Posts that mention Brooklyn.

I learned my friend and bandmate Doug DeRienzo passed away.

I hadn't talked to him in a long time but I thought I could just call him up, if I could find his current number.

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Notes for December 11, 2024.

I sent an email to Norfolk Southern Railroad today to ask them about this project they are planning in my neighborhood.

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I dreamed I went for a walk in my tube socks.

I was walking on a slushy Brooklyn Street.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Club Europa with The Banned and Les Sans Culottes.

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Sally wasn't too jazzed about New Year's Eve.

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I moved out of 181 Irving Avenue.

I paid a guy to help me move and he stole my house key.

NYC Brooklyn 181 Irving Avenue moving stories

Sally stretched in the backyard.

Just a little bit before we moved to New Orleans.

Sally cats NYC Brooklyn 181 Irving Avenue

Sally prepared for a nap on my printer.

She was very photogenic that day, and the light was nice.

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I did a solo morning bike ride to Coney Island.

My first experience wtih Texas' blue laws.

New York Brooklyn Coney Island Fort Tilden bike rides

Sally looked sassy on my desk.

We had nice light in the Irving Avenue place.

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I went bowling at The Gutter.

Featuring the obligatory bowling posterior shot.

NYC Brooklyn Greenpoint bowling The Gutter

Sally proved to be a hard worker.

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Sally showed off on Orchid Street.

She made herself at home, for sure.

Sally cats New York Brooklyn Irving Avenue

We had a bit of a blizzard.

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I went for a walk in Bushwick.

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I played drums for one show with Olaf and The Siberians.

I'm not sure about the date on this.

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I saw Future Of The Left at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Headliners at a big venue.

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Headless Hookers played at Zablozki's.

It was a bar in Williamsburg Brooklyn.

NYC Brooklyn Williamsburg rock Headless Hookers Josh and Jessica

Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Hank's Saloon.

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I had a great backyard in Bushwick.

It got hit by a tornado. It hosted many parties and cookouts.

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Sally enjoyed our yard in Bushwick.

This is where I first found her and fed her a piece of a hamburger.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played at Matchless, Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

We played this bar several times.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Freddy's Back Room.

The venue was a casualty of the construction of the Atlantic Center.

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Sally spent the day with me at the office.

She had a really good attitude.

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Sally got her school picture taken.

Dignity.

cats Sally Brooklyn Bushwick yards

Sally sat among the roses.

Rose poser.

cats Sally Brooklyn Bushwick yards

Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Freddy's Back Room with Mike Cobb and The Crevulators.

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I saw a car fire on Bedford Avenue.

NYC Brooklyn Wiliamsburg Bedford Avenue cars fire

Saw the Lost Crusaders somewhere in Brooklyn.

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I did karaoke in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn karaoke

Sally was a good cat.

Cats are basically temperature regulation devices.

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I've got some pieces showing in Bushwick Open Studios this weekend.

They're up on the roof at 100 Thames Street.

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I had a little barbecue in my Bushwick backyard.

I had some people over and I made potato salad.

food barbecue potato salad NYC Brooklyn Bushwick

Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Don Pedro's again.

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Sally got a new collar.

Boy did she look sharp.

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I painted a "breathing blob".

I didn't name it right away.

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I painted a yellow man in watercolor.

I need to do more watercolor.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Don Pedro's.

I'm finally on you tube...and of course you can't see me at all.

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Sally stretched on our plywood floor.

This was in Bushwick on our gray-painted floors.

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Sally got a toy.

It was fun to watch her concentrate.

cats Sally Brooklyn Bushwick

Sally got on my shoulder.

I'm liking this young cat.

cats Sally Brooklyn Bushwick

Sally came to live with me.

I knew she would be mine, there was never any doubt.

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I got a cat though I didn't mean to.

The next morning, she was still there. And the next.

1990s Sally NYC Brooklyn Bushwick

Jimmy and The Wolfpack played at Magnetic Field in Brooklyn with Jonny Chan and The New Dynasty Six.

That's right--America's two greatest "And The" combos on one stage making people happy.

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I played drums with The Headless Hookers at Passout Records.

It was hot. I was underdressed.

New York Brooklyn Williamsburg Headless Hookers Passout Records Josh and Jessica

I made a simple portfolio website for a friend.

I've never been great at getting actual work done in coffeeshops.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Matchless with The Hall Monitors and The Shalitas.

Memorial Day weekend, so you'll be on vacation.

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Headless Hookers played a closing party for Coyote Studios at Zablozki's.

First time at Zablozki's.

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Jimmy and the Wolfpack played live at Lucky Cat in Brooklyn.

It's a benefit for ?, from ? and the Mysterians--his house burned down.

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Watched the Super Bowl halftime starring Prince.

I watched at the house of some acquaintainces I didn't know well.

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Spent Christmas morning with Miles the rabbit.

He was a good rabbit. You just had to make sure he didn't eat the drywall.

Miles the rabbit Val Christmas Williamsburg Brooklyn NYC

Jimmy and The Wolfpack played at Lucky Cat on Grand Street.

I'm sure the show was fine, but listen to this other story I have about this place.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played a house party at 276 Grand Street.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played another show at 276 Grand Street (I think).

I remember so little about this. We ended up getting Korean food, I think.

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I snagged this excellent band flier (no, I didn't draw it).

I didn't draw it and I don't know who did. If you know, please let me know.

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Jimmy and the Wolfpack played a Hallowe'en party on Grand Street.

Jimmy And the Wolfpack played.

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The Stacks played at the Brooklyn Lyceum for a Katrina benefit.

Not sure if we benefited from it, but it was a good time.

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I saw Archie Bell at McCarren Pool.

Great show. He talked to Kool-Aid.

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I had a show of my paintings at a gallery called Maiden, Brooklyn.

This whole event was amazing. I felt so crazed after Katrina but this show made me happy to be in New York.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Black Betty on Al's birthday.

We had to go on late so some weak indie rock band could play. That was a bad idea on the club's part.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Magnetic Field in Brooklyn.

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I went to Union Pool for New Year's and met Hannibal.

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All-Night Movers played at Hank's Saloon in Brooklyn.

Very fun show, and we recorded it.

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The Innuendos second date recording with Mitro.

We recorded down in the basement

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The Innuendos first date recording with Mitro.

We recorded down in the basement.

rock NYC Brooklyn Mitro Valsamis The Innuendos recording stories

sara took a bunch of Polaroids at a Hallowe'en party.

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I started dating Sara.

I know this from a note in my 1999 datebook.

Sara NYC Brooklyn

Betty came to live with me.

Let me tell you how I got this cat.

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We attempted to silkscreen the Hi-Balls record sleeve.

We tried making the Hi-Balls 7" with a rudimentary silkscreen apparatus. (A Speedball kit.) It didn't work out.

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I co-wrote a book.

I also became technically homeless while I was writing it.

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Halloween 1993.

Hallowe'en party, 1993. Dean Street and Bond, Brooklyn.

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