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• listen to Death by Audio live album 'Start Your Own Fucking Showspace'

  04-08-2016 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The album features live performances by Thee Oh Sees, Future Islands, Ty Segall, Lightning Bolt, Dan Deacon, Parquet Courts, Protomartyr, JEFF the Brotherhood, A Place to Bury Strangers, Deerhoof, Protomartyr, METZ, all recorded during the last month of the Brooklyn DIY space.
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• Mouth of the Architect releasing 'Path of Eight,' share "Drown the Old"

  04-08-2016 23:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ohio post-metal outfit Mouth of the Architect have been doing their thing since the early 2000s, churning out some of the better post-NeurISIS music out there as a band that understands that you really have to write songs and, above all, crush to justify all the atmospherics...
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• Action Bronson playing shows, including Coney Island

  04-08-2016 23:37 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Also: listen to his song with Dan Auerbach and Mark Ronson from the 'Suicide Squad' soundtrack.
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• Power playing NYC after Ex-Cult tour & Gonerfest (dates & LP stream)

  04-08-2016 23:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Melbourne garage punks Power (not to be confused with various other bands of that same name) released their debut album Electric Glitter Boogie last year. It's definitely worth a listen if you dig the Australian garage rock/post-punk scene, or just anything with glammy swagger and punky energy...
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• NBC says negative stories raise Rio awareness, help ad sales

  04-08-2016 23:20
  
  NBC says pre-Olympics reports about issues like the Zika virus and Brazilian political unrest helped raise awareness of the Rio de Janeiro Games and thus boost advertising sales
  
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• Phosphorescent, Bill Callahan, Woods & more playing Huichica East fest in Upstate NY

  04-08-2016 22:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The California folk/psych fest heads East for the first time.
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• Comic book containing Superman's debut sold for $956,000

  04-08-2016 22:51
  
  A rare copy of Superman's 1938 comic-book debut has sold at auction for almost $1 million
  
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• NBC says negative Olympic stories helped ad sales

  04-08-2016 22:22
  
  NBC says pre-Olympics reports about issues like the Zika virus and Brazilian political unrest helped its advertising sales
  
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• Duchess Says share 2nd single from new LP, touring in October with Future Punx

  04-08-2016 22:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Montreal band's wild, unpredictable live show is not to be missed.
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• Turnstile releasing new EP, share new songs

  04-08-2016 22:06 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Baltimore hardcore outfit Turnstile have a new EP called Move Thru Me on the way. These guys work with a very '90s-sounding throwback form, the kind of dirty, shout-heavy hardcore that seeks to be catchy and angry at the same time (not catchy in a pop-punk way...more like catchy in a Rage Against the Machine way)...
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• Live concert of 'Game of Thrones' music set for Los Angeles

  04-08-2016 22:04
  
  For anyone who can't wait for the next season of "Game of Thrones," a live concert of the show's music in Los Angeles next week might make the loss a little less bitter
  
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• Say It Ain’t So: Bushwick’s Palisades Appears To Be No More

  04-08-2016 22:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Even being depicted on the cover of an April issue of The New Yorker couldn’t save Bushwick music venue Palisades, as it appears that the revered venue might not be coming back.
  After being closed down by the NYPD in the midst of this year’s Northside Festival, the venue anticipated being closed for “a few days.” That time period quickly extended vastly, as the venue expected to remain closed until August.However, in an Instagram post Thursday, the venue appears to h
  
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• Adult Magic (Iron Chic, Broadcaster, etc) streaming EP, playing shows, one with Nadir (Latterman, OWTT)

  04-08-2016 21:35 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Adult Magic is Jesse from Iron Chic and Broadcaster, Mike from Iron Chic and Crow Bait, and Chris from Sister Kisser and Crow Bait. If you listen to any of those bands, you probably have some idea of what to expect from Adult Magic. It's jangly punk with a clear Westerber-gian influence and some solid hooks...
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• Prince's ex-wife wants to keep 2006 divorce records sealed

  04-08-2016 21:34
  
  Attorneys for Prince's ex-wife Manuela Testolini are arguing that records from the couple's 2006 divorce should remain sealed
  
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• William Bell released 'This is Where I Live,' playing free Hudson RiverStage show

  04-08-2016 21:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Old-school soul man William Bell released his new album This is Where I Live, his first in over a decade, earlier this summer...
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• How Viola Davis shaped her powerful 'Suicide Squad' role

  04-08-2016 21:32
  
  Viola Davis is being praised as one of the bright spots of "Suicide Squad."
  
