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Ever since we moved into our apartment about once a month the entry way starts to give off a terrible odor. Until now it's been unclear what it is. It seems to show up when there are a lot of plants and construction equipment in the entryway. However, recently the smell has gotten much worse. Having grown up with three fussy cats who liked to urinate in places they weren't supposed to I am convinced that the situation must be one of the following three things:
a) The plumbing for the bar bathrooms (we live above a bar) on the first floor has gone bad and is leaking urine into the foundation of our apartment building.
b) Someone is sneaking in (or maybe they are residents, but our neighbors don't seem the type) and peeing all over the floor of the entry way.
c) Someone is sneaking in and letting their overly hydrated cat piss wherever it pleases and it chooses the entry way.
Thank G - D the smell doesn't reach the third floor. Hopefully it will be gone by tomorrow morning.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Life on Mars Returns
The TV show Life on Mars is returning to our fine apartment building this Thursday (12/18/08). I cannot wait to wake up at 5:00 AM to some noisy guy standing in a cherry picker right outside my 3rd story window. It's too bad that rigging a set of lights to the fire escape is a two hour process.
Monday, December 15, 2008
The Treasure Chest
I've had a problem recently where I spend too much money on records. I even made a rule that I'm not allowed to collect them anymore, I can only buy new releases that I've been anticipating for more than a week. This rule is only in effect until I get a job that actually involves making money on a regular basis. I've been pretty good about it until today when temptation decided to increase exponentially.
I was walking past a video store in Greenpoint, I think it's called Video Noir, when I noticed a copy of Kraftwerk's self titled album sitting in the window. I had never been in this store before but the Kraftwerk album caught my attention. I went in to look at it when suddenly I realized that I was standing in front of a wall comprised entirely of albums for sale by Can, Harmonia, Cluster, Kraftwerk, Neu! and many many more. If you don't know these bands it doesn't matter, I will explain it like this:
I'm assuming everyone has something that they spend a lot of time looking at online or in person but only rarely is this thing purchased. Maybe "looking," is the wrong word, it's almost more of an infatuated gaze. Incredibly interested, but still keeping calm.
With the utmost precision one surfs eBay only to discover that the object they dream of is much closer at hand than expected. It will not take a tour of 100 garage sales and thrift stores hoping for a mis-marked price tag placed by some ignorant shopkeep or mother who didn't realize the treasures her child was in possession of. The pictures displayed are small and taken from that stupid-ass high angle existing somewhere between the front and top of the item. It never shows the desired detail, yet somehow one knows exactly what it would look like in a room, on a shelf, on a body, or in a box with a fox.
At least, this used to be the case. For me and recordings of German music from the 1960's and 70's the fantasy resides only four blocks away. Needless to say I purchased something. If you wanna hear it click here ( "download this file" -> "skip ad" it will start downloading - be familiar with how to decompress a .rar file).
I was walking past a video store in Greenpoint, I think it's called Video Noir, when I noticed a copy of Kraftwerk's self titled album sitting in the window. I had never been in this store before but the Kraftwerk album caught my attention. I went in to look at it when suddenly I realized that I was standing in front of a wall comprised entirely of albums for sale by Can, Harmonia, Cluster, Kraftwerk, Neu! and many many more. If you don't know these bands it doesn't matter, I will explain it like this:
I'm assuming everyone has something that they spend a lot of time looking at online or in person but only rarely is this thing purchased. Maybe "looking," is the wrong word, it's almost more of an infatuated gaze. Incredibly interested, but still keeping calm.
With the utmost precision one surfs eBay only to discover that the object they dream of is much closer at hand than expected. It will not take a tour of 100 garage sales and thrift stores hoping for a mis-marked price tag placed by some ignorant shopkeep or mother who didn't realize the treasures her child was in possession of. The pictures displayed are small and taken from that stupid-ass high angle existing somewhere between the front and top of the item. It never shows the desired detail, yet somehow one knows exactly what it would look like in a room, on a shelf, on a body, or in a box with a fox.
At least, this used to be the case. For me and recordings of German music from the 1960's and 70's the fantasy resides only four blocks away. Needless to say I purchased something. If you wanna hear it click here ( "download this file" -> "skip ad" it will start downloading - be familiar with how to decompress a .rar file).
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