Forever lost in sound

Web Series Riese Reveals Little But Shows Much Promise

Mon Nov 2, 2009 1:04 PM EST

The first episode of Riese, a Web series currently running on YouTube, went live today and though short on content the eight-minute first installment shows some very real potential. According to the preview FDBryant3 published yesterday:

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entertainment, tv, youtube, fantasy, steampunk, web-series, riese

East Village's Ippudo Makes Top Ramen

Wed May 27, 2009 1:59 PM EDT

"Ramen is Japan's soul food.

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entertainment, food, east-village, ramen, ippudo

Dining Out in NYC: Tacos

Tue May 12, 2009 9:12 AM EDT

Though I don't really make it out to Queens very often I've always heard Jackson Heights mentioned as a sort of go-to area for ethnic food.

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entertainment, queens, cart, mexican-food, taco, street-food, dining-out-in-nyc

Justice for Wronged UMass Student Jason Vassell

Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:28 AM EST

On February 3, 2008 Jason Vassell was sitting in his dorm room with some friends at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst when John Bowes and Jonathan Bosse - not UMass students - approached his window.

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us-news, police, racism, racists, amherst, university-of-massachusetts, jason-vassell, elicabeth-scheibel, john-bowes, jonathan-bosse

Top Five Albums of 2008: Number One

Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:00 PM EST

This was certainly a good year in music. While not as ridiculously strong as 2007, 2008 had more than its fair share of fantastic releases. Over the course of the next week ScooterDMan, Evan Mix and myself will list our picks for the best albums of the year.

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entertainment, music, 2008, listen-in, best-of-2008, tv-on-the-radio, top-five, scooterdman, evan-mix, best-albums-of-2008

Dining Out in NYC: BBQ

Thu Dec 18, 2008 9:01 PM EST

Street food is practically a way of life in New York City. Hot dog carts and kebob/roast nut stands dot most corners while various brands of traveling gyro litter the busier intersections.

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entertainment, food, bbq, barbecue, chicken-wings, street-food, dining-out-in-nyc, kansas-city-barbecue, kings-county-bbq, pulled-pork

Top Five Albums of 2008: Two and Three

Thu Dec 18, 2008 3:16 PM EST

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entertainment, music, 2008, listen-in, best-of-2008, top-five, calexico, scooterdman, evan-mix, best-albums-of-2008

Top Five Albums of 2008: Number Four

Tue Dec 16, 2008 10:17 AM EST

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entertainment, music, 2008, listen-in, best-of-2008, top-five, scooterdman, evan-mix, best-albums-of-2008, alice-glass

Top Five Albums of 2008: Number Five

Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:56 AM EST

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entertainment, music, 2008, listen-in, best-of-2008, top-five, black-keys, dangermouse, scooterdman, evan-mix

Last Night's Election Was...

Wed Nov 5, 2008 1:49 PM EST

...the end of one of the longest President election cycles in history. It was the culmination of one of the most efficient, well-funded, electrifying, and fearless campaigns in modern history.

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politics, barack-obama, election-2008, democracy, community, change, activism, hope, inspiration, elects

Consistency: An Open Letter to Obama's Supporters

Wed Nov 5, 2008 11:54 AM EST

By Mykola Bilokonsky (Clipped by Eric Atienza)

Well, there you go. In January, Bush is out and Obama is in. The executive branch is about to undergo as radical an ideological shift as it's capable of sustaining - if the hype is to be believed. Ok, I'll play that game.

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politics, obama, iraq, bush, barack-obama, war, president, government, afghanistan, us-politics

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Congratulations Obama!

Wed Nov 5, 2008 1:29 AM EST

By E.D.Kain (Clipped by Eric Atienza)

As of this writing I have seeded, on Newsvine, 270 links, the exact number Obama needed in electoral votes to win this thing.

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us-news, barack-obama, john-mccain

Listening in Live to CMJ: The Living Room 10/22/08

Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:43 PM EDT

The Lower East Side was positively Scandinavian Wednesday night as Tobias Froberg, Theresa Andersson, and Ane Brun made themselves comfortable in the Living Room for the second night of CMJ 2008.

