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Hope There’s Someone – Antony and the Johnsons

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:18:40 +0000

Stairway to Stardom

Derek Tutschulte — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:52:12 +0000

Apparently, back in the 80′s there was this cable-access talent show called “Stairway to Stardom”. It really tapped the deep vein of awkwardness running through Brooklyn during those cocaine-fueled days. I am happy to say that the genre continues to this day on Brooklyn cable-access station BCAT, and we can only hope and pray that someone is putting it all on crappy videotape right now.

Before you view the below video, here’s some background on this Brooklyn cultural masterpiece.

5 Minutes in Brooklyn: The Garden Pier in Red Hook

Derek Tutschulte — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 22:38:22 +0000

Today, Lupe relaxed at the end of the Garden Pier, in Red Hook. The pier is just across the small inlet of water that separates the pier from Fairway Supermarket, right next to the The Waterfront Museum. Enjoy the view.

Newcleus – Jam On It

Derek Tutschulte — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:25:52 +0000

Newcleus, originally from Brooklyn.

Louis Theroux Meets The Israelites

Derek Tutschulte — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:49:41 +0000

Louis Theroux, intrepid reporter from the BBC, took a long, plaintive stare at Black Nationalism in Harlem in the early 2000′s (right around when Amadou Diallo was shot and killed by NYC police).

That’s No Way to Say Goodbye – Judy Collins & Leonard Cohen

Derek Tutschulte — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:20:45 +0000

Jonathan Schwartz played a cover of this song this past weekend on WNYC. I had never heard it before and it’s beautiful. This video is from Wolfgang’s Vault.

Little River Band – Lady

Derek Tutschulte — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:58:34 +0000

While looking online for a video of Little River Band’s classic ballad, “Lady”, I accidentally stumbled across a nerd love, so dark and depraved, that no Trekkie dare speak its name in public: a sentimental dedication to 40 years of the beloved Enterprise.

Thanks “captjon1″ for posting!

Franny’s is Cupping it Up with Counter Culture Coffee This Month

Derek Tutschulte — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:50:59 +0000

Meet John Moore, NYC sales rep for Counter Culture Coffee. I met him this morning at a coffee tasting session organized by his company and hosted by Franny’s Restaurant, here in Brooklyn.

Franny’s will be hosting coffee tastings every Friday this month at 10am, so just show up and surrender yourself to an excellent education in the complex art of coffee cupping. Counter Culture uses your comments, in addition to the opinions of those attending simultaneous cuppings throughout the east coast, to complete the feedback loop with coffee growers in developing Africa and their roaster here in the U.S. It also doesn’t hurt to let Franny herself know exactly what you think about coffee she may very well purchase.

Queens Museum for a Day

Derek Tutschulte — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 04:15:04 +0000

Actually, it was more like an afternoon. The museum houses a wonderful scale model of the entire city presented at the 1964 World’s Fair. After the fair, “The Panorama of the City of New York” was used by Robert Moses in his citywide planning efforts. You can see his housing projects colored orange throughout the model. I remember my grandfather taking me here thirty year’s ago. Wow.

Looks like Tribe Called Quest likes to get down every once in awhile in Queens and Brooklyn, too.

Rehab – Amy Winehouse

Derek Tutschulte — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:08:38 +0000

My apologies. I decided to go on a bit of a music video tear. I was afraid I was going to lose track of some entertaining videos I have encountered over the last few years. Perhaps, I should have just put them in one post, to be deleted when I regained my senses. I’ll have to figure out a way to separate them from more topical posts.

Anyway, The Dap Kings, the backup band on this album, are from Brooklyn.