January 2012
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“We should worry less about how people get their books and — say it with me now!...”
– NPR’s Jonathan Segura arguing against e-books vs. print arguments.
Hm.
Should we consider the same truce on digital journalism vs. newspapers?
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WatchThe ladies of “Twin Peaks” at last weekend’s “Twin Peaks” burlesque event (and yes, the pun is intended). Read Dan Rosenblum’s review (and watch more video of the performances) here.
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WatchSeth Colter Walls on “Luck,” the new HBO series from David Milch (of “Deadwood” and “NYPD Blues” fame): “On the surface, it’s about the world of the racetrack, where horses, trainers, jockeys, their agents (and, oh right, gamblers) are all jostling to handicap and then improve their fortunes. But like all of Milch’s best work, the principal character,...
The 10 Best Books About New York →
“Our New York canon is large-bore: little pieces adding up to a grander context. The list is meant to be encompassing, but not complete. It is representative and intended to be sensitive to the city’s extraordinary diversity in perspectives — ideological, racial, ethnic, sexual — but it is not the product of a committee or based on a quota.
Rather, the aim is to create a composite...
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NY TIMES: New York lawmakers to push for $8.50... →
This is an amazing lede, actually, esp. from the Times: “The Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park is no more, but the focus it brought to income inequality is having an impact in Albany and beyond.”
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Is it time for New York to pass the Reproductive... →
By all objective measures, a bill to update a 42-year-old law in order to better govern a safe, legal medical procedure and protect women’s health shouldn’t be particularly controversial. But when that bill is the Reproductive Health Act, and the law it seeks to update relates to abortion care, experience shows that a few vociferous groups will try to create controversy where...
Catch up with us!
Selected reads from this past week at Capital New York:
Media:
The real story of ‘Headless Body in Topless Bar,’ as argued by veterans of the ‘Post’
The story behind the story of ‘Travis the Menace’
Arthur Sulzberger to introduce ‘New York Times’ top editor Jill Abramson to Davos set with big dinner
At Santos Party House, things get serious as...
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Bloomberg suggests the Potter Stewart pornography... →
lawforthepeople:
“You can’t prove that a teacher is not effective,” said the mayor. “But it’s like the Supreme Court, I forget which justice said it, he said, ‘You know, I can’t define pornography, but I know it when I see it.’ Well, same thing.”
That would be the following:
I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that...
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Bloomberg suggests the Potter Stewart pornography... →
“You can’t prove that a teacher is not effective,” said the mayor. “But it’s like the Supreme Court, I forget which justice said it, he said, ‘You know, I can’t define pornography, but I know it when I see it.’ Well, same thing.”
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“After two decades of New York’s forced engagement with radical Islamists, two...”
– Jim Dwyer | When the Police Say One Thing, the Facts Another | New York Times
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In case you missed it, the Bronx Museum is...
thirdstreaming:
http://bronxmuseum.org/eblasts/mixtape.htm
Oh sure, always a good reason to read Bethlehem Shoals’ review of The Black Power Mixtape over at Capital New York.
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"Does New York City Really Need CBGB To Return?" →
maura:
I bet you know what my answer is!
Calling it as we’d call it:
Call me a pessimist, but I suspect that any attempt to revitalize the CBGB “brand” with a club in Manhattan will likely result in a somewhat tourist-trappy club with overpriced drinks, awkward attempts to recreate the old “vibe”, museum-y honorings of punk legends past (even though ...
“You better keep an eye on your son.”
– What the boyfriend of an alleged rape victim yelled at New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, according to the alleged victim’s friend. via Richard Esposito of ABC News (via azipaybarah)
Dear media, please call it rape
jessicavalenti:
Greg Kelly, son of NYC police commissioner Raymond Kelly and co-host of “Good Day New York” on Fox 5, is being investigated for sexually assaulting a woman. Yet the headline that just came up in my news feed was this:
The media needs to call sexual assault what it is. When headlines continually conflate rape and sexual assault with ‘sex’, they contribute to a culture that...
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Editor-at-large of the Oxford English Dictionary... →
There is no actual slideshow in this post, we simply describe the slideshow presented at Word bookstore last night. So, feel free to click.
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Watchmaura:
Donating to the Best Music Writing series is the functional equivalent of pre-ordering the 2012 edition of the book—which will collect 2011’s best pieces of criticism, reportage, and other media on music from publications of all types and from all corners of the globe. Why not do so today?
Yes, you should do this in support of great music writing everywhere (and the lovely, talented...
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Is CBGB's Reopening in NYC? →
From what we can tell from the rumor carousel, it seems more like people trying to use the CBGB name to start a music festival.
Let a good thing rest in peace or revive it for branding opportunities? Thoughts.
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Charlie Rangel on the SOTU: "I don't think they... →
But Rangel said he saw it less as a campaign speech than a call for Americans to rally behind the president’s agenda and press Congress to act this year.
“I think it was exciting,” Rangel said. “He left the door open and … we leave this in the hands of the American people. I think it’s abundantly clear that people should not have to wait until the...
