Although the New York Times did a nice job poetically describing this weekend’s Red Hook Criterium—just read the opener—here’s some excellent video footage of the outlaw fixed gear bike race that shockingly resulted in no injuries for the cyclists involved.
Last week I previewed then reviewed cut&paste's lil' thang at webster, found some iphone cupcake apps (via andy), an unhappy goose and soap in the shape of xbox 360. tonight i'll see some memes and continue digesting this mac n' cheese.
But only for reasons related to my late arrival to the party...
We showed up at both The Mark Bar and Habitat to empty, crusty trays that once held gooey, steaming mac n' cheese for the hoards. Being late sucked. So we eventually just ducked over to TBD on Franklin for their $3 Bluepoint's and banging mac n' cheese, which was still in abundant supply and really was awesome. TBD is fun! We bailed before the awards to grab a hot polish dinner, but Miss Heather, one of the "celebrity judges" stuck around and has video. Check it.
You have finally, FINALLY, really fucked up Facebook.
I know you're mad that Twitter turned you down, but c'mon, my news feed is now nothing but nonsense! And I just keep getting lost in it, with useless junk, that I now am trying to filter our through the use of networks. Control your envy, Facebook overlord. You had a great site there for a minute, until you went and got all crazy on us. I am not just "getting used to the redesign." This isn't just growing pains. This is a serious problem. You f'd up my news feed.
Read: THE NEW FACEBOOK REDESIGN IS CLUTTERED. Please fix. Thank u.
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So if Williamsburg has no art virgins anymore, what's that say for the graffiti population? Are they equally as sexually-shared? Or are the great spray paint artists of New York City cardboard humpers like the mathematicians south of Canal St.?
Kutiman remixes YouTube, and does it reeeally friggin' well. Enjoy this, but there's a handful of others here:
Sometime last winter someone I know very well got a pink slip summons here in Brooklyn, New York for urinating between two parked vans somewhere in industrial Bushwick or Bed-Stuy...can't remember which. The odds that anyone drove by at the exact instant of his urinary relief are asounding, let alone two of New York's finest. Approximately 8 minutes after he got that ticket, he threw it out, or lost it, one or the other it doesn't matter now. He then basically forgot about the ticket for months, until sometime yesterday when he realized that summer is coming up, and with it kickball, and with that joy of drinking beers outdoors in McCarren park at night.
Oh no!
He probably has some kind of (hopefully loosely enforced) warrant out for his arrest for not showing up for that measly little pink slip! He did some research around the bliggosphere, had Sheila at Gawker do an advice column for him, and eventually, balled up and called a lawyer. He is now a proud American citizen with retained legal counsel ($500) who has advised him to "keep his head down" while he sorts things out. This is great! He really feels truly American and can say things like, "I dunno guys. I shouldn't drink that beer on the subway. My lawyer's advised me not to."
He has promised to send me updates with how everything nets out. Today his lawyer is checking with the courts to verify the existence of that warrant.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO PHISH'S LIVE STREAM OF TONIGHT'S HAMPTON SHOW!!! YES!!!!!!
(or just wait 'till an hour after the show and do the "No Spoilers" version, numbnuts)
All I know is what the guy at Hampton Coliseum who took this picture, tweeted..."the box boat show."
An UES restaurant is giving away free dinners and two rounds of drinks to all who come dressed like schoolgirls during the four days surrounding its debut on Gossip Girl.
The NYC Beard and Mustache Championship is coming to Williamsburg March 14, with a new category: Recession Beards!
Speaking of Recession Beards, I spot a trend!
How much pussy (cat) did you get on prom night?
And finally, what if the Watchmen was a Saturday morning cartoon we watched in the 80's?
The Antlers are playing Union Hall tonight. Their new album, Hospice (stream here) , was called by Robin Hilton at NPR, "one of the most beautiful and moving works I've heard in a long, long time." It really is. I recommend giving it a good listen.
Someone...or something has been going spraypainting the words, "Who Watches the Watchmen" in Chelsea, SoHo and in random alleys around town. So who's doing it? I can't imagine the city's comic nerds are out late at night spreading the Watchmen's tagline around town. And, seeing that it's all done in the same purple paint, this is just screaming grassroots marketing. Warner Bros probably doesn't care that they'll get fined, they're going to make so much bank on this film in its first two weeks in the theatre. I kinda wish they did something more original, like, I dunno, had a street artist remix their ads and then furiuosly back pedal while city agencies huff and gruff to the Post. (via Slashfilm)
Facebook's allowing brands to get all up in your news streams, starting on or around March 11th. Are you ready for that?
Support animal rights tear down all walls everywhere all the time so dogs can run freely in their sleep and not have to have rude awakenings like this poor fellow! No Walls For Dogs. NWFD. T-shirts to follow.
Oh forget it sally. I'm coming back to blogger. This month has been one big blog hosting identity crisis. Why tumblr? Why blogger? Why blog at all? I've decided that I'll keep posting here on Moneyries with stuff from NBC, BuzzFeed and Free Williamsburg. You'll also get your fair share of dumb geeky internety stuff. I promise it'll be fun to read, and if you have any suggesstions or ideas, just email me. Thanks friends and random internet people. I look forward to revving this engine back up!
