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Thanks to all the kind publishers and even kinder publicity and media types who facilitate us reviewers and bloggers, I received a few great (e-copy) books recently.
Great cover, great blurb…
Convicted criminal James Griffin-Mars is no one's hero. In his time, Earth is a toxic, abandoned world and humans have fled into the outer solar system to survive, eking out a fragile, doomed existence among the other planets and their moons. Those responsible for delaying humanity's demise believe time travel holds the key, and they have identified James, troubled though he is, as one of a select and expendable few ideally suited for the most dangerous job in history.
James is a chronman, undertaking missions into Earth's past to recover resources and treasure without altering the timeline. The laws governing use of time travel are absolute; break any one of them and, one way or another, your life is over. Most chronmen never reach old age; the stress of each jump through time, compounded by the risk to themselves and to the future, means that many chronmen rapidly reach their breaking point, and James Griffin-Mars is nearing his.
On a final mission that is to secure his retirement, James meets Elise Kim, an intriguing scientist from a previous century, who is fated to die during the destruction of an oceanic rig. Against his training and his common sense, and in violation of the chronmen's highest law, James brings Elise back to the future with him, saving her life, but turning them both into fugitives. Remaining free means losing themselves in the wild and poisonous wastes of Earth, somehow finding allies, and perhaps discovering what hope may yet remain for humanity's home world.
Ready Player One is amongst my favourite books, so the next novel by Ernest Cline is a must. Check out the blurb..
Zack Lightman has spent his life dreaming. Dreaming that the real world could be a little more like the countless science-fiction books, movies, and videogames he's spent his life consuming. Dreaming that one day, some fantastic, world-altering event will shatter the monotony of his humdrum existence and whisk him off on some grand space-faring adventure.
But hey, there's nothing wrong with a little escapism, right? After all, Zack tells himself, he knows the difference between fantasy and reality. He knows that here in the real world, aimless teenage gamers with anger issues don't get chosen to save the universe.
And then he sees the flying saucer.
Even stranger, the alien ship he's staring at is straight out of the videogame he plays every night, a hugely popular online flight simulator called Armada—in which gamers just happen to be protecting the earth from alien invaders.
No, Zack hasn't lost his mind. As impossible as it seems, what he's seeing is all too real. And his skills—as well as those of millions of gamers across the world—are going to be needed to save the earth from what's about to befall it.
It's Zack's chance, at last, to play the hero. But even through the terror and exhilaration, he can't help thinking back to all those science-fiction stories he grew up with, and wondering: Doesn't something about this scenario seem a little…familiar?
Written by a former Canadian Naval officer, I'm expecting top-notch military sci-fi. Check the blurb..
The Terran military, the Astral Force, launches a mission to crush a colonial rebellion on the Centauri colony. Although Expeditionary Force 15 succeeds, the surviving veterans remain scarred—physically and emotionally, and the consequences of their actions follow them back to Earth when terrorists seek to exact catastrophic revenge.
Lieutenant Katja Emmes is a platoon commander, leader of the 10-trooper strike team aboard the fast-attack craft Rapier. Although fully trained, she has never led troops in real operations before, and lives in the shadow of her war-hero father. Sublieutenant Jack Mallory is fresh out of pilot school, daydreaming about a fighter pilot position in the space fleet. He is in for a rude awakening. Lieutenant Commander Thomas Kane uses a six-month deployment in command of Rapier is to secure his rise to stardom within the Astral Force. He also plays the subtle politics of the military.


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I started thinking the other day on how my life has changed since having kiddies. Obviously it goes without saying that there are a million positives about having kids, but I started thinking about the things I do now that I would never have dreamt of doing before!
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Baking cookies makes your house smell gorgeous! This is a really simple recipe that is great to do with the kids, or you can use it to make 'cookies in a jar' gifts for birthdays or other special occasions.
My Love Hate Relationship with my Tummy
If you ask me what I think of my tummy, I will tell you that I hate it. But that's not the full story…..
Roasted Butternut Squash Soup
I love making soup in the slow cooker. This is one of my family favourites, and I often make it on a Sunday. I start first thing on a Sunday morning (the oven is generally on cooking breakfast!), and get the soup going whilst we take the kids out for the morning. Nothing beats going out to the park or for a walk on a mild winter's or autumnal day and returning home to a warm soup for lunch.
Kitchen Organisation #1
Kitchen Organisation #1
Since moving into our house in October 2012, we have been renovating and extending and have only had a 'make-do' kitchen in one form or another. We finished installing our kitchen just before Christmas 2015, and I love it!
Celebrations and Commemoration
The first proper week in January
It's been a weird and hectic week. Starting Monday with going back to work after a lovely Christmas, and in typical New Year fashion I managed to catch myself a stinker of a cold, not great, but hey no excuse to slack!
My First Blog, Happy 2016!
This is not only my first blog of 2016, but my first blog ever!!

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Grape(s): Cabernet Sauvignon 60%, Merlot 30%, Petit Verdot 10%.
According to Parker: "This is the finest wine made at this estate since 1982, and possibly the greatest La Lagune of all time. Its dense ruby/purple color is followed by an exquisite bouquet of spice box, incense, sweet unsmoked cigar tobacco, black cherry liqueur, forest...
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Intense purple robe, rich nose, very ripe and complex, elegant use of wood and superb notes of peony. Fleshy in the mouth with thick tannins, beautiful fruit and a fresh and vigorous final. Great elegance.
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Quite complex both in the mouth and on the nose, very well proportioned, very distinguished on the finale, by far and away the best wine ever produced by the château and one of the dominant cru bourgeois of the vintage.
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Grape(s): 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20,5% Merlot, 15,5% Cabernet Franc.
Very well-balanced and with a nice sensation of charm, ending with the tannins united with impressions of freshness.
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According to Parker: "This accessible, yet tannic example of Sociando-Mallet possesses a deep ruby/purple color, and excellent aromatics consisting of jammy black cherries, blackberries, and cassis, as well as subtle notes of minerals, earth, and new oak. This is a deep, long, muscular,...
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A good quality photograph of your product can do wonders; the right setting, lighting and mood propel any product to new heights. Photos can be taken in situ, at a launch event, or at a studio location convenient to you. Your product photographs might be for:
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At a recent launch party [Stephan] captured some fantastic and candid shots of guests, set up and products. This was all done without intrusively snapping away, but discretely ensuring we had everything we needed to convey the atmosphere and big messages of the night.
