Mike Patoska

Central Park from 55th & 6th. (at 1345 Avenue of the...

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:24:34 -0400

Central Park from 55th & 6th. (at 1345 Avenue of the Americas)

One World Trade Center (at TriBeCa)

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:34:56 -0400

One World Trade Center (at TriBeCa)

The Statue of Liberty off in the distance. (at Battery Park)

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 19:53:28 -0400

The Statue of Liberty off in the distance. (at Battery Park)

npr: lookhigh: SSHHHHHHH, The Ramones are in the Library of...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:44:22 -0400

npr:

lookhigh:

SSHHHHHHH, The Ramones are in the Library of Congress

The Ramones’ 1976 eponymous debut album — which brought us “Blitzkrieg Bop,” “Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue,” and “I Don’t Wanna Go Down to the Basement” — is among the 25 recordings added Thursday to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.

The LOC says*:

“The band’s first album captured the incandescence of guitarist Johnny Ramone’s speedy no-nonsense playing, Dee Dee Ramone’s propulsive bass and the surfy sonorities of Tommy’s drums. The youthful tone of Joey Ramone’s singing voice was equally influenced by Iggy Pop and bubblegum rock. When combined with the backing vocals and lyrics portraying teen love and anxiety, it gave the album a strong pop flavor despite its heavy sound and the disturbing aspects of other songs dealing with drug use, Nazism and male prostitution.”

The 2012 list also includes:

“Begin the Beguine.” Artie Shaw & His Orchestra. (1938)

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto, No. 1. Van Cliburn (April 11, 1958)

“The Shape of Jazz to Come.” Ornette Coleman. (1959)

“The Twist.” Chubby Checker. (1960)

“Sounds of Silence” (album). Simon and Garfunkel. (1966)

“Cheap Thrills.” Big Brother and the Holding Company. (1968)

“The Dark Side of the Moon.” Pink Floyd. (1973)

“Saturday Night Fever.” The Bee Gees, et.al. (1977)

“Einstein on the Beach.” Phillip Glass, Robert Wilson. (1979)

*NOTE: An earlier version from the LOC incorrectly said Tommy Ramone played bass and Dee Dee was on drums.

Who do you think should — or shouldn’t — be on this list? — tanya b.

bijan: Happy Birthday, Twitter. 7 years old today. You changed...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:43:52 -0400

bijan:

Happy Birthday, Twitter. 7 years old today. You changed the world.

NYC Digital: Reinvent Payphones Winner: Beacon - Best Visual Design

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 01:32:14 -0400

NYC Digital: Reinvent Payphones Winner: Beacon - Best Visual Design:

fred-wilson:

nycdigital:

Description

Gently rising out of the sidewalk and topping out at nearly 12 feet, BEACON is a slender concrete and stainless steel structure enclosing a stack of indestructible LED matrix screens, similar to those found on Times Square billboards.

The upper screens function as digital…

congrats to the Beacon team. i love this concept.

bijan: (Nothing But) Flowers — Talking Heads

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:55:24 -0500

bijan:

(Nothing But) Flowers — Talking Heads

"Telephone company executives wondered whether the standard cord, then about three feet long, might..."

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 02:48:38 -0500

“Telephone company executives wondered whether the standard cord, then about three feet long, might be shortened. Mr. Karlin’s staff stole into colleagues’ offices every three days and covertly shortened their phone cords, an inch at time. No one noticed, they found, until the cords had lost an entire foot. From then on, phones came with shorter cords. Mr. Karlin also introduced the white dot inside each finger hole that was a fixture of rotary phones in later years. After the phone was redesigned at midcentury, with the letters and numbers moved outside the finger holes, users, to AT&T’s bewilderment, could no longer dial as quickly. With blank space at the center of the holes, Mr. Karlin found, callers no longer had a target at which to aim their fingers. The dot restored the speed.”

- John Karlin, The Psychologist Who Designed the Telephone - Neatorama (via amalucky)

bijan: Redemption Song (with Joe Strummer) — Johnny...

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:37:33 -0500

bijan:

Redemption Song (with Joe Strummer) — Johnny Cash

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at Downtown Manhattan

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:15:09 -0500

at Downtown Manhattan

at Lower East Side

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:12:15 -0500

at Lower East Side

Gabba Gabba Hey! (at New Museum)

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 15:58:12 -0500

Gabba Gabba Hey! (at New Museum)

at MakerBot Store

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:31:31 -0500

at MakerBot Store

at Mexican Radio

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:09:57 -0500

at Mexican Radio

#streetartnyc (at Little Italy)

Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:41:31 -0500

#streetartnyc (at Little Italy)

Essays of Learning: Holes in "Survey Sheds Light on Male Bosses"

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:19:10 -0400

Essays of Learning: Holes in "Survey Sheds Light on Male Bosses":

fiainros:

This is a response to article “Survey sheds light on male bosses”

The outcome of a recent survey is the difference between what male bosses and female bosses believe about their workers, which leads to a terrible slippery slope of why. I will come back to that main point. However, I…

Downtown from Little Italy (Taken with Instagram at New York...

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:12:11 -0400

Downtown from Little Italy (Taken with Instagram at New York City)

Midtown from Little Italy (Taken with Instagram at New York...

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:03:17 -0400

Midtown from Little Italy (Taken with Instagram at New York City)

Mulberry Street (Taken with Instagram at Little Italy)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:59:44 -0400

Mulberry Street (Taken with Instagram at Little Italy)

Central Park from 55 and 6th. (Taken with Instagram at Fortress...

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 20:09:34 -0400

Central Park from 55 and 6th. (Taken with Instagram at Fortress Investment Group)