The Williamsburg / Greenpoint News + Arts Newspaper
I wrote a couple of stories about bicycling in NYC, including a profile of Josh Zisson and his Bike Safe Nation initiative. Pick up a copy of the newspaper at local bars and restaurants. Or visit the site online.
Here’s the archive of all my WG stories.
I wrote a story for The WG about Zablozki’s bar, a Williamsburg fixture since 2004. In my opinion, Zablozki’s has the absolute best happy hour in town and has many evenings been my home away from home. Learning the history of this bar from Ari and Ali Zablozki was very touching and inspiring for me. I hope you enjoy their story as much as I did.
Zablozki’s — A Classic Bar in the Making
READ MY STORY HERE.
I wrote a story for The WG about Beer Street, an intimate shop of unique beer and beer items from all over the world. Meeting with Lorcan Precious, the proprietor, was a great pleasure. If you’re in the neighborhood, please do stop by and pay him a visit. And don’t forget your growler.
Rushing the Growler on Beer Street
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The WG News + Arts – Keeping it local.
I wrote two stories for the current issue of the Williamsburg Greenpoint News + Arts newspaper. Each story profiles a local Greenpoint business: Cup, the coffee shop on Norman Avenue, and The Yard, a new co-working facility on Nassau Avenue. Both businesses are a stone’s throw from my loft and it was a pleasure to meet with the owners and craft profiles of businesses in my neighborhood.
Recorded live in Greenpoint.
For this episode, Professor Wexler and I play an eclectic mix of hits from today and yesterday including a Phish cover of TV On The Radio, The Mountain Goats, Mike Wexler, JIMES and David Bowie. Discussion points include hallucinogens, college sweethearts, and the forthcoming LCD Soundsystem documentary “Shut Up And Play The Hits”.
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http://apsmith.net/radio/JANUARY_31_2012.mp3
Recorded live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
In this episode Professor Wexler and I play home-town heroes Japanther and emerging fuzz buzz duo Unstoppable Death Machines. And we announce the premiere of a new Brooklyn party called “Sex Planet” at Legion Bar next week. Take a listen!
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http://apsmith.net/radio/JANUARY_25_2012.mp3
Recorded live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Tonight Professor Wexler and I recorded the second installment of our radio show. It’s about an hour long and we play hits by Jeff Mangum, Chairlift, Kendrick Lamar, Etta James, and more. We sound amazing – you should really take a listen.
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http://apsmith.net/radio/JANUARY_21_2012.mp3
Has it been a year already?
It’s been some time since I produced a radio show. Some of y’all may remember Yr Weekend Starts Now, my weekly radio show at Newtown Radio. Getting in the studio and playing music and discussing music for a couple hours, it’s the best! I miss it.
And so: Professor Wexler and I built a new studio – still working out the kinks – and recorded a show to run through my list of Top Ten Albums of 2011. We’re a little rusty on the mics, we don’t even play any music until the eighth minute and it takes us almost two hours to get through the top ten albums but hey, there’s no rules with internet radio!
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http://apsmith.net/radio/TopTen2011.mp3
My friend Matt Prins has a calm brilliance to his ways. For years now he’s been maintaining a website showcasing Instabooks, books he has made, books his friends have made, and now one book I made. My book is titled “A” Is For Alligator.
Matt asked me to make an Instabook starting with the letter “A” as part of a series of Instabooks called: Alphabooks. For the second year now, Matt Prins has petitioned 26 creative individuals to make a book, each for a letter of the English language alphabet.
Please check out my Instabook and keep up with the daily publishings throughout the next weeks at Instantbooks.wordpress.com
For the current issue of the WG News+Arts newspaper I wrote a story about the record shop on Guernsey Street: Co-Op 87.
I really enjoyed chatting with Mike at 87 and I encourage everyone to support their local record shop.
Please read my story at TheWGnews.com