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Just a quick follow-up to yesterday's entry… it appears that I've become somewhat of a local sports hero. You see, Emi received a large, purple ball for her birthday this year and she's just recently become interested in it. She and I were rolling it back and forth between us today and she reacted as if I'd just parted the sea or lifted an X-wing out of the swamp. "BALL!" she squealed each time I rolled it back to her. "BALL!" Daddy is the greatest ball player she's ever known. It's good to be the daddy.
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Heartbeat on NBCMarch 28, 2016 2:38 pm
Last July I was cast in a new NBC medical "dramedy" called, Heartbeat. What began as a silent "sight gag" of a character slowly morphed into a role with depth and a storyline. I cherish the moments Lynn was given to exist on this funny and emotional show; and identify with her awkward desperation of trying to impress Dr. Panettiere. She's like me, if I was constantly arriving at a fancy cocktail party full of important strangers.
This show quickly became one of my favorite acting experiences due to the stellar cast, crew, and writers– but also because it was created, directed, and produced primarily by women.
Strong, intelligent, funny, passionate women who sought to entertain, but also to show something different. Something diverse in the relationships, outlooks, and people telling these stories. I think that is an impressive and important piece to this show's appeal, and a trend I hope the industry finds value in.
I feel so lucky to be apart of Heartbeat, and hope you will tune in to see what was created, Wednesdays @ 8pm on NBC.
(Lynn and I have similar social skills.)
Lynn returns April 20 for episodes: 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 & the finale 110.


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I hope this is not too detailed a question, but currently I cannot use BC3 on my Dell Latitude D610 with an ATI X300 graphics card, neither with the OSS nor the AMD fglrx drivers - reliably, after some time (~max. 15mins) my system load goes up to >5, and the whole system gets unresponsive when I do a binary compare between two remote directories, one cifs, one nfs, using gigabit ethernet.
I assume that this is one of the many problems I seem to be facings with the ATI graphics driver, high loads and processes sharing 100% CPU with Xorg are often seen as well with FF and/or Thunderbird and/or ntfs-3g, or combinations of these - it looks as if Xorg is in a loop, and settles to decent behaviour a couple of minutes after all applications involved are shutdown/killed.
The reason I ask here is that for the last two weeks that I have been testing BC3 (btw, thanks for that possibility! ), this has been the most reliable way to trigger such behaviour, and currently I am trying as a last effort to resolve these effects, or will switch to another distro...
Is anybody seeing either smilar behaviour on his/her machine, or are there users with Ubuntu and a radeon ATI card for which this combination works?
Again, sorry if this is too detailed or OT,
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The Master Cleanse, also known as the lemonade diet, is an extreme dietary cleanse, which has you consume a concoction of lemon juice, cayenne pepper, maple syrup and water for at least 10 days. You also conduct a nightly saltwater flush and take a laxative tea. Beyonce, Jared Leto, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have all reportedly followed this plan to remove supposed toxins from their body and lose weight. The Master Cleanse is a type of fast; it includes no solid food. Although you may be allured by the quick weight-loss and alleged feelings of well-being, the cleanse has no basis in science and is contrary to long-term weight-loss and health goals.
The Master Cleanse Regimen
First published by alternative medicine practitioner, Stanely Burroughs in the 1940s, the Master Cleanse reemerged as a vogue trend in the late 1970s. The original intention of the 10-day fast wasn't to create weight loss, but to clean out the colon and remove environmental toxins from your body. For a minimum of 10 days, you're instructed to consume only six to 12 glasses of a special "lemonade." Each glass contains 2 tablespoons each of lemon juice and maple syrup, 1/10 teaspoon of cayenne pepper and water.
Every morning involves chugging 4 cups of salty water; each evening you consume a cup of herbal tea that contains a potent laxative. Absolutely no solid food is consumed.
Side Effects of Master Cleanse
Each day's consumption of "lemonade" amounts to about 650 calories total. You shouldn't consume fewer than 1,200 calories per day to lose weight and generally need between 1,600 and 2,400 calories per day to support your body's function and energy. The Master Cleanse represents a severe and potentially debilitating calorie deficit. You'll lose weight because of this calorie deficit, but a lot of it will be muscle and water rather than fat.
Without adequate calories, you may feel dizzy, nauseous and weak. The laxative and the diuretic effects of the saltwater and lemon juice can lead to dehydration. If you have kidney or heart conditions, the diet could be dangerous.
No Food is Allowed on the Master Cleanse
One of the primary intentions of the program is to abstain from food so the body doesn't waste energy on digestion, but focuses on "purging toxins." You'll find it hard to attend dinners out or family meals. If you decide to eat even a small amount, you might suffer serious digestive distress as a result of the laxatives.
As a result of shunning solid food, the plan contains almost no nutrients. Exercise is also discouraged while doing the Master Cleanse because you won't have enough energy. The denial of food for 10 days makes it almost impossible for you not to binge when you return to eating solid food. You'll likely gain back most or all of the weight you lost relatively quickly.
A Better Way to Lose Weight
The allure of quick weight loss is appealing, but it's likely too good to be true. You don't learn positive dietary habits that will serve you for a lifetime of weight management. Even if your intention is to use the cleanse to kick start a healthier eating regimen, you may find it unsustainable and uncomfortable and quit before the 10 days are up.
Cutting processed foods out of your diet can make you feel better, which explains some of the Master Cleanse's purported benefits. Instead of starving yourself though, adopt a diet rich in lean proteins, fresh vegetables and whole grains. Keep your portions moderate if you want to lose weight. Stay away from refined grains, such as white flour as well as sugar, soda, alcohol and saturated fats. This whole-foods approach will also give you enough nutrition and calories to exercise and burn fat, which is a healthier way to lose weight while maintaining muscle.
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- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: Weight-loss and Nutrition Myths
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Russian forces have started participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
"The Russians are no longer just advisors," a Lebanese source was quoted as saying. "[They] have decided to join the war against terrorism."
According to the report, the Russians were establishing two bases in Syria, one near the coast and one further inland which would be an operations base.
However, a source said the number of Russians involved so far is small.
Russia's increased military involvement in Syria is sparking concerns in Washington. The White House said it is closely monitoring the situation.
