I've been thinking about gamifying the process of making new friends in my city. Kind of like a #LARP but your character is just yourself, and you earn points for showing up to small group events. Extra points for helping organize gatherings and coming up with creative ideas for people to get to know each other better.
...I've been thinking about this for over a year, maybe someday I'll have enough energy to actually start it.
Exactly one year ago today, I unboxed the first copies of Naming Gotham. I got to spend a year sharing on podcasts, giving public lectures, & doing news interviews with PBS, Daily News, Hellgate (+ so many more). What an adventure! Thank you all for the support.
#NowPlaying - and while we're at it, also more bangers than "meet the beatles" & an album i jam way more often than "sgt. pepper." "ugliest part of your body" & "take your clothes off when you dance" still go so hard. peace to FZ & all hungry freaks. @vinylrecords
and properly synchronous: a paper airplane made from a 1967 mothers of invention/dave van ronk/ian & sylvia gig at the cafe au go go in #nyc, from harry smith's mapped & categorized paper airplane collection, now in the smithsonian & detailed in john szwed's eloquent new smith bio "cosmic scholar."
celebrating buy nothing day, part 1: brought a broken califone turntable for repair at the legendary wonderland of the hi-tech electronic service center at 47 canal in #nyc, one of the last full-service cash-only fix-it shops in chinatown (or anywhere in the city). frank rules. can't recommend highly enough.
Tues 11/14 - SCOTUS "Code" "of" "Ethics," Special Counsel Says Trump Wants a Carnival, BK Judge Ethics Fallout, NYC Real Estate Brokerage Sued and Amazon <3s Casino Apps
#SCOTUS adopts a nonbinding, voluntary, code of ethics, Special counsel says #Trump is trying to start a carnival in court, more bankruptcy judge ethics fallout, #NYC real estate brokerages and #Amazon sued.
The Van Wyck, the Major Deegan, the Bruckner, the Hutch, the Jackie Robinson . . . these road are named for people. Who were they? The people behind iconic Gotham landmarks offer a unique window into the history of the greatest city in the world. #history#NYC#histodons@histodons#urban
this month, the @WFMU record fair returns for the first time since 2019! one of my personal happiest places on earth & can't wait (though realllllly wish it was at a spot that's less of a huge pain by public transportation, sadly the expo center in greenpoint closed; check maps before you haul). https://wfmu.org/recordfair/@vinylrecords#records#vinyl#nyc#queens