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Frog Eyes, P.S. I Love You, at Rough Trade, 8/23

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frog eyes band from british columbiaAlmost a year after he was diagnosed with throat cancer, Frog Eyes’ Carey Mercer was been cleared to start performing again. Tonight’s Rough Trade show is the New York stop on the band’s celebratory tour of North America.

Shuddering, intense, grit-and-glam cabaret from Victoria, BC. Trembling, combustible rock magic – complete with a hoary growl barking lyrical turns of phrase over heavy beats, skronk, and aching beauty. The band has been turning heads wherever they go, and can count Black Dice, the Animal Collective, Wolf Parade, Mountain Goats, Hot Hot Heat, Polyphonic Spree, and John Vanderslice among their legions of diehard fans.

with PS I Love You, Miniboone

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East Williamsburg’s Livestream Plays Part in Ferguson Protests

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East River State Park, Photo by Max Dworkin

  • Can you help solve the mystery of the disappearance of The Tamale Man of India Street?
  • And then there were none – demolition of 5 Pointz has begun.
  • East Wiliamsburg’s video streaming service Livestream used by people on the ground in Ferguson, Mo. to broadcast live footage of the clashes between cops and protesters. View the feed, titled “I am Mike Brown Live from Ferguson, MO” here.
  • Jim Jarmusch talks to Indiewire about the future of independent film and his latest film, “Only Lovers Left Alive,” which is now available to watch on Time Warner Cable Movies on Demand as part of their Indie Film Month.

LIC Flea 2nd Annual Ping Pong Open

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The US Open is not the only tennis event in Queens. Never mind Forest Hills, the Ping Pong Open in Long Island City is where it’s at. You think you have what it takes to be the ping pong champion of Queens? Then put your money where your mouth is and put your skills to the test, or fuhgeddaboudit, amirigh?

Saturday is the date for the LIC Flea’s 2nd Annual Ping Pong Open tournament. Claim cool prizes and bragging rights, or just come by and watch. Register for the tournament here.

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Kafka, to Oskar Pollak, Nov 8 1903

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A letter from Kafka to his friend Oskar Pollak, 1903, quoted in Briefe (ed. Max Brod)

“For we are abandoned, like children lost in the wood. When you stand before me, and look at me, what do you know of the pains that are in me, and what do I know of yours? And if I were to prostate myself before you and weep and talk, would you know any more about me than you know about hell when someone tells you it is hot and fearsome? For this reason alone, we human beings should stand before one another with as much respect, as much sympathy, and as much love as if we were standing before the gates of hell.”

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