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adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much...... jack:
i grew up not too far from there. during the war many fighter planes would circle around my home and i could watch them descending for a landing. the drone of the engines...... Efrain Mercado Jr.: I went to JHS 111 back in 1980. I remember being part of a breakdancing group and going to different schools to perform. We would also have battles at Knickerbocker park. Man those were the...... Jose: Hey I grew up in Bushwick. On Knickerbocker and Decatur. I moved to New england around 13 years ago. I miss playing dominoes in fron of the house and all the spanish music playing. WHen...... Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008
To City Noise Editors,
I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it.
I thought your group...... Allan: Richie,
Went to the Brooklyn Paramount several times in the early 60's to see many of the 'doo wop' groups, early rock & roll groups too. Ben E. King, Ronnettes, Clyde McFatter, Martha & the Vandelles,...... jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my...... Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Why isn't anyone writing anything? I think that I shall have to write again.
I remember the window of the Famous retaurant bakery. It wasn't like any other bakery window. It was retangular and it...... Richie Rubin: Suzy;picture dis:Your Mom[Mrs.gradstein]cranking up that old
PS 167`Victrola'in the auditorium for:`music appreciation'
WE`Rock & Rollers'didn't really dig dat`Longhair'stuff..
`til now!,& WE never imagined having`long hair a decade
or so..in da future!..no?..Mrs.Dreeben & miss Hines also
cranked up dat`victrola'.as did Mr.Lodato[our...... Keith Bernstein: I would like to add some comments about Mrs. Ida Gradstein. I thought her to be an effective teacher and a sweet lady. The mention of her name brought back some memories of my sixth...... Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton....... Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories
By Alan Kupperberg
Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for...... Doc S.......: Rick& Bob - I Believe that Miss Kingman's married name was Mrs. Merino. The shop teacher was Mr.Broder. My teachers were Mrs. Martell, Mrs. Schachner, Ms. Touster, Mrs. Sullivan, Ms. Smith, Mrs.Rietz/Mrs. Monahan (2 teachers...... Janet: Well, the adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same' does not apply to the old neighborhoods or the old movie houses where those of our generation got a colorful taste so...... RICHIE RUBIN: ALLAN,MR.LITMAN WAS MS HINES`BEAU',& JUDY OSHINSKY LIVES
IN MIAMI AREA,HER BROTHER,ALAN DIED 20+ YRS AGO!I ALSO
KNEW JOEL BERCY,ALFRED/LOUELLA BROWN THE`SUPERS'KIDS &
MANY MORE FROM YOUR BLOCK[JONI BORRUSSO WAS MY `DATE'
BACK THEN..& WE'D GO TO CONGRESS THEATER ON...... Lexxi: Great to know that the legend of Mr. Rufus Rockhead lives on with the naming of the street near Atwater Market, unfortunately most Montrealers have no idea of the history associated with this brilliant man...... oh word?: I don't see why so many people think this dude's dad is eternally funding his existence, as though this oscar-winning director is going to be real happy that his son ended up a notorious crack-smoking...... Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela...... Who Cares for Kensington: River Otters complains about the mass exodus from the city and that those folks should have stayed and are now paying the price for leaving with long commutes and 4 buck gas. I left Philly...... zagg: "NEVA FEAR! BROOKLYNS HERE!" --- man, I should watch Newsies tonight. Best musical that takes place in NYC, if you ask me :D... Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Debbie
Good to hear from someone who went to the same school I did, you must be about three years younger than me though.
My first teacher there was a Miss Peters. Do you...... EvilGentleman: This was one of the more educational posts that I have done, at least in the sense that I learned a lot from doing this post.
