Archive for January, 2006
Friday, January 27th, 2006
Art That’s Smart
If you should find yourself in Chelsea tonight and need an art opening to go to, might I recommend:
Jeff Gauntt & David Humphrey at Sikkema Jenkins & Co.
Jeff’s paintings are both intelligent and puzzling so you should come and check’em out. The opening is from 6-8, if you can’t make the opening [...]
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Thursday, January 26th, 2006
The Gift of Life
I donated a pint of blood today. So far, my lifetime donation total is somewhere between four and five gallons. It’s kinda awe inspiring when I think about how many people have received my blood. Each unit can go to as many as three people so when you do the math, potentially [...]
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Thursday, January 26th, 2006
Now That’s Reality
Richard Hatch, the original Survivor, is going to jail for not paying taxes on his winnings. Ha Ha! Read the story here.
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2006
Clear Your Calendar
What happens when you put Oasis and the Pet Shop Boys in a petri dish and stir? You get The Specimen. Come see Matt, Ben and Jesse kick out the jams at Don Hill’s tomorrow night. It’s a free show and they go on at 9:00.
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2006
Gratitude and Getting the Vote Out
I want to give a shoutout to Brownstoner for linking to my post Hassids vs. Hipsters: The Fashion Wars. Thanks to their post, I passed 200 page loads a day for the first time and I couldn’t be happier. It makes me feel temporarily semi-famous.
Speaking of semi-famous, you can help a friend of [...]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2006
You Can Make a Difference(for The Specimen)
Awhile back Matt, aka The Specimen, submitted a remix of a song by the artist Saskia that he worked on for a Soulseek Records competition. Out of 760 entries, it got chosen as one of the top 7…
Now, we need your help! You can vote for it to be included on Saskia’s released single. Only [...]
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2006
Hassids vs. Hipsters: The Fashion Wars
The Hassids in Williamsburg get quite inventive when it comes to the problem of scantly clad hipsters. Somehow, I don’t think an appeal to the hipsters’ health is going to work. I gotta give the Hassids props for their creativity though, “The skin cancer keeps on growing because too much skin is showing.”
