i have been running in the middle of the streets lately toward traffic and it definitely ups the adrenaline. hope i don't die! most people give me lots of leeway but every so often there's one crazy who wants to make a point who all but swerves to clip me. haw haw look at that guy running on an empty street so that he doesn't freak people with their kid out by not wearing a mask because he's trying to exercise and still socially distance, think i'll maybe kill him
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 January 2021 02:43 (three years ago) link
Great job
Vaccination lines across NYC are moving slowly. The reason: lots of restrictions about who is eligible and a disorganized delivery system. As a result it's often difficult, to schedule enough people at once to justify opening a vial of vaccine. https://t.co/Z0EcmPP1AZ— Joe Goldstein (@JoeKGoldstein) January 8, 2021
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 8 January 2021 17:01 (three years ago) link
related: Mostly Apolitical Thread for Discussing/Venting our Rational/Irrational COVID-19 Fears and Experiences in 2020
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 8 January 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/nyregion/andrew-yang-manhattan-apartment-new-york.html‘“Can you imagine trying to have two kids on virtual school in a two-bedroom apartment, and then trying to do work yourself?” Mr. Yang said in the initial interview.’This fucking guy
― calstars, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 12:25 (three years ago) link
Whoops
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 13:54 (three years ago) link
see also De Blasio: I Have Too Much 'Going On' to Ride the Subway to Work
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:14 (three years ago) link
Man, that was boneheaded. Honestly if he had just left out the “can you imagine” part it would have been nowhere near as bad. “We have an autistic son and it was becoming very hard to meet his needs in our space while also working full time.”
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:29 (three years ago) link
Good point.
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:34 (three years ago) link
nobody's doing their best communicating right now and everyone's angry is how i break it down to an extent. this will likely be forgotten in a few days but yang is fighting an uphill battle under the best of circumstances and he ran headlong into an inauspicious beginning.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
de blasio lives in an 8 bedroom villa in park slope iirc
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Tuesday, 12 January 2021 15:38 (three years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/nyregion/hudson-yards-suicide-vessel.html
The Vessel, the spiraling staircase at Hudson Yards on Manhattan’s Far West Side, was closed to visitors on Tuesday, a day after a 21-year-old man jumped to his death in the third suicide in less than a year.It was unclear when the 150-foot structure, the vast development’s centerpiece, would reopen to the public. A spokesman for Related Companies, the developer of Hudson Yards, said that the structure was “temporarily closed” and that the firm was consulting with suicide-prevention experts, including psychiatrists, about how to limit the potential for more suicides.The structure was considered a major tourist draw for Hudson Yards, a $25 billion project that is the largest mixed-use private development in U.S. history. After opening to great fanfare in 2019, the development now faces an uncertain future as a result of the pandemic’s effect on everything from tourism to office work. It has been largely empty for months.Visitors and critics had raised concerns that the Vessel’s design could pose safety risks. Audrey Wachs, the former associate editor of The Architect’s Newspaper, wrote in a 2016 critique: “As one climbs up Vessel, the railings stay just above waist height all the way up to the structure’s top, but when you build high, folks will jump.”The community board first contacted Related Companies about taking steps to prevent additional suicides at the structure last year after the first one.“Because the Vessel’s chest-high barrier is all that separates the platform from the edge, the likelihood of a similar, terribly sad loss of life cannot be ignored,” Mr. Kern, the board chairman, wrote in a letter.Mr. Kern said on Tuesday that the board continues to believe that the best way to stave off further suicide attempts is to increase the height of the barrier.“That’s the only thing that’s going to work,” he said.He added that he understood there was hesitation to alter what is considered a work of art, but that should not be a priority now: “After three suicides, at what point does the artistic vision take a back seat to safety?”
It was unclear when the 150-foot structure, the vast development’s centerpiece, would reopen to the public. A spokesman for Related Companies, the developer of Hudson Yards, said that the structure was “temporarily closed” and that the firm was consulting with suicide-prevention experts, including psychiatrists, about how to limit the potential for more suicides.
The structure was considered a major tourist draw for Hudson Yards, a $25 billion project that is the largest mixed-use private development in U.S. history. After opening to great fanfare in 2019, the development now faces an uncertain future as a result of the pandemic’s effect on everything from tourism to office work. It has been largely empty for months.
