Sunday, August 4, 2013

EV Grieve Etc.: Mourning Edition


[This morning on First Avenue]

At the Sun Bright Hotel on Hester Street, "where men pay $10 a night to live in tiny cells bounded by chicken wire" (New York Post)

The MoRUS Film Festival continues all this week (MoRUS)

Video for "Take A Look At That Baby" — from the forthcoming album by Eden & John's East River String Band... and featuring R. Crumb. (YouTube)

Remembering Ronnie Cutrone (The New York Times)

Interview with underground cartoonist Kim Deitch (Comic Book Resources)

A tourist films NYC in August 1980 (Flaming Pablum)

Stoops in the city (Gog in NYC)

Jimmy McMillan endorses Anthony Weiner (The Observer)

Beatbox championship yesterday at Drom (NY1)

4 comments:

  1. Yay! John is actually adding a few revisions to the video now so i will send you the link again...

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  2. Sure thing! I really like the video...

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  3. In keeping with the 1980 NYC theme, here's a video of Dolly Parton showing off her Manhattan apartment with Central Park views. It looks like she may be in either the Sherry-Netherland or The Pierre:

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/04/dolly-parton-apartment-1980_n_3704201.html

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