A Halloween costume. Well I know it is not exactly that Halloween time of year at this hour, but if you are located in that East Village neighborhood location of New York City as I am, everyday can seem as if it is Halloween when one sees the costumes and outfits that people are walking around on the streets all dressed up in. And if you happen to be looking for Halloween Costumes, you can find them at In.Costume.com. They have lots of costumes for adults, teens and kids. And their website is fun to look at with photos of people dressed up as Renaissance characters, princesses, gypsies and other costumes of various sorts. InCostume.com has wigs, hats, masks, accessories, makeup, decorations and even pet costumes. You can be your favorite character at their website, as they are all costumes all the time.
Monthly Archives: April 2008
The Water
And as if the world doesn’t seem scary enough, sometimes is seems even scarier when I read the paper or turn on the world news. And the title of an article from that am NY newspaper a couple of weeks ago titled “Few answers on drugged water”, seemed like something straight out of a science fiction novel. As if there is not a psychiatric state on the world already, the article goes on to to say something about the pharmaceutical industry is drugging all of the drinking water supplies, and that someone from the Environmental Protection Agency is supposed to hear if this is really true. Hugh? Psychiatry kills. Abolished forced psychiatric treatment. And in case you happen to be wondering what that yellow star is all about that I placed in this blog entry, psychiatric inmates were required to wear a yellow badge during the Nazi Germany eugenics, genocide, gentrification, holocaust and were the first group to be killed. Remember the 275,000 killed. And how much forced treatment than this can it get. And what does this have to do with a No Police State?
This Sport
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Bushwick Open Studios
And I was walking around that neighborhood Bushwick, Brooklyn the other day, one of those New York City neighborhoods that seems as if it has a lot to be said about in regards to gentrification, poverty and the ever changing New York landscape. And there was a sign taped to one of those light poles that read “Bushwick Open Studios”. Now that sounds interesting, as I read that a lot of artists have infiltrated, populated that area in recent years as exiles from the East Village, then Williamsburg, and now Bushwick as far as the L train can see on the Jefferson Ave stop. And I am always looking for some great art to see. And even though this event is not until the end of May and June, if you happen to be in that area, this art event looks as if it is great to check out. Here are a few special festival events that are listed on their website so far:
-BOS 08 preview and sample sale at Lumenhouse featuring works by Bushwick Open Studio 2008 artists.
-Bushwick Open Studio 08 Music Festival at Goodbye Blue Monday
-Bushwick Open Studio 08 Cabaret, a night of non-theatrical performance knit together by our in-house band.
-Neighborhood Sustainability Forum at Bushwick Impact, mural and garden unveiling at BUSHWICK IMPACT
Have a great art day
Social Spark Rocks
Social Spark is great for mommies. In other thoughts, I think Social Spark is great for mommies, daddies, aunts, uncles, sisters, brothers, sons, daughters, friends, family members, in laws, tenth removed distant cousins, someone you haven’t seen in years, and any other person on planet earth. And in case you haven’t heard, SocialSpark is this really cool, awesome, social media marketing, blog marketing and blog advertising network. And it is really another one of those Pay Per Post companies, another company that I am attempting to blah blog my way to get rich Internet quick riches with. And this website seems a little different than Pay Per Post, as one can request friends, see other bloggers profiles, send messages, leave comments, create sparks, blogger opportunities and a whole lot more on this website. And this website is the Hollywood of all paid blogging websites to me and it seems as if it is a combination of MySpace, YouTube and MyBlogLog all in one when it comes to social networking. And the colors and photos on their page are brilliantly awesome and beautiful to look at as one is browsing and clicking around there. And what really makes Social Spark great for mommies is that one can work from home, blog from home. One can earn money without ever having to leave home. This is a great website for every mommy of the world to consider signing up for if one wants to attempt to get rich Internet quick, or at least earn a few extra dollars while raising their children and working from home. And what better way to be with your child and earn money, than at home. Social Spark rocks.
Earth Day
Hey Bloggers, is tomorrow Earth Day in the world, or just North America? I received another one of those Todd Eaton emails weekly calendar protests schedules today that seem to be all protest all the time, and it had the following event listed:
Friends,
Apologies for the short notice but we just found out that ExxonMobil is sponsoring tomorrow’s Go Green Earth Day Festival in McCarren Park. ExxonMobil is also responsible for the largest oil spill in America’s history, larger than the Exxon Valdez, just meters away from where the festival will be taking place!
