Improv Everywhere took to the streets of Cobble Hill, Brooklyn last week with packs of invisible dogs to celebrate the neighborhood where the invisible dog leash toy was created.
Chris “Birdman” Anderson, the Denver Nuggets center known for his candid tweets, says what a lot of New Yorkers are thinking about the Nets' upcoming move from New Jersey to Brooklyn.
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This article was meant to be a scathing indictment for a common problem in New York City, people getting handjobs in massage parlors. But judging by the comments, she missed her mark. Some examples: “i wish she had mentioned the pricing in her post.” and “If I were married to this broad, I'd know the address of every hand-jobbin' parlor in the City.”
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We first caught wind of this rumor last week but and have finally gotten enough confirmation that we feel comfortable posting it: Avant-garde pop star Bjork and artist husband Matthew Barney are in contract on a rather phat pad in Brooklyn Heights. In the name of privacy, that's all we're gonna say.
Style Buzz The skinny jean for men continues to dominate fashion (as designers attempt to push it on bros now, too), as illustrated in one reporter's journey into Williamsburg, Brooklyn - the epicenter of impossibly narcissistic hipsterdom - where denim leggings is the pant of choice. Despite my own personal clueless sense of fashion (which tends to never progress beyond “Hobo Goes Yachting”), I think it's safe to say that pilgrim shoes + visible junk = the worst. Unless, of course, you think your band is amazing.
Music Buzz Meet Alec Duffy, who won the exclusive rights to a Sufjan Stevens song and will only let people hear it if they come to his apartment. Yes, his apartment is in Brooklyn. The whole WSJ story is worth a read if you can stomach extreme self-righteousness and “artistic ideals” or whatever. I think I have to shower and move to Queens now.
Music Buzz A rockabilly bluegrass band from Brooklyn? Don't scoff! With the release of their new album Corn Money earning plenty of attention, these city bumpkins are causing a barrel o' buzz. Trading children's acid-washed jeans and Ray-Bans for long johns and denim overalls? Now that's how you change things up in the Brooklyn music scene.
Food Buzz The New York Times examines the “artisanal food movement” in Brooklyn, which translates to a bunch of hipsters making chocolates in their lofts. This trend combines all of my favorite things: fancy cheese, boys in striped sweaters, and illegal beekeeping.
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Recently featured in the New York Times, singer-songwriter Patrick Shea is writing a song per chapter of Herman Melville's “Moby Dick”. Cliff Notes for music lovers!
A clever little bit of street art that involved sticking up thought bubbles around Brooklyn and photographing people as they passed by. Conveniently enough, love, cupcakes, and strippers just about covers everything that people in Brooklyn think about anyway. Or is that just me?
Coney Island's iconic Astroland Rocket was moved to an unnamed new location yesterday, leaving in its wake impending doom concerning the future of Brooklyn's historic wonderland. Can't somebody send the Gossip Girl kids down there to whine and make out? Keep Coney Island alive!
Music Buzz Two Brooklyn-based, Milwaukee-bred brothers that combine perky electropop with - gasp! - actual instrumentation, namely via the French Horn. Between the groveling hipsters and pride-filled band teachers who undoubtedly fill the rooms at their shows, trying to figure out whose stonewashed jeans are ironic and whose were on sale at Costco has to be one of the most fun - albeit challenging - games ever.
Celebrity Buzz The estate of Heath Ledger has decided to go ahead with the restaurant that Ledger had been involved with before his death. The restaurant, tentatively called the Five Leaves, will be on the Bedford Avenue on the border of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Seeing as how Ledger’s partner John McCormick is also one of the people behind Manhattan’s exclusive Beatrice Inn it will be interesting to see if any of us Williamsburg residents can actually get in.
Music Buzz Not quite blues, not necessarily folk, not totally rock, this Pennsylvania-bred singer/songwriter is making indie music bloggers very, very happy. Signed to V2 records and having recently landed a gig on Letterman, Langhorne Slim (along with his drummer and upright bassist The War Eagles) seems set on his way to appearing on many Best Of 2008 lists come December.
Culture Buzz After several months of unchecked suspicions, Brooklyn blog, bayridgetalk.com, spurs a police investigation that results in a drug raid. No wonder the place raised some flags. With addicts chilling on the stoop, cars coming and going at all hours, and the classic abandoned, burnt-out crack house feel, the spot was more or less asking to be blown up. And they would’ve gotten away with it if it wasn’t for that meddling blog!
Music Buzz Late-nineties gem Imani Coppola is one half of the Brooklyn duo, whose weirdo hip-pop sound we find awesomely unshakable. Plus, how can you resist a pop act that incorporates Diane Sawyer into a song about skanks?
Music Buzz The boy-girl self-described “fantasy rock” duo is quietly making a name for themselves on the East Coast as they continue to draw comparisons to Postal Service and Broken Social Scene. Alongside labelmates MGMT, Savoir Adore is continuing in Brooklyn’s tireless fight to conquer the iTunes library of the skinny-jeans-and-bedhead set.
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