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• Singer of band Modest Mouse cited in Portland car crash

  04-08-2016 21:09
  
  Police say the lead singer of the alternative band Modest Mouse was cited for crashing into a city of Portland pickup truck after falling asleep at the wheel
  
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• New ABC chief: seeking diversity in 'Bachelor' franchise

  04-08-2016 21:07
  
  Six months into the job as ABC's programming chief, Channing Dungey said she's clear about where she wants to see the "black-ish" and "Fresh Off the Boat" network go, including toward further diversity in the "Bachelor" franchise
  
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• The Changing Facade of the Gowanus Canal: Inside 365 Bond

  04-08-2016 20:40 via bkmag.com
  
  By all accounts, the Gowanus Canal was a clean waterway when it was built in 1849. But the industry that it supported, and the combined wet weather and sewage overflows that emptied into it at 10 bank-side locations, made it, to put it lightly, dirtier. In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency designated the canal a Superfund site.Just a year prior, in 2009, developer Toll Brothers Inc. initiated a zoning change to the canal’s waterfront to construct a residential complex with just und
  
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• Kiefer Sutherland as an accidental president in his new show

  04-08-2016 20:36
  
  If there's a clear-cut hit on broadcast TV's fall lineup, it's likely to be ABC's political thriller "Designated Survivor."
  
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• The Shaggs' 'Philosophy of the World' getting Light in the Attic reissue w/ NYC release/tribute show

  04-08-2016 20:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The outsider art cult classic will be out on vinyl and CD with liner notes by Lenny Kaye.
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• NY man seeking jail guard's job busted for cartoon sex video

  04-08-2016 19:44
  
  Authorities say a western New York man seeking to become a jail guard has been charged with encouraging students on a bus to watch a video showing a cartoon film character performing sex acts
  
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• Raft of honors for Cameron allies angers UK opposition

  04-08-2016 19:37
  
  Dozens of staff, allies and advisers to former Prime Minister David Cameron have received honors from Queen Elizabeth II _ a move that has been criticized by opposition politicians
  
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• Happy Birthday, Mr. President: Five Times Barack Obama Hung With Hip-Hop Stars

  04-08-2016 18:57 via bkmag.com
  
  With November 2016, and our potential apocalypse—er, presidential election—rapidly approaching, it’s high time we appreciate the White House of the past eight years. And, finally, a lot of people have taken to doing just that, and there is no better time to continue to do that than today: President Obama’s 55th birthday, his final one in the Oval Office.
  Setting politics aside, the Hawaiian-born president has easily been the coolest to ever lead the ex
  
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• The Arthodox: The Freedom of Choosing Restriction

  04-08-2016 18:47
  Wednesday, September 21, 2016 7:00 pmCentral Library, Info Commons LabThis film explores the two different life concepts of Efroim (Seth) Snyder, a New York visual artist from a secular Jewish background who adopted the Hasidic life style as a young adult. It probes his search for identity and the influence of his religious commitment on his artistic life: What relation is there between the human need for order and rules and the necessity for disorder to avoid unproductive rigor?
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• Bowie's farewell album 'Blackstar' up for UK's Mercury Prize

  04-08-2016 18:33
  
  David Bowie is favorite to win Britain's prestigious Mercury music prize for "Blackstar," the haunting album released days before his death
  
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• Lady Gaga, Travolta help celebrate Tony Bennett birthday

  04-08-2016 18:23
  
  A star-studded guest list that included John Travolta, Bruce Willis and Lady Gaga helped celebrate Tony Bennett's 90th birthday on Wednesday in New York City
  
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• Top Trump aide acknowledges campaign split over backing Ryan

  04-08-2016 18:17
  
  Republicans' frustration with Donald Trump has reached new heights, with party leaders scrambling to persuade their presidential nominee to abandon divisive tactics that have triggered sinking poll numbers and low morale
  
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• Pretty soon, Frankie Cosmos will be even more famous than her parents

  04-08-2016 18:15
  
  Greta Kline is the mastermind behind Frankie Cosmos. Photo: Landon Speers
  Listening to Next Thing, the new album from Frankie Cosmos (aka Greta Kline, daughter of actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates), is like eavesdropping on the private thoughts, daydreams and observations of a young girl on the cusp of actual adulthood. Armed with catchy pop melodies and Kline’s lovely voice, Next Thing captures that crucial life phase with honesty and charm—and remarkably, it does so in
  
