I just got back from vacation in Vico Equense, a town on the Sorrentine peninsula in southern Italy. The people there seem wealthier than when I last visited a dozen […]
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 Picks: Live Soundtracks
Bands often consider it a backhanded compliment if you tell them they would sound great at a party. Most bands prefer a rapt audience to a loud bar crowd. But […]
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Weekend Music Picks: Back to Basics
Greta Kline and Mac McCaughan revive the best qualities of the early-1980’s nascent New Wave movement, with Kline starting from a folk foundation and McCaughan working in post-punk. They are […]
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Weekend Music Picks: On the Sunny Side of the Street
“For every graveyard in the moonlight, there’s a junkyard in the sun,” sings the Texan folk-rocker Butch Hancock. Lately, our weekend music picks have been luring you to some dark […]
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Weekend Music Picks (5/1-5/4): Choose your own adventure
This week I am going to teach you my favorite web-based ways to preview bands playing in North Brooklyn, so you can discover your own favorites to catch this weekend. […]
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Weekend Music Picks: A How-To Guide for Going Crazy at the Club
This weekend’s music picks are dedicated to our favorite dance and club music around town. We’ve also provided some advice about clubbing properly, sourced from some classic songs about the […]
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This Saturday is Record Store Day
Local record stores are offering extended hours and live in-store performances for Record Store Day this Saturday (4/18). Captured Tracks, Academy Records Annex, Record Grouch, Rough Trade, and Earwax […]
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Weekend Music Picks: The Sound of Fury, or Kindness, If You Prefer (4/17-4/19)
A few decades ago, if I wanted to buy a Gorilla Biscuits or Dead Kennedys t-shirt, it meant dragging my scared, skinny fifteen-year-old self to St. Mark’s Place to find […]
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Weekend Music Picks: Breakups and Hang-ups (4/10 – 4/11)
Neighbors, I must warn you, I am a little out of sorts today. My wife has flown to a faraway coast on business, and when that happens I get […]
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Weekend Music Picks: Beyond the Headline(r)s (4/4-5)
Back in the day, there was an advice columnist who assumed the persona of a familiar figure: your most annoying relative. He provided “wisdom you did not ask for […]