According to unidentified US officials, Moscow has sent two tank landing ships and additional cargo aircraft to Syria in the past day or so and deployed a small number of naval infantry forces to help the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia says the Syrian government must be incorporated into a shared global fight against Islamic State, the jihadist group also known as ISIL that has taken over large parts of Syria and Iraq.
The United States and Assad's regional foes see him as part of the problem.
"We would welcome constructive Russian contributions to the counter-ISIL effort, but we've been clear that it would be unconscionable for any party, including the Russians, to provide any support to the Assad regime," White House spokesman Eric Schultz said.
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If you know of other useful resources, please let me know.
Simply put, Babylon is a desktop translation software that works on the idea of a single-click translation.
Babylon has partnered with Michaelis dictionaries, a major world publisher of Portuguese dictionaries, to deliver you translation results from and to Portuguese in a variety of languages.
Here is a short YouTube presentation of Babylon software features:
Babylon offers a collection of free English to Portuguese online dictionaries. Their dictionaries are one of the most complete English to Portuguese and Portuguese to English translation tools available, also containing general dictionaries and technical glossaries.
If you have an intermediate knowledge of Portuguese and already have Babylon on your computer, why not add the Dicionario Aurelio to your collection?
Although I haven't personally used all books and learning software listed, I've set some kind of criteria to to ensure that I've brought you what I think is the best material for learning Hebrew. For example, I made sure all materials had at least a 4 star rating (rated by 3 people or more), and read a couple of good and bad reviews.
In any case, you are invited to leave me a comment if you have used any of the materials here listed.
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Sonia, the owner of Sonia Portuguese, has one of the most complete sites for learning Portuguese (Brazilian). Her site has several pages on Portuguese grammar, Portuguese phrases, Brazilian food, Brazilian Portuguese slangs and proverbs, to name but a few. She also sells her own book and CDs for learning Brazilian Portuguese.
Learn Portuguese Now is an excellent web resource of Portuguese phrases, grammar and other Brazilian culture topics such as Brazilian food, Brazilian music, etc. The author of the site, Mr. Nunes, has also done instructive video tutorials of the Portuguese language.
Brazilian Portuguese Podcast presents us with a vast collection of quality Podcasts to learn Brazilian Portuguese.
Semantica is a great place to learn Brazilian Portuguese. If you are a visual learner, these Ipods and DVDs will definitely help you. Their videos are of high quality of sound and image and the situations and sketches shown really entertaining.
Conjuga-me! is a simple and highly effective site presenting you with an outstanding 14.592,41 Portuguese verb conjugations.
Although the site is entirely in Portuguese, it is simple to use: Just type the verb (in its infinitive form) and click on "Conjugar".
Most of the photographs on this blog comes from Stock-XCHNG, one of the best sites for free (and paid) photos on the Web. Their archive of photos is astounding!
Professor Jason's site provides you with materials for learning the Spanish language; it offers tutorials on grammar, pronunciation and Spanish culture. Check out his YouTube Spanish series.
Kleber Kosta has dozens of great Portuguese video tutorials on his YouTube page. He teaches everything from Portuguese pronunciation to Portuguese grammar. A real gem!
So far, Curtis and Marcos only have 3 video tutorials for learning Portuguese. I look forward to seeing more in the near future. Congratulations to them both!
Fabio8506 has a great collection of videos to teach you Brazilian Portuguese phrases.
Bom Dia Net has a great collection of video lessons teaching you the Portuguese language.
This is a new blog about the utterly famous Brazilian dictionary Dicionario Aurelio. It's still at the very beginning but it is promising.
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Sous La Mer By MAKSI
MAKSI presents 'Sous La Mer' a new cross-seasonal collection with pieces for both men and women. Taking inspiration from the ocean's vibrant colours and its smooth flow and low tides, the collection incorporates vibrant African prints and soft flowing fabric, to give a sense of flow and silhouette details which capture the sensual feel of the sea. The menswear collective is exclusively designed by Thomas Dzator and is inspired by his belief that men bolder fashion choices. This is reflected in the bold colour and the mixture of prints and fabric which are also extended to the use of chiffon and leatherette dresses, perfect for today's contemporary woman.
Founded by sisters, Abena and Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, MAKSI is a 'fab, fresh and funky' fashion label which strives to be bold. The label has its home in Ghana, and maintains a Global reach through trunk shows and fashion events held across Africa and internationally.


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Teachers are faced with perennial tensions:
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- Make: Yamaha
- Model: VF250LA
- Fuel: Unleaded
- Engine Power: 250hp
- Type: Outboard
- Year: 2019
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- Hyper-Lift® Hull
- All Welded Construction
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- SeaDek Step Pad on Bow
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- (2) Rear Deck Jump Seats w/ Storage Underneath
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- (2) Fold Down Fishing Seats w/ 13" Extensions
- NEW – Large Bay Center Console w/ Baitwell, Fold Down Grab Rail, Removable Windshield, Seat Cushion & Backrest Cushion
- Stainless Floor Drain Covers
- Aerated Livewell in Rear Deck
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- (6) Rod Holders in Console
- Cup Holder in Console
- 8 Gauge Trolling Motor Harness
- Larger Fuel Tank Capacities
- Uflex Hydraulic Steering (Greater than 150 HP – H24B Only)
- Humminbird PiranhaMax 4 Graph w/ Swivel Mount Bracket
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"That which Voldemort does not value, he takes no trouble to understand. Of house-elves and children's tales, of love, loyalty, and innocence, Voldemort knows and understands nothing. Nothing. That they all have a power beyond his own, a power beyond the reach of any magic, is a truth he has never grasped."
Dumbledore could have been talking about any one of so many people in this world.
And I find it very satisfying that one of the most insidiously ignorant people who ever brought tragedy and fear into this world has finally been removed from it on today of all days.
We celebrate the end of that murdering coward's life, and can only hope that now, as a mewling, frightened, sick little blip facing his own judgment, he may finally begin to understand the power of that magic and love all of us have held dear since before we were born.
And maybe, just maybe, he'll learn while cowering at the foot of Truth, that nothing he did could ever have removed that magic from the world.
"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it -- always." -- Mohandis K. Ghandi
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Moldavite is a deep green tektite that formed from a meteorite crash 14.8 million years ago in what is now the Czech Republic. Moldavite has a connection to the Holy Grail legend, many people claiming the "emerald" like stone that fell from heaven was indeed Moldavite.