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• Appeals court upholds Adrian Peterson suspension in '14 case

  04-08-2016 18:10
  
  A federal appeals court has ruled that the NFL was within its rights when it suspended Minnesota Vikings star Adrian Peterson in 2014 after he was charged with child abuse
  
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• [►AUDIO, PODCAST] Today, Gersh is still on vacation, and Brooklyn Paper Radio talks Trump

  04-08-2016 17:34
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Vince DiMiceliBrooklyn PaperBrooklyn Paper Radio is back today — again — and, mercifully, without Gersh Kuntzman, who is working on his new Fringe Festival play “Murder at the Food Co-op.”But that doesn’t mean you can’t listen to Gersh during last week’s unheralded episode, which snuck its way on Thursday without much fanfare. In that edition, Gersh and Vince discussed Brooklyn’s L-Pocalypse with a random Will
  
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• Apocalypse Now: Bushwick Could Be Getting a Branch of a Designed-for-Instagram Restaurant

  04-08-2016 16:59 via bkmag.com
  
  It’s commonplace for chefs to begrudgingly add a burger to their menu as an easy selling, universally appealing gateway to their more innovative, personally felt fare. Some even deign to stack an egg on that burger, in search of fleeting Instagram infamy secured through the camera phone lenses of 20-year-olds, seized with somber-faced import as they perch precariously above their chairs.Yet these shrewd mini-maneuvers in no way match the wily cynicism of the newly opened 2nd City, a West V
  
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• NBC gears up for Olympics with exhaustive coverage plan

  04-08-2016 16:44
  
  If you miss anything at the Olympics the next couple of weeks, it won't be NBC's fault
  
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• Review: The Dead Daisies will impress rock fans with 3rd CD

  04-08-2016 16:20
  
  On their third album, "Make Some Noise," The Dead Daisies offer a sonic wave of arena-ready songs that are strangely already kind of familiar
  
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• Trip Through Your Wires: Trying And Failing To Get My First New York Summer Back

  04-08-2016 16:00 via bkmag.com
  
  I move to New York with everything I own stuffed inside four large trash bags. Left behind in Boston is a mattress, a nightstand, a small bookshelf, and an entire life. I am a 19-year-old with an ID that says I’m 22. A friend of a friend of a friend has a sister subletting her studio in Murray Hill for $1100 a month. I find someone to split the cost with, and we purchase a twin-size blow-up mattress.On my first night in the city, I sit on the mattress and consider typing a text message to
  
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• Breaking up the bundle? Dish relegates ESPN to an add-on

  04-08-2016 15:03
  
  Dish Network is offering a new "skinny" bundle of about 50 cable channels that doesn't include ESPN and some other sports channels, giving people who don't care about sports a way to save money on TV without joining the ranks of "cord cutters."
  
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• [THE RIDE] Brooklyn homers its way past Renegades

  04-08-2016 14:38
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By David Russellfor Brooklyn PaperCyclones 3Hudson Valley 0August 3 at Hudson ValleyThe Cyclones used a three-run homer and dominant pitching in a 3–0 win at Hudson Valley to climb back over .500 on Wednesday night.All the scoring came in the third. Gene Cone led off with a walk, Colby Woodmansee singled with one out, and Pete Alonso hit a three-run homer to left-center to give the Cyclones a 3-0 lead. The shot was Alonso’s fourth home run of the s
  
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• Film As a Subversive Mass Art: Joe Dante at BAM

  04-08-2016 14:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Joe Dante at the MoviesAugust 5-24 at BAM
  It makes perfect sense for a Joe Dante retrospective to consist of the films he loves as well as the ones he made. Which is what BAMcinematék has decided to do to honor and celebrate one of the undisputed masters of contemporary American cinema. Joe Dante belongs to that pre-Tarantino generation whose love and critical understanding of cinema not only animated their careers as filmmakers but was embodied in their films. As the title of his first
  
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• Indian filmmaker jailed for raping US graduate student

  04-08-2016 13:50
  
  A New Delhi court has sentenced an Indian filmmaker to seven years in prison in the rape of an American graduate student last year
  
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• Christian musician critically injured in ATV accident

