Celebrating Community
Pete Hamill was a poet disguised as a reporter disguised as a novelist disguised as a memoirist – there is such a word, I assure you, but Pete would never have used it. It sounds too phony. Like the pre-recorded cheers they pipe in for the radio and TV gasbags at COVID-emptied ballparks. Remember Pete’s columns in the New York […]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, fuckin’ with some wet-ass pussy Bring a bucket and a mop for this wet-ass pussy Give me everything you got for this wet-ass pussy “WAP,” it’s the song of the summer, even though summer was cancelled by the coronavirus. So, not much of a summer, and truth be told not much of a song. Once […]
For download or limited edition 2-CD set https://redmeatcountry.bandcamp.com/releases By Jack Grace If you understand legitimate rootsy country music, listening to the band, Red Meat is satisfying in a way not unlike scratching that hard to reach itch way in the middle of your back. They have a deep groove all their own that only a truly committed band with years […]
Located in the middle of Grand Street, just one store down from Ferrara’s Pastry Shop, E. Rossi & Company, opened in 1910. It is one of the last remaining authentic stores in Little Italy. “Initially,” says Ernie Rossi, grandson of the owner, “we sold newspapers and magazines. Then we began publishing translation books, enabling native Neapolitans to translate their dialect […]
Tired of Netflix and chill? Miss going to the movies? Maybe you just need a change of scenery? Well, good news. After more than 50 years, the New York Film Festival is finally coming to the boroughs. But you’ll need to gas up your wheels, book your Zipcar, or lock down a rental to attend. The 58th NYFF runs September […]
My last in person museum experience was at the MoMa in February. As the months have passed and the pandemic still rages on, I have been eager to engage with new art in an immersive way. UNTITLED’s (a contemporary art fair organizer) inaugural VR art fair, UNTITLED Art Online (running from July 29th through August 9th), looked like a promising […]