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I know that this may sound like blasphemy to Lisp aficionados (and other lovers of dynamic languages), but how difficult would it be to enhance the Clojure compiler to support static (compile-time) type checking?
Setting aside the arguments for and against static and dynamic typing, is this possible (not "is this advisable")?
I was thinking that adding a new reader macro to force a compile-time type (an enhanced version of the #^ macro) and adding the type information to the symbol table would allow the compiler to flag places where a variables was misused. For example, in the following code, I would expect a compile-time error (#* is the "compile-time" type macro):
(defn get-length [#*String s] (.length s))
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Friday, 26 June 2009
Arrived back by 4pm yesterday. Took JetBlue out of NYC - what a fabulous experience. Will immediately sign up for their frequent flier programme. We had the 2 hour drive home, easy and lovely drive through the Vermont countryside. Stopped to pick up steaks and fruit and vegetables, got Trudy, and arrived home. Spent the rest of the afternoon - which was sunny and hot - sitting by the pool, reading, drinking pink lemonade, looking at the gardens bursting with blooms. So beautiful and fragrant.
As was NYC, but in a whole other way. How lucky to have both experiences in our lives...and in a single day.
After a BBQ by the pool we went to bed, turned on the TV and saw the horrible news about Michael Jackson. Love his music - especially Thriller...but it felt as though 'Michael Jackson' left decades ago, to be replaced by a very unhappy man. And perhaps worse. So sad.
And also sad for Farrah Fawcett...I think we all knew she was dying, and perhaps this was a blessed release...but can't help feeling badly that her passing is so overshadowed by Michael Jackson's death. Still, both are beyond caring now.
Michael awoke to a cold...he was getting it last night, and sure enough, it arrived. Am trying to look after him, but like most men he both wants to make it clear he's ill (perhaps even dying) but doesn't want any special attention. Will go down and wave lunch in front of him...and some more pink lemonade.
Lise came today and the garden is looking spectacular...it practically giggles as she prunes and trims and weeds. One of the first things I did yesterday was go into the cutting garden and fill vases with peony and salvia.
Alarm guy showed up to put in a carbon monoxide detector in the basement.
Expecting FedEx to pick up some pages for the editors.
Did a call with CBC Radio for the CanadaReads books club - they're doing The Murder Stone(A Rule Against Murder), online, in August...and anyone can take part. I'll let you know more as it gets closer.
Take care and will speak to you tomorrow.
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- lil Gluckstern said...
Welcome home; I am enjoying your garden-thank you for that. I agree completely about Farrah and Michael J. Farrah fought a good fight, and it seems that she didn't cling to her glamor image, but truly enjoyed pushing the edge in her acting. Michael Jackson gave so much pleasure, and later he became such a troubled man. His notions about children were informed by his own experience, but his behavior was very inappropriate, to say the least. So sad for both of them.
As far as your Michael is concerned, I hopes he recovers really soon, in spite of enjoying your coddling which he doesn't want, right? Will check out "Magic". You haven't been wrong yet (at least about books) to my knowledge.
- 26 June 2009 at 15:02
- Louise Penny Author said...
Hi Lil,
Love the qualifier - about being wrong! Michael would certainly agree. And yes, do check out Dolores' book. She's a marvelous writer.
Intersting to hear your take on MJ - especially given your training and profession.
Michael's feeling much better today. Hope you're well!
- 27 June 2009 at 07:44
- Kaye Barley said...
It's true, isn't it - there's no place like home.
Welcome home - enjoy!!
- 27 June 2009 at 18:26
- Louise Penny Author said...
DEar Kaye,
You are right! And thank you, my friend, for the lovely birthday wishes!
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Banana Pankcakes
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Cinnamon French Toast
Bread, Eggs, Cinnamon, Vanilla
Mix all ingredients together on shallow plate. Take piece of bread and cover in egg mixture. Flip the bread around to make sure it's covered. On a skillet, melt butter on medium setting. Put bread on skillet and cook till toasted on both sides. We all know a picky eater. That's why my favorite breakfast I cook for my picky eater is French toast. Emma won't eat eggs, no matter how they are cooked. So when I cook my french toast, each piece of french toast, is made with one egg . That way she is still getting eggs, and she doesn't even know it. That is one of the ways I get her the nutrition, that she needs.I can't blame a child for their picky eating habits. I'm sure alot of that stemmed from me being terrified of choking and allergic reactions. She was our first baby. In 2010, they were afraid of giving babies eggs before they were one years old. Now in 2014, they suggest trying at 6 months old. As many parents know, the more children you have, the more you learn. However, if you do your research, and let your fears teach you, you can aid a child's development safely.
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The Ties that Bind {u & me}
This is not a one-pair-of-shoes-fits-all type of world we are living in.
Nor is there one singular path we all must travel in order to reach Nirvana or liberation or heaven or whatever your idea of true freedom is. But I DO believe there is one unifying force amongst us all; teeny, tiny strands of energy uniting, criss-crossing, intertwining and intersecting and finally, connecting us all. Yes, ALL OF US. How we choose to relate to those varied and splendored connections to others, however, is an entirely different story.
It's like the age-old super hero stories: whether we choose to use our power for good or evil is up to us.
But what of those people who APPEAR to use their connection-making powers to heal but, in actuality, do harm? How do we know — like, truly, deeply, know — how to trust the connections we form with others?
The answer is so simple, it's quite often, hard to believe.
We listen.
We listen to that whisper of a voice that tip-toes ever so softly through our minds, to the subtle sensation that moves through our core and could easily (and is often) brushed off as a physiological process rather than what it really is: THE TRUTH MOVING THROUGH US, alerting us to what we already know but are afraid to act upon.
Of course, we don't always listen because we simply have yet to evolve to the point where we emphatically trust our own intuition. And THAT IS OKAY. It is ALL okay. Because, guess what? (Here's the good news…): Even those connections that seem to have the power to DESTROY us possess within them a microscopic kernel of goodness and that itty bitty seed will fight for it's life to let goodness prevail and, if you allow it… just breathe, and allow it… the darkness will turn to light, and what once was a painful place will transform into a platform for peace, what was lost will again be found, opportunities will be born, and all falsehoods shattered.
