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2012 04 23 photos Comments (0)

Brooklyn Business

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2012 04 20 NYC
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The Tape-Beatles: Music with Sound

How come, back when we were listening to Negativland, we didn’t find out about The Tape-Beatles? And by “we” I guess I mean “I.” Why didn’t I know about these guys? Their 1991 album Music With Sound is above. It’s a masterpiece, in a style that brings back fond memories. ..

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2012 04 12 Sound Comments (2)

Glowing Dino Coin

Yes, I will accept this as legal tender when it is released. It is, after all, the first Canadian glow-in-the-dark dinosaur quarter. Canada, I love you. (Via Blag Hag.) ..

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2012 04 12 nature
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Wind Map

Vary pretty interactive wind map. Semi-accurate. Don’t forget to zoom in! .. (via Mad Art Lab) ..

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2012 04 04 art
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One Letter Can Change Everything

Reading about this simple, one-letter vandalism over at New York Shitty, I was reminded of Billy’s Topless, the bar that removed an apostrophe to become Billy Stopless to (unsuccessfully) get around the 90s prude laws imposed by Giuliani. ..

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2012 03 20 NYC Comments (2)

The Tripods

Ah, memories… dare I try and watch it again? Dare I? (Well, no, probably not.)

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2012 02 20 Film & TV Comments (1)

Muzak is On It!

There were several of these vans outside a medical building in midtown Manhattan. [Click to see it bigger--though why you would want to...] ..

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2012 02 15 NYC
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Graphic from Old Calypso LP

Click to embiggen. From the wall of Jalopy.

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2012 02 14 art Comments (2)

Altar, Mafioso

[click to enlarge] This is a still from the 1962 Italian film Mafioso. It’s an altar on Sicily in the movie; note the severed hand and breasts. Go figure.

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2012 02 11 Film & TV Comments (2)