From The Wall Street Journal today:
When the Bowery Poetry Club closed its doors last week, it sent a familiar ripple of dismay through the rapidly gentrifying East Village.
Check out the rest of Lana Bortolot's article here, which includes comments from Jeremiah Moss...
"Whether it's a bar or a cafe or bookstore, [the East Village] was a place where people could meet, talk to each other and share ideas. Not only have we lost those people, but those who remain don't have a place to crash into each other and create that kind of friction."
I don't even know what any of these things are. I think I've heard of the beer pong thing, but flip cup and CORNHOLE? I guess I'm lacking in cultural sensitivity.
ReplyDeleteI must admit, Cornhole is a pretty good time. FYI: http://cornholeworldwide.com/?gclid=CIKpp7DQtbECFQhN4AodLzIA7A
ReplyDeleteUgggh.
ReplyDeleteAlso this is giving cornhole a bad name. That game is a shit ton of fun and should not be lumped in with this otherwise douchey behavior!
Flip-cup is an enormously fun relay-race where you drink a small amount of beer and then try to flip your cup over. Then your teammate does the same, and so on. Sounds a little gross to do it at a bar, it's more of a house party game. I don't know what cornhole is.
ReplyDeleteI own a bar and I didn't know what any of these were until some young'un clued me in. Cornhole is like shuffleboard but with beanbags and a wooden box with a hole. Flipcup is a game where 2 teams line up and drink from a cup do something stupid, flip the cup over and pass the turn to the next person. Always wondered why you needed to do things in order to drink
ReplyDeleteOMG cornhole! I'm so there. If you've never played or heard of cornhole, head to the deep South. They get damn serious about it.
ReplyDeleteYep. "deep south". Can't wait. I'm on my way right now.
ReplyDelete@Anony 5:21 PM-When I see the word Cornhole, I also think of the “deep” South:
ReplyDeleteMountain Man: I bet you can squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee!
Bobby: Weee!
Mountain Man: Weeeeeeee!
Bobby: Weee!
always wondered why you had to drink to do stuff
ReplyDeleteSorry, but "cornhole" is slang for ANAL SEX. I don't want to know anyone that plays a lame bar game of the same name. Get the fuck out of New York.
ReplyDelete@Crazy Eddie: Ha ha ha! This river don't go to Aintry, mister!
ReplyDeleteWow, for people living in a city with so many different cultures some of you have something going on against Southerners! I'm sure my Southern family would be thrilled at the stereotypes written here. And yes, they play cornhole, and no, they don't "squeal like a pig." Cornhole is fun!
ReplyDeletei don't even know what to say that in a post about the vanishing literary culture of the East Village, most of the commenters here are all, "woo-hoo cornhole and flip-cup!"
ReplyDelete“Cornhole is fun”. And so was the War of Northern Aggression. Hah. I’ll never forget when they raised the Hunley (I am a very amateur Civil War historian) the news feeds tried to focus out the hundreds of pleasure boats that were wearing the Stars and Bars. Hooray for Bonnie Blue Flag! By the way, sweetheart, this is New Yawk, we abuse EVERY culture here and the South is fair game. Get with the program.
ReplyDeleteDamn, Southerners and Southern haters, cornhole isn't even about the South! "One story claims that the game was first played during the 14th century in Germany, then rediscovered in Ohio within the last century.[3] Many American scholars confirm that a game of very similar nature was played amongst Native Americans in Midwest America, who filled pigs' bladders with dried beans and competitively tossed them for entertainment" (Wikipedia)
ReplyDeleteEV now if you posted something about a corndog, my life would be complete.
ReplyDeleteWe are living on a college campus- that's where you'll find all these games and more
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