There is an inertia to ugliness and a levity to love… and if you get out of it's way, if you look up and roll back the moon roof of your clenching, clawing fears, the TRUTH will float effortlessly up and out into the world and love — your love, your offerings, your gifts — will blossom into the glorious, inimitable expression that is entirely...
YOU and only you.
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Alphabet City, Manhattan
Alphabet City is a neighborhood located within the East Village in the New York City borough of Manhattan. Its name comes from Avenues A, B, C, and D, the only avenues in Manhattan to have single-letter names. It is bordered by Houston Street to the south and by 14th Street to the north, along the traditional northern border of the East Village and south of Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.[3][4][5] Some famous landmarks include Tompkins Square Park and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
Alphabet City
Avenue C was designated Loisaida Avenue in recognition of the neighborhood's Puerto Rican heritage.
Location in New York City
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|Manhattan 3[1]
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|• Black
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The neighborhood has a long history, serving as a cultural center and ethnic enclave for Manhattan's German, Polish, Hispanic, and Jewish populations. However, there is much dispute over the borders of the Lower East Side, Alphabet City, and East Village. Historically, Manhattan's Lower East Side was 14th Street at the northern end, bound on the east by East River and on the west by First Avenue; today, that same area is Alphabet City. The area's German presence in the early 20th century, in decline, virtually ended after the General Slocum disaster in 1904.
Alphabet City is part of Manhattan Community District 3 and its primary ZIP Code is 10009.[1] It is patrolled by the 9th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.
The original layout of Manhattan streets specified by the Commissioners' Plan of 1811 designated 16 north-south streets specified as 100 feet (30 m) in width, including 12 numbered avenues and four designated by letter located east of First Avenue called Avenue A, Avenue B, etc.[6]
In Midtown and north, Avenue A was eventually renamed as Beekman Place, Sutton Place, York Avenue and Pleasant Avenue; Avenue B was renamed East End Avenue. (There were no avenues farther east in this part of the city.) Farther south, the avenues retained their letter designations.
The name 'Alphabet City' is thought to be of rather recent vintage, as the neighborhood was considered to be simply a part of the Lower East Side for much of its history. Urban historian Peter G. Rowe posits that the name entered use in the 1980s, when gentrification spread east from the Village.[7] The term's first appearance in The New York Times is in a 1984 editorial penned by then mayor Ed Koch, appealing to the federal government to aid in fighting crime on the neighborhood's beleaguered streets:
The neighborhood, known as Alphabet City because of its lettered avenues that run easterly from First Avenue to the river, has for years been occupied by a stubbornly persistent plague of street dealers in narcotics whose flagrantly open drug dealing has destroyed the community life of the neighborhood.[8]
A later 1984 Times article describes it using a number of names: "Younger artists ... are moving downtown to an area variously referred to as Alphabetland, Alphabetville, or Alphabet City (Avenues A, B, C and so forth on the Lower East Side of Manhattan)".[9]
Until the early 19th century, much of what is now Alphabet City was an extensive salt marsh, a type of wetland that was part of the East River ecosystem. The wetland was drained, and a patch of the river bed reclaimed by real estate developers in the early 19th century.
Like many other neighborhoods on Manhattan's Lower East Side, Alphabet City became home to a succession of immigrant groups over the years. By the 1840s and 1850s, much of present-day Alphabet City had become known as "Kleindeutschland" or "Little Germany"; in the mid-19th century, New York had the third-largest German-speaking city in the world after Berlin and Vienna, with most of those German speakers residing in and around Alphabet City.[10] Moreover, Kleindeutschland is the second substantial non-Anglophone urban ethnic enclave in United States history, after Philadelphia's Germantown.[citation needed]
By the 1880s, most Germans were moving out of Kleindeutschland and relocating Uptown, to the Yorkville section of the Upper East Side. Eastern Europeans replaced Germans as the dominant ethnic group in Alphabet City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During this time, the area was considered part of the Lower East Side, and it became home to Eastern European Jewish, Irish, and Italian immigrants. It consisted of tenement housing with no running water, and the primary bathing location for residents in the northern half of the area was the Asser Levy bath house located on 23rd Street and Avenue C, north of Peter Cooper Village and Stuyvesant Town. During this time, it was also the red light district of Manhattan and one of the worst slums in the city.
20th centuryEdit
By the turn of the 20th century, Alphabet City was among the most densely populated parts of New York City. This density was partially a result of the area's proximity to the city's garment factories, which were the major source of employment for newly arrived immigrants. After the construction of the subway system, workers were able to relocate to other parts of the city that had been too remote, such as the Bronx, and Alphabet City's population decreased dramatically.
By the middle of the 20th century, Alphabet City was again in transition, as thousands of Puerto Ricans began to settle in the neighborhood. By the 1960s and 1970s, what was once Kleindeutschland and the red light district had evolved into "Loisaida" (Spanglish for "Lower East Side"). Alphabet City became an important site for the development and strengthening of Puerto Rican cultural identity in New York (see the Nuyorican Movement). A number of important Nuyorican intellectuals, poets and artists called Loisaida home during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including Miguel Algarín and Miguel Piñero.
During the 1980s, Alphabet City was home to a mix of Puerto Rican and African American families living alongside struggling artists and musicians (who were mostly young and white). Attracted by the Nuyorican movement, low rents, and creative atmosphere, Alphabet City attracted a growing Bohemian population. At one time it was home to many of the first graffiti writers, b-boys, rappers, and DJs. The area also had high levels of illegal drug activity and violent crime. The Broadway musical Rent portrays some of the positive and negative aspects of this time and place.
Tompkins Square Park riotsEdit
In August 1988, a riot erupted in Tompkins Square Park when police arrived to evict a large encampment of homeless people from the park. The police had been sent there to enforce a curfew enacted in response to over a decade of complaints from residents about the round-the-clock lawlessness and noise emanating from the park. The police showed little restraint, with several demonstrators injured, and much ensuing public disapproval.
