The Recording Industry of Association of America (RIAA) is reporting that measured shipment values on vinyl records have increased from 36.6% from 2006 to 2007. Even though this is significantly lower than CD and digital record sales figures (a half a billion CDs compared to 1.3 million vinyl records purchased in 2007), a considerable market [...]
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NOT SO SWEET TODAY
February 1st, 2009
After a lifetime of dignified detachment bordering on solitude, Caroline Kennedy just had to make a public spectacle of herself. Following in the footsteps of her mother, her elegant yet modest involvement in social causes and artistic patronage (despite the inevitable noblesse oblige elements) helped to perpetuate the Kennedy mystique and seemed to occupy her [...]
OBAMA IS BIG NEWS
November 6th, 2008
If anyone missed their golden chance to obtain a valuable copy of the New York Times, headlining Obama’s historic win, he/she certainly wasn’t alone (add me to the list). Copies sold out at stores and newsstands as fast they were delivered; by mid-morning the paper was sold out. The Times printed 50,000 more copies Wednesday [...]
HAPPY TIMING DEBTS
October 15th, 2008
The Times Square U.S. Debt Clock was erected on February 20, 1989 in those happy-go-lucky days of Reaganomics when prosperity seemed just a dream away and when credit lines were multidimensional. Built by the late and greatly forgotten real estate mogul Seymour Durst it was designed to call attention to the less-than-happy side effects of [...]
STADIUMS & MEMORABILIA INVESTMENTS
September 29th, 2008
The recent Auld Lang Syne observances in honor of our two departing baseball teams are a big business in NYC lately. Last week, we had the Yankees depart amidst a parade of saccharine nostalgia and commercialized praise; this week, it’s the Mets (not to be outdone; but, as always, ultimately outdone) departing amidst a similar [...]
MICKEY MOUSE JIHADS
September 25th, 2008
There are certain sects of religious fanatics (or psychotics) out there whose sole mission in life is to make life utterly miserable for those not sharing in their mission and, hence, not equally miserable. Every day and every night, while the world endlessly strives towards sweet delight, they tirelessly endeavor to bring endless night to [...]
THE YANKEES: GOODBYE/HELLO AGAIN
September 22nd, 2008
“It will only grow with time, like Lou Gehrig’s farewell, Don Larsen’s masterpiece and Reggie Jackson’s third home run in a World Series game. Untold thousands will say they were there the night the curtain fell on baseball’s grandest stage.” (NY Times)
Are they kidding!!! These pinstriped goons are only moving across the street; it’s unfortunate, [...]
A HOAX? YOU DECIDE
September 20th, 2008
In Sarah Palin, Republican desperation sought a new and dynamic salesperson to sell America on the old and moldering concepts of God and Country, Family and the American Dream. These traditional goal-inspiring and spirit-uplifting tag words were lost in the mire of, at least, 20 to 40 years of governmental shenanigans, intrigue and corruption: our [...]
BLOWN AWAY?
September 7th, 2008
The faded remains of this over-hyped storm called Hanna has finally come and gone as if nothing had ever occurred here but a rainy day, which is the case. Good riddance to yet another exercise in sensationalized weather forecasts, with the Weather Channel taking the lead in the fine art of transforming the slightest breeze, [...]
THE FUN SIDE OF UTTER DESTRUCTION
July 26th, 2008
clipped from gawker.com
“Dark Knight opens at midnight, and as the previews show, the city gets beat up pretty bad in the epic battle that ensues. New York is always getting destroyed over and over again in movies. Why? Because it looks awesome! Here are clips of the 15 best films featuring New York getting annihilated”:
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A SAVAGE LOW-LIFE
May 21st, 2008
“Following news that Kennedy has a malignant brain tumor, national radio host Michael Savage opened his show by cutting audio of Kennedy with clips of reporters discussing his diagnosis and audio from Kindergarten Cop in which Schwarzenegger says, ‘It’s not a tumor.’” He later played a Dead Kennedys song saying it was ‘in some respect [...]
NOW AND THEN…
November 9th, 2007
“In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded [...]
