Overheard in the subway: “What do you do?” “I’m a drug addict” 125 st stop.
February 2, 2010
January 28, 2010
January 26, 2010
Seventy-six years ago today, the Apollo Theater re-opened in Harlem. Before this date in 1934, the Apollo catered to an all-white crowd, left over from the theater’s early days as a burlesque venue. Reflecting Harlem’s rapid changes in the 1920s and 30s as the center of African-American life in New York, however, the new owners Sydney S. Cohen and Morris Sussman revamped and reopened the theater on January 26, 1934, for the first time offering entertainment for black audiences. (via The Bowery Boys: New York City History: Happy Re-Birthday, Apollo Theater!)
January 25, 2010
nypd:
We haven’t witnessed the phenomenon personally, but according to this (low quality) video some newer subway trains (2, 4, 5, N, W) play the first three notes of West Side Story’s “Somewhere” when they start up to leave the station. For everyone except Stijn Mortelmans, here’s a reminder of how the song goes.
I’m not guilty. YOU’RE the one who’s guilty. The lawmakers, the politicians, the Columbian drug lords, all you who lobby against making drugs legal just like you did with alcohol during the prohibition. You’re the one who’s guilty. I mean, c’mon, let’s kick the ballistics here: Ain’t no Uzi’s made in Harlem. Not one of us in here owns a poppy field. This thing is bigger than Nino Brown. This is big business. This is the American way.
- New Jack City (via sabbracadabra)
January 22, 2010
I downloaded a software and I need someone that understands and knows how to create a macro software to show me how this works I can pay $50 for the brief tutorial. Please note: You Must be willing…
apparently, I'm a visual learner
ahh, week 3. no sleep and shittier than normal eating habits have finally caught up with me, tapped me lovingly on the shoulder and said, “sup?”
Sup? Nothing anymore now that I’m so pumped full of nyquil and zyrtec that I basically float dreamily through my day.
That said, this is how I feel:
Made it to the MoMA and took part in my favorite activity: standing amongst a large crowd of people trying to look at one sheet of paper. A paper from the collection of Tim Burton, who, in case you didn’t know, is the fucking shit.
Despite the mass of annoyingly slow people, the Burton exhibit was something I am so glad I got to see.
The year I graced this planet with my presence he was doing this:
Guy is amazing.
Later that day, I got shat on by this bird:
I feel special, finally in the good luck bird shit club.
Temperatures were on the rise starting Sunday, and precipitation went from this:
to rain rain rainy rain triple rain. I made it to the Brooklyn Museum anyway, with soggy feet and high hopes, met with another slow mass of people, this time for Who Shot Rock and Roll, an exhibit acknowledging the creative and collaborative role of photographers in the history of rock music.
Then we had coffee:
next door to that.
Made my way back to Harlem, bought shoes that weren’t dripping wet, and went to some guy’s (Jen and Mike’s friend’s) apartment for a birthday. Awkward at first, fixed that with Riesling and took these pictures on the way home:
that I thought were sooooo cool because I was (sooooo) stoned.
January 18, 2010
![harlemrenaissance:
An Apollo Hall was founded in the mid-1800s by former Civil War General Edward Ferrero as a dance hall and ballroom. Upon the expiration of his lease in 1872, the building was converted to a theater, which closed shortly before the turn of the century.
However, the name “Apollo Theater” lived on. In 1913[2] or 1914,[3] a new building, designed by the architect George Keister,[4]and who also patterned the First Baptist Church in the City of New York, opened at 253 West 125th Street as Hurtig and Seamon’s New (Burlesque) Theater,[2] operated by noted burlesque producers Jules Hurtig and Harry Seamon, who obtained a 30-year lease.[4] It remained in operation until 1928, when Bill Minsky took over.[citation needed] The song “I May Be Wrong (But I Think You’re Wonderful)” by Harry Sullivan and Harry Ruskin, written in 1929, became the theme song of the theater.](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwgyhnyqaF1qajey3o1_500.jpg)
An Apollo Hall was founded in the mid-1800s by former Civil War General Edward Ferrero as a dance hall and ballroom. Upon the expiration of his lease in 1872, the building was converted to a theater, which closed shortly before the turn of the century.
However, the name “Apollo Theater” lived on. In 1913[2] or 1914,[3] a new building, designed by the architect George Keister,[4]and who also patterned the First Baptist Church in the City of New York, opened at 253 West 125th Street as Hurtig and Seamon’s New (Burlesque) Theater,[2] operated by noted burlesque producers Jules Hurtig and Harry Seamon, who obtained a 30-year lease.[4] It remained in operation until 1928, when Bill Minsky took over.[citation needed] The song “I May Be Wrong (But I Think You’re Wonderful)” by Harry Sullivan and Harry Ruskin, written in 1929, became the theme song of the theater.
1963 - On June 23, MLK leads 125,000 people on a Freedom Walk in Detroit. The March on Washington held August 28 is the largest civil rights demonstration in history with nearly 250,000 people in attendance.
1964 - During the summer, King experiences his first hurtful rejection by black people when he is stoned by Black Muslims in Harlem.
- King is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10. Dr. King is the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for Peace at age 35.
(via LSU)
Click link above photo for entire timeline.