Other festival sponsors include BP America, Waste Management, and Forest City Ratner Company (responsible for the Atlantic Yards project). These companies are no friend to our community, and no friend to the environment.
Please join the Greenpoint SuperFUNd SuperFriendz in taking immediate action.
Join us at McCarren Park for a protest rally. We’re calling on you to help reclaim Earth Day from the greenwashers and reclaim the oil from McCarren Park!
Reclaim the Oil!
Saturday, April 19, 11:00 am
Meet at Driggs and N. 12th St.
L to Bedford Av
There’s oil a plenty underfoot and we oil men will be on hand with rig, drills, and buckets to reclaim our oil and our earth (day).
Dear Exxon, We Drink Your Milkshake!
About Greenwashing:
The term is generally used when significantly more money or time has been spent advertising being green (that is, operating with consideration for the environment), rather than spending resources on environmentally sound practices. This is often portrayed by changing the name or label of a product, to give the feeling of nature, for example putting an image of a forest on a bottle of harmful chemicals. Environmentalists often use greenwashing to describe the actions of energy companies, which are traditionally the largest polluters.
About the Greenpoint Exxon Mobil Oil Spill:
Between 17 and 30 million gallons of oil lie beneath North Brooklyn.
And again, today on this day there was an earth quake in middle midwest america. And that reminds me of an article I read a few weeks ago about scientists hearing noise in the ocean, like earthquakes that have never been heard before or something….. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind. And what does this have to do with a No Police State?
A Film Festival
Gee, I turn on the news on this day and it says that there was an earthquake in the midwest felt as far away as several surrounding states from which it was centered. And this seems to be considered as earth day nears, the effects of mother nature and its fury, or its natural changes of itself. And I am always scared of those natural disasters of planet mother earth with humanity on its surface. And in other thoughts, the entertainment headlines say that the Tribeca Film Festival is in town April 23 through May 4. The lower Manhattan event celebrating independent film. And here is a partial list of some of those film selections that will be shown as part of it, as this event seems as if it can be the end all to be all in the independent film world. And the list of film festivals goes on and on:
Butterfly, directed by Yulia Mahr. Eclipse, directed and written by Mark Lapwood,
For Tomorrow: The First Step of the Revolution, directed by Kenneth Kokin,Heaven on Earth (Himmel auf Erden), directed by Florian Riegel. Life for a Child, directed by Ed Lachman,My Mother Said (Kuna Ni Nanang), directed by Jessica Sison,Eau Boy, directed and written by Eric Gravel,I Think I Thought, directed and written by Matthew Modine,Irish Twins, directed and written by Rider Strong and Shiloh Strong,
Shift (15 Minuten Wahrheit), Directed and written by Nico Zingelmann,
Sikumi, directed and written by Andrew Okpeaha MacLean,The Tournament (Il Torneo), directed by Michele Alhaique, written by Federico Mazzei,When I Become Silent (Watashi ga chinmoku suru toki), directed and written by Hyoe Yamamoto, About Face, directed by Chad Maker,The Elephant Garden, directed and written by Sasie Sealy. Goldfish, directed and written by Joe Wein,Heartbeats (Hartslagen), directed by Vincent Coen and Sebastiaan Lagrou,Icebergs, directed and written by Germinal Roauxl,
Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: Rope a Dope, directed by Laurent Briet,Mamitas, directed and written by Nicholas Ozeki,Takoma Park, directed and written by David Andalman, 200000 Phantoms (Nijuman No Borei), directed by Jean-Gabriel Periot, Before the Tracks Are Lost On the Wind (2007 Ehe die Spuren verwehen), directed and written by Renate Günther-Greene,Launch, directed and written by Brian Doyle,Number One, directed by Leighton Pierce,Polar, directed by Scott Nyerges, At Day’s End, directed by Sherif El Bendary,Feathers to the Sky, directed and written by Leonardo Ricagni,Have You Ever Heard About Vukovar?, directed and written by Paolo Borraccetti,Kid, directed and written by Miguel Alvarez,Made in Slovenia, directed and written by Miran Zupanic,The Second Life of the Sugar Bowl (La deuxieme vie du sucrier), directed and written by Didier Canaux,Song of Slomon, directed by Emmanuel Shirinian, written by Amy Cameron,All Saints Day, directed by Will Frears, written by Brooke Berman,The Aviatrix, directed and written by Toddy Burton,God’s Beach, directed and written by Abigail Carpenter,John and Karen, directed and written by Matthew Walker,Moon Mermaid (Sirène de lune), directed by Psyché Piras and Sophie Collay, written by Piras,Rattlesnakes (Skröltormar), directed by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson, written by Huldar Breidfjord,Willingly, directed and written by Pazit Lichtman, Cupcake, directed and written by Sean McPhillips, Kirksdale, directed and written by Ryan Spindell, co-written by Bradford Hodgson, Last Time in Clerkenwell, directed and written by Alex Budovskyl, The Money Shot, directed by Aaron Rapke, written by Stewart Kaye and Rapke, Night Light, directed and written by Mark Mollenkamp, Skeletons in the Closet (Skelett i garderoben), directed and written by Ulrik Friberg, Supply and Demand (L’offre et la demande), directed and written by Frédéric Farucci, Zombie Gets a Date, directed and written by Leetal Platt, Ana’s Way (El Camino de Ana), directed and written by Richard Vazquez,Angels Die in the Soil (Fereshtegan Dar Khak Mimirand), directed and written by Babak Amini,Cargo, directed and written by Leo Woodhead, Good Boy (Bom Garoto), directed by Davyde Wachell and written by Vinicius Alexandrino, New Boy, directed and written by Steph Green, The New Yorkist, directed and written by Dana O’Keefe, The Year of the Pig (El año del cerdo), directed by Claudia Calderón, written by Leopoldo Nakata, Fernando de Peña, and Calderón, GIFT OF FIRE Nineteen (Obscure) Frames that Changed the World, directed by Ken Jacobs, Great Genius and Profound Stupidity, directed and written by Benita Raphan, Teslamania, directed and written by Joel Schlemowitz,
Being Human, directed and written by Mike Palermo, Coffee Break (Kaffepausen), directed by Johannes Pico, written by Lars Bang, Dusk (La Hora Cero), directed by Gary Alazraki, written by Guillermo Arriaga, God Only Knows, directed by Mark V. Reyes, written by Julie Oxendale and Reyes, Hesitation, directed and written by Virginia Gilbert, Roads, directed and written by Lior Geller, The Second Line, directed and written by John Magary, Baghdad Twist, directed by Joe Balass, Deconfliction, directed by Edward Tyndall, Mandatory Service, directed and written by Jessica Habie, Not Sacks, directed by Fiona Colins, Self-Portrait With Cows Going Home And Other Works — A Portrait Of Sylvia Plachy, directed by Rebecca Dreyfus, Tale of Two Bondage Models, directed and written by Brian Lilla, Yellow Sticky Notes, directed and written by Jeff Chiba Stearns, 7 Cities (7 Sehir), directed by Reza Hemmatirad, Beginning Filmmaking, directed and written by Jay Rosenblatt, Lost Girl, directed by Ali Taleb, So Beautiful (Zo mooi), directed by Stefan van de Staak, Suspended, directed by Bahar Behbahani and The Milky Way (Le litre de lait), directed by Luc Moullet,
And here are some of their music performers to be heard:
Tribeca/ASCAP Music Lounge to feature Nick Lowe, Regina Spektor, Sia, Jon Foreman, Joseph Arthur, Ingrid Michaelson, Sondre Lerche, Rachael Yamagata, Jack Savoretti, Small Mercies, Augustana, Chris Thile, Brett Dennen, Jessie Baylin, Lizz Wright and more. Plus, Music Supervisor Alexandra Patsavas returns to curate ‘Breaking the Band, an exclusive live music showcase featuring The Hold Steady, The Virgins, and Republic Tigers.
The 2008 Festival line-up will feature numerous films that showcase music and musicians, including 90 Miles The Documentary, featuring Gloria Estefan, Lou Reed’s Berlin, and Celia the Queen, featuring the late Celia Cruz.
