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4 July 09
Red Bank, NJ: Home of not just the Kevin Smith ouvere, but of damn good fireworks. Never thought I’d say it, but I miss dirty Jersey. So it goes…asie:


soupsoup:

asie:
Red Bank, NJ
I grew up a town over from Red Bank. Along the Navesink River is a great place to watch the fireworks.

We watched these off of River Road in Rumson — where’d you grow up, Fairhaven or Middletown? My money’s on Middletown — South. Ha.
Red Bank, NJ: Home of not just the Kevin Smith ouvere, but of damn good fireworks. Never thought I’d say it, but I miss dirty Jersey. So it goes…

asie:

soupsoup:

asie:

Red Bank, NJ

I grew up a town over from Red Bank. Along the Navesink River is a great place to watch the fireworks.

We watched these off of River Road in Rumson — where’d you grow up, Fairhaven or Middletown? My money’s on Middletown — South. Ha.

Reblogged: asie

Posted: 12:22 AM
Tags: travel
3 July 09
Happy Independence Day, broadcasting live from non-America. Have a few BBQ beers for me - I’ll see y’all Monday. This pic is from a mural in Philadelphia, by the way. (via mpix123)
Happy Independence Day, broadcasting live from non-America. Have a few BBQ beers for me - I’ll see y’all Monday. This pic is from a mural in Philadelphia, by the way. (via mpix123)
Tags: photos
Posted: 6:52 PM
City Baby Attacked By Rats! Rockers NYC has a ton of GBH songs for download. Grevious Bodily Harm? Great British Hardcore? All I know is that the fuzzed out thrash guitar on those first three LPs was GENIUS. Damn genius.
City Baby Attacked By Rats! Rockers NYC has a ton of GBH songs for download. Grevious Bodily Harm? Great British Hardcore? All I know is that the fuzzed out thrash guitar on those first three LPs was GENIUS. Damn genius.
Tags: music
Posted: 6:28 PM

Why The Israelis Are Different From Us, Part 1

Just found this passage in a blog by an American emigre to Israel who raised a family there. This is how he described his daughter’s high school graduation:

I had to laugh at the background music someone chose to play while each student in the 5 classes of 35 kids was called up. Israelis usually ignore the lyrics of English songs, preferring to make their choose on the musical vibe. So, as our kids were receiving their certificates, we were treated to a Nina Simone soundalike performing easy listening cocktail jazz versions of songs like “Pride (In the Name of Love” by U2 with its lyrics “Shots rang out in the Memphis night,” and The Police’s “Roxanne” about a prosititute.
So, kids… once you can understand how this happens, you’ll be able to understand most facets of Israeli society. Trust me.
Tags: israel
Posted: 5:38 PM

On Moving To Tel Aviv

It’s good for the soul to live in large cities. More importantly, us native New Yorkers aren’t made for places with no street life (unless, that is, you belong to the wife-and-kids crowd. I don’t yet). That’s a major factor that influenced my move, along with the fact that I would soon be paying $10 a day in train fares if I didn’t.

That, and the fact that I now have a bedroom with enough room for me to stretch my arms without hitting both walls. Can’t stress how damn important that is.

And, eventually, back to the American heimat.
Posted: 12:25 AM
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Big Audio Dynamite - Rush

Bought to you by the What-I-Was-Listening-To-On-WDRE-When-I-Was-12 Consortium.
Tags: music
Posted: 12:08 AM

Adventures In Train Station Security

Was stopped and interrogated at the train station today after my bag was x-rayed. It turns out they mistook my highlighter pen for a knife.

GOOD TIMES.
1 July 09
Black 47 - Maria’s Wedding (Live on David Letterman)
Tags: music
Posted: 10:19 PM
GPOYW parties grad student style.
GPOYW parties grad student style.
Posted: 8:17 PM
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Leatherface - Baked Potato

I’ve read the books of men and women and death I’ve stood in bars listening to conversations About Jesus Christ and the refugee’s and the Royal family Everybody knows hot to cook baked potatoes Everybody knows but they still tell you Everybody knows which way the wind blows Everybody knows there’s catastrophe Then comes the film packed full of art You know that for a start and people like me Have something to sing about Everybody knows which way the wind blows Everybody knows but they still tell you Everybody knows to cook baked potatoes Everybody knows you can’t fill your boots Forever and ever and ever Seeing black sand can’t become to anything A sally army marching band wasn’t what I had in mind Seeing black sand and *it’s coughing like big mound* Being black sand feeling And I’ve read the books of men and women and death I’ve stood in bars listening to conversations About Jesus Christ and the refugee’s and the Royal family Impersonate Cliff Richards lip or Iggy with a bottle Is not as ridiculous as Black Rod knocking On a door once a year and never getting in Because he want’s the people to come and listen to the Queen
Tags: music
Posted: 7:18 PM

