On Monday, Brooklyn’s newest record store opened its doors at 64 North 9th Street. It’s the New York home of famed British store/label Rough Trade and it seems like it […]
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GIRLS Trailer Hits the Internet
Have you guys heard of this show, GIRLS? No one ever talks about it. Oh wait, sorry my brain just traveled back to the early 2012 for a minute–what I […]
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Mexican Summer Five-Year Anniversary Festival, Night Two
Following my previous post on the first night of Greenpoint record label Mexican Summer‘s five-year anniversary festival in October, here is a concluding report on the second half of the fest. It […]
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Fred Flare 2 Day Going Out of Business Extravaganza Tonight & Tomorrow (11/22-23)
We got the news from Brooklyn Based that Fred Flare, the clothing and novelty store that has a warehouse at 300 Kingsland Ave in Greenpoint is going out of business […]
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11.21.13 Mixtape // Ski Lodge
Bread-and-butter rock band Ski Lodge‘s bassist Jared O’Connell curates this week’s mixtape. Take ‘er for a walk through McGolrick and jam on after the jump!
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Wolkoff’s Needs Lotsa White Paint After Starting a 5Pointz War
A Save5Pointz Facebook fan commented “they’re gonna need painters on stand by” after the landlord Jerry Walkoff white washed the building overnight, painting over the works of countless of street artists.
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So… Brooklyn’s First Vine Film Fest Happened
The Vine Film Festival, a “celebration of filmmaking of all sizes,” took place Saturday, Nov. 9th, at Bat Haus Coworking Space in Bushwick. The festival, in its inaugural year, is […]
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Greenpointers’ Fall Fashion Roundup #2: Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Pumpkins are rotting, leaves are disappearing and that damn bitter winter wind begins whipping down city streets. Nighttime temps are down in the 30s. There’s a frost alert on my […]
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NYC FAIL: LIC’s 5Pointz Destroyed – All For Luxury High Rises
In a tragic turn of events for the street art community worldwide and the general soul of NYC, 5Pointz’s exterior walls and the works of over 1500 international artists was […]