Friday, August 31, 2018
Toronto Rant
Oh god: A guy just walked by with two squash racquets sticking out of his bag. And Rick Astley is playing on the video screens. If it weren’t for the smartphones, I’d think I walked into an ‘80s time warp.
— Nancy Nall Derringer (@nnall) August 30, 2018
With this site, maybe the bar could be located, or at least guessed at.
1 September update: This list of the top fifteen squash courts and clubs in Toronto would be helpful too.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Via @SRothbell
look at this amazing flyer @Juggolantern and I made to remind #EchoParkRising attendees that “revitalization” is displacement #EchoParkRisingRent pic.twitter.com/OmR6cz5xHe
— tracy jeanne rosenthal #yeson10 (@xxexegesis) August 18, 2018
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Wait. @Madonna aka Madge can open schools, hospitals and raise almost a million dollars for underprivileged kids and Twitter judges are silent..but let her tell a story about how Aretha influenced her and she is trending. It's not Madonna with screwed up priorities it's you.
— Don (@DonWayneHair1) August 21, 2018
.@NickiMinaj and @Madonna showing each other love backstage at the #VMAs. pic.twitter.com/tTGXsKWsrp
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) August 21, 2018
Madonna getting embalmed pic.twitter.com/vrznTKV2Vn
— Christian (@christianismad) August 21, 2018
Mad. Indeed.
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Aretha Franklin died this morning. I found out about 5:30 a.m. Hawaii time. There's still much of her music I haven't heard but should like to.
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
Stoop-id People, f.k.a. Post
Yep. https://t.co/zkMibAaZjP pic.twitter.com/dbWBhdj7UW
— Roy Edroso (@edroso) August 1, 2018
Another instance of New York slowly becoming like a theme park, according to Jeremiah Moss.
Two things that occur to me:
I keep thinking about that fake stoop. The stoop, so utterly urban, normally brings the inside out; facing the street, it engages residents with the sidewalk ballet.
Lately, I've been watching reruns of Hey Arnold! on Teen Nick. One of the minor characters is named Stoop Kid. He doesn't just hang out on the stoop but lives on it, and apparently never leaves it. And not only doesn't he "engage with the sidewalk ballet" he actively rejects it, shouting at passersby who seem to get too close to his stoop, not unlike the stereotypical old man yelling at people to get off his lawn.
CBGB was never an abbreviation but an acronym: "Its full name of CBGB & OMFUG stands for 'Country, Bluegrass, Blues and Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers'."--Wikipedia