Alphabet City was one of many neighborhoods in New York to experience gentrification in the 1990s and early 21st century. Multiple factors resulted in lower crime rates and higher rents in Manhattan in general, and Alphabet City in particular. Avenues A through D became distinctly less bohemian in the 21st century than they had been in earlier decades.[11] Apartments have been renovated and formerly abandoned storefronts are now bustling with new restaurants, nightclubs and retail establishments. The area had only two murders between July 2015 and July 2016.[citation needed]
The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space opened on Avenue C in the building known as C-Squat in 2012. A living archive of urban activism, the museum explores the history of grassroots movements in the East Village and offers guided walking tours of community gardens, squats, and sites of social change.[12]
Political representationEdit
Politically, Alphabet City is in New York's 7th and 12th congressional districts.[13][14] It is also in the New York State Senate's 27th and 28th districts,[15][16] the New York State Assembly's 65th and 74th districts,[17][18] and the New York City Council's 1st and 2nd districts.[19]
Historic buildingsEdit
The streets and avenues of Alphabet City are lined largely by 19th and early-20th century tenements and mid-20th century public housing complexes, although there are plenty of rowhouses, institutional and commercial buildings, and houses of worship as well. The area contains one historic district: the East 10th Street Historic District, designated in 2012 by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC). According to the designation report, "The rare attribution of several of the early residences to noted architect Joseph Trench, and the possible role they played in introducing the Italianate style of architecture to row house design ... enhances the significance of these buildings. Even through the modernizations of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the buildings within the East 10th Street Historic District have maintained a cohesive architectural character on an important park setting in the historically and culturally rich East Village neighborhood."[20]
In recent years, under increasing pressure from local groups such as the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP) for expanded landmark protections in the neighborhood, the LPC has also designated a number of individual landmarks. They include:
- St. Nicholas of Myra Church – designated in 2008, this lively and picturesque brick and terra cotta church complex was constructed in 1882-83 as the Memorial Chapel of St. Mark's Parish. The church and its attached school building were designed by James Renwick, Jr. (1818-1895), one of the most prominent architects in nineteenth century New York.[21]
- Eleventh Street Public Bath – designated in 2008, this highly intact work of prominent architect Arnold W. Brunner is also culturally significant for its part in the histories of the progressive reform movement in America and the immigrant experience on the Lower East Side. Built between 1904 and 1905 and designed in the neo-Italian Renaissance style, the bath (as well as the other thirteen City-operated public baths opened between 1901 and 1914) was the result of hard-fought efforts made by progressive reformers decades earlier.[22]
- Public National Bank of New York – designated in 2008, this is a highly unusual American structure displaying the direct influence of the early-20th century modernism of eminent Viennese architect-designer Josef Hoffmann. Built in 1923, the bank was designed by Eugene Schoen (1880-1957), an architect born in New York City of Hungarian Jewish descent, who graduated from Columbia University in 1902, and soon after traveled to Europe, meeting Otto Wagner and Hoffmann in Vienna.[23]
- Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagadol Ansche Ungarn – designated in 2008, this small, classical revival style synagogue building is a fine and rare surviving example of the numerous small synagogues that were constructed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Meaning "Great House of Study of the People of Hungary," the congregation had outgrown several previous sites before constructing this building, designed by the New York architectural firm of Gross & Kleinberger in 1908.[24]
- Public School 64 – designated in 2006, this French Renaissance Revival structure was designed by master school architect C.B.J. Snyder and built in 1904-06. This was a period of tremendous expansion and construction of new schools due to the consolidation of New York City and its recently centralized school administration, school reforms, and a burgeoning immigrant population. After ceasing use as a school, the building became the Charas/El Bohio community center in the 1970s, only to be sold by the city to a private developer in 1998. The building has decayed since then, unimproved by owner Gregg Singer yet withheld from a frustrated community.[25]
- Congregation Mezritch Synagogue – While not an individual landmark, this building was protected in 2010 as part of the East Village/Lower East Side Historic District. Due to its status as the area's last operating neoclassical "tenement synagogue" — named for the fact that it fits miraculously into a narrow mid-block 22-foot wide lot — GVSHP in 2008 asked the LPC to designate it as an individual landmark. Although that did not happen, due to the broader designation, this historic building remains to represent the dozens like it that used to line the local streets.[26]
Other structuresEdit
Other buildings of note include "Political Row", a block of stately rowhouses on East 7th Street between Avenues C and D, where political leaders of every kind lived in the 19th century; the landmarked Wheatsworth Bakery building on East 10th Street near Avenue D; and next to it, 143-145 Avenue D, a surviving vestige of the Dry Dock District, which once filled the East River waterfront with bustling industry.
Alphabet City has a large number of surviving early 19th century houses connected to the maritime history of the neighborhood, which also are the first houses ever to be built on what had been farmland. GVSHP and others have been trying to protect them, but the LPC has been resistant.[27] Despite local advocacy, an 1835 rowhouse at 316 East 3rd Street was demolished in 2012 for the construction of a 33-unit rental called "The Robyn," which opened in 2014.[28] In 2010, GVSHP and the East Village Community Coalition asked the LPC to consider for landmark designation 326 and 328 East 4th Street,[29] two Greek Revival rowhouses dating from 1837–41, which over the years housed merchants affiliated with the shipyards, a synagogue, and most recently an art collective called the Uranian Phalanstery. The LPC declined, and those buildings were heightened, altered, and remade into luxury rentals in 2012. The LPC also declined a request to evaluate 285 and 287 East 3rd Street, two highly intact Greek Revival "sister" rowhouses dating from 1837, built on land originally owned by the prominent Fish family. Those buildings still stand, however.
In 2008, nearly the entire Alphabet City area was "downzoned" as part of an effort led by local community groups including GVSHP, the local community board, and local elected officials. In most parts of Alphabet City, the rezoning requires that new development occur in harmony with the low-rise character of the area.[30]
Loisaida /ˌloʊ.iːˈsaɪdə/ is a term derived from the Spanish (and especially Nuyorican) pronunciation of "Lower East Side". Originally coined by poet/activist Bittman "Bimbo" Rivas in his 1974 poem "Loisaida", it now refers to Avenue C in Alphabet City, whose population has largely been Hispanic (mainly Nuyorican) since the 1960s.