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- On This Day in History: March 12 Brooklyn Honors For Sedaka March 12, 2010Neil Sedaka has his well-deserved place of honor on the Brooklyn Celebrity Path at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. He was born in Brooklyn on March 13, 1939. Neil’s father, Mac, was a Brooklyn cabdriver. Neil grew up in Brighton Beach, where his grade school teacher at P.S. 53 arranged piano lessons for the aspiring prodigy. By […]
- 3 New Art Galleries Take Space in DUMBO March 12, 2010Three new art galleries have leased space in DUMBO, according to Zannah Mass, cultural affairs director for Two Trees Managment Co., landlord for all three galleries. The waterfront neighborhood of DUMBO is already a prime destination for art lovers, is […]
- Calendar: March 11-18 March 12, 2010Art ART 101: 101 Grand St., between Berry and Wythe, Williamsburg. (718) 302-2242 or www.art101brooklyn.com. “Just Words.” Through April 4. An exhibition of new work by Peter Scibetta. BROOKLYN MUSEUM: 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000 or www.brooklynmuseum.org. Kiki Smith: “Sojourn.” Through September 12. “To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient […]
- Shopping for a Good Cause March 12, 2010Housing Works, the non-profit dedicated to ending AIDS and homelessness, is now celebrating its 20th year. In the beginning, it was created when four members of ACT UP, a well-known AIDS activist group, joined together to help “the tens of thousands of homeless men, women and children in New York City living with HIV and AIDS.” Over the past 10 years their a […]
- Free Stuff To Do! March 12, 2010Rent is high, so keep your social life cheap. It’s women’s history month, and the world is all abuzz with the latest female “first” — Kathryn Bigelow winning Best Director at the Academy Awards on Sunday night. But this Sunday, you […]
- Pro Bono Barrister: BBA’s Legislative Night Becomes More Interesting March 12, 2010By Charles Otey The legal community, especially members of the judiciary, were eagerly awaiting the Brooklyn Bar Association’s (BBA’s) first “Legislators Appreciation Night” where members of the bar and bench would have an open forum to collegially discuss matters of common […]
- Women Declare: ‘We’re Not Dolls!’ March 12, 2010They Raise Awareness of Women’s HIV/AIDS in Brooklyn By Mary Frost Brooklyn Daily Eagle BOROUGH HALL — The afternoon crowd did a double take this past Wednesday as they passed through Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza. On the steps were hundreds of little dolls, each one bearing a large pink label with statements like, “I am an 18-year-old woman who just contracte […]
- SportsThe ‘Weghe’ of the Future March 12, 2010By John Torenli Groundbreaking Provides Hope in Otherwise Dismal Nets Campaign “Basketball has always been huge in Brooklyn,” New Jersey Nets interim coach and general manager Kiki Vandeweghe said in the days leading up to yesterday’s historic groundbreaking for the Barclays Center at the Atlantic Yards. Kiki should know. After all, the former NBA scoring ma […]
- David Yassky, Nominated as Taxi Commissioner, Is Expert in Field March 12, 2010As Committee Chair, Was At Forefront of Taxi Issues BROOKLYN — After several months of public speculation about his future, former councilman David Yassky, who represented Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and Downtown until this past January, has been nominated by Mayor Bloomberg as chairman/ commissioner of the Taxi and Limousine Commission. If the nomination is app […]
- ‘A Light-Hearted, Mini-Manifesto of Pragmatic Parenting Advice’ March 12, 2010Having had three kids in three years, now in their 20s and 30s, Brooklyn-born author Ellen Pober Rittberg knows a thing or two about raising teens. She put the knowledge she learned along the way into a newly released book called 35 Things Your Teens Won't Tell You So I Will. Not only inspired by […]
NY Times (NY Regional)
- New York Cabs Gouged Riders Out of Millions March 13, 2010Thousands of taxi drivers overcharged riders more than $8 million by switching the meter to double the rate, according to the Taxi and Limousine Commission. […]
- Marilyn Gittell, Advocate for Local School Decisions, Dies at 78 March 13, 2010Ms. Gittell was a political scientist and education reformer who in the 1960s was an outspoken advocate of decentralizing New York City’s public school system. […]
- Arrest Stokes Concerns About Radicalized Muslims March 13, 2010The arrest of a New Jersey man in Yemen is the latest in a string of cases involving radicalized American Muslims. […]
- E.E.O.C. Sees Bias in Almontaser Ouster at Khalil Gibran School March 13, 2010A federal commission has determined that the Department of Education discriminated against the principal of an Arabic-language public school in Brooklyn. […]
- United Healthcare and Continuum Health End Contract Dispute March 13, 2010A deal between United Healthcare and Continuum Health Partners has prevented many New Yorkers from being cut off from their doctors and the hospitals they use. […]
- Suspect Arrested in Attack in Midtown Bar’s Restroom March 13, 2010The police arrested a man from Pennsylvania in connection with the beating of a 29-year-old woman this week in Manhattan. […]
- Hurdles Remain in New York for Ground Zero Settlement March 13, 2010At least 95 percent of the workers who sued the city for health damages must accept the deal for it to take effect. […]
- Lottery Numbers March 13, 2010March 12, 2010 […]
- Richmond Hill Journal: Richmond Hill in Queens Aims to Do Better With Census March 12, 2010An area of Queens that had as little as 4 in 10 of its residents returning census forms in 2000 is working hard to improve its performance in 2010. […]
- Gillibrand Still Trying to Win Over Bloomberg March 12, 2010Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has worked against Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand’s candidacy but never said why. […]
Media Matters
- Quick Fact: Perino falsely claims health care benefits would take years to start
