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Re: Occupy Wall Street
I most highly recommend everyone at least go down and take a walk through the park, even though with all the people and chaos that isn't too easy to do. It just FEELS really good. You will not regret your time there. Here is a direct link to a map of the park, including closest train stops (use the map zoom in for more detail ), since it is not a well known site to most:...
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
Tomorrow's Schedule: October 15th International Day of Action Occupy Wall Street's October 15th - Day of Actions have actions targeting banks throughout the day around specific themes: jobs, education, housing, environment, and war. It will culminate with a mass convergence at Times Square, 5pm. Thousands will be participating throughout the day. Don't miss Occupy Wall Street's biggest day! Complete Schedule for NYC 11AM - March on the Banks ... From Liberty Square to Chase We will then...
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
This is my favorite sub-story of OWS so far..the HIPSTER COP The Hipster Cop on Gothamist
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
Now that the adolescent Drudge Report view of the world (delusionally preoccupied with thoughts of scabies, defecation, deviant sex crimes) has been exposed irrevocably as lies, it is interesting to see Bloomberg now expose himself as being completely unmayoral.He's fine when he's chaperoneing a multi-billion dollar mega development of the west side rail yards in Chelsea or cutting massive tax breaks for his cronies on Wall Streeet. But when he has to deal with a social dilemma he outs...
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
I guess everytime the chant went up in the park that "FOX NEWS LIES!", there was a latent apprehension of a fact, people who watch Fox News have been statistically proven to know less than people who do not watch any news at all ! http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2011/knowless/ http://slatest.slate.com/posts...or_news_stories.html So now that we have a nation running on debt instead of capital, we have a news company that instaed of informing people keeps them dumb.
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Re: Occupy Wall Street
Join the OWS Maid Brigade for more anti-capitalist street theater! As corporate powers externalize their costs, ordinary people are forced to clean up the mess. From oil spills to bank bailouts, corporate money-making schemes have us working as round-the-clock maids picking up after criminal profiteers… NO MORE NICE On MAY DAY , we will take the streets in classic maid costumes—modified however we see fit—and spread the message that we are sick of cleaning up after capitalism and corporate...
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Re: Hurricane Irene on the Motherboards NYC
Seems the wind action here on the Westside was minimal; I have seen many pics of broken trees in the EV and Tompkins Square Park. Now the issue of flooding and tidal surges remains for this neighborhood. I look out the window and see joggers. Nothing will stop them, apparently. I can also see about 3 feet of water on (the now closed?) Don Hill's roof. Not good. Somebody should have cleaned out those drains! In this area the sea wall by the river is new and sturdy. Down at BPC and over in the...
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Re: Hurricane Irene on the Motherboards NYC
Thanks for the report hatches - LOTS of tree damage in Union Square but all I saw so far were various sizes of branches - park is closed (and should be) so I couldn't get a good idea. This picture has been circulating on Twitter, it is West Broadway and Grand in Soho earlier this afternoon..
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Re: RAGS ARE RICHES Costume Recycling 5/5 BOWERY POETRY
Here are the drop-off locations for RAGS ARE RICHES Please bring your donations to the following drop-off locations ONLY DURING THE DATES AND TIMES LISTED DOUBLE DOWN SALOON Wednesdays April 3, 10, 17, 24 and May 1 Accepting donations from noon-8 PM 14 AVENUE A (1-2nd Street) Leave with bartender ABBY or write "ATTENTION: ABBY" on the bag(s) HOWL ARTS OFFICE Thursdays April 11 and 25 Accepting donations from 3-6 PM 636 BROADWAY (at Bleecker St.) Suite 512 (Fifth Floor) Please call (212)...
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Re: Remembering Terence Sellers aka Mistress Angel Stern
Terence left this Earth this past month, I am deeply saddened that she is now gone from it. When I met Terence she was a very serious, striking and commanding person so I was certainly intimidated, it was obvious I was dealing with an intellectual so I needed to be at my best behavior and my most attentive in her presence. She was an accomplished writer, a luminary in the New York underground, and a maestra of an art I'd only read about; she could make the most debauched intellectual blush...
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Re: Sex With Taxi Drivers part 2
I went to Circus Monday night, got WASTED, spent ALL of money, but needed to take a cab home. "Where would the best place be to meet a cab driver looking for a little nookie at 3am?" I asked my trashed self. LUCKY CHENG'S!!!!! I walked over to LC's and, after flagging down 15 cabs, the 16th cab to stop said that he would take me home for free. We drove west to Central park, he parked, and we went at it in the park at 3am!!!!! I got a free ride home!
