July 2010
June 2010
russian spies in sunnyside!
you know that whole deep cover russian spy ring that the department of justice just busted? the one that used invisible ink, radiograms, high-tech communications, text-encoded pictures, hidden messages, and CLANDESTINE MEETINGS AND PASSWORDS? well, they loved sunnyside! for years those clandestine meetings took place right here, in western queens, where they met and exchanged bags of cash,...
unknown artist - bailando cumbia
“loves how every day is a party in queens during the world cup… every day...”
– a friend’s status update today
watching the world cup at a sunnyside pub...
a pair of crutches rest on the booze-soaked bar top, a quintet of boisterous irish folk sing the beachboys ‘i get around’ at full volume between shots of powers whiskey, a kenyan man drinking guinness cringes and curses in kiswahili every time the ivory coast hit a bad pass, a south korean manchester united fan extols the virtues of the north korean squad and barks out his hopes for...
“we use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other.”
Рjos̩ saramago
“utopia lies at the horizon.
when i draw nearer by two steps,
it retreats two...”
– eduardo galeano
shits and giggles...
-the borough of queens just launched a $70,000 summer tourism initiative and is bigging up queens art express as well as offering printable coupons for discounts and a slew of 2-for-1 admissions to places like p.s.1, the queens zoo in flushing, the queens botanical garden, a mets game, new york hall of science, louis armstrong house, etc. astonishingly not making the official queens tourism...