When I initially shot the photos, I was focused on...... herehere: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing down...... fred walerski: It was great to read this and I never forgot where I came from.I went to Mastbaum,Jones and HA Brown.I hung out at Hope and Cambia.I remember Hairsy but I doubt he would remember me.We...... Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)...... Jon Burgess: James Cashan,
It would be great to start a thread dedicated to irlam and cadishead musicians and bands, there have been so many. My mates cousin from New Moss Road was the singer of a band...... jimmy white: [[img:27437]]
The Tarzen bridge..We had many a good night as teenagers playing music with the aid of a generator..well before the acid house craze...... jeff: i've lived here for 22 years and have often complained about wanting to "get out of here". the problem seems to be once i'm somewhere else i miss home terribly. there is something that draws...... anon (ppp76.tc-5.kal-ch.mi.localnet.com): Does anyone remember Bushwick High School during the 1960's, and some of the teachers there, such as Mr. Abel (Orchestra and music), Mr. Holden (swimming), Mr. Fieldler (Track and sports coach), Mr. Cohen (Sports and...... liam mccann: yo jot its your couson liam from england like the stuff ur doin at the min i was lookin 2 c if i could c any music ur doin at the min but cant find...... Joanne Amorello-minor: Didnt one of the shops collect used stamps for charity or something?I seem to remember having a stamp collection as a kid(I know!!)and getting fed up with it and giving them my stamps there were...... Rob Tynan: Hi Alison,
Yep I know Steve. Didnt he become a music teacher and a conductor. He was always trying to be in the lime light in the band. Ask him if he remembers...... anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a...... janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the...... revisited: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing...... FRED MEGLIO: HI JIM I ALSO RECALL THE HALSEY BOBS AND ELLERY BOBS I RE CALL SINGING DO OPP MUSIC WITH A GROUP OF DUDES ON MY CORNER ANYONE RE CALL BRANDLERS BAKERY 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN...... Evinrude: Alfred, people like you are the problem with this country. A socially ran country fails, do the research. Why don't you just join the communist party! Free market is what has built this country. If...... stfu: I saw a HA member use a woman's head to beat on bongo drums during a music venue. I look at it as he was teaching her how to play music.
I bet he didn't...... jack: sorry about the health care problem there, i am on medicare now but all my working years i paid over $400 a month for my health plan, it was the best, when i had open...... Polish in Derry: The polish people in derry have had a warm welcome in derry and find work in many places in town. we had problem in waterside, but people here had a concert in sandinos called love...... Logan: I am a 38 year old man born and raised in bushwick. I have seen bushwick go through many changes. I can remember when the wiseguys used to spend their days in the coffee shops...... Ilona: That's awesome. Big music from a little man.... EvilGentleman: Gotta love bikinis.... mmmmmm.....
I know, jack. My Sexe Cite post is right through the roof, and Super Sexe and Sex Appeal are doing pretty good, too. Sex sells.
Too bad you never got to see the...... little ukraine: i see nobody has given this a stab yet so... here goes...
first of all, congratulations for having the initiative to save up a lot of money, because it is first and foremost what you will...... jack: thanks little ukraine, would like to know your first name, but i informed my son who lives on the street where that drug bust took place. i'm generally down there every so often and...... Belroc: Graffiti art is something that if you don't understand
is easy to hate. Like techno and Rap music.
People don't do graff to ruin other peoples things.
Well some kid do..
I paint at spots that someone might not...... EvilGentleman: One thing I have noticed about your posts, chiamattt, is the stunning beauty of the women in many of your photos. And then today came along.
The day is boring. Suddenly, a smile comes across my...... joey: with apologies;
when i was just a lad of ten, my grandfather said to me,
"come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree."
"don't put your faith in love, my boy", my grandfather said to...... Mushi: I've now lived in Bushwick for 10 months. Other than the fact that where I live feels like a dorm sometimes (loud music, loud people), I do feel safe there. Yes, as I have said,...... Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg
Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain".
There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall.