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Re: Straight To Hell (Sex Stories)
A few years back I gave up a broom closet share on Seventh Street & First Ave and moved to a huge, two bedroom apartment in Park Slope with a plutonic gay male friend. (I only stayed there a year before deciding I couldn't deal with the commute and fled back to Manhattan). Anyway, my roommate and I agreed to have separate phone lines, and I used a pre-existing one in my bedroom. But my roomie had to have a brand new one installed, so he arranged for a NYNEX guy to come out on a Saturday...
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Re: Straight To Hell (Sex Stories)
It was Thanksgiving nite 1993 and Faux Pas and I had just had a scrumptious meal at my friend Sara's place in Grammercy Park. I was full of fabulous food, fine wine, and fierce herb. What more could a single twentysomething fella want in New York City at midnite? What? Sex you say? Why yes in deed, don't mind if I do. The nite was that kind of cold that was actually refreshing from being in a pot filled apartment for several hours. The air had that healthy quality, that made you enjoy each...
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Re: Sex With Taxi Drivers part 2
Hi Michael Ford: I always meant to tell you of new taxi driver hangout (you probably already know, though). Right around NYU, the cabbies park and hangout (on Mercer Street between 3rd and Bllecker) after 5:00PM shift. Check it out, hons.
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Re: Mondo Internet
http://www.mytrailerpark.com -having just visted my first trailer park -for a film shoot -someone emailed me this site -i think its fake thoghu!!!! kitty
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Re: Mondo Internet
minerva... ooh! that story about wendall and cass got me all worked up. i'm in the mood for a cloacal kiss. and kitty... it's about time you made it to a trailer park. and of course there's a texas flag on the top of that page. home sweet home.
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Re: East Side, West Side, All Around The Town
There was a followup story on NY1 tonight saying that residents and businesses in the affected area - which was huge - West Side from Battery Park to 14th Street West of Broadway - are being asked to conserve power with the new heat wave coming this week. It seems that power for that sector that was controlled by the blown-up transformer has to be coming from somewhere else for a few weeks while it is rebuilt. And they don't sound that confident about the somewhere else. If you didn't lose...
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Re: New Old New Wave? 1982-->2002
Trevor Jackson of Playgroup will be making a few rare DJ appearances in August. Aug 4 Central Park Summerstage, New York (w/ South Avalanches) Aug 22 APT, New York (with DFA) Aug 23 Luxx, Brooklyn (with Larry Tee) Aug 25 Tribeca Grand Hotel, New York PLAYGROUP http://source.astralwerks.com/playgroup/
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Re: Page
Page and I didn't always have the smoothest of relations. She could be very difficult. I'm very glad however, that we straightened everything out these last couple of years and became friends again. I always loved seeing her in the park. I know it may seem wierd but I always thought she looked so great in nature. I still can't believe she's gone.
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Re: Jo-Jo Baby - DollMaker
Which is pretty fitting, considering that Jojo's lively demeanor, colorful appearance and eye-catching art make him one of Chicago's most visual – and visible – personalities. Little known fact: as a child, Jojo wanted to be a priest. A stint at Quigley North Prepatorial Seminary deemed him "too theatrical" for the papacy. That's an understatement (although he did hone his hair sculpting skills for the stage – for artists Cinderella, Judas Priest, UB40, Guns and Roses and others). Jojo's...
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Re: BURNING MAN
is this multiple name thing confusing anyone else?? texxx, goblin, rapist, hanson, rock'n'roll... i'm now taking suggestions in the simplification department. glammie sweetie, you described it oh so well. the only epic moment i think you left out was friday night's show at the el circo dome. sweeties... this dome is at least 60 feet across with a six-pointed star shaped stage that has fire going all around it. hel-LO! and if that isn't kabbalistic/alchemical enough for you... their final...
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Re: DH and the Fishsticks
So yes its true....Debbie and the Fishsticks brought the house down last Saturday night...I have to admit that all of us were really unsure about the event and if we should do anything , but who could say no to Patsy and Edina? Debbie looked amazing and sounded even better. She did "One Way or Another" while Garrett and I tore into each other like madmen and ripped apart our suits to reveal our shredded t-shirts that said Patsy and Edina in silver letters across them. Joanna and Jennifer...