Since the 1940s the demography of the neighborhood has changed markedly several times: the addition of the large labor-backed Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village after World War II at the northern end added a lower-middle to middle-class element to the area, which contributed to the eventual gentrification of the area in the 21st century; the construction of large government housing projects south and east of those and the growing Latino population transformed a large swath of the neighborhood into a Latin one until the late 1990s, when low rents outweighed high crime rates and large numbers of artists and students moved to the area. Manhattan's growing Chinatown then expanded into the southern portions of the Lower East Side, but Hispanics are still concentrated in Alphabet City. With crime rates down, the area surrounding Alphabet City, the East Village, and the Lower East Side, is quickly becoming gentrified; the borders of the Lower East Side differ from its historical ones in that Houston Street is now considered the northern edge, and the area north of that between Houston Street and 14th Street is considered Alphabet City. But, because the Alphabet City term is largely a relic of a high-crime era, English-speaking residents refer to Alphabet City as part of the East Village, while Spanish-speaking residents continue to refer to Alphabet City as Loisaida.
There also exists a mixed drink called a Loisaida that gained popularity in 2008. It consists of lime, Olde English malt liquor, and apple cider. The name comes from combining sounds from each of the ingredients, as in L(ime), OE (common abbreviation for Olde English) and "Cida" (cider).[31]
Police and crimeEdit
Alphabet City is patrolled by the 9th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 321 East 5th Street.[32] The 9th Precinct ranked 58th safest out of 69 patrol areas for per-capita crime in 2010.[33]
The 9th Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 78.3% between 1990 and 2018. The precinct saw 0 murders, 40 rapes, 85 robberies, 149 felony assaults, 161 burglaries, 835 grand larcenies, and 32 grand larcenies auto in 2018.[34]
Fire safetyEdit
Alphabet City is served by two New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire stations:[35]
Post offices and ZIP CodeEdit
Alphabet City is located within the ZIP Code 10009.[38] The United States Postal Service operates two post offices near Alphabet City:
Notable residentsEdit
- Louis Abolafia (1941-1995), artist, social activist, folk figure, and hippie candidate for President of the United States
- Joaquín Badajoz, poet, writer
- Rosario Dawson (born 1979), actress
- Bobby Driscoll (1937-1968), actor
- Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997), poet, 206 E. 7th Street[41]
- Leftöver Crack, punk rock band
- Madonna (born 1958), singer[42]
- Charlie Parker (1920-1955), jazz musician lived at 151 Avenue B between East 9th and East 10th Streets[43]
- Geraldo Rivera (born 1943), television personality, resident during the late 60s - early 70s[44]
- Jonathan Larson (1960-1996), composer and playwright, resident during the 80s & 90s
- The Strokes rock band from New York City
In popular cultureEdit
Novels and poetry
- The protagonist of the novel The Russian Debutante's Handbook by Gary Shteyngart lives in Alphabet City in the mid-1990s.
- A fictional version of NYC's Alphabet City is explored in the Fallen Angels supplement to Kult.
- Allen Ginsberg wrote many poems relating to the streets of his neighborhood in Alphabet City.
- Henry Roth's novel Call It Sleep took place in Alphabet City, with the novel's main character, David and his family, living there.
- Jerome Charyn's novel War Cries Over Avenue C takes place in Alphabet City.
- In his book Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain says "Hardly a decision was made without drugs. Cannabis, methaqualone, cocaine, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms soaked in honey and used to sweeten tea, secobarbital, tuinal, amphetamine, codeine and, increasingly, heroin, which we'd send a Spanish-speaking busboy over to Alphabet City to get."
- In Marvel Comics, Alphabet City is home to District X, also known as Mutant Town, a ghetto primarily populated by mutants. The ghetto was identified as being inside Alphabet City in New X-Men #127. It was described in District X as having the 'highest unemployment rate in the USA, the highest rate of illiteracy and the highest severe overcrowding outside of Los Angeles'. (These figures would suggest a large population.) It was destroyed in X-Factor #34.
Photo books
- The photo and text book "Alphabet City" by Geoffrey Biddle[45] chronicles life in Alphabet City over the years 1977 to 1989.
- The photo book "Street Play" by Martha Cooper[46]
- The punk house and independent gig venue C-Squat is called so because it sits on Avenue C, between 9th and 10th St. Bands and artists to emerge from the former squat include Leftöver Crack, Choking Victim, and Stza. Leftöver Crack makes several references to "9th and C", the approximate location of C-Squat in the song "Homeo Apathy" from the album Mediocre Generica.
- The fictional 15th Precinct in the police drama NYPD Blue appears to cover Alphabet City, at least in part.
- In an appearance on The Tonight Show, writer P. J. O'Rourke said that when he lived in the neighborhood in the late 1960s, it was dangerous enough that he and his friends referred to Avenue A, Avenue B, and Avenue C as "Firebase Alpha", "Firebase Bravo", and "Firebase Charlie", respectively.
- In the episode "My First Kill" in Season 4 of Scrubs, J.D. (Zach Braff) wears a T-shirt with "Alphabet City, NYC" on it.
- The 1996 TV movie Mrs. Santa Claus is primarily set on Avenue A in Alphabet City in 1910.[47]
- In episode 6 of the 2009 police drama The Unusuals, "The Circle Line", an identity thief buys his ID from a dealer in Alphabet City.
- The episode "The Pugilist Break" of Forever is about a murder that takes place in Alphabet City; the episode highlights the history of the neighborhood and its current development and gentrification.
- In the episode "The Safety Dance" in "Season 2" of "The Carrie Diaries", Walt helps his boyfriend move into an apartment in Alphabet City.
- The Netflix series Russian Doll features several scenes in Tompkins Square Park and other locations in Alphabet City.
- Character actor Josh Pais, who grew up in Alphabet City, conceived and directed a very personal documentary film, 7th Street, released in 2003. Shot over a period of ten years, it is both a "love letter" to the characters he saw everyday and a chronicle of the changes that took place in the neighborhood.
- The Godfather Part II was filmed in part on 6th Street, between Avenues B and C. Proving what injection of money can do, they transformed a run-down block, with several empty buildings into a bustling immigrant neighborhood from 1917. Local residents were kept out of the filming area unless they happened to live on that block or joined on as extras.
- Alphabet City was mentioned in the monologue by Montgomery Brogan in the movie 25th Hour.
- A 1984 movie called Alphabet City, about a drug dealer's attempts to flee his life of crime, took place in the district. It starred Vincent Spano, Zohra Lampert and Jami Gertz.
- A 1985 movie by Paul Morrissey, Mixed Blood was set and filmed in the pre-gentrification Alphabet City of the early 1980s.
