Daily Archives: 30 June, 2005

12″ Rulers
Much good music was played last night at 12" Bar in the East Village, where iJamming! Pub regulars Paddy Casino and Madina hosted the first of what will hopefully be...
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June 30, 2005

The Ride to Life is a Two-Way Street
Earlier in the evening, I attended a brief memorial for Liz Padilla, the cyclist who was killed by a truck at the top of our street just two weeks ago....
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June 30, 2005

Restaurant Row’s Continued Rush Hour
Liz Padilla died almost right outside Surreal Café, the upscale diner run by one of my neighbors which unfortunately went out of business a few weeks ago. The space has...
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June 30, 2005

How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise (if they won’t hear their own?)
>This week’s Village Voice runs a cover story on how "Black-conscious hip-hop deals with an overwhelmingly white live audience," an important subject worthy of serious discussion. Unfortunately, Bakari Kitwana’s piece...
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June 30, 2005

Corgan Gives Good Quotes
I had a laugh at Billy Corgan’s expense a few days ago about his full-page Chicago Tribune ad begging to get his Smashing Pumpkins back together. But in this week’s...
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June 30, 2005