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strand books receipt, 1971 style. #books #nyc

Basically we need to make transit free because our local government is too fucking dumb to figure out how to handle fares. #NYC #NY #MakePublicTransitFree

Jehiah (@jehiah.cz)
Absolutely ridiculous way to do enforcement. MTA should never delay a bus to do fare enforcement. "The agency’s fare enforcement “EAGLE” teams are ramping up an initiative where they halt buses for about five to 10 minutes while they scan riders’ phones or OMNY cards to check if they paid." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

williamsburg vibe shift report: people used to wait on block-long rope-encased bouncer-guarded lines to get into clubs & parties. then it was for rainbow bagels & sneakers. then it was for the apple store. now it's for the opening of a new turbotax service. culture! #brooklyn #nyc

I live near a fancy mafia family-owned private club here in #NYC and they often throw events that I find tacky and distasteful.Today is exceptional, though:
#Adobe is sponsoring a party for its AI products and they’ve paid for multiple cars with their “Adobe Firefly” (gen AI product) branding to literally drive around narrow busy streets in a circle during rush hour on a Monday.
Oh and all the cars are driven by young women with a ton of makeup.
Ugh.

Hey while you're in the area; how about some bike lanes? Other than Queens Blvd, we got diddly-squat out here. #NYC #BikeNYC #Mamdani

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@mayor.nyc.gov)
Around 12:45 AM I met the DOT paving crew in Forest Hills, where they were laying asphalt at night so fewer New Yorkers have to commute around workzones.

Good morning from Harlem
#Photography #GoodMorning #Sunrise #NYC

amazing piece but basically woke up in the middle of the night wondering about the unanswered question here: if book freak richard hell has been in the same wee spot since '74, what does he do when his shelves are full? does he have storage spaces like verlaine? does he deaccession at the strand? #nyc #books

lol #NYC has ruined me. Went to a Japanese festival thing in DC and all I could think was, "I can get this stuff for 1/4 of the price at the japanese shop literally around the corner from my house"

#Mamdani's comms team is so good that I have friends from the opposite side of the country (#Seattle) telling me about new policies in #NYC when they're made.
(a friend send me thi…

the digital church bells in our neighborhood are sounding especially lo-fi this morning. #nyc #brooklyn

matinee jams at mama tried: synth-noise blowout plus kandy-kolored melodies by dan friel; viola/violin drone-float (amid movie-like rain outside) by jessica pavone & mari bruno; & spiky alt-prog by wendy eisenberg's editrix (who, like, belong on lollapalooza '91-'92) (complimentary!!) #nyc #brooklyn

This is a great
@… on #NYC 311 system. @… you should give it a listen

Service Request #1: What Happens When I Call 311?
Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · March 17 · Bonus · 35m

properly excited to stay up too late tonight at/on @…, filling in for dj time traveler from midnight to 3 ET, back in my old overnight slot. #radio #nyc

So a judge just invalidated almost all red light tickets written to cyclists in #NYC, lol
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/21/tuesdays-headlines-cops…

the next bardo bath is coming up on saturday 4/25 at judson church in #nyc, an evening of participatory improv weirdness, including william parker (!), anne waldman (!), garcia peoples, @…, & more, with me on zones/collages/exorcisms.

BARDO BATH: "Dharma Art Empowerment"
Sat, Apr 25 at Judson Memorial Church

If you imagine #NYC police as Cartman (from South Park) doing the whole "respect mah authoritah!" bit, the behavior of the NYPD around the snowballs incident makes complete sense. It's not that anyone was hurt, nor was there any damage, but their fragile egos just can't handle not having their authority respected. Even when they do completely dumb shit like wandering into the m…

Recently encountered an issue with fire hydrants in NYC. #NYCDOT parking rules state that vehicles cannot park closer than 15 feet to a #hydrant. DOT installed planters about 5 feet from a hydrant giving the impression that parking on the other side of the planter is legal. I am suggesting the planter be…

at union pool, the 75 dollar bill little big band dream the eternal music, enormous drones & community pulses. rick brown's wooden crate sounded amazing through the UP speakers, like a huge resonant heartbeat. #nyc

omg. Too soon, #TheOnion. TOO SOON!
#NYC #Snowmageddon

a jammy, misty evening at baby's all right. a set-long hunk of burning cosmic scuzz by prison. pillowing & gnarly open-ended feels by garcia peoples (with tasty guitar synth), followed by a few new tunes, a few old. #nyc #brooklyn

1st mama tried outdoor jam of the season for me. expansive space blues by drew gardner & co., kinetic improv by time trout (plus arthur russell's "hiding your present from you"), & the scene is now, #nyc's finest 40-year-running boho-jazz-pop surrealists (never caught "yellow sarong" before!)

30 years ago yesterday, surrender to the air at the academy in #nyc, a before/after moment in my musical life if ever there was one. https://youtu.be/r_r54FPveiA

new coworking space just opened in the neighborhood. #brooklyn #nyc

My neighbor took this picture of our shared backyard last night.
#NYC #snowmaggedon2026 #Queens

opening wednesday of william parker's weekly gig at loove annex in williamsburg. trio with violinist gabby fluke-mogul & drummer tcheser holmes, shapes coming together like wind. and the 13-piece pocketwatch doing "the chant" for an hour, clockwork pulse opening to slow funk & ecstatic blowing/themes/duos/trios. #brooklyn

is bullshit #nyc https://greenpointers.com/2026/04/27/mta-to-suspend-g-train-service-every-weekend-in-june/

MTA To Suspend G Train Service Every Weekend in June - Greenpointers
The ferry's looking really good right about now!

wild polyrhythmic overload & double-drummer extended technique pulse-out at roulette with goat, from japan. like horse lords or Zs but maybe even more ecstatic & tightly wound. opening was YPY, who i've played on my radio show, but don't think knew was goat guitarist koshiro hino. #nyc

"supertanker" by al jarnow, for 3-2-1 contact (1980) #animation #nyc

RE: #NYC

tonight at dinner, my uncle casually dropped that he saw the velvet underground at the dom & max's. #nyc

next weekend! come vibrate with us! #nyc #jazz #psychedelics https://

department of things that make me feel like i'm having a stroke: the long island railroad killed round-trip tickets. if i'm visiting family overnight, i now have to buy 2 1-way tickets that only work on day of purchase. #nyc

enjoyed reading this, glad it exists, & delighted to be cited, but didn't quite capture the absurdity of brooklandia as i experienced it & what made DIY venues feel so special. structure felt a bit muddled & could've used a ton more historical/economic context (& more todd p., really). #nyc #books

at loove annex, william parker's pocketwatch, rising from ripples to waves on vocal whirlpools & sleight-of-hand drumming by juan pablo carletti, & down into spectral blues, "right foot in a cup." 10 piece band tonight, plus parker on donso ngoni & occasional reeds. #nyc #brooklyn