- The 1999 film Flawless, starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert De Niro, and Wilson Jermaine Heredia, takes place in Alphabet City with all filming taking place there.
- Alphabet City was featured in the film 200 Cigarettes, also from 1999.
- Much of the independent film Supersize Me, released in 2004, takes place in Alphabet City, near the residence of director Morgan Spurlock.
- The 2005 motion picture Rent, starring Rosario Dawson, Wilson Jermaine Heredia, Jesse L. Martin, Anthony Rapp, Adam Pascal, Idina Menzel, Taye Diggs, and Tracie Thoms, is an adaptation of the 1996 Broadway rock opera of the same name by Jonathan Larson (which itself is heavily based on Puccini's opera La Boheme) and set in Alphabet City on 11th Street and Avenue B, although many scenes were filmed in San Francisco. Unlike the stage musical, which was not set in a specific period of time, the film is clear that the story takes place between 1989 and 1990. Although this leads to occasional anachronisms in the story, the time period is explicitly mentioned to establish that the story takes place before the gentrification of Alphabet City.
- Some of the scenes in 2015 film Ten Thousand Saints take place in Alphabet City, where one of the characters lives as a squatter.
- The Broadway musical Rent takes place in Alphabet City. The characters live on East 11th Street and Avenue B. They hang out at such East Village locales as Life Cafe.
- In Tony Kushner's play, Angels in America (and the film adaptation of same), the character Louis makes a comment about "Alphabet Land," saying it's where the Jews lived when they first came to America, and "now, a hundred years later, the place to which their more seriously fucked-up grandchildren repair."
- The Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q is set in a satirical Alphabet City. When the protagonist Princeton is introduced, he says, "I started at Avenue A but everything was out of my price range. But this neighborhood looks a lot cheaper! Hey look, a for rent sign!"
Music: Specific avenues
- Swans released a song titled "93 Ave B blues" after the address of Michael Gira's apartment.
- In Bongwater's "Folk Song" there is the repeated chorus "Hello death, goodbye Avenue A". Ann Magnuson, lead singer of Bongwater, lives on Avenue A.
- "Avenue A" is a song by The Dictators, from their 2001 CD, DFFD.
- The Pink Martini song "Hey Eugene" takes place "at a party on Avenue A."
- "Avenue A" is a song by Red Rider off their 1980 album, Don't Fight It.
- "The Belle of Avenue A" is a song by Ed Sanders.
- Escort refers to Avenue A in the song "Cabaret" on their album Animal Nature.
- Singer-songwriter Ryan Adams refers to Avenue A and Avenue B in his track "New York, New York".
- The 1978 classical salsa hit "Pedro Navaja", by Panamanian singer Rubén Blades, says at the end that the "lifeless bodies" of Pedro Barrios (Pedro Navaja) and Josefina Wilson were found on "lower Manhattan" "between Avenues A and B"...
- In Lou Reed's "Halloween Parade", from his highly acclaimed concept album New York (album), he mentions "the boys from Avenue B and the girls from Avenue D."
- "Avenue B" is a song by Gogol Bordello
- Avenue B is an album by Iggy Pop, who wrote the album while living at the Christodora House on Avenue B.
- "Avenue B" is a song by Mike Stern
- "Avenue C" is a Count Basie Band song, recorded by Barry Manilow in 1974 for his album Barry Manilow II.
- It is mentioned in Sunrise on Avenue C, James Maddock from the album Fragile.[48]
- "Venus of Avenue D" is a song by Mink DeVille.
- Avenue D is referred to in the Steely Dan song, "Daddy Don't Live In That New York City No More" off the 1975 album Katy Lied.
- Avenue D is referred to in the song "Capital City", sung by Tony Bennett in The Simpsons episode "Dancin' Homer".
Music: General
- Swans was formed on Avenue B.[49]
- Elliott Smith refers to "Alphabet City" in his song, "Alphabet Town," from his self-titled album.
- Alphabet City is an album by ABC.
- "Take A Walk With The Fleshtones" is a song by The Fleshtones on their album Beautiful Light (1994). The song devotes a verse to each Avenue.
- Alphabet City is mentioned in the song "Poster Girl" by the Backstreet Boys.
- In the song "New York City," written by Cub and popularized by They Might Be Giants, Alphabet City is mentioned in the chorus.
- The Clash mentions the neighborhood in the song "Straight to Hell": "From Alphabet City all the way a to z, dead, head"
- U2 refer to the neighborhood as "Alphaville" in their song "New York".
- In their song "Click Click Click Click" on the 2007 album The Broken String, Bishop Allen sing, "Sure I've got pictures of my own, of all the people and the places that I've known. Here's when I'm carryin' your suitcase, outside of Alphabet City".
- On Dan the Automator's "A Better Tomorrow", rapper Kool Keith quips that he is the "King of New York, running Alphabet City".
- "Alphabet City" is the name of the fifth track on the 2004 release, The Wall Against Our Back from the Columbus, Ohio band Two Cow Garage.
- Steve Earle's expressionistic "Down Here Below" (track 2 of Washington Square Serenade) cites: "And hey, whatever happened to Alphabet City? Ain't no place left in this town that a poor boy can go"
- The dance hit "Sugar is Sweeter (Danny Saber Mix)" by CJ Bolland refers to the neighborhood with the lyrics, "Down in Alphabet City..."
- Mano Negra refers to Alphabet City in the song "El Jako", on the album King of Bongo (1991): "Avenue A: Here comes the day/Avenue B: Here goes the junky/Avenue C: There's no rescue/Death avenue is waiting for you" and "Avenue A: Here comes the day/Avenue B: Here goes the junky/Avenue C: It's an emergency/O.D.O.D. in Alphabet City".
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- ^ Gould, Jennifer. "All that jazz: Charlie Parker's townhouse listed for $9.25M", New York Post, October 21, 2015. Accessed August 31, 2016. "The historic Charlie Parker residence in Alphabet City is now on the market for $9.25 million. The Gothic Revival-style, 23-foot-wide, landmarked brownstone at 151 Ave. B boasts original details — it was built around 1849 — including double-wood doors, a decorative relief beneath the cornice and a pointed archway with 'clustered colonettes,' according to the listing."
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Further reading
- Alphabet City: The ABCs of Gentrification, Karin Pekarchik, BusinessWeek, June 11, 2001


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