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• Lorde Reimagines Six Tracks From Melodrama

  16-08-2017 21:09 via bkmag.com
  Exactly two months after the release of Melodrama, Lorde’s gone back to the studio to reimagine six of the album’s songs. The VEVO session, held at Electric Lady Studios in Manhattan’s Greenwich Village, let Lorde and Jack Antonoff “take the songs out of this little comfortable house that [they] go to every day” in favor of exploring their roots.
  Melodrama Reimagined at Electric Lady (Vevo x Lorde) (Originals) by Lorde on VEVO.
  But this session isn’t just a si
  
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• Police: Woman unleashes tirade and slaps lady

  16-08-2017 19:37
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownSlappedPolice arrested a woman who allegedly slapped a lady in the face and tried to take her purse on Bond Street on Aug. 8.
  The victim was talking on her phone by State Street at 2:30 pm when the suspect began to scream and curse, then slapped her on the right side of the face from behind. She next walked in front of the lady and threatened to take her purse
  
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• Stop whining about statues!

  16-08-2017 18:38
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyJust stop it now. You can’t change the past by knocking down a statue. You can’t erase the past just because you don’t like it.
  All of these folks want to change history. Why? Because it doesn’t jibe with what makes them happy. Tough toodles folks — what was was, ain’t no changing that.I think Malcolm X was a thug who incited violence, yet there are streets, parks, and schools honoring him.Why
  
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• Confederate Memorial In Brooklyn Will Be Removed Today

  16-08-2017 18:08 via bkmag.com
  With the shocking, disgusting, and unfortunate events of this past weekend undoubtedly still fresh in people’s minds, it’s important to remember that this kind of behavior, and this marked history, isn’t confined to just one area. Yesterday’s stunningly awful comments from our “commander-in-chief” only furthered opened the wound of the horribly divided state of our nation. While a naive few may not expect it, confederate and confederate-adjacent monuments rema
  
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• Brute sucker-punches man and woman

  16-08-2017 17:09
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn Paper78th PrecinctPark Slope
  Punch loveA nameless goon attacked a man and woman outside their Park Place apartment building on Aug. 4, slugging them each in the face.The victims told police they were between Caton and Vanderbilt avenues at 4:35 am when the fiend caught each of them with a sucker punch.The victims called for help, at which point the attacker fled, cops said.StalkedCops have given up the hunt for the man who trailed a 15-
  
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• Today on BPR: ‘Bushwick’ director Cary Murnion

  16-08-2017 16:20
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Moses JeffersonBrooklyn PaperDefend Bushwick!The Brooklyn neighborhood – home to hipsters, Hasids, and Hispanics – unites to fight off a rogue white supremacist army in the new motion picture, “Bushwick,” which opens Aug. 25 in theaters everywhere.But why wait? The movie’s co-director, Cary Murnion, will join Brooklyn Paper Radio co-hosts Gersh Kuntzman and Vince DiMiceli in a spirited discussion of his new film – and its
  
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• Police: Man strikes woman with a metal pipe

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper88th PrecinctFort Greene–Clinton HillPipe pummel
  Cops cuffed a guy who allegedly struck a woman in the head with a metal pipe on Navy Walk on Aug. 7.
  The victim was by Navy Street at 6:10 pm when the suspect hit her in the head with the pipe, causing bleeding and bruising. He then fled by running to a Fleet Walk roof, where police stopped and arrested him, a report said.
  Cane pain
  Police are searching for a creep who hit a 58-
  
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• Oh captain: Blackbirds standout ready for leadership role

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyHe’s ready for history to repeat itself.Long Island University senior Brian Paredes was captain of his high-school soccer team in Queens and, now, heading into his senior season with the Blackbirds, the standout defender is set to step back into the leadership spotlight.
  But his path to this role — and his role on the field itself — has changed a bit over the years.Originally recruited as a midfielder, starting in
  
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• Late push: Cosmos draw in Edmonton

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Laura AmatoBrooklyn DailyThey struggled to get an edge, but couldn’t.The Cosmos fought hard in a back-and-forth match against FC Edmonton at Clarke Stadium on Aug. 11, but came away with a frustrating 1–1 draw. The New Yorkers would have relished an outright victory, but the one point they got was enough to give the squad confidence as it looks to climb in the standings during the Fall season.“We had more mobility. We controlled the ball,&
  
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• Keeping peace in P’Slope: Locals rally in response to fatal Charlottesville violence

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn PaperThey took it to the extremists.Hundreds of Kings County activists occupied Grand Army Plaza on Aug. 13 to condemn the fatal violence that consumed a Virginia city on Aug. 12 when Confederate-flag-waving white supremacists clashed with anti-fascist protestors, leaving one person dead.“What happened on Saturday was incredibly disturbing and upsetting, and people were looking for an outlet.” said Liat Olenick, co-founder o
  
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• Firefighters battle blaze on 73rd Street

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn DailyFirefighters battled an inferno in a 73rd Street apartment building early morning on Aug. 15, which sent nine people, including firefighters, to the hospital, said a spokeswoman for the fire department.New York’s Bravest responded to reports of a blaze inside the building between Third Avenue and Ridge Boulevard at 7 am, and 105 firefighters had it under control by just before 8 am, the spokeswoman said.Emergency responders
  
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• Don’t be so hard on the neo-Nazis

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyJust stop it now. You can’t change the past by knocking down a statue. You can’t erase the past just because you don’t like it.
  All of these folks want to change history. Why? Because it doesn’t jibe with what makes them happy. Tough toodles folks — what was was, ain’t no changing that.I think Malcolm X was a thug who incited violence, yet there are streets, parks, and schools honoring him.Why
  
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• Crooks pose as police to rob man’s home

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn Daily61st PrecinctSheepshead Bay—Homecrest—
  Manhattan Beach—GravesendLying loutsThree frauds made their way into a guy’s E. Third Street home on Aug. 11 by saying they were law enforcement officers, and then robbed him, police said.The 34-year-old victim told police the criminals entered his house near Avenue U showing forged gold shields. One of the brutes then zip tied and taped his mouth shut and brandished a
  
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• City okays stop light for Ridge crossing

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Kadia GobaBrooklyn DailyIt’s a green light for the red light.The city has approved a signal light at the busy intersection of Colonial Road and 91st Street, where homeowners and residents of the nearby Shore Hill Housing senior complex say that crossing the street can be daunting and dangerous.
  “There’s a senior home right down the block, so this would be a good place for a light so that elders can cross the street safely,” said Bird
  
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• Change of faith: Trump crony converting old Jehovah’s Witnesses dorm to apartments

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperCall it a religious conversion.
  A billionaire pal of President Trump will transform a former Jehovah’s Witnesses dormitory in Brooklyn Heights into a residential complex after the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission approved the plans on Aug. 8.Vincent Viola — Trump’s first choice for Secretary of the Army — is turning the 237-unit property on Columbia Heights between Pineapple and Orange streets i
  
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• Attack of the ‘Clans’: Beloved app game comes to life in Brooklyn

  16-08-2017 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperTalk about virtual reality!Popular phone-based multi-player game Clash of Clans came to life in Dumbo over the weekend when two statues popped up at Old Fulton Square outside Brooklyn Bridge Park, shocking one avid player who had no idea Brooklynites and other humans are so interested in the game.“I was surprised because I didn’t realize the game was so popular they’d put up a statue for it,” said Bushwick re
  
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