Back in Bay Ridge, briefly

We were in New York over the weekend-- just in time for the hurricane!-- and I spent a few nostalgic minutes down in our old stomping grounds of Bay Ridge. Unsurprisingly, nothing has changed, as the neighborhood hasn't progressed much past 1991. I took a couple of photos while there, but none of them were especially great, so in their place enjoy this golden oldie about our favorite neighborhood in New York:

"I Want to go to Bay Ridge" by The Shamblers from Pete Shambler on Vimeo.

Free furniture

We're moving (Tuesday!!) and are letting some furniture go for free. Come out to beautiful Bay Ridge and they're yours!

Write to colonialrecordingsusa@gmail.com if interested.

Filing cabinet (legal sized) - 52" tall x 18" wide x 27" deep.



Drafting table - 43" wide x 30" tall x 20" deep



Work bench - 59" wide x 30" tall x 18" deep



Bookshelf - 78" tall x 32" wide x 11.5" deep

(we've taken the shelves out for you-- ready to go!)

Marathon clips

The marathon runs right through our neighborhood, and is always a good place for people watching.

Here are a couple of clips from this morning, set to old chestnuts from the Colonial catalog:

(I'm not too sure what the story is with the black border on the videos-- I'm not savvy enough to have put them there myself!)

Eucalyptus - our new roommate

Things we acquired in July

Shark stapler, dinosaurs


Pig bank, cigar box


Fangs, "Stalking the Wild Pendulum," "The Center of the Cyclone," Miles Davis "On the Corner"

Yet another advertising edit

Another advertising edit

New advertising edit

Happy (belated) Halloween!

"Halloweenie Day" by Das Smarties:

More advertising edits

The "Kill the Messenger" posters just went up in our station. My first thought: "Hey! A 545!" As soon as the platform cleared, this happened...

Art we made

You can also make it say "KOK EROUS," which is pretty funny, too.

Inside the MTA

Snow Day!

Parade preparations

These were taken thirty minutes before the start of the annual Ragamuffin Parade on 3rd Ave. earlier today. The bottom photo is of Joe Hanley, the nice guy who put The Shamblers in Leisure Cove over a year ago:

Ovington Ave., 10pm, 9/22/07

BTW

While we were out of town, there was a big storm in our neighborhood, with heavy rain, lightning and an honest-to-god tornado. Luckily, it somehow missed our building entirely, and our apartment/ studio/ everything we own is fine. Our neighbors weren't as lucky...

USPSzzzz

I often feel that my local Post Office is more inept than most other branches: packages arrive destroyed and empty, bills appear months after they were issued, letters addressed to other apartments in other apartment buildings routinely arrive in my mailbox. I've come to accept it as fact-- I get about 2/3 of my mail. It is what it is.

So, when I called the 11209 office earlier today, it came as no suprise that I was met with a "this phone has been temporarily disconnected" message on the other end. This is the kind of message your phone company posts when you haven't been paying your bills.

Here's the number-- check it out: (718) 238-4525.

On a related note, I have a package waiting for me at the Post Office from Oktavamod... the MK-319 is back! Expect a review to post this weekend.

Fistik + Mr. Big tags in our neighborhood

Bay Ridge in the fall

Terrible local grage door graffiti, pt. 2