Visual Coercion

John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats David Bazan and his band 10/18/09 at Bowery Ballroom Bad Rabbits Bradford Cox Ted Leo, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, WA Plus or Minus

Saturday May 8, 2010: The High Line

The wind was gusting in New York all day Saturday, enough to nearly pick me up off my feet at times or push me out in front of an oncoming car- despite my typical inclination to avoid that sort of thing. High winds signal a change in the weather, and those of a literal bent [...]

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Falconing

After sitting my sedentary hours at the office today, requisite for not much longer, I went for a 5.5 mile run to circulate the blood and shake the funk I was in.  Looking up as I made my laps, I noticed a hawk hovering in a giddy state of confusion over the patch of lawn [...]

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Trans Am at Knitting Factory BK, and What Might be an Image of the Same

I had the happy accident on Saturday to walk past the Knitting Factory and notice the placard advertising Trans Am were playing the following night.  So, Sunday night, to cap off an anodyne afternoon of walking across the Williamsburg Bridge to see The Runaways (it was good), I was back at the Knitting Factory filling [...]

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Atlas Sound at Music Hall of Williamsburg 10/21/09

It comes as no surprise to this reviewer that I got a ticket to the Atlas Sound show at Music Hall of Williamsburg as soon as tickets went on sale.  Nothing would be left to chance for me in the idle man’s game that is CMJ, the only world-famous rock festival that isn’t a festival.  [...]

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