Visitors and critics had raised concerns that the Vessel’s design could pose safety risks. Audrey Wachs, the former associate editor of The Architect’s Newspaper, wrote in a 2016 critique: “As one climbs up Vessel, the railings stay just above waist height all the way up to the structure’s top, but when you build high, folks will jump.”
The community board first contacted Related Companies about taking steps to prevent additional suicides at the structure last year after the first one.
“Because the Vessel’s chest-high barrier is all that separates the platform from the edge, the likelihood of a similar, terribly sad loss of life cannot be ignored,” Mr. Kern, the board chairman, wrote in a letter.
Mr. Kern said on Tuesday that the board continues to believe that the best way to stave off further suicide attempts is to increase the height of the barrier.
“That’s the only thing that’s going to work,” he said.
He added that he understood there was hesitation to alter what is considered a work of art, but that should not be a priority now: “After three suicides, at what point does the artistic vision take a back seat to safety?”
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 05:10 (three years ago) link
wait why are they consulting psychiatrists about a building other people are jumping off
― early-Woolf semantic prosody (Hadrian VIII), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 05:15 (three years ago) link
they wanna know how they really feel about it.
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 05:17 (three years ago) link
Sarah Jessica Parker Says NYC is 4th Character for 'Sex and The City' https://t.co/zkyybdOcGA— TMZ (@TMZ) January 13, 2021
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 19:15 (three years ago) link
the only more annoying co-star than catrall
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
This reminds me of Lars ulrich’s line “I am my own best friend”
― calstars, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 20:59 (three years ago) link
who the hell was asking for a SITC reboot in 2021?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
hbo apparently
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
that's like when magazines say the person of the year is YOU or whatever
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
The adoration of SJP has always been completely baffling to me
― calstars, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 22:22 (three years ago) link
Doesn’t she have a shoe store at the South Street Seaport?
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 22:25 (three years ago) link
You can kind of see it in that Twitter photo.
― calstars, Wednesday, 13 January 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
Oh sorry, thanks, didn’t click to see/zing
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 22:44 (three years ago) link
https://gothamist.com/news/photos/photos-mta-bus-left-dangling-overpass-bronx
― calstars, Saturday, 16 January 2021 18:46 (three years ago) link
hayri atak proposes the striking, sinuous 'sarcostyle tower' for the new york skyline https://t.co/7Ouo0W3yAN pic.twitter.com/gdmW61R4kk— designboom (@designboom) January 20, 2021
― calstars, Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:27 (three years ago) link
i just finished nk jemisin's 'the city we became,' in which new york city fights against a lovecraftian menace that attempts to take over the city's buildings and people.
thinking about that for no particular reason.
― boz conspiracy by toby hus (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:30 (three years ago) link
i love it
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:40 (three years ago) link
the expanse called, they want their shitty Manhattan skyline back
― calstars, Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:41 (three years ago) link
also
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/21/nyregion/casino-manhattan-nyc.html
― calstars, Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:42 (three years ago) link
I loved that book too! I think it taught a lot of ppl about Staten Island lol/sob.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:43 (three years ago) link
the angles...they're wrong!
― boz conspiracy by toby hus (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 January 2021 14:45 (three years ago) link
love how much that article struggles to reconcile the fact that the Aqueduct casino already exists with the Times worldview in which a location in Queens, on the A train and closer to Manhattan than JFK, is "downstate"
― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 21 January 2021 15:01 (three years ago) link
Rough Trade is closing and "moving"https://blog.roughtrade.com/new-york-we-are-moving/
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 January 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
^ kind of a perfect sized venue for a show. I saw a sunny day in Glasgow there
― calstars, Thursday, 21 January 2021 17:42 (three years ago) link
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/excerpts-from-the-sex-and-the-city-revival-in-which-samantha-is-replaced-with-fran-lebowitz
― dinnerboat, Thursday, 21 January 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
https://bushwickdaily.com/bushwick/categories/food-and-drink/6678-our-wicked-lady-vs-cuomo
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 21 January 2021 18:49 (three years ago) link
Oh xpost re: casinos, I think the deal with the Aquaduct casino is it's kind of not a 'real' casino? I.e. only games that can somehow be made to fit with in lottery/games of chance laws can be played there? So it sounds like part of what they were saying is that the license for Aquaduct could also potentially be upgraded to some kind of full license.
― chinavision!, Friday, 22 January 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
Hmm, interesting! If only we had some kind of professional casino intellectual who posted here...
