Posts that mention NYC.

I dreamed I went to New York City with a cat and a kitten.

I was traveling with some kind of group in a fifteen-passenger bus.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Parkside Lounge with Sweet Soubrette.

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

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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.

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Sally stretched in the backyard.

Just a little bit before we moved to New Orleans.

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Sally prepared for a nap on my printer.

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

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Deadly jelly on Rockaway Beach.

sorry, just a deflated mylar balloon.

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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.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Parkside Lounge.

We liked playing anywhere with "lounge" in the name.

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I photographed a letterpress printing shop in new York City.

Looks like things are tough for ArJo Printing.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played at Under Acme.

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My last day at Strawberry Frog was a weird one.

I moved back to New Orleans the next day.

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I saw ? and the Mysterians at Great Jones Cafe.

Always had fun at that place.

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I ate at this shady food cart all the time.

Friendly service, delicious gyros.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played the Orange Bear in downtown Manhattan.

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I visited Aqueduct racetrack.

I didn't win anything.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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I learned what the term "strong cheese" really means.

People often complain about fish in the microwave. They haven't found out about "strong cheese" yet.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Lakeside Lounge and some of my coworkers came to the show.

One of my coworkers really made an impression on me.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Lakeside Lounge one more time.

Looks like I had a good time at least.

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I saw Ted Leo and Future Of The Left at Webster Hall.

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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 work in a group show in Soho.

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I had a little barbecue in my Bushwick backyard.

I had some people over and I made potato salad.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Don Pedro's again.

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The Brooklyn Street Art show is this weekend.

Jimmy and the Wolfpack will be playing the after-party.

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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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Headless Hookers played at Lit Lounge.

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Sally stretched on our plywood floor.

This was in Bushwick on our gray-painted floors.

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Headless Hookers played at Otto's Shrunken Head.

No cover.

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I saw Superdrag at Irving Plaza in New York.

I just happened on the show and my brother was there.

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My neighbor Talisha drew me some flowers.

Her little brother wrote "FUCK YOU" on my front door.

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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.

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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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Jimmy and The Wolfpack returned to Lakeside Lounge.

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I saw Lauren Ambrose and Oscar Isaac in Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare In The Park.

Date approximate.

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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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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played at Lakeside Lounge.

I used the write PHP scripts to send mass emails to my mailing list.

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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.

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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 a Hallowe'en party on Grand Street.

Jimmy And the Wolfpack played.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack returned to Otto's Shrunken Head.

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I saw Archie Bell at McCarren Pool.

Great show. He talked to Kool-Aid.

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I saw History Boys on Broadway with Leslie.

It was fun to see Richard Griffiths live.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack returned to Lakeside Lounge once again.

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I witnessed an act of spirituality.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played a club in Manhattan somewhere.

I can't remember how this happened or what the name of the club was.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Club Midway.

This wasn't a happy show.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played at Otto's Shrunken Head.

This was a nice place to play in New York.

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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Lakeside Lounge again.

Casey Howard was our horn player at the time.

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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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Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Lakeside Lounge.

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Slade and I flew to New Orleans on Mardi Gras.

Concluding our first and only New York tour.

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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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All-Night Movers played at Lakeside Lounge.

Continuing the tradition of playing on my birthday.

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Had a birthday dinner at La Ceiba.

I really liked this slightly dumpy Honduran place.

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All-Night Movers played 219 Flamingo with The Demands.

I never heard of the club before or since.

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Slade and I flew to New York.

Starting our first and only New York tour.

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Happy Holidays (with the Churchkeys at Lakeside Lounge, 1999).

Happy Holidays (with the Churchkeys at Lakeside Lounge, 1999)

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I painted a female figure on paper.

The model for this was in a J. Crew catalog, if I remember correctly.

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The Innuendos played Nightingale's.

The Innuendos played a gig with a couple of favorite NYC bands.

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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.

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Dark Marbles played the Continental.

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I saw On The Town.

I also took a little trip to Mars.

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Dark Marbles played the Spiral again.

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Dark Marbles' drummer got married and we never saw him again.

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I started dating Sara.

I know this from a note in my 1999 datebook.

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Went to a party some time in the Nineties.

I remember this event.

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Dark Marbles played the Spiral.

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I saw The Big Lebowski on opening night.

You have to remember this was opening night. There was no lore yet.

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Hi-Balls played Brownie's with MacArthur.

I need details.

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rehearsed at Prince Studio, probably with Hi-Balls.

Most of the studios were on 30th Street.

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I lived at 532 Pacific Street, Brooklyn.

I actually lived like this.

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Saw The Lyres at Brownie's.

This had to be the time they were almost snowed out.

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Hi-Balls played at Brew's with Burnley Vest and MacArthur.

When they bring out the white seamless, you've made it.

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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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Hi-Balls did a photo shoot.

When they bring out the white seamless, you've made it.

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I co-wrote a book.

I also became technically homeless while I was writing it.

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Published Bachelor No. 1, issue 3.

As with almost all fanzines, the third time's the charm.

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I went to Central Park in the fall.

Date very approximate.

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My ten thousandth day.

A difficult milestone to achieve, yet it passed with little fanfare.

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Published Bachelor No. 1, issue 2.

This, as you may have guessed, was our second issue.

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Published Bachelor No. 1, issue 1.

I edited Bachelor No.1 with Brandon Kruse and a bunch of other contributors. Any continued freshness it has comes from Brandon's incredible ink-and-brush (and Zip-a-Tone) illustrations.

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I held a baby, for the cameras.

My friends had a little baby and they brought it to Brooklyn and let me hold it.

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Halloween 1993.

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

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I looked at a pedestrian's food for too long.

I looked at a pedestrian's food for too long.

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