9/27 at 7 pm: Join Eileen Myles at St. Mark's Bookshop to celebrate the release of Zipper Mouth by Laurie Weeks--it's "life on the edge in New York City." [SMB]
Check out Ben Katchor's "Up from the Stacks," a musical about the NYPL and Times Square c. 1970. [BK]
After 60 years, DeBragga to leave the Meatpacking District. [Eater]
The bachelorettes take Avenue A. [EVG]
Corporate fashion, hipster, bicycle trend mashup thing. [Racked]
What's up in the Chelsea galleries? [TGL]
More from the pepper spraying of protesters. [NMNL]
Saying goodbye to the Starlite Lounge in a documentary about the oldest gay, black-owned business. [TSP]
Reader Phil Vasquez offers his Woody Allen-style nostalgic film, Song of Relations, for your viewing pleasure.
Blogologues: onstage monologues of blog posts at Under St. Mark's.
Enjoy the Obscene Diary of Sam Steward at the Museum of Sex (NSFW). [KLO]
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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
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