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Just a week after the Pandamonium street party took over a section of Bedford Avenue, a flash mob of scenesters descended upon the Williamsburg Bridge for a concert by art noise rockers Japanther and Ninja Sonik. But this word-of-mouth party, the third of an ongoing series, was different from Pandamonium in that it went on for two hours, from midnight to 2 a.m., before police arrived to ruin the fun. A blogger for Vice was in attendance, naturally, to report back on all the sweaty DIY revelry.
Seriously though, two hours. And we just found out that Nick, the guy from above who set it up, only got taken in because he had an unpaid open container ticket from four years ago (he also says he used his shoe for a pillow and that his cell had "Slayer - 666" over a pentagram tagged on the wall). So basically as long as you don't have any outstanding warrants, it looks like the Bridge is fair game for partying. See you there next weekend!Photographer Elizabeth Weinberg was also there, and writes on her blog that "there were probably 200 people on the middle causeway of the bridge." There's some video of the happening after the jump; while it isn't much to look at it, it does feature some amusing dialogue from defiant hipsters condemning everyone for "scattering like fucking cockroaches in the light" when police arrive. And note to commenters: Your colleagues on the Vice blog have already beaten you to the "Oh man, if only the bridge collapsed" comment, so you'll have to dig a little deeper.
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Germans used to have the perfect word for hygenically-challenged asswipes like those pictured:
UNTERMENSCHEN.
Americans just call this gay.
Not just gay, but think of how the city's resources could have been better used than arresting/booking/etc. these idiots.
Bury the hipsters in wet concrete @ McCarren.
I'll take hipsters any day over the dweebs who care enough to hate them.
people trying to create thier own entertainment in a city where most experiences are packaged and sold is a beautiful thing. Maybe theres some hope left for nyc. I hope I hear about the next one.
Wow. We hipsters. We don't wash hair. We take over the world. Or just a little part of it in Brooklyn, making noise, being bored, oh, the doom and gloom. Ecce ennui.
Rock the Willy B.
i just finished reading low life by luc sante which is an anthropological look at the seedy underbelly of 19th century new york city. in one section he addresses the bohemians who populated the then-slum neighborhood of greenwich village. these artists were hated by both the new york residents and the press. they were alleged to be filthy, morally loose and a threat to the city. of course among these bohemians that were smeared were walt witman and edgar alan poe. those filthy artists!
it's very amusing to see the attitudes of new yorkers against artists. it hasn't changed since the 19th century and the haters always end up eating their words after time has put everything into perspecive.
You mean by creating art that no one outside of their own little world will ever experience willingly?
seriously? they're STILL using that phone as a microphone? were the tall bikes there too? *yawn*
Clowns.
In his famous bood, the closing of the american mind, Allan Bloom was critical of the campus protesters in the late 60s because their drug use and free love,
i'm critical of these people because of their shallowness, disregard for people coming home work, overall cowardliness when the pigs show up, and not to mention their overall mission to look cool and experience something that has been packaged to them when they were teenagers growing up in the midwest.
the problem is kids don't get beat up anymore in high school for being different.
I just want to see these hipsters take a stand for something other than looking cool and fawning over their self-importance and "look at me" attitude. At least the "bohemians" of past eras had something to say.
Nowadays, hipsters make me feel like I'm living in LA. And LA sucks.
hate all you want. we'll be talking about that night for years to come. how was your friday evening?
"cowardliness when the pigs show up"
does that even mean anything?
people left the bridge, many cleaned up the cans, and three people got summonses for the gig. I'm not sure what your preferred response would be.
also, as Eliz and others have said, it was a fucking blast and most everyone was there just to party and enjoy the outdoors and great view. The bands that played both suck and discussing this as a "show" is as much of a joke as the guy fearing the bridge would collapse under the weight.
Sounds like it was a blast!!
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Not really.