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Re: RIP, VIP
Next to Quentin Crisp, one of my favorite New Yorkers was an uptown girl whom I belatedly learned passed on. I was visitng the NYTimes obit section for the first time in many months and discovered Daphne Helman, had passed away this summer very close to if not on Warhol's birthday.) She was listed as a name on the bottom of the page but the link wasn't working. Later that day I was on the Motherboards in the Versailles section and was reminded of the RIP VIP which I've also avoided far too...
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Re: Mondo Internet (Part 2)
Join us when Pauline Park is our guest. We discuss the SONDA vote, NYAGRA and any other thought that you want me to pitch to her. You can listen by going to http://www.outletradio.com and click on the BIG "play" button. If you have questions for Pauline, post them on http://www.transadvocate.com . Marti Abernathey marti@transadvocate.com
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Re: 57 Varieties ( Club 57 Remembered)
That was the best Club 57! I did one of my very first "performance art pieces" there. I was in art school (School of Visual Arts) at the time. I hooked up two big BORROWED tv sets to all of this electronic equipment that Laurie Anderson loaned me (God bless her). It was all choreographed to a disco drum beat with this drummer guy that I met in the park. He now has gone on to drum with hundreds of DJs in hundreds of clubs but believe me, that was the first time. He really didn't understand my...
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Re: Miss Understood's Thailand 2003!
I was just talking to somoene about that the other night....the only time I'm ever worried walking in Central Park is when there are packs of kids walking around. Of course I'd still rather be over there. Like Daddy said....be careful when you get back! Lol
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Re: Miss Understood's Thailand 2003!
I'm staying in the Euro/Aussie slacker tourist area. It's cheap and fun, but pretty far from the gay strip. I finally found out where there's a gay club near here and I went last night. They actually gave me a little look up and down at the door,grilled me about ID, etc. I realized why when they decided I was okay and let me in. I was the only non Asian in the packed club! That's very unusual here...at least from what i've seen so far. There are some very mixed bars full of guys who want...
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Re: Nightclub Disasters
The band Great White's performance rider contains no mention whatsoever of pyrotechnics being used during the rock group's current tour of clubs and small theaters, The Smoking Gun has learned. TSG today (2/21) obtained copies of the band's rider from two separate promoters who booked shows by the group during the past month. A copy of the Great White performance specs can be found below. A third promoter, Domenic Santana, told TSG that the band set off a pyrotechnic display without his...
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Re: I'm from normal parents (The Pyramid Club Topic)
The acid punch was mixed by Wendy Wild (naturally) and Michael Kitty Ullmann. In order to get a cupful, you had to go to Wendy in the coat check and say a code word. But Wendy and Kitty forgot it was four-way acid and gave everyone a major dose. It was the first time I hallucinated on LSD. I mean REALLY seeing things. But I remember little else. I do remember, however, that we went up to the gathering in Central Park. Wendy, Kitty, Sister, Marjan, Marcia Resnick, Hali Fields, and a few...
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Re: East Side, West Side, All Around The Town
The milk crate ticket is not such a new tactic in the 'quality of life' repertoir of uncivil behavior as defined by the previous ultra-fascist mayor ( and how did he become a reconstituted national hero - the guy who was once roundly boo'ed upon taking his seat at the Met opera house? ). I myself am the very proud earner of two wonderfully Khafka meets Joseph Heller summonses. One, for 'non-compliance with bicycle regulations' -translation: I got a ticket for riding my bike in the park. Now...
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Re: Provincetown
I have been wearing my Provincetown tank top and I met a sculptor in Central Park, who spends summertime in Ptown! Will you be at Randell's birthday party, Lisa, Bobby, Daddy?
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Re: Fashion, Sweetie
September 15, 2003 Tell Us, Doctor, What Is It About Models? By GUY TREBAY New York Times In 1953, Dr. Edmund Bergler, a New York psychoanalyst trained at the Freud Clinic in Vienna, focused his analytic intelligence on understanding that most sadly neglected field of human pursuits: fashion. The result was a book, "Fashion and the Unconscious," a matchless addition to the literature both of homophobia and of claptrap. Dr. Bergler was not the first to suggest that the will to hoax womankind...
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Re: Swept Away part 2
"and though I'm not a huge fan of everything that Britney and Christina do, they represent where music has gone. Some may think that's sad..." I especially liked the South Park where C.A. was a biting insect.