  04-08-2016 13:35
  
  Christian musician Dallas Taylor is in critical condition after an all-terrain vehicle accident in Florida
  
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• Car-nage: outdoor festival fire chars hundreds of vehicles

  04-08-2016 11:36
  
  The parking lot of an open-air music and dance festival in eastern Portugal resembles a vehicle graveyard after a wildfire gutted 422 cars
  
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• [►VIDEO, PHOTO GALLERIES] Bring on the night! Borough parties with the police for ‘Night Out’

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperThey had the right to remain excited!Scores of families celebrated the relationship between police and community during the borough’s various National Night Out Against Crime celebrations on Aug. 2. Locals all over Brooklyn enjoyed noshing on hot dogs and Italian ices, jumping on bouncy castles, and watching kids’ dance performances alongside the men and women in blue. Police were
  
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• [►VIDEO, BOROBEAT] Bring on the night! Borough parties with the police for ‘Night Out’

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyThey had the right to remain excited!Scores of families celebrated the relationship between police and community during the borough’s various National Night Out Against Crime celebrations on Aug. 2. Locals all over Brooklyn enjoyed noshing on hot dogs and Italian ices, jumping on bouncy castles, and watching kids’ dance performances alongside the men and women in blue. Police were
  
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• [STANDING O] Take us out to the Ball Game

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyBushwickThree cheers to the Brooklyn Bulldogs Baseball team and Coach Charles Lalane. The team took one heck of a summer field trip to the Dominican Republic. Coach Charles is a math teacher at Bushwick’s Phillipa Schuyler IS 383, and has dedicated his life to teaching children and believing in the power of field trips.The Bulldogs,levels 12U and 14U, traveled to Samaná in the Dominican for a baseball cultural exchange with local tea
  
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• [RED HOOK] Checkin’ in with … 76th Precinct’s Deputy Inspector Elliot Colon

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperCrime is at historic lows in the 76th Precinct — which includes Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, and Red Hook — according to Commanding Officer Deputy Inspector Elliot Colon, and he says you can thank Twitter! The social messaging service has helped officers there reduce overall crime — rape, robbery, assaults, burglaries, and grand larcenies — with 69 fewer crimes than last year. Shootings are also down — f
  
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• [PARTY LINE] More questions over Harris’s finances

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyMoney problems are once again plaguing freshman Assemblywoman Pam Harris (D–Coney Island).First critics eyed her seemingly cozy relationship with the non-profit she founded before taking office and which operates out of her house.And she released a letter on Aug. 2 — hot on the heels of a Daily News article highlighting her 2013 bankruptcy and her currently owing more than $30,000 in back taxes — explaining a 200
  
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• [FEARLESS PARENTING] The consequence of making a mistake? Compassion

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Stephanie Thompsonfor Brooklyn PaperI hate being a parent sometimes — especially when I see my kids make mistakes I should have been better at warning them about. And then I remember: mistakes are unavoidable and loss is impossible to prevent. And only during the aftermath of mistakes and loss do we learn how to deal with it and move on. That I can try to influence.
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• [EVENT] Run amuck: Muddy obstacle course challenges racers

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Alexandra SimonBrooklyn PaperRegular Joes take on G.I. Joes!
  Brooklynites who want to test their mettle can compete against basic-training toughened troops at the Civilian Military Combine race at Fort Hamilton base on Sept. 10. The five-mile course will combine mud-covered obstacles with a fitness and weight-lifting segment designed to test every aspect of a competitor’s fitness, said the designer of the run.&ldq
  
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• [DUMBO] Glamourpuss: Fancy feline photos dress up Brooklyn Bridge Park

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyTalk about cat fancy!Portraits of felines dressed up in elaborate outfits will gussy up a fence below the Brooklyn Bridge this summer, as part of the fifth annual “The Fence” outdoor photography exhibit, on display until Sept. 20. The camerawoman behind the “Feline Couture” pictures says that the images are the next evolution of pictures she took as a child.
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• [CHANGING BROOKLYN] Factory reset: Gowanus rezoning will kill blue-collar business, say industrialists

  04-08-2016 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperIs this the end of gritty Gowanus?The city is considering rezoning the entire neighborhood for more residential development, and if it goes ahead, local business boosters predict the changes will be the death of the area’s blue-collar businesses, as they can’t afford to compete with luxury housing tycoons.“There is huge money to be made by developers who want to come in to an area zoned for manufacturing, gobble u
  
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