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DJ Suzy Chase does it Rick James Style

By On September 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

As a teenager, Suzy Chase got her R&B from the wrong side of the tracks. Now she’s spinning that music Saturday nights in a low-lit Broadway bar.

Each Saturday, Suzy fills the Trophy Bar with old school R&B, fortissimo on the bass. In the DJ corner, under a collection […]

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From the Wood to the Wick: Celebrities(y) in the Hood

By On September 18, 2012 · 3 Comments

So as promised last week, this week I wanted to talk about celebrities in the hood. About a year or two ago it was reported that Michel Gondry moved to “East Williamsburg.” At first I thought “I’m guessing this is really Bushwick” but […]

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From the Wood to the Wick: State of the Union on DIY Brooklyn

By On September 10, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I should have put this video up last week instead (“it’s a party/ every bitch here named Molly”) but whatevs.

Originally this week’s column was going to be about trying to be a game show contestant. I was supposed to go into Manhattan early on Tuesday […]

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A Broken House is Not a Home

By On September 9, 2012 · 1 Comment

(The following is a guest column from the house on 420 Melrose Street, following its evacuation last month after cracks appeared in its foundation due, apparently, to construction next door.)

I came into this world like anyone else, the offspring of a stack […]

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Vegan Way

By On September 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I am vegan.

I think that the above statement is a very strange and foreign to many people. Not only am I Russian, and our national cuisine’s biggest staples are meat and dairy, but I am a total metal head and a lover of rock and roll. I […]

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