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 22 January 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
lol
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 January 2021 16:49 (three years ago) link
do you actually gamble doc? i dunno the genesis of yer sobriquet
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 22 January 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
Me neither.
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 January 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
But I like the way you worded that, forks.
Never play poker against a doctor who's named after a casino
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Friday, 22 January 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
Apologies to the casino doctor!
― chinavision!, Friday, 22 January 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
lol i know nothing about casinos or gambling, i'm just goofin! the name is from a "rehearsal" for a one-off, one-show "band" that spent more time brainstorming names than preparing music. i got into this thing of Doctor _________ names, really liked "Doctor Casino," and when when i used up all my capital keeping us from being called something else, i ended up saving it for my own stop-start musical projects etc. this was all in like 2003 or 2004... now i wish i'd used different aliases for different things but whattayagonnado.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 22 January 2021 19:44 (three years ago) link
(the leading name suggestion was, inexplicably, "The Winkies")
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 22 January 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
dodged a bullet there imo
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 22 January 2021 20:21 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx8-J66yawM
― Next Time Might Be Hammer Time (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 January 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
BK venue shutdown alert:
Hey, friends.We've decided to close our doors for the time being. The outdoor vibe has been extremely nice with the fire pits, heaters and yurts, but the costs of providing these things, which increase as the temps go down, are causing us to lose money – not what we wanna do right now, obviously!We've really been enjoying connecting with you in person, but our biggest priority is fully re-opening on the other side of the pandemic. Temporarily closing until it gets a bit warmer will make it easier to survive the long road.If you have an upcoming booking this weekend or beyond, your reservation fee will be refunded in the coming days, and you'll get a separate email from us with all the details shortly. If you have any questions, just email he✧✧✧@nowad✧✧✧.n✧✧.While the long term future isn't crystal clear yet, we're confident we'll be back with you for our limited, heated outdoor operation when things warm up a bit – likely in mid- to late-March. Keep an eye on your inbox and our Instagram account for updates.For now, you can still join us for our Virtually Nowadays session on The Lot Radio from 1pm to 2pm today (Mad Mirian will be at the helm), and you can stream hours and hours of wonderful sounds and edifying talks on our Patreon. We suggest pairing your at-home audio/visual experience with a nice homemade meal. Our friends at The Mixtape Shop have a new grocery section full of specialty items to make a good dinner (not to mention their ample stock of excellent records).If you don't feel like cooking, order in from one of these Black owned businesses. Spread the coin around if you've got it.That's all from us for now. Stay warm, stay safe, and get that vaccine when it's your turn. We're looking forward to seeing you as soon as we can.Big Love,Nowadays
We've decided to close our doors for the time being. The outdoor vibe has been extremely nice with the fire pits, heaters and yurts, but the costs of providing these things, which increase as the temps go down, are causing us to lose money – not what we wanna do right now, obviously!
We've really been enjoying connecting with you in person, but our biggest priority is fully re-opening on the other side of the pandemic. Temporarily closing until it gets a bit warmer will make it easier to survive the long road.
If you have an upcoming booking this weekend or beyond, your reservation fee will be refunded in the coming days, and you'll get a separate email from us with all the details shortly. If you have any questions, just email he✧✧✧@nowad✧✧✧.n✧✧.
While the long term future isn't crystal clear yet, we're confident we'll be back with you for our limited, heated outdoor operation when things warm up a bit – likely in mid- to late-March. Keep an eye on your inbox and our Instagram account for updates.
For now, you can still join us for our Virtually Nowadays session on The Lot Radio from 1pm to 2pm today (Mad Mirian will be at the helm), and you can stream hours and hours of wonderful sounds and edifying talks on our Patreon. We suggest pairing your at-home audio/visual experience with a nice homemade meal. Our friends at The Mixtape Shop have a new grocery section full of specialty items to make a good dinner (not to mention their ample stock of excellent records).
If you don't feel like cooking, order in from one of these Black owned businesses. Spread the coin around if you've got it.
That's all from us for now. Stay warm, stay safe, and get that vaccine when it's your turn. We're looking forward to seeing you as soon as we can.
Big Love,
Nowadays
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 January 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
Honestly didn't even realize they'd stayed open though it makes sense that they did, being an outdoor, beer-garden-style establishment in the first place.
(Technically Queens, but by like, one block.)
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 29 January 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link