Archive for the ‘Bushwick’ Category
BushwickBK Redesign Party @ Tandem Bar
The online-paper, BushwickBK, has undergone an impressive new redesign. In honor, the crew will be having a Redesign Party at Tandem bar on Wendesday, April 13, from 9-11pm at Tandem Bar. Complimentary drinks will be served courtesy of Reyka vodka. Head on out there for the celebration and check here for all the details. Tandem [...]
Wait, What is a BūKE and GāSS?
I was first introduced to “Riposte” by Buke & Gass before the expected release date. Working for their record label, The Brassland Label, I got a little taste of what the world was about to hear. Within the first few seconds of loading the CD into my car’s stereo system, I immediately began to decipher [...]
Hana Food: Sandwich Extraordinaires. Taxonomy Fail.
For a small sandwich shop with dual locations in Williamsburg and Bushwick, Hana Food is getting a lot of attention. First the Village Voice and now Huffington Post. Locally known for their huge (overwhelming) selection of innovative sandwiches, wraps, melts, paninis, etc., the media is focusing with laser-like precision on their sandwich names – specifically, [...]
Friday Music to Coast You Into the Weekend: Lisa Jaeggi
Pete’s Candy Store, a perennial neighborhood music favorite served up some great new talent last night. Meet Lisa Jaeggi, a Maryland native who calls Brooklyn home. A singer songwriter of tremendous talent with a great soulful voice – comfortable mashing up Bon Iver (For Emma) and Beyonce (Halo) making it sound like it was meant [...]
My Grandmother Said There Are Witches in Brooklyn
What happens when two sorostitutes take the wrong train and end up in Bushwick? They become witches, of course. The Electric Mess shot their newest video “You’ve Become a Witch” on location in Bushwick. Evidently, some serious crazy shit happens around the Montrose stop (we can attest to that). The music video is much more [...]
Bushwick Music: Navegante.
You’re tired and drunk walking home late at night as you take a shortcut through the warehouse area in Bushwick. It’s not your habitual route home, but some inexplicable force is taking you there. Too tired to fight it, you just follow. The smell of dirt and rain mix with the smell of boiling rice. [...]
Bushwick Music: Elli Perry
I’m breathing water, I’m taking deep breaths, and it’s all because I have bet my lovesick heart in a game I knew I could not win…. She’s singing accompanied only by her acoustic guitar in a café somewhere deep in Bushwick. She’s beautiful and melancholic. Only the innocent can tell such great lies to themselves. [...]
He Has a Mustache, But Wears it Unironically. Charles Bronson Kills Hipsters.
It’s open season on the hipster and Charles Bronson is packin’ heat.
Bushwick Music: Photon Dynamo & The Shiny Pieces.
You’re young, broke and idealistic. Your creativity doesn’t let you sleep at night. You don’t care about food, sleep, clothes or love, because art is the only thing that matters right now. And you know you have to do it; give a tangible form to all that’s inside of you… You probably live in Bushwick [...]
Beta Spaces 2010 – Open Studios in Bushwick
I’m sitting on a bench on Bogart Street, sipping my latte and observing crowds emerging from the Morgan subway stop melting into Bushwick. It’s a perfect autumn Sunday, you couldn’t possibly ask for a better weather. The air is crystal clear and the sky is ridiculously wide and blue. Bushwick is vibrant today. People have [...]
