A last minute, New Year's Eve reminder to those of you who insist on making resolutions for the New Year: Make them achievable. We offered some suggestions on Wednesday, taking some inspiration from Woody Guthrie's list of resolutions for 1943 (as seen above), which include "Stay Glad" and "Take A Bath."
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Reminder: "Take A Bath" Is A New Year's Resolution You Can Keep
Woody Guthrie's 33 New Year's Resolutions Included "Take Bath"
What was Woody Guthrie hoping to change for himself in 1942? This is an unearthed list of his resolutions for that year, which include: Work more and better, take bath, shave, save dough, play and sing good, dance better, love everybody, and wake up and fight. By 1943, he was roaming the streets of New York City with his Facist-Killing Machine and a clean shave, so he definitely accomplished a few of these goals. [via Boing Boing]
Flashback: When Woody Guthrie Roamed The Streets Of NYC
Next month (September 8th through October 1st), the Theater for the New City will begin their production of "Woody Guthrie Dreams," which will offer up over twenty songs by the iconic musician. The play itself focuses on "the last thoughts" of Guthrie "as Huntington's Disease takes hold of his mind and body," and he reflects on his life. Sounds real cheery. For another look back at Guthrie's life, click through for some photos of him roaming around New York City in 1943, with his fascist-killing machine.
Jimmy Prince, Butcher
For the better part of the last 60 years, Jimmy Prince has worked a 12-hour day behind the counter at Major Prime Meat Market on Mermaid Avenue. Yesterday, the 77-year-old butcher closed his shop for good, seeing as many longtime customers off as possible. Coney Island neighbors filled the place: some brought snacks, like plates of cookies and cake. Others cried. Former customers hoisted cameras above their heads to get a good shot of Jimmy and took pictures of the sign that said “no hamburgers left” taped to the front door. Glen Miller played on an old boombox in the corner. As the crowd spilled onto the sidewalk to share stories, inside the 75-year-old store Jimmy Prince demonstrated that he can still break down a chicken in less than 15 seconds. He stood at the butcher block and neatly put all of the parts in a plastic bag, handing it over to one of his last customers, a woman in her late fifties. Prince smiled and scooped some cookies into a separate plastic bag. “For your mother,” he said.
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EVENT: This weekend marked the opening of Water Taxi Beach, and if today's weather is beckoning you to some sandy shores, we suggest heading over there. Their beach blanket bash includes DJs Soul2Soul and Steven Retas, Nef Nunez, Brian Coxx and Brian Burnside -- all on hand to soundtrack your tan.
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MUSIC: Frequenter of the Hotel Chelsea, Country Joe McDonald (pictured at Woodstock) will be taking the Joe's Pub stage tonight to perform a tribute to Woody Guthrie where he "deftly conveys all the charm, talent, and social and political consciousness of the legendary folksinger from Oklahoma."
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READING: We've been gushing over filmmaker, performing artist and writer, Miranda July's new book (and its accompanying website), No One Belongs Here More that You. Tonight she reads from her collection of short stories at Paula Cooper Gallery. There she is at left, typing away, and you can listen to her reading on her MySpace.
Bombs Over Baghdad
"OutKast's Big Boi was more than a little surprised when tennis pro Jennifer Capriati requested recently that "Bombs" be played as a sign of support for the troops in Iraq as she took the court for a match...The problem is Big Boi was strongly opposed to the U.S. invading Iraq without United Nations support and he never intended the song as a pro-war exercise." However, Big Boi does say:
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