Spot The Layers Of Irony In This Story

Jews and Muslims unite against Jerusalem Museum of Tolerance:

A new Jewish-Muslim initiative is seeking to derail the planned Museum of Tolerance, which is currently being built in Jerusalem on the site of a former Muslim cemetery.

The initiative’s hopes to get the site declared ritually impure under Jewish law, due to the fact that the construction has involved unearthing the remains of hundreds of Muslims. Such a declaration would keep religious Jews from visiting the museum.
Somewhere, Mel Brooks is laughing heartily. (Hat tip: IPCRI)
Tags: israel museums
Posted: 7:12 PM
Mama America (Estados Unidos y Mexico) holy hell, I miss y’all. Can’t get Mexican food like this in  the land of no pork and dairy/meat seperation, no siree…fuckyeahcilantro:


the best part of this photo is that i knew within a fraction of a second of opening the email that it was taken at FUCKIN CUATRO MILPAS in san diego. shitty tablecloths, cans of pepsi and food-piles that i would kill for. buttery beans that are like half lard and shit. old abuelas dropping rolled tacos into a giant vat of hot oil that they’ve been using continuously for 50 years.

seriously the most awesome most legit mexican food you can get in america. don’t even fucking try to stammer a rebuttal. you’re wrong the instant you start to form a contrary thought.

(thx alan)
Mama America (Estados Unidos y Mexico) holy hell, I miss y’all. Can’t get Mexican food like this in the land of no pork and dairy/meat seperation, no siree…

fuckyeahcilantro:

the best part of this photo is that i knew within a fraction of a second of opening the email that it was taken at FUCKIN CUATRO MILPAS in san diego. shitty tablecloths, cans of pepsi and food-piles that i would kill for. buttery beans that are like half lard and shit. old abuelas dropping rolled tacos into a giant vat of hot oil that they’ve been using continuously for 50 years.

seriously the most awesome most legit mexican food you can get in america. don’t even fucking try to stammer a rebuttal. you’re wrong the instant you start to form a contrary thought.

(thx alan)

Reblogged: fuckyeahcilantro

Tags: food photos
Posted: 6:35 PM

...Yeah, Didn't Expect This Sucker When I Opened The Newspaper Today

Definitely wasn’t:

A passerby in Herzliya on Wednesday discovered a dead fetus in a bag near a grocery store’s parking lot. Police are investigating. The fetus was transferred to Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine for testing.
Tags: israel
Posted: 5:40 PM
The soldiers in this picture are, oddly enough, commuters. The Israeli military doesn’t provide transport for soldiers to go to/from base, so they rely on public transport, cars and hitchhiking to get by. On Sundays and Fridays (the beginning of the Israeli workweek and weekend, respectively), the nation’s public transit is crowded to the stuffing point with soldiers making their way home. You get used to the cognitive dissonance of a sitting next to 19-year-old with a sniper’s rifle on the bus by your third week in the country. vaughnnegutjr:


negevrockcity:
The Tel Aviv Central Bus Station
This is scary, and I’ve been in hella sketchy Indian bus stations at two am before.  Is it just everyone who rides the bus in Tel Aviv is in the military or are those security for the station itself?
The soldiers in this picture are, oddly enough, commuters. The Israeli military doesn’t provide transport for soldiers to go to/from base, so they rely on public transport, cars and hitchhiking to get by. On Sundays and Fridays (the beginning of the Israeli workweek and weekend, respectively), the nation’s public transit is crowded to the stuffing point with soldiers making their way home. You get used to the cognitive dissonance of a sitting next to 19-year-old with a sniper’s rifle on the bus by your third week in the country.

vaughnnegutjr:

negevrockcity:

The Tel Aviv Central Bus Station

This is scary, and I’ve been in hella sketchy Indian bus stations at two am before.  Is it just everyone who rides the bus in Tel Aviv is in the military or are those security for the station itself?

Reblogged: vaughnnegutjr

Tags: israel photos
Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh and further modded.
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