I did some research, this is the...... Beadle and Tatum: I think the selection committee was probably swayed by a huge bid by the city of cleveland. I bet no other city was willing to pay as much as we were. Im gonna...... colavitos ghost: he wasn't actually the son of robert johnson, though that's a common misconception.
the real story goes that when robert lockwood was 11 or 12 years old, robert johnson moved in with lockwood and...... JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be...... jack: i knew gypsies in europe. they travelled around in colorful wagons. some pulled by horses and some by an old car or truck. they lived off selling cheap jewelry, tarot cards, playing...... KING CISCO 95TH ROSLAND: IM READIN ALOT OF SHIT ABOUT HUMBOLDT MY AUNT LIVED THER FOR 4 YEARS AND I SPENT ALOT OF TIME OUT THERE. (IM MEXICAN). I GOT SOMTHIN TO SAY ABOUT THE FOOL TALKIN ABOUT EDUCATION...... Tony: I WAS born in a house on Bushwick Avenue and Halsey Street. My father and mother were both immigrants from Italy, They left italy for the new world to improve their lives and to...... aer suzuki: for the time of year it depends on what kind of weather you like. if you like having a huge grey smear hanging above your head for a sky (which i do, mostly, perversely) and...... Karmen King: Its not very smart to say that you "experienced" Norman in any way since you were never farther than 10 feet from the highway. You missed Reynolds Performing Arts Center, Sam Noble Museum of Natural...... EvilGentleman: The art, if authentic, should be supported by buying it. I personally feel the best way to buy native art is to go to an Indian reservation and buy it directly from the artist, wherever...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: EvilG: I've got an ethics question. I was just in Denver and I bought a silver ring from a nice native lady who was working in (owned?) a store which carried tons of native american...... EvilGentleman: "So long as the human spirit
thrives on this planet,
music in some living form
will accompany and sustain it
and give it expressive meaning."
Aaron Copland
Wow, was I ever far off at deciphering some of this...... Marlo: There was much more on the green. Tents, junk food, a few small amusement-park-like rides, bad music, hyperactive children, and many people decked out in white and red .
The fireworks that evening were nice.... EvilGentleman: Nice set. The 4th picture, you captioned as "music", and I have to ask, what the heck is that person doing? I see the bongos/tam-tams, but that position is not normal. The shot of the...... carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,...... mofidious: rite "peterborough pete" we wer a full 6 piece band wiv a full set ready for gigs but our singer decided 2 leave at the last moment 2 go 2 uni to study music and...... anon (ip68-97-53-138.ok.ok.cox.net): Norman's really not that bad. As far as OK towns are concerned, I do prefer Tulsa, but Norman has a lot more going for it than the pictures you posted. That building is...... mofidious: wats the last link for mofidious on the google search all about?? mofidious is a copyrited name (read the black bar rite at the bottom of this page) so dont fukin try and nick it...... mofidious: ooooooh a fan? hey man ...editor cool name unless u r the editor then its just normal i'm not gona tell u who i am ..sorry , i cud give u my myspace url but...... mofidious: hey man that mofidious stencils promo for my band its just so people will think wat the hell does that mean then the'll come 2 our gigs to check us out, my name is erm........ Catherine Penfold-Waxman: "roommmate of a friend of mine, leaving with the entire Buffalo Sabres hockey team.... She finally went home two days later, and slept over 24 hours."
All I can say is, "Waccawaccabowwow" (porn music). Which reminds...... dave: The kid with the purple hair needs five upside the face, immediately. As a wise man once said, "you have my attention. now what are you going to do with it?"
Also, the sanctity of...... Joe: I've lived on Jefferson btwn Irving and Knickerbocker for a year. It's gotten a little better just in that time. We moved here because we got priced out of our old neighborhood, Park Slope. Our...... EvilGentleman: chiamattt (I think I finally got 3 t's in there this time!), if that idea of yours could become a reality, I think I would definitely support it. You definitely got my mind going with...... samantha 11: gwan you are the best.I love hollaback girl.i may not be your 1# fan but you inspire me with your music and your voice is like an rocken angal. ...... EvilGentleman: jack, do not forget June 11, 1958. That was the immortal day when Eddie Cochran released Summertime Blues. The day the music died was still a year in the future, so Buddy Holly, the Big...... EvilGentleman: I wish I knew a safe way to patent ideas without risking the idea being stolen. I have so many ideas for neat inventions, but I am so afraid to take the big step.
