August 28, 2006
Extra, Extra
-- Bwog has some advice for socially-retarded freshman entering Columbia. Of course, any list of advice that contains "DO read the Iliad," may not be worth reading!
-- Yowzers: Queens Councilmember John Liu really is EVERYWHERE.
-- Are we the only ones excited about the Gin Blossoms playing live tonight at the Apple Store? Surprisingly, that's the biggest venue they've played since 1994!
-- Famed DUMBO architect Robert Scarano to anonymous critic: "Don't degrad your families life style like that. Peoplr are still free to make choices in this country. Go back to the sticks where people still use the word Hobo. Here in New York its Bums." Well said!
-- Kinda related: looks like this month may finally see the NYC real estate bubble explode in a supernova of greed and stupidity.
-- Jason Kottke is attempting to save his new favorite cheesesteak place on University and 12th Street-- if your arteries can take it, help him out.
-- We're pretty sure this bike messenger crack-slinging competition was using fake-crack. Of course, that probably didn't stop most of the bikers from smoking it.
-- Here's a shot of the Empire State Building in a weird green haze.
-- Mayor Ray Nagin is sorry for dissing Bloomberg's handling of WTC-redevelopment-- but we suspect he might have his fingers crossed. Related: Gawker spots another offensive WTC-reference.
-- LES mystery via Gothamist Contribute: "Has anyone else noticed the Orange Paint line in the LES/East Village? I picked it up on Stanton and Suffolk and followed it up to St. Marks and 2nd Ave where I had to leave but it keeps going North." Someone explain!
- And the cutest panda sneeze ever
Little Jets fan by Eatsdirt on Flickr.
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i noticed an (the?) orange paint line going up 4th between 9th and 11th. RELATED?!?!??!?!?
that's 4th ave., not st.
Jeez, why the hate for the Iliad? Aside from its importance for being the first work of western literature and, it holds up pretty well even today. You might actually like it. After all, it's called a classic for a reason. So, kids, DO read the Iliad.
read the odyssey, skip the iliad. hey, does anyone have a link for streaming u.s. open video, please?
illiad backwards is dailli. that's wack!
The orange paint is on 4th street as well. Between avenues D and B. Also seen in Tribeca and Soho. My theory?: Banksy. Or someone who knows his work.
Doesn't anyone remember the purple footprints that used to flow around the city? Used to lead to a community garden downtown, I think. The orange line is derivative, at best.
Crack-slinging competition? What the fuck is that? Are all of you people rubes from the Midwest? Crack is about as funny as rape, which I guess in the transplant New Yorker scene is hilarious.
Of course, most of the people on this board or in Brooklyn, Ohio never experiened the joys of urban living during the crack epidemic. Go back home!!!! Please.
uhhhrrrrrgg, you're harshing our mellow. Lighten up, dude.
the crack "epidemic" existed only in time magazine, the evening news, and the mind of bill "jackpot" bennett, my friend.
i suggest reading "Crack In America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice." it's on amazon etc, get yerself educated.
Let me guess: another whiney transplant to this region. I remember kids trying to pull the bars off my window above my bed. There were some serious urban problems in the 80s, and drugs were just a part.
I remember some whiney, white-afroed Brooklyn transplant claim that it was a "media myth" Brooklyn was ever violent, and that Bed-Stuy was "always safe" to walk around, even back in the 80s (even though half of the Brooklyn cab services still refuse to drive through the neighborhood).
the orange paint line goes from river to river, as north as 13th street and as south as Grand street. it pretty much zigzags through the east village, les, soho and the west village. i have no idea what it means, but a friend reported a bike with orange paint on the tires.