Urban Honking

Watched “Last Days” last night. Forgot that it was a Van Sant film and was therefore pleasantly surprised. Was expecting (for some reason) more of a Nick Broomfield “there oughtta be a law” type abortion-of-a-film, but instead was treated to 10 minute long shots of a living room window with trees dropping leaves gently in […]

1/06. Lady walking actual dog. Street swarming with cops. Bustle down by the bodega. Broad fucking daylight. “You going down there?” “Yeah. Why?” “Guns were popping down there four minutes ago.” “Well I live down there.” “Well, maybe stay close to the ground, then.” THANKS FOR THE ADVICE. 12/05. One day last November, I found […]

Sen Charles Schumer lives in a fancy ass joint overlooking Prospect Park, as Brooklynites probably know cause he trots out his BKLYN4LIFE tattoo whenever possible, kinda like when Bloomberg gets all self-righteous bout riding the subway (/walking across the BKLYN bridge) cause it makes him a Real New Yorker (and it’s a nice way to […]

Alex: “Julianne, have I told you about the Swishahouse drinking game? You drink every time someone says ‘Mike Jones,’ Mike Jones’ phone number, candy paint, ice grills, wood grain, drank, dro, syrup, or anything having to do with a Cadillac.”

“i’m in luv with a stripper” is an absolutely depressing odyssey, insofar that t-pain is dropping this great gossamer fantasy-ballad for this woman (“body of a goddess”) who is clearly descending from a pole in stripclub slo-mo, like wim wenders (/hype williams) directed her, a pedestalized angel from above, highly stylized, and glossed up w/baby […]

READING THIS ARTICLE IS LIKE LISTENING TO T-PAIN’S “IN LUV WITH A STRIPPA”= IT IS GREAT AND IT IS CONFOUNDING. YOU ARE TOTALLY ENAMORED OF IT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS COMPLICATED AND YOU DO NOT ENTIRELY UNDERSTAND NOW READ IT THROUGH A VOCODOR Vocodors and teleportation devices = the look in ’06

Pete Macia, on my sense of interior decor: “I like your room because it looks like a 14-year-old lives here. A really smart 14-year-old.” “Is it the Omarion paraphernalia or the stacks of teen magazines?” “It’s mostly just the T.I. poster.”

Halfway through our phone conversation, mapping the day, that the bus would deliver Pete from our nation’s capital to East Broadway, and that I would take the train and meet him, he appealed to me, “I must find a shop to buy gold fronts.” “Cheap ones or expensive ones?” “I’m serious.” “I know.” “Any kind.” […]

The awesomely hologramic Diplomats belt buckle i received from chris nelson as a christmas gift not only represents “diplomatic immunity vol. 1,” but also “diplomatic immunity vol. 2.” Christmas. The most complicated time of the year. Enraged and Engaged: The Women’s Campaign to Defeat Alito, as organized by NOW.