Man leaves $1960 laptop on a table at Starbucks while he goes to pee--amazingly, it got stolen! [BP]
Condos are so hard to off-load, they're giving away free cars. [Curbed]
Times Square pedestrian mall "unworthy of New York." But which New York? In a city taken over by suburbanist mall-rats, it kind of fits right in. [NYT]
Revisit the Bowery of 1981. [EVG]
The Hot Festival is here and queer--participant Penny Arcade, "queer is anyone who has experienced a period of isolation and exclusion so profound that they could never exclude anyone else." [CR]
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a.k.a. The Book of Lamentations:
a bitterly nostalgic look at a city in the process of going extinct
- Jeremiah Moss
- THE BOOK:
"We should all buy Jeremiah Moss’s book, Vanishing New York." --Sarah Jessica Parker
“Essential reading for fans of Jane Jacobs, Joseph Mitchell, Patti Smith, Luc Sante, and cheap pierogi.” --Vanity Fair
"a vigorous, righteously indignant book that would do Jane Jacobs proud." --Kirkus Reviews
THE BLOG:
"the go-to hub for those who lament New York's loss of character." --Crain's
"No one takes stock of New York's changes with the same mixture of snark, sorrow, poeticism, and lyric wit as Jeremiah Moss." --Village Voice, Best of NY
“Jeremiah Moss…is the defender of all the undistinguished hunks of masonry that lend the streets their rhythm.” --Justin Davidson, New York Magazine
"One of the most thorough and pugnacious chroniclers of New York’s blandification." --The Atlantic, Citylab
"Hyperbolic and combative, tireless and passionate." --Salon
I'm sorry but that 13-yr old is a stupid spoiled little a-hole. If he doesn't understand the technology that had to fall in place for the iPod to exist than we are in serious trouble in the next 50 years. What kind of ignorant kids are people raising these days? Look out George Orwell. Here we come.
ReplyDeleteThat condo with the free car also "twitters" about its open houses and gives shout-outs to prospective buyers.
ReplyDeleteSounds like that kid is just clueless - not knowing there was music on the other side of the tape is just pure ignorance. Then again, he probably grew up never having seen one before.
ReplyDeleteMy first Walkman tape player was the best gift ever...I do kinda miss the hissing/warbling/clonking of the tape being rewound. I don't miss having to carry around 20 tapes in my bag, though.
God, I remember walking into Service Merchandise and seeing all the Walkmans locked behind a glass case, that's how expensive they were.
ReplyDeleteOf course, my first Walkman was from some kind of promotional give away event and it had the MARLBORO cigarette logo plastered across it. It was the height of technology for me, and i am only 20. Am I that old?
Needless to say, that boy is a little twit.