Additional films that feature musicians and music include:
• 90 Miles The Documentary (90 Millas El Documental), directed by Emilio Estefan, written by Jose Maldonado and Estefan. (USA) – New York Premiere, Documentary. A fascinating look at Gloria Estefan as she records her latest album, 90 Millas, which pays tribute to the history of Latin music. With appearances ranging from legendary Latin musicians such as Arturo Sandoval, Chocolate Armenteros, and Israel Lopez Cachao to contemporaries Sheila E., Carlos Santana, and Pit Bull. Followed by a special talk with Emilio Estefan, Gloria Estefan, Johnny Pacheco and special guests.
• Celia the Queen, directed by Joe Cardona and Mario De Varona, written by Cardona. Documentary. Azucar! The voice of Celia Cruz, Featuring interviews with Quincy Jones, Andy Garcia, and Wyclef Jean.
• Lou Reed’s Berlin, directed by Julian Schnabel. New York Premiere, Documentary. In 2006, artist/filmmaker Julian Schnabel took to the stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn to introduce a concert 33 years in the making: Lou Reed, playing his Berlin song cycle live for the first time.
• Old Man Bebo, directed by Carlos Carcas.
• Playing for Change: Peace Through Music, directed by Jonathan Walls and Mark Johnson.
• The 27 Club, directed and written by Erica Dunton.
• War Child, directed by C. Karim Chrobog.
Have a great film, music and art day. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
Phone Cards
phone cards. I have been seeing those things around for years now throughout my travels in this town. And I think I have actually used them at one time or another as an alternative to the what can be humongous wallet draining to call another planet at three thousand dollars a minute it seems after one views their monthly phone bill in possible shock episodes. And so those cheap phone cards are prepaid so that one knows what to expect with the phone bill phone call beforehand, and one can usually buy them at the corner bodega, deli, gas station, supermarket or some other place. And those prepaid phone cards usually provide a cheap way to call that friend, family, or some other person that is located in another state or country. And if you happen to be looking for cheap prepaid phone cards, therichcom.com is the ultimate phone card center. They have just about every single type of phone card available to call anywhere imaginable. They sell prepaid phone cards to call international destinations ranging from asia to middle east and europe. You can search for best phone cards to call from anywhere in the world to virtually anywhere else in the world with much cheaper rates than from large companies like at&t, sprint and other large phone companies. You can get the pin number for phone card and access numbers for the phone card and calling card delivered online and email instantly saving yourself a trip to the store.
On This Day
And on this day, I am still seeming to find myself stuck in how to fix those other blogs that I started a while ago that seem to be full of glitches at the moment, and how to figure out how to fix that blog problem I am seemingly forever trying to figure out. Is there an online tutorial for that? And some of the many headlines on this day say that the Pope Benedict XVI is in town for his birthday I guess. And he is of a German Catholic heritage, visiting that German catholic Church St. Joseph’s in Yorkville, New York City. And then there are the German heritage, immigration, ministry and all things German articles that are popping up everywhere in his presence. And isn’t there some rumor about there is one Pope left to pass away before the end of the world out there in internetland, or is that a whole another blog posting? Guten Tach.
Design This House
Now that seems to be a really cool and beautiful looking really big photo of a house that I placed in this blog entry for some reason or another. And the colors of that house are really beautiful also, as if it could be one of those country houses in the woods on an island all its own with its stone and wooden exterior. And I could imagine living in that house, or at least going there a lot, as it seems as if it could be one of those dream homes one sees in those beautiful homes magazines. And I never actually stopped to think about the shingles on the roof of that house and where they come from. And the shingles on the house in that photo above are a really cool color that seems as if they want to blend in with the rest of the background of that photo and that beautiful sort of country house look. And that blue sky and those trees seem to look so peaceful and serene that surround that house also. And I am not exactly sure if I would be able to put those shingles on that house if I had to. And what if I really did need to put those shingles on that house, what then, do I just go climb up on the roof and put a nail and a piece of wood into the roof, or maybe it isn’t that easy. And if you need to Find a GAF ELK Factory Certified Roofing Contractor, GAF-Elk’s Premium Designer Shingles is there. GAF-Elk can help you find a roofing contractor for that home. They are a residential and commercial roofing company and they can help you to select the right contractor for your home remodeling needs. You can find a roofing contractor, distributor, lumber dealer, roofing ABC’S and installation guides and videos to watch about how to fix that roof at their website, and there’s even a virtual home remodeler where you can see a full line of colors and design your own home. There are also many shingle styles and colors to be found at GAF-Elk’s website for the construction and decorating of that home.
No Police State Girl 