October 2010
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The secrets of a schnitzel chef | Capital New York →
“To make this, you don’t have to be a good cook.”
Netflix Instant Movies That Don't Suck →
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How Sandy Alderson will save the Mets | Capital... →
I, Hang in There Kitty, am pretty sure this will... →
It’s Friday. Enjoy some McSweeney’s.
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andrewgraham:
At this point, anyone who isn’t already reading The Hairpin should just immediately stop not reading it.
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David Karp tells a bunch of advertisers at the... →
newyorker:
Leon, you have been reblogged by The New Yorker.
And Capital New York.
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“(Carroll also offered this more parochial insight into what it’s like to poll in...”
– slaskow:
Favorite quote from new Capital/WNYC story. Home state pride.
(via katiebakes)
Check out Sarah’s feature article and video, produced with our partner WNYC: THE POLLSTER: Mickey Carroll, A Professional Reader of Voters’ Minds, Discusses His ‘Blunt Instrument’
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Few Top Women Aides In New York Governor's Race →
Carl P. Paladino has recruited his wife to hit the campaign trail and has put his daughter in a new commercial urging voters to “get to know my dad.” At the same time, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has rolled out an advertisement touching on abortion and has ferried his daughters across the state in an RV on a political tour.
In the race for New York governor, women are suddenly popping...
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Now live: Longreads.com (and why the future of... →
markarms:
More than 1,200 of the best long-form stories on the web! Search by topic! Filter by reading time!
We highly recommend that you add the (new! amazing!) Longreads.com to your tab queues, readers, and blogrolls. We love Longreads!
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“My friends keep talking to me about how they want to start a Web site, but they...”
– Choire Sicha, in a nice profile of The Awl in the Times, makes a point that even big media companies sometimes miss: This is not impossible. Yes, profits can be smaller online, but there are enough cheap tools out there that make professional-quality publishing available to anyone, and, if you’re...
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Watch“The way I look is the way I sound. I sound the way I look.”
R.I.P. Ari Up.
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Susan Miller - Reader of New York's Heavenly... →
“Astrology is the study of cycles,” Miller tells me, right before we part ways. You have to look backwards to understand the current moment. And to explain it to someone else, you have to be able to make it a cohesive narrative. For Miller, everything is alive. All her stories are in the present tense, and she performs them, performs herself, continually. Throughout our four-hour date,...
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The seven-way New York Gubernatorial debate, as it...
Nick Rizzo: Kristin Davis: “The key difference between the MTA and my former escort agency is that I had one set of books and operated with on-time service.”
Alex Pareene: Kristin Davis wants the MTA run more like a brothel.
Nick: I’m maybe in favor.
Alex: Though auditing the MTA seems to miss the point, which is that it’s underfunded by … Albany.
Nick: But what...
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CMJ 2010 Free Songs | Spinner →
This year, CMJ will have more than 1,000 artists performing throughout NYC Oct. 19-23. Spinner has compiled a list of free MP3 downloads of artists performing at CMJ 2010 in order to help music fans in the arduous task of planning which artists they need to see.
Are we wildly out of touch if we don’t know a third of the “Sounds Like” reference bands?
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Rational Irrationality: Is Nick Denton Really the... →
brianvan:
(thx Soup)
Holy crap, it’s a great article on the topic. FINALLY. Someone gets it.
Smart analysis from John Cassidy.
Party Report
slaskow:
The Most Popular Places NYU Students Can Be Observed Partying:
Bar parties are known to occur most frequently at places such as El Sombrero at Stanton and Ludlow and Asian Bar on Bleecker, which are known for accessible and reasonably priced alcohol. Cosmic Cantina at 3rd Avenue and 13th St. was once a popular hotspot but has since been shut down for consistently serving minors.
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Honorific nicknames in popular music →
We appreciate the dueling honorifics here:
Godmother of Punk: Patti Smith, Nina Hagen or Joan Jett?
King of Rap: Kurtis Blow, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West or Jay-Z?
"The Gowanus Canal Has Gonorrhea!" →
Hmm, are “Bored to Death” writers reading Capital? We think so.
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Publishing school →
joethelion:
Matthew Gallaway was kind enough to include me in his jamboree. Hey there you guys, my name is Jennie. xoxo
Required reading on writing.
WatchSpike Jonze’s “I’m Here” Tugs At NYC’s Heartstrings - via The Creators Project.
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“While Cursor’s aim is nothing less than the reinvention of the publishing...”
– Cursor Launches First Imprint, Announces Debut List At Frankfurt (via housingworksbookstore)
We wish Capital pal Richard Nash the best in his new project!