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Re: JC Leroy (as Terence put it)
And Sarah's misguided determination to perservere as a mother, like a bargain basement Courtney Love. I mean, what value is there to dragging a little kid along on her shenanigans? It's one more mouth to feed, one more body to cloth and besides the kid seems to obstruct her objectives at every turn. It would be so much easier for her to give him up for adoption, or leave him with the foster parents or the grandparents. But she keeps slugging away. The park ranger turned and ran.
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Re: JC Leroy (as Terence put it)
Yes Michael let's... Now go check up on what wig JT is wearing this week so we can dress like ha for next Cabaret... or for the "Wonder Bra" party? That sounds suitably demented... "The park ranger turned and ran...." HA! Lex, I did smirk over that, you can imagine what a total sleaze she must be! Did you like that use of the word 'cast' and 'casting' though, for how she describes her pickups... "She's casting". It's a mixture of throwing out a line for fishing, and hiring someone to be in...
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Re: Puritan Watch
WALMART IS HIDEOUS The prime representation of this SUV-driving, McDonalds-consuming, obese strip mall country. An insidious organization that defies the local legislatures and tramples the environmental standards of the communities it invades, panders to the Christian Right by strong-arming magazine publishers over their content and ruins worker protections by driving unionized businesses out of the market. Walmart is the WORST kind of suburban sprawl imaginable, a consumerist nightmare in...
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Re: East Side, West Side, All Around The Town
Cabs are fucking expensive now! I knew the hike was coming, and after what, seven years, cabbies deserve the raise probably. But gosh, it really hits you where it hurts. Sure wish they could have nickle and dimed their way up over a few years rather than all at once. A cab from Chelsea to Park Slope Sunday night really knocked the wind out of me. We weren't to the middle of the Manhattan Bridge when the meter passed what is normally the entire fare home, including tip. Intoxicated and...
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Re: East Side, West Side, All Around The Town
I often would get a cab back from my office nr Bryant Park back to 14th and 2nd Av... used to be around $6-7... now its $9 without a tip!!
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Re: ORANGE ALERT for New York City
I've calculated how fast I can pedal my bike from E. Houston to Battery Park. Then how much I can carry with me, with an inflated pair of trousers, ( a survival trick I learned in swimming class when I was 12 years old ) when I jump in the river and float my way to the Jersey shoreline. Lower Manhattan is still redolent of being Targetsville, now Chelsea/Midtown gets to have the crosshairs drawn on it. The Little Bush cabinet people have relegated themselves to being just a Gang of...
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Re: ORANGE ALERT for New York City
Careful, those currents are mighty tricky, both off the Battery and up above Inwood. Probably too tricky for swimming. You hear it all the time when bodies and other things are dumped in the river-- they wind up in odd places like Hellgate or Little Brothers Island. I have my eye, however, on those kyacks bobbing away below N. Moore Street. Anyone want to join me? There's also the old freight railroad trestle at the point where the Harlem and Hudson meet. You can enter through Inwood Park in...
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Re: Oh, no, here come The Republicans!
Today's New York Times has this gorgeous article and map of where to go to help in the disruption of the RNC today. NYT Article The Mouse Bloc (where many delegates were spat at and forced to witness same-sex couples kissing while leaving B'way shows) and various other actions later in the day on Sunday after 1/2 million of us took to the streets, most notably one or two hecklers slipping into a reception at the Boathouse Restaurant in Central Park for Speaker Of The House Dennis Hastert,...
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Re: Oh, no, here come The Republicans!
Wow! the Shut-up-a-thon was fierce! I didn't see you Hattie, but it was easy to miss people. I stayed until a little after 5 when it started to disperse. "Fox Lies. People Die" "SHut the Fox up." "Don't tell me what to think. Fox News you really stink!" I wish I could could remember some of the other chants. The cops were really good. They have to be so on edge now, and they're doing a super job of staying cool, and managing the flow of the city amid the Chaos. THey are actually accomadating...
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Re: I'm from normal parents (The Pyramid Club Topic)
here's a chuckle for you all, i was a total white trash country boy 2 months off the bus from Pennsylvania when i picked up this pretty blonde artist at dean savards civillian warfare gallery (1983ish)...i was so taken with her i invited her to this dinner party on central park west...the guest list was stellar....lydia lunch,henry rollins,sonic youth,swans etc...the hostess commented on my dates "lovely deep voice" later at her place i said something suave like "what a pretty little girl...