week. German immigrant John Greenwall, a tailor by trade and a thief by rap sheet and reputation, was hanged for the murder o read more
Orthodoxy & Beards!
Ancient Christian Defender | December 14th 2009
Some have made their views known at the Orthodoxchristianity.net forum.And The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas has also made a post about it at their blogsite:To shave or not to shave?As seen from the webpage:Quote:"For three t read more
Bergen Street Comics
Corner Boy Jazz | December 13th 2009 by Sidik Fofana
Was on my way to coach a little league basketball game when I saw that Bergen Street Comics moved into town between Flatbush and 5th Ave in Brooklyn. They got all the goodies in this spot. Graphic novels, superhero comics, everything. I settled with read more
PBS: Interview mit Howard Zinn
redblog | December 13th 2009
BILL MOYERS: There's a long tradition in America of people power, and no one has done more to document it than the historian, Howard Zinn. Listen to this paragraph from his most famous book. Quote: "If democracy were to be given any meaning, if it we read more
New Green-Wood Cemetery blog!
The Sunset Park Blog | December 12th 2009 by Frank
Brownstoner informs us that our beloved Green-Wood cemetery has a blog hosted by it's historian. I am looking forward to reading, not just because the cemetery is practically my neighbor. My parents and my aunt and Uncle are buried there at the Hills read more
Kevin Casey’s Sample Saturday – Herb Alpert / Biggie
Et Musique Pour Tous | December 12th 2009 by Hector Mendoza Jr.
After Biggie’s funeral, a motorcade of cars including the hearse carrying his casket proceeded through his old neighborhood in Brooklyn. When someone started blasting “Hypnotize” the mood on the crowded streets changed from mourn read more
If poker, why not MLD?
Brilliant at Breakfast | December 11th 2009 by Jill
As if it weren't bad enough that ballroom dancing is now an Olympic "sport", there's a push towards including poker in the Olympics. Yes, I'm talkin' poker -- that game played by guys in John Deere hats on ESPN, a spectator sport that to me is right read more
What We Learn From The Brooklyn Dodgers
Mets Merized Online | December 11th 2009 by Joe De Caro
“You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat” “Losing after great striving is the story of Man” Roger Kahn (The Boys of Summer) Roger Kahn, working for the New York Herald Tribune, was the read more
Warhol to 80s punk, UK gallery celebrates legendary photojournali…
Unlabelled Britain | December 10th 2009 by Jurek
“When all is said and done, when everything is gone, the photograph is what’s going to remain. The photographer is the producer of history.” – Nat Finkelstein I never really like beginning blog posts with quotes, but this o read more
the cultural value of feralization
This City i$ Mine | December 10th 2009 by Andrew Nicholas
In mid-December, a vast, vacant field of weeds still thrives in Bushwick, Brooklyn. I was recently wandering around Bushwick on a shoot for my office, and took a moment to snap a few shots of empty lots — a type of urban space that always int read more
Congresswoman Velázquez: "Make The Right Decision And Desig…
Pardon Me For Asking | December 9th 2009 by Katia Kelly
Thank You, Congresswoman Velázquez!I am sure most of you have seen this op-ed piece by Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez which appeared in the Daily News Brooklyn section on Tuesday, but just in case you have not, I am posting it here.Velázquez has be read more
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