WILLIAMSBURG CONTINUES TO SHAME MANHATTAN FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Williamsburg has been proving, venue by venue, for over five years now, that the food from the Bedford L stop to the Morgan stop is not only better and cheaper than any neighborhood in all of Manhattan, but it's also served later into the night and in rooms and patios and courtyards that make Manhattan's best spots look amateurish at best and corpo-boring at worst. Stuck on the NW corner of McCarren park, Spritzenhaus33 serves beer house fair, house made brews, dozens of brews on tap, wine, … [Read More...]
LET GREECE (AND THE EUROPEAN PROJECT) FALL?
Like many Bavarians, I've been watching Greece lately, and just waiting for it to fall and go back to the drachma, run some cheap currency, and beef up its exports and tourism. But here's Jeff Madrick on today's NYRBlog: "The pain asked of Greece is currently too great and unless some of the steps I outline above are taken, it may ultimately leave the eurozone as a result. Crisis itself could force Greece’s hand to a hasty withdrawal from the euro, amid financial confusion, bank … [Read More...]
RAP: EAST COAST vs. WEST COAST
Do the LA riots distinguish East and West Coast rap? Jeff Chang has an insightful piece in this issue of the Los Angeles Review of Books on the effects of the LA riots on west coast rap, in particular Ice Cube and Dr. Dre. Chang argues that Ice Cube anticipated the riots and Dre summed them up. Both rappers trafficked in a heavy, epic discourse about battling with a city state, with their albums "Death Certificate" and "The Chronic." (End Chang's argument and start DOWWTF's....) … [Read More...]
