@auran recommended this show and instructed me to go in blind, so I did. Amy, who accompanied, chose to read a review.
I was curious why the ticket-site seat-picker showed the front row sold out, but then people seemed to choose seats as far from the stage as possible, while avoiding the center aisle. How odd! I happily bought two tickets for fourth row, center. Amy, knowing what this portended, said nothing.
Even though I'm not really sure what just happened, I'll never forget it.
as @IveyJanette reminds us, #Trump wants to hold a fundraiser rally at Madison Square Garden; so here's A NIGH AT THE GARDEN, a short documentary made entirely with archival footage from the night #Nazis held a rally at #MSG in 1939.
you will notice then, just like today, cops protecting the Nazis from protesters; including ISADORE GREENBAUM, a courageous Jewish man who stormed the stage in protest.
"If the jury deliberating in Donald Trump's criminal trial makes the historic decision to convict him, the judge overseeing the case will face a monumental choice: whether to sentence the 2024 Republican presidential candidate to time behind bars."
If the governor is committed to keeping (&funding) the National Guard in the #NYC subways because she thinks it "makes people feel better," maybe someone could tell her how great funding our libraries would make us feel. More bang for the buck in weekend library hours, if you ask me.
I first saw BLOB DYLAN graffiti when I visited Bushwick, Brooklyn, in January 2021. Despite being a life-long resident of Brooklyn, that was only the second time I had been to Bushwick. I did not see any more BLOB DYLAN's prior to May 26, 2024, when I crossed into Bushwick for the third time. I was on about mile 18 of what would end up being a 22.6 mile walk, but that did not stop me from documenting my first BLOB in more than three years.
(Note: I was not 100% sure whether this was in Bushwick or Ridgewood until I checked a map. Fortunately, I made note of the fact I found BLOB at the intersection of Wycoff and DeKalb Avenues.)
Cool, cool. End of August. Sure, no rush, bike lanes don't need protection or anything.
(#NYC's 311 has entries allowing you to report multiple types of 'illegal' games, but nothing for reporting any kind of unsafe bike lane situation. So you just send a generic comment to #NYCDOT Queens commissioner, which may get answered eventually..) #BikeNYC
wondering if there's a space like @offline in NYC. Know of a couple of hackerspaces but they feel a bit different (based on very limited research and experience...).
Also just generally looking for more folks who align with things you see on https://offline.place/ and would like to hang out/collaborate 🤔 after attending p4p, it's clear that I want more in-real-life interactions 😄
the recent crackdown on unlicensed #nyc#cannabis bodegas has ushered in a massive overnight vibe shift from over-the-top garish to hilariously anonymous. the next phase in weed bodega aesthetics, already a topic for street art documentarians. (photos by a pal, but expect to see it in my neighborhood soon.)
I love my handsome gray former-foster boy Cloud so much that every time I see a beauty like him I think for a second "what if i had..."
But, we also have Cleopatra now &that's what we have space for. So somebody else in #NYC should #Adoptdontshop & hit up #NYCACC to get these pretty kitties.
@br00t4c
T**** tried to claim "25,000 people" attended his rally in the #Bronx.
The evening news reported only about 3,500 attended ("HowManyPeopleInPicture" #AI reports roughly 1,000 in the attached photo. Another 1,000 were reportedly in line. Not sure where the rest are.)
One of T****'s dead-enders tried to claim the aerial photo was from "7 hours before the event when it was pointed out that #TheOrangeMenace can be seen "right there center stage speaking."🤦♂️ #TooStupidForPolitics
@br00t4c
One protester who attended T**** #Bronx rally said she observed "license plates from Tennessee, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, etc."
T****'s "groupies" follow him around the country to ensure he's never seen before a tiny crowd to make it look like he's more popular than he really is.
The #Media's playing a dangerous game allowing this myth to perpetuate. It's why they can't believe it when he loses by huge numbers, and "the only explanation is that the election must have been stolen".
@daihard@Andres4NY@rejinl we managed to get out of the airport in Amsterdam without getting a train card, got a couple stations down to our hotel, and when we tried to leave the station they made us go BACK to the airport to get a train card...
"Clear majorities of respondents say they back peaceful pro-Palestinian demonstrations and ‘an immediate ceasefire,’ but 61% feel the protests ‘crossed the line into antisemitism’"
That these protests increase suffering by siding with a perceived underdog. But when almost the entire UN has voted to recognize Palestine as a state, whereas the #icc only refers to Israel as a territory, they've inverted the meaning of underdog.
I'm just not seeing how these protests are against oppression as they only fan the flames in effectively rewarding the Hamas policy of martyring civilians. They've incentivized death.
I will be in #NYC at the #Alzheimer's Association to discuss "The Alzheimer's Journey: #Grief, #Guilt, #Memory, Love." It is a hybrid event (on line and in-person) that will take place on August 20th from 1 to 2 pm.
@msquebanh@CindyWeinstein My grandpa owned a buisness that supported his family, so when he eventually was too far gone to run it, my dad and I took up the business for him while my grandma became my grandpa's caregiver 24/7. It was so rough because we'd see my grandpa every few days to drop off the books at my grandmas so we got to watch the decline in real time. It was honestly mentally scarring, it scares me so much.
@CindyWeinstein@msquebanh mastodon has been wonderful for helping me cope with the reality of my sickness, finding like minded people honestly very much helps.
50 years ago tonight, television (in their original lineup with richard hell) tape an appearance on the underground tonight show at cafe wha?, alongside #PattiSmith & david peel & jackie curtis & others, aired on #nyc public access #television sometime later that year, surfaced incredibly in 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLlhYiN4gmU#punk [1/2]
5/22/74 cafe wha?: amazing 3 minutes of television on #television, playing verlaine’s HARD ON LOVE & making excellent rock faces (as is one of the hippies on the side of the stage, also doing some great gesticulating, visible behind hell). apparently john lennon saw it when it aired. as punk as they ever sounded. #tvfreaksunite#tv052274 [2/2]
I came across this charming car with a cherry blossom design in the heart of Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, New York CIty. The find was fitting since there were many cherry blossom trees in the area when I stumbled upon the car on April 23, 2024.
