Tag: New York Natives

October 7, 2009 / Nicole Brydson / Music

Miracle of 86ed: Kevin Devine Is Brooklyn’s Middle Class of Indie Rock

Singer/songwriter Kevin Devine tells us about his treacherous trip with Capitol Records, and finding a new independent home on Favorite Gentlemen Records.

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October 16, 2008 / Nicole Brydson / Housing

Danny Hoch’s One-Man Gentrification Slam Hits Bushwick

Playwright and native New Yorker Danny Hoch knows where the money is, and he’s showing everyone.

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July 29, 2008 / Nicole Brydson / Housing

Growing Up New York

“I just thought the whole thing was fabulous – what a great childhood you had!,” responded my mom when I asked her why in the world she ever decided to raise her children in Manhattan. In the 1980s. On Eighth Avenue and 53rd Street. “You got to see a side of the world other kids don’t.” Words of truth from a great mom.

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June 24, 2008 / Nicole Brydson / Nightlife

In Defense of Brooklyn Parenthood

There he was standing in front of me giggling, arms outstretched, and totally naked. He was bald and wrinkled, like the dancing old man from those Six Flags commercials, but he was just over a foot tall and, from his mostly toothless smile, drooled a bit. His mom scooped him up and got him dressed.

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