Apt 6/14
Behold an actual byproduct of the new changes to the MTA effective today.
Via Bowery Boogie.
Update They're going to change it.
Cute 6/8
One block south of my present location, via NYC the Blog.
The Gulf of Mexico 5/14
Brad Ascalon Redesign 5/8
I recently programmed a redesign of Brad Ascalon's site:
Brad is a furniture and industrial designer based in New York City with clients and exhibitions worldwide.
The site shows off some new Jquery javascript techniques.
The Joy Formidable: Popinjay 5/2
Beautiful, transcendent show at Mercury Lounge last night. Opening band was The Dig, who were great and are having a record release party at Mercury in early June.
They also played a new song, Popinjay, video is below. I've already posted too much TJF so here's a link to get the song on Amazon.
Seven Alarm Fire 4/12
Look at Those Dead Bastards 4/6
Wikileaks has obtained sickening video of a US Apache helicopter killing a bunch of unarmed men and then wounding children in a van in Baghdad in the summer of 2007. The children were denied care at US military hospitals and taken instead to an Iraqi hospital.
Some quotes from the men on the radio:
Look at those dead bastards. Nice.
And, when Saeed, the Reuters journalist, is wounded, struggling to get up off the curb
All you gotta do is pick up a weapon
Or, apparently be rescued, because when a van shows up with children to take him to the hospital, they flatten it.
Well that's their fault for bringing their kids into a battle.
NYT coverage at the time and now, after the release of the video.
Update 4/7: Here's an excellent analysis by the Medium Lobster at Fafblog
Update 7/8: Bradley Manning, the whistleblower, now faces up to 52 years in military prison.
The Grates at Brooklyn Bowl 3/28
The Grates played an an amazing show at Brooklyn Bowl last night. I took some photos with this Sony CyberShot Leah is lending me, but I haven't quite figured it out yet. Flash or no flash? There was this one part where Patience rode someone's shoulders out into the crowd and it was a great moment but dark. The only shots I got were when I overlapped with someone else's flash. Anyway you can see at Flickr.
The Grates: Inside Outside
And Then This Happened 3/23
Chase Bank, 10th and 2nd, across from the St. Marks Church, Sunday morning. Via Marklow. According to Morgan Winn:
This happened across the street from my apartment. The protest happened yesterday. Chase is one of the biggest investors in mountain top removal mining. The protesters said they would leave a mountaintop in every Chase. They did.
I think it was pretty baller. Also didn’t hurt that the bulk of the protesters were part of a church choir that was singing lovely inspiration tunes.
Marina at the Bell House 3/15
Photo by Andrew D. Keller
It was an excellent show tonight at the Bell House. I think she noticed that I knew pretty much all the words to all the songs. It was her first show in the US! It was a big excited crowd and a warm welcome.
Update 4/7 Ok so obviously she noticed. From her blog:
I had 2 sold out shows in new york which may have been the most enjoyable experiences of my life.
