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...tailgates of my youth. Beside the standby parks and fairgrounds, this city’s bridges, rooftops, even its pools have been transformed to host a slew of performers from the up-and-coming (Rodrigo y Gabriella at the Central Park SummerStage) to the timeless standard (Sonic Youth in Brooklyn??s McCarran Pool). And, most recently, an obscure local punk band performed in my own garage...
...quite. We need look no further than New York to see that race still matters in politics. Earlier this year, David Yassky encountered resistance when he ran in the Democratic Congressional primary in Brooklyn??s majority-black 11th District. Residents called for him to drop out of the race because he was white. Yassky stuck it out but lost anyway to a black city councilwoman, Yvette D. Clarke...
...fifteen minute set played in conjunction with a burrito-eating contest isn’t an ideal arena in which to introduce new music.”A little less than two weeks before the Paradise gig, Blanks. had a spot more to their liking. They headlined at Brooklyn??s Underwater Lounge to promote the New York City release of their EP, “Infinite Lives.” Le-Khac’s brother booked the venue, and 200 of the band’s friends and fans turned out in force. Boch recalls...
...friends and friends-of-friends. The icing went on the cake when the 22-year-old London rapper/singer known as Ninja fortuitously responded to an ad. The band gelled immediately. The Go! Team’s success since then is a classic blog-buzz success story like that of Brooklyn??s Clap Your Hands Say Yeah or Montreal’s Arcade Fire. The influential online music site Pitchfork put The Go! Team’s album in its Top 10 Albums of 2004 list. The buzz about The Go! Team spread so fast at this spring?...
...BROOKLYN??Most students would probably like to forget their entire college application process—the hours spent agonizing over the dreaded open-ended essay question on something “meaningful.” Most students place what they remember of the experience in that box of bad high school memories alongside taking the SATs, making science fair projects and finding a prom dress. However, for me, deciding what to write about in my college essay was a no-brainer: the New York Yankees...