Tag: new york

  • Bar 13 @ NYC Part 2

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r62hjQYFYKo&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] Here is another video of Ollie working the deck at Bar 13.  Very focused, he managed to ignore the drinks, girls, noise, and lights.  I guess a DJ has to filter out all the distractions, and concentrate on counting the beats, lining up the tracks, … a matter of ear-hand-eye coordination.  Ollie has a Serato

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  • Bar 13 @ NYC Part 1

    [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvgSi4aS6SI&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999&hd=1] My friend Ollie went to DJ school last summer and had started playing at parties and bars downtown. I went to see him spin at Bar 13 (University Place and W13th St) before I left NY.  Selina was his roadie-groupie/manager, bopping away, and handing out his business card. I gathered that DJ-ing in NYC is

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  • I ♥ NY: Cityscape Video

    This video of Manhattan cityscape created by time-lapse photography (I presumed) is fantastic – movement of the crescent-shaped moon, pulsing street traffic, the smoke, airplanes landing and taking off, and the sunrise.  I believe the view is that of upper Manhattan and the Bronx with La Guardia Airport at the back. But before you view the

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  • A Bad Day

    Wednesday was a bad day. Sue and I drove into the city during the day on a weekday (against our better judgement).   We had to get our visa from the Swiss consular office on 3rd Avenue and East 41st street. We parked in a garage on the east side which cost $28 for under

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