jack, it...... EvilGentleman: I wonder what the gardener had to feed to these pebbles to make them grow into rocks, and I wonder how long it took him. Is it true that if you talk to your pebbles,...... anon (p54907093.dip.t-dialin.net): I think I'll make a comment on this graffiti here on the picture and then to this forum conversation. There's nothing really special about it. This is the kind of graffiti you get in every...... anon (p54907093.dip.t-dialin.net): Hi I'm half German. I live in England and have done for 3 years. I like a lot of the people there, as you do in every country you meet good people and bad people....... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Strewth! What the feck is happening? How ignorant do you have to be to condemn someone for their choice of very mainstream music? These days, London Calling or The Immigrant song is hardly revolutionary (and...... will sharp: I remember rob barrett from berkeley days, sometime in the 70's. I lived in a house that rented a garage to bob, jesus, what great memories. he was a calm man, always working on...... **R@Ti0**: how can writting on walls add up to 2 years in prison and 100,000$ in damage it just dosent make sense! its fucking paint. and to all the people who think all tags look the...... kc: I rather like that clam with stick composition.
And btw, since this is such an informative post:
Mussel Shoals, CA: "If Rincon’s the Saks Fifth Avenue of California pointbreaks, then Mussel Shoals, located a mile south of...... Billy: Having lived in both the USA and England, let me tell you a few things.
Both countries electoral systems are fucked! None has real proportional representation. And in terms of laws probably both have an equal...... barry: I no I seen what you had wrote.I loved this bar an Mac,s when i was home.But no music no more,By the way I was thinking a bout you living in that flat.Man i would...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I've decided NOT to eat any raccoons I might find on I95. I won't corner any, but I will play loud music, but not Public Enemy, because they are cute, clean little buggers who are...... M.G. Michaud: Hello!
As a wildlife rehabilitator and someone who has hand-raised many orphaned raccoons over the years, I wanted to contribute a few words to the forum.
Raccoons are as "intelligent as any primate" (this from a friend...... Musicman: I'm not sure of the booking policy
But I was there for an open mic, a Wednesday or two ago.
Try contacting them
718-204-2080
Nice little venue with a really warm crowd
... mr detroit: to CANADIANS ROCK
WOW you canadians can spell better than us,is that the best you can come up with?is that why your so better?so let me see in a country as multicultural as canada your gonna...... al: the driver was yet one more of the increasing amount of uncivilized individuals who are borderline human and primate society life. we run across them all the time, they are the ones who feel threatened...... popasmuf: I can't believe this lady didn't expect some kind of reaction when she did this.
It would be like me going up to her and ripping her headphones off her head, because I have a personal...... The Awards 2: Coachrob59 – For not overlooking the importance of the sandwich (a very important point for all the potential future customers of the area, especially after this incident which will surely increase local traffic and sandwich...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: A little magnetic pathway for the ants to follow. Maybe when their antennas brush the tape they will hear music.... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I don't know Jack. Maybe the romance died the same day the music did....sigh...... freebo the clown: i have lived in bushwick for about five years now. my boyfriend and i moved here in 2001 from williamsburg to find a bigger, cheaper space. we started out on jefferson street btw....... Peace maker : England has the best music in all good types of music period: Rock: Pop: Progressive rock: Drum and base: Techno: Dance: to be fare the USA is probable the second best produces of...... jack: peter, you awaken many memories when you mention coney and stillwell. i grew up in 50's gravesend. my family moved from bay 13th and bath to gravesend. i walked many times from...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I have a friend whose dress sense is amazing. One day Kron be in an Austrian Durndal (like in the Sound of Music) and the next she'll be wearing vintage 70's polyester with grapes and...... jack: beautiful poem. we as a society, pre-judge everything. people in our own races have used each other for their own acheivement and glory. why do we prostitute ourselves to the sins of...... Peter: perhaps, jack, but art can be made with lots of things besides oils and canvas. just think... cameras, computers, musical instruments, film/video, coiture, dance, voice... and even spraypaint.
i appreciate and respect your sentiments and your......
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