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How To Be A Man: A Talk With Glenn O’Brien

Posted on June 26, 2011 by George
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Glenn O’Brien is a writer-at-large, and currently featured regularly in GQ Magazine as “The Style Guy.” He studied film as a graduate student at Columbia, and, after publishing a review for a film, was hired by Andy Warhol as a music critic for Warhol’s then nine month old magazine called Interview. In the late ’70s and early ’80s, he hosted a cable-access program called TV Party, which featured downtown art and music figures like David Byrne, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Blondie and … Continue reading →

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Bike Lanes

Posted on June 17, 2011 by George
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In the wake of recent NYPD crackdowns on bicycling violations, videographer Casey Neistat got a ticket for not riding his bike in the bike lane. With hundreds of automotive and other “quality of life” violations happening every hour at any given intersection in New York, the ridiculousness of the Neistat’s citation is made even more hilarious by this video. Enjoy. (For the record, I violate my share of bicycling laws, too.) Follow Casey Neistat on Twitter: twitter.com/​caseyneistat

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A Little Night Music

Posted on December 13, 2009 by George
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The platform at 59th Street Uptown 1 train was filled with the most beautiful music from an extraordinary cellist tonight. The piece I heard him play was classical (I didn’t recognize it), and the cellist got applause from everyone on the platform, which I’ve never seen in my fifteen years in the city. If I didn’t have to get to get to Barnes & Noble before midnight, I would have stayed on the platform a little longer. It was a … Continue reading →

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David Byrne – Eclecticist, Bicyclist, Urbanist

Posted on September 23, 2009 by George
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David Byrne already represented two of my favorite things: eclectic taste in music and New York City. On his internet radio station – Radio DavidByrne.com – he ushers in an amazing mix of music from all over the world. With his new book – Bicycle Diaries – he adds another item to his repertoire of some of my favorite things: riding my bike around the New York City. Below is a link to his September 21, 2009 post on Huffington … Continue reading →

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