Pop music

XTC with "This is Pop" circa 1978.

Thrillseekers enter the Mystery Lot for photo opps

Kids today! A little bit ago... Waited until they left to post...

The Enterprise flies over downtown Manhattan

As you probably know, the space shuttle Enterprise was scheduled to fly over the city today... one day to live on the Intrepid ...

Here are photos that Lee S. Berman sent along to us... he took them on Grand Street near the FDR...

And we suddenly want to watch "Moonraker."

One way to bust an ATM thief

We came across this scene this morning on East Sixth Street near First Avenue...

... not sure if this is legitimate information... but it appears that someone wrote down information about the ATM thief...

Hello, it's Eak the Geek

Here's Eak the Geek (aka Eduardo Arrocha), longtime East Village resident...

He is a senior cast member of the Coney Island Circus Sideshow ... having performed there for more than 15 years...

These photos by Stacie Joy are from a recent Congress of Curious Peoples at Coney Island USA, where he performed.

While we're not sure how much Eak the Geek will perform there this year, the Sideshows are under way, currently held on Saturdays and Sundays... and the shows will expand as the season progresses ... Visit the Coney Island USA site for all the details...

Dr. Geller, I presume?

Spotted this morning outside Villa Schwilla (uh, David Schwimmer's new home at 331 E. Sixth St.)...

Report: Police guns stolen from 9th Precinct

Since February, someone has stolen four 9mm handguns, two bulletproof vests and other items from a locker room at the Ninth Precinct, the Post reports today.

Despite an Internal Affairs investigation, the thefts have continued, usually during the night shift at the station on East Fifth Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue.

"Whoever is doing this is pretty ballsy. I can’t believe the department, especially the Internal Affairs Bureau, isn’t taking this more seriously," an unnamed source tells the Post.

The NYPD believe it us an inside job — the room is inaccessible to anyone walking in off the street, the Post notes. And nearly 180 people work in the station house.

And how is the thief penetrating the lockers?

"If you just bang on the lockers they pop open," said one source.

[Image via New York Songlines]

The rent for the Lucky Cheng's space

A few weeks ago, Eater reported that Steve Kamali Hospitality was looking for an operator to take over the Lucky Cheng's space on First Avenue at East Second Street.

At the time, we couldn't find the listing... here it is, though there isn't a mention of rent...

A tipster with knowledge of the lease told us the asking rent: $40,000 a month for the massive space that includes two full-service kitchens, three full liquor licenses and a cabaret license.

On April 10, owner Hayne Suthon told us that there are several interested parties, but no deal yet. She plans to leave the space for Midtown in mid-July.

For more on the history of the space, visit Jeremiah's Vanishing New York.

Previously.

From Con Ed to Con Ed

Here's a penthouse view from the Con Ed power plant on East 14th Street looking west toward the Con Ed HQ on Union Square ... taken yesterday morning with the compliments of Mr. Gleason.

On the subway with Stanley Kubrick

As you may know, the Department of City Records unleashed some 870,000 photos of Manhattan dating back to the mid-1800s. But, no one can access them — the overwhelming demand shut down the site, as BoweryBoogie noted yesterday.

So. While we wait ... check out some photos that Stanley Kubrick (yes, that Stanley Kubrick) took on the NYC subways for LOOK Magazine in 1946...

[Museum of the City of New York]

You can find this photo and several others at the Museum of the City of New York blog.

[Updated] New, larger Rai Rai Ken opens Sunday on East 10th Street

As you may have noticed, the small noodle bar has moved a few storefronts to the east here between Second Avenue and First Avenue... into the former Teriyaki Boy space...

After a few tasting parties, per the sign, the place opens to the public on Sunday...

...Meanwhile, the former Rai Ren Ken space at 214, is empty at the moment...

The former location(s) are on the May CB3/SLA agenda:

Corporate Change (not heard at committee)
• Rai Rai Ken (Sobaya Restaurant Inc), 214 E 10th St (b)
• Curry-Ya (Shinko Foods Inc), 214 E 10th St (wb)

One neighbor heard that this would become a sake bar. Trying to get this one straightened out...

Updated 9:12 a.m.
Ev Grieve reader Michael notes that he ate in the new space last weekend... no special invitation or anything. It was just open.

It always seems so much more glamorous on TV

Doesn't it always though? Off the red carpet and away from the paparazzi ... you don't see the dingy entrance to usher the talent into the Loews Village 7 on Third Avenue or the sidewalk shed protecting people from a now-demolished Nevada Smith's or smell the urine coming up from the nooks and crannies of the darkened sidewalk...