January 2011
“The song’s hushed ending was followed by a solemn silence that seemed to...”
– Zachary Woolfe in The New York Times, on Karita Mattila performing Sibelius songs with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Alan Gilbert (via nyphil)
“The days of reporters drinking and brawling... →
Um, we disagree.
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Watchbrooklynmutt:
The Oscar nominations as a movie trailer. via SlateV
Some text to go along with these visuals, Capital-style:
True Grit: What the Coen Brothers look like when they’re not winking by Sheila O’Malley
The King’s Speech and the Weinstein formula for industrial conquest by Sheila O’Malley
Why the horrors of Black Swan, a fable of New York women, does not...
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Boom Town and Bust City: A Tale of Two New Yorks →
By Lizzy Ratner for The Nation
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“The M.O. of the New Entrepreneur is to start small, launch fast, listen to your...”
– Choire Sicha in a story about new entrepeneurs in Details.
Sicha calls this the antidote to the too big to fail mentality. It’s not only startups that should be learning from their failures, but the bigger companies (ie publishers), too.
[found via Langer]
(via jaketbrooks)
Accurate.
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“First off, a pro is necessarily getting paid to do what he does, and that’s a...”
– Chris Jones, of Esquire, dropping some science on a young writer.
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New York City to Disabled: Take a Hike →
With a knee problem and a chic all-black walker, I have found more and more New York City cabs inaccessible. The new hybrids are good for anti-pollution but are perilously high off the ground, with difficult sliding doors. Drivers are as helpful as they can be—many come from immigrant cultures friendly to older people—but, spotting my walker, many pass me by, knowing that I can’t safely...
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Winter S.A.D.ness songs: The diagnosis and the... →
plittly:
I love this so much. This is something I think about a lot, because there are so many songs/albums that remind me of specific seasons—generally because I’ve become obsessed with them during that period. (Bows and Arrows by the Walkmen is a winter record, because it was on heavy rotation in January 2004; Tone Soul Evolution by the Apples in Stereo is one of my summer jams, because it’s...
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Winter S.A.D.ness songs: The diagnosis and the... →
youngmanhattanite:
capitalnewyork:
Some choice tracks by a bunch of kind people including Max, Miles, Matthew, Chris, Joe, Marisa, Julianne, Andy and more.
Do you have a “winter sadness” song? Add the tag “SADsongs” to a Tumblr entry, and we’ll reblog you here!
Still listening to this on repeat.
Forgetters! Approved.
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Winter S.A.D.ness songs: The diagnosis and the... →
Some choice tracks by a bunch of kind people including Max, Miles, Matthew, Chris, Joe, Marisa, Julianne, Andy and more.
Do you have a “winter sadness” song? Add the tag “SADsongs” to a Tumblr entry, and we’ll reblog you here!
Cut Time: A Capital Winter Burn mix →
A mix for workouts, yup. Free download beyond the click.
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See it before it closes: 'On Stage in Fashion' →
nypl:
The New York Times thinks our exhibition On Stage in Fashion at the New York Public Library for the Performing arts is great.
We think it’s incredible that they were able to use the word dirndl five times throughout the piece.
Check out the collision of performing arts and high fashion at The Library for the Performing Arts (at Lincoln Center) before the show closes Saturday, or drop by...
The Doree Chronicles: Favorite New York Fiction,... →
alexbalk:
markcoatney:
doree:
- Julia Alvarez, How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents - Paul Auster, The New York Trilogy - Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City - Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote, Summer Crossing - John Cheever, The Collected Stories - Junot Diaz, Drown - Jennifer Egan, A Visit From the…
Winter’s Tale, for sure.
Winter’s Tale is my favorite novel of...
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Bursting Jeff Koons' bubble: Why he is a... →
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so the site where i'm working had a soft launch... →
maura:
come! tip! comment! EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!
POPDUST STREET TEAM ON THE LOOSE.
Programming note: Friends, expect minimal posting from the Capital Tumblr this week. We’ll be back in full force a week from today. We’ll miss you so! In the meantime, you can keep up with us on Twitter, Facebook and our homepage, of course.
And when I moved to Gowanus three years ago, I... →
ohrohin:
So, go on and read my open letter to Jhumpa Lahiri, because I’m quite proud of it and I loved writing it for Capital New York.
Yes, please do!
“‘MAD EYES OF A KILLER’ is the headline. I don’t think it refers to anything....”
– Wood War (via joepompeo)
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John Koblin and Josh Benson on the Jets →
John: Well, let me ask you this then. Going into Indy, how much confidence do you have in this team to go back to that awful indoor dump and grab a win?
Josh: I have a good feeling about it. I’m dumb that way, though.
John: Yes, I mean, Manning is such a “genius” and is such an incredible Xs and Os guy and Rex kryptonite and blah blah blah, but come on. This team was 6-6,...
Who are the most exciting young critics? →
This is a really good question! (via frontofthebook / bookforum)
There are a bunch of good answers in the comments section, and we’d like to add our own contributors Zachary Woolfe (music) and Tom McGeveran (media) to the roll. But we’re wondering what you guys think. Who are the young writers challenging our local and political landscape right now?