March 12, 2010On March 12, Fox News contributor Dana Perino falsely claimed that people would "not see benefits for four to five years after" the health care reform bill passes. In fact, numerous benefits contained in the Senate bill would become available in the first year after the bill is enacted.Perino falsely claims benefits will take years to begin Perino: - Beck attacks social justice
March 12, 2010Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked the concept of social justice and churches that promote it, asserting that it is "code language for Marxism" and warning that "when you see those words, run." In fact, numerous churches and religious faiths, as well as prominent religious scholars, espouse social justice, including the Catholic Church, t - Media Matters: In which Glenn Beck hosts talk of tickle fights
March 12, 2010This may forever be remembered as the week when "tickle fight" entered the political lexicon. The story stretches back to last week, when Eric Massa (D-NY) announced his resignation from the House of Representatives. It took many people by surprise, including conservative commentators, who initially reacted to the story by trumpeting ethics allegat - Karl Frisch: Gone fishin': Right-wing media hook another dubious Obama conspiracy theory
March 12, 2010After Robert Montgomery wrote in an ESPNOutdoors.com column that the federal government had a strategy in the works that "could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters," it was only a matter of time before the conservative media took the bait -- hook, line, and sinker. Easily - Doocy falsely suggests Byrd opposes reconciliation to finalize health care reform
March 12, 2010Fox & Friends' Steve Doocy falsely suggested that Sen. Robert Byrd opposed using reconciliation to pass health care reform, citing comments Byrd made in 2001. However, Byrd recently defended use of reconciliation to complete passage of health care reform legislation already passed by both the House and the Senate.Doocy suggests Byrd would oppose rec - Applesauce redux: Doocy endorses "treat them like dogs" health care reform fix
March 12, 2010Less than two weeks after Rush Limbaugh proposed eating "applesauce" as a solution for not being able to afford dentures due to lack of health insurance, Fox's Steve Doocy endorsed a veterinarian's idea to "fix" health care by "treat[ing] people like dogs." Limbaugh has also cited a lack of a "federal dog health c - Upping the double standard: Fox now asking if it's "time for Speaker Pelosi to go"
March 12, 2010Despite presenting no evidence that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was personally aware of concerns regarding former-Rep. Eric Massa's behavior months before those claims were made public, Fox & Friends hosted a panel on March 12 to discuss whether it's "time for Speaker Pelosi to go." But Fox news figures defended then-House Speaker Denn - Jamison Foser: Running with a bad crowd
March 11, 2010For a few weeks last fall, editors and ombudsmen at The Washington Post and New York Times seemed obsessed with the idea that they should be paying more attention to right-wing media and websites. In the wake of some wildly hyperbolic claims about ACORN, the nation's leading news outlets apologized for being too slow to run chasing after every "sca - Glenn Beck: Behind the Music
March 11, 2010Glenn Beck has repeatedly attacked popular music as "propaganda" that is helping to advance a progressive agenda and undermine America. Fox example, Beck warned that Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" is "about a progressive utopia" and that the Beatles' "Revolution" "spell[s] it all out" abou - Doocy baselessly claims Slaughter is angling to pass health care reform without a vote
March 11, 2010Fox & Friends' Steve Doocy baselessly claimed that Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) is offering a way to pass health care reform legislation "without actually voting on it." However, the House has already voted on and passed a health care reform bill, and a legislative rule reportedly under consideration would still require the House to vote o - Double standard: After defending Hastert over Foley scandal, Fox now attacks Pelosi over Massa
March 11, 2010Fox News has trumpeted stories that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's staff -- but not Pelosi herself -- may have been made aware of some concerns regarding Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) last year. However, following the revelation that then-House Speaker Dennis Hastert had likely been personally informed of email then-Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL) sent to a congressional - Fox accuses admin of "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab" land
March 11, 2010Seizing on allegations made by Rep. Bob Bishop (R-UT), Fox & Friends accused the Obama administration of moving ahead with a "secret" and "sinister" plan to "grab 12, 13 million acres, designating them as federal monuments." In fact, there is no such plan; the allegations are reportedly based on a "very preliminary - Cato's Tanner twists facts in NY Post op-ed on Dems "twisting arms" for health care votes
March 11, 2010Referencing HBO's "The Sopranos," Cato Institute senior fellow Michael Tanner wrote in the New York Post that Democrats "are willing to use every trick in the book to get this [health care] bill passed." However, many of Tanner's allegations of suspect tactics by Democrats are not supported by the facts.Tanner baselessly claimed - Rove's anti-health care reform column full of misinformation
March 11, 2010In a March 11 Wall Street Journal editorial, Fox News Contributor Karl Rove falsely claimed that the Senate health care bill has "abortion-funding language," adds to the deficit and contains no immediate benefits. In fact, the Senate bill prohibits federal funding of abortion, contains numerous immediate benefits, and, according to the Congressiona - Hannity falsely claims that health care bill doesn't provide immediate benefits
March 11, 2010On March 10, Sean Hannity falsely claimed that "we're going to pay taxes on this bill what for three, four years, before the bill is even implemented." In fact, numerous benefits contained in the Senate bill would become available in the first year after the bill is enacted.Hannity: "We're going to pay taxes" for years before th
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