I had a whole theme planned for this week’s concert update. It had something to do with music in people’s personal vs. professional lives. But I just took the dog […]
Posts by Author Archives: Peter Y.
Peter Y. is definitely a fake model who bought all his Instagram followers.
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Weekend Music: Catfished by a Drug Smuggler
Spring is a time of renewal. All the little lambs are born in the field >mmmm Easter dinner<. Tulips sprout along the paths in McGolrick. And most importantly, all the […]
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Weekend Music: Let’s Keep it Mellow (3/19 – 3/20)
It’s that time of year when it seems like every band in Brooklyn has decamped for the South by Southwest festival in Texas. Without large audiences and crowded band lineups […]
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Recommended Screenings for the Greenpoint Film Festival (3/17 – 3/20)
The Greenpoint Film Festival starts tomorrow, and here is our shortlist of recommended movies for you. The promise of a park in Bushwick Inlet has intrigued Greenpoint residents for a long […]
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Weekend Music: Here’s to Not Starting a Nuclear War
First, to celebrate today’s tropical temps, a calypso gift from The Kinks. That’s the song playing behind a trailer to the ’80s flop Club Paradise. This weekend brings some fine ’80s-style […]
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Weekend Music: Everything Old is New Again (3/3 – 3/6)
Some songs and memories never leave us. This weekend there are local opportunities to hear rockabilly, electronica, club, and calypso tunes that have stood the test of time. Let’s begin […]
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Weekend Music: Vote for Jerry
According to the pundits, primaries this Tuesday could seal the deal for both Clinton and Trump. That is a great thing for this country, at least during the campaign season. […]
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Weekend Music: Deep Thoughts
Our cold and wintry nights have put me in a philosophical mood. There are hundreds of bands and DJ’s playing in Brooklyn this weekend. How to listen to them all […]
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Weekend Music: Kurt Rambis is Still Knockin’ The Boots
Kurt Rambis is the new (interim) coach of the Knicks. If you don’t understand how exciting this is to a 43-yr old GP-residing columnist, here is Kurt Rambis, ’80s/’90-ish time […]
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Weekend Music Picks: Chessboxing Edition (2/4 – 2/7)
Walt Whitman, the American poet, essayist and Brooklynite, once nobly argued against being consistent and logical all the time: Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, I am […]