The Downtown Brooklyn Thread

boo hoo!

i preferred pundneb

like you could ever take the heat

i'm not talking about him going too easy or too hard on anyone in the world, i don't give a damn if he talks up putin (and who wouldn't, with those tigers), i'm talking about the fact that he is a shitty writer whose every other sentence is some kind of horrible hackneyed cliche that was retired in 1983. note that the words "shitty writer" are vastly different from smug, and that i don't give a flying crap what publications he's written for and how that speaks badly of him in like maybe 4 people's minds.

xpost if you can't get to the content because it's written so badly, then what is the point? you sound like ned raggett -- "i pay no heed to lyrics, i listen to music only for the music" well if you are listening to music with words then you're missing half the fucking point, savvy? also gabbneb is a writer so what does that zing have to do with things?

gabbneb is a LAWYER whoops

u want the gabbnerd u cant handle etc so on and so forth

srsly tho, interviewing a politician while trippin is pretty hilarious on the face of it, i just dont want to read an essay about it, just watch a 30 sec youtube video, and btw i would laughing at the dude on acid, not at the politician

― beyonc'e (max), Thursday, December 11, 2008 1:07 PM (3 minutes ago)

^^^ this is pretty accurate. this also completely negates this bs argument about style v substance that morbius is making because what substance comes out of this kind of exchange? i'm sure it's hilarious/really, really irritating to watch but it's purely stylistic maneuvering, and more importantly, stylistic maneuvering that was first done in like 1968 for god's sake.

i often imagine this dude looking like matt drudge, when i read his writing, just because it's funnier that way.

like sexy matt drudge

the substance is that all politics is a farce

omg how cutting edge

or conversely WHOA TRIPPING BALLZ

all the worlds a stage, and men and women merely players

haha gr8 w/ the "savvy," schef. I ddin't know you employed Runyonisms!

Let's say I don't know what kinda writer MT is today and leave it at that.

who's been to Freddy's lately?

life is a tale told by matt drudge, full of sound and fury, and acid, signifying nothing

imo freddys has a weird negative vibe - not sure when i start feeling that way

The Hustler is at BAM movies tnite btw but I can't go.

also plz could ILNFL keep gabby off I Love Baseball?

icey, we shd have a drink sometime, imagine the laffs.

i do my best to please you, dr. m!

i was at freddy's last like a couple months ago? it was kinda crowded, all three times i've been there since i moved, more crowded than i ever remember it being.

yah dawg i would throw some back w/u

one thing i really dislike abt freddy is when theres band in the other room u can here them in the front and the fucking soundclash w/whatevers playing in there is v troubling

i don't know if i've ever been there when a band is playing but i can see that happening for sure. i dunno, i like freddy's ok enough, i mean it's not different to me than most other places i could go to, but...i mean, the thing is that the layout there is fucking awful and now that it just seems to be really crowded all the time it makes it that much harder to navigate/get a place to sit/hang out.

everything is crowded now

morbs we should grab a drink sometime and talk about how to run away from arguments you can't win

I don't argue w/ lawyers anymore than I fuck w/ prostitutes

everything is not crowded, are you matt taibbi?

he's Yogi Berra

Plug for a friend- Jeff Heavy Metal Parking Lot Krulik's NYC movie shorts showing. I don't know where this is in Brooklyn:

I'm happy to start the new year with a Brooklyn screening at LIGHT INDUSTRY tomorrow night, January 6, at 7:30PM:
http://www.lightindustry.org/krulik.html
Included in the 90-minute program of new work includes developing projects HEAVY METAL PICNIC and LED ZEPPELIN PLAYED HERE. Author and critic Michael Azerad (Our Band Could Be Your Life) will lead conversation and discussion afterwards.

A multitude of readers and concerned residents have contacted us regarding the possible demise of the B67 busline that runs to Park Slope and beyond.

According to this highlight of the proposed budget cuts, B67 weekend and weekday service would be cut completely, which would be a major blow to the residents of Kensington and other nearby neighborhoods who rely on this line.

Here's what you can do to help:

Brooklyn Public Hearing
6pm on Wednesday, January 28
NY Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
333 Adams St, Brooklyn

Reginella Pizza on Atlantic <3 <3 <3

Unrelated Atlantic Ave thing. The other day I went into what I thought was a mens' vintage store (grungy digs, no sign). Turned out to be Paul Smith. I had to do that embarrassing look at the tag, realize I can't close to afford anything, and then browse for a little while longer to pretend I wasn't running out on sticker shock thing.

hurting like my shrink says the dudes behind the register really dont care if u peace out

yeah, that sounds exactly like the kind of thing I would need my shrink to remind me

or max

The max is in. 5¢.

carroll gardens sex club

only five blocks from home, how convenient

wait now it's further away oh well

eww

Unrelated Atlantic Ave thing. The other day I went into what I thought was a mens' vintage store (grungy digs, no sign). Turned out to be Paul Smith. I had to do that embarrassing look at the tag, realize I can't close to afford anything, and then browse for a little while longer to pretend I wasn't running out on sticker shock thing.

― You just got HAPPENED (Hurting 2), Saturday, February 14, 2009 9:14 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

you know what, i don't even bother anymore. sticker shock and i'm out.

I usually add a Bronx cheer

sex club fap?

dnw

the gay joint in Pk Slope is waaaay cheaper.

fer serious!

i think we mean diff joints :)

not into gay sex tho sry

not me so much either. like Lubitsch films better.

fair enough

our hood getting a lot of attention lately cr?m

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/realestate/08Livi.html?_r=3

woot!

i luv ft greene, want 2 move there when the lease is up

Have been to DB a lot lately to harass a realtor whose family lives on Joralemon. Let me tell you, nothing burns quite as much as walking down block after block of ridic brownstones in the most expensive neighborhood in the entire borough, trying to get a measly one-month deposit out of a family that you know is rolling in it.

Actually for all I know they're mortgaged up to their crooked eyeballs, but that's not my problem.