Did you see? New York City just enacted the Bedbug Disclosure Act , requiring your building’s owner to give you a one-year history of bed bugs BEFORE you move into a place. This, as many of you know, is a vast improvement over NYC’s previous “What? You found bed bugs in your apartment? And the old tenants told you that’s why they moved out? Well sure, but I’m still not paying for an exterminator” landlord-disclosure policy.
Still, if you’ve ever actually *had* a New York City landlord before, you know that law or no law, they can’t be counted on to be entirely upfront about an apartment’s, shall we say, shortcomings. Which is why this is the perfect time to remind you of a resource that we all should be making more use of: the Bed Bug Registry.
This handy-dandy website allows you to search by street address for any reported history of bed bugs. It also has a wealth of information on how to recognize and fight against those little blood-suckers. And it’s not just for potential apartments either – you can look up and report any address in the city. Heading into the city to see Piranha 3D? Check out which movie theater with 3D capability still isn’t infected. Going home with that cutie you just met at Union Pool? Do a quick search of their address before spending the night. See how easy it is?
And to those poor souls for whom this is all too little and coming too late? Sorry man. Just make sure you call an exterminator. I think we all learned from Brian last week: it never pays to be a bed bug vigilante.
Swing by Monster Island (210 Kent) this Saturday for its 3rd annual Arts & Music Festival Block Party. Starting at 3pm, there’s music, BBQ by Mollusk Surf Shop, art by Live with Animals & Secret Project Robot, and something about a carnival installation. Goes ’til 11.
As Hurricane Earl moves in on us (oh my!) blowing autumnal thoughts, we thought we’d send some music your way to ease away the rainy day.
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HERE’S a mix I made over the past week of some stuff to get you on your feet. Get your dose of Vitamin D today before the sun slinks away.
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Before skipping the storm for a few weeks of traipsing in Peru, our good friends at Stadiums and Shrines left the third in their S&S: Random Rainbow Mix series to get us through these uncertain days.
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And of course Gorilla VS. Bear always brings a pleasant spectrum of the latest-and-greatest with their newest mixtape featuring new gems from some locals/Freewilly favorites that have really blown up lately– Twin Shadow, How to Dress Well, and Games.
One of our favorite new summer additions to the neighborhood is Lunchbox in Greenpoint, which replaced Forest Natural’s old space in early June. Lunchbox serves standard breakfast fare such as bagels, egg sandwiches, pastries imported from Balthazar. If you’re looking for a simple, tasty lunch they offer a variety of creative sandwiches, salads, homemade smoothies, and juices. Lunchbox is owned by couple Tommy Chabrowski & Antonia Kojuharova, who live right above the cafe. Greenpoint Gazette had a chance to talk to the couple about why they wanted to open a spot like Lunchbox.
Antonia Kojuharova said that, due to the lack of food stores that stay open late, she wanted to turn The Lunchbox into a place where Greenpointers can go and get whatever they might need for a last-minute party or gathering.
“I really wanted to sell all the types of potato chips you could ever imagine, really yummy cookies and crackers,” Kojuharova said. “I wanted to do something easy. A place where you can get your party essentials if you’re having people over; you can call us and get great beer and olives and crackers delivered. Forest Natural was always a basic little get-and-go sandwich shop,” she continued. “We wanted The Lunchbox to be a more pleasant place to be than your average deli; a fun, cheap and easy way to go meet your friends for brunch and hang out for an afternoon.”
The couple also plans to have local artists display their work on The Lunchbox walls, on a roughly two-month rotation schedule.
Yes, that’s right– our first installment of FREEwilly First Thursdays at Coco66 is tonight, and what better way to celebrate than giving away a pair of tickets to the show!?
I mean, free tickets or not, you wanna be there anyway. Check out this lineup:
The live performances will be followed by DJ sets from Beach Fossils, the perfect boys to say so long to summer with, and Ilijrana from Apache Beat. Not to mention the fabulous Whitney Fierce giving us hits to shake our rumps to all night long!
So head on over to the Facebook invite, RSVP and share it with your friends, and you could be the proud new owner of two tickets to tonight’s show.
We’re picking a winner at 3pm, so stay on your toes!
Even though somebody has been putting glue in people’s locks on Bedford Ave., we’re not going to let that deter us from riding. This is a feel great summer jam about riding your bike around, picking up babes, drinking 40s and not getting jobs. What’s not to love? These philosophies are pretty much universal, right? Ronson, Kyle Falconer and Spank Rock agree.
This show has actually been up for a bit, but I just got around to seeing it. Do yourself a favor and check it out before it’s gone in a few days.
100 Records is the culmination of a massive year long project by artist and musician Sonny Smith, front man of the group Sonny & The Sunsets. Smith invited 100 artists to produce 100 7” record covers for fictional bands. Smith concocted the personas of these fictitious bands, then wrote and recorded one hundred songs to correspond with each 7” record. Recording with his band The Sunsets, as well as with members of notable bands such as the Sandwitches, Fresh N Only’s, Thee Oh Sees, Ty Segall, and the Kelley Stoltz Band, each record stands on its own as a solid piece of music and spans a wide range from pop, concept ideas, spoken word, instrumentals, surf, garage, folk and rock n roll.
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