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entertainment, music, sweden, listen-in, cmj, ane-brun, cmj-2008, theresa-andersson, tobias-froberg

A 19 Year-Old Contemplates 9/11

Thu Sep 11, 2008 8:32 AM EDT

I was recently going through my old blog posts when I stumbled across this little number that I wrote on May 11, 2002. I don't remember what exactly drove me to write this but a quick scan through the news tells me it's still relevant six and a half years later. ----------

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us-news, peace, 911, hope, sadness, moving-forward, september-eleventh

Last Viner Standing Week 1 Recap

Tue Sep 9, 2008 1:57 PM EDT

The first week of the second official Last Viner Standing competition is officially over with a few contestants already dropping out, a few stumbling, and a few shrugging off the deadline pressure and plowing through the daily requirements like Bernard Pollard through Tom Brady's …

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entertainment, meta, lvs2, last-viner-standing

Before There was All Points West, There was Liberty State Park

Mon Sep 8, 2008 2:40 PM EDT

It's a bright, clear, sunny day on the shores of the Hudson River in New Jersey's Liberty State Park. Facing inland, Metric is getting ready to play this second day of the first ever All Points West music and arts festival.

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entertainment, mental-health, parks, statue-of-liberty, ellis-island, all-points-west, liberty-state-park, green-spaces, open-spaces, morris-pesin

Listening In Live to the All Points West Music Festival Day Three

Tue Aug 12, 2008 10:15 AM EDT

After a supreme act of will got my aching legs and I out of bed Sunday morning, after the hour and a half train ride, and after the long walk to the park, I found myself waiting in the growing gloom for Rogue Wave (Web site, Myspace) to begin their set.

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entertainment, music, listen-in, cat-power, all-points-west, rodrigo-y-gabriela, rogue-wave, all-points-west-2008, liberty-state-part

Listening In Live to the All Points West Music Festival Day Two

Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:10 PM EDT

As day two of All Points West opened I found myself once again in front of the Blue Comet stage with the summer sun bearing down, this time waiting for Chromeo (Web site, Myspace) to begin their set.

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entertainment, music, listen-in, kings-of-leon, the-roots, animal-collective, all-points-west, day-two, chromeo, black-angels

Listening in Live to the All Points West Music Festival: Day One

Sat Aug 9, 2008 10:15 AM EDT

Barely recovered from Lollapalooza last weekend, I set out to cover the first annual All Points West festival this weekend in Liberty State Park, New Jersey. I didn't know what to expect going in, but if day one was any indication, APW will be quite an entertaining weekend.

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entertainment, music, festival, css, radiohead, listen-in, andrew-bird, all-points-west, cansei-de-ser-sexy, new-pornographers

Lollapalooza 2008 Weekend Wrap

Thu Aug 7, 2008 12:42 PM EDT

The weekend has come and gone, and Lollapalooza 2008 has officially drawn to a close. I've already recapped each day elsewhere, but now that the event is over and done with I think it's time to go over impressions of the festival as a whole.

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entertainment, organization, festivals, lollapalooza, grant-park, lollapalooza-2008, over-all-imperssions

Lollapalooza Day Three Recap

Mon Aug 4, 2008 7:15 PM EDT

Just as I finished work on my recap of day two crisp, slick DJ beats began pouring from the south main stage, adjacent to the press area.

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entertainment, music, kanye-west, listen-in, lollapalooza, lollapalooza-2008, girl-talk, saul-williams, white-lies, the-weakerthans

Lollapalooza Day Two Recap

Sun Aug 3, 2008 1:00 PM EDT

I started off day two cursing my apparent inability to read a schedule as I waited 45 minutes for the Ting Tings (Web site, Myspace) to start their set.

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entertainment, music, listen-in, wilco, lollapalooza, lollapalooza-2008, broken-social-scene, mgmt, the-gutter-twins, sharon-jones-and-the-dap-kings

Lollapalooza Day One Recap

Sat Aug 2, 2008 11:43 AM EDT

After two quick breakfasts (one unexpected and free) I began the walk Grant Park under the summer sun with colleague Viki Gonia.

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entertainment, listen-in, lollapalooza, grizzly-bear, lollapalooza-2008, cansei-de-ser-sexy, mates-of-state, go-team, electric-touch

Lollapalooza 2008 Weekend Preview

Fri Aug 1, 2008 9:28 AM EDT

Well, "The Weekend" has finally arrived.

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entertainment, music, listen-in, festivals, endurance, lollapalooza, grant-park, lolapalooza-2008

To Everything There Is a Season: Summer 2008

Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:50 PM EDT

Since it's officially (been) summer (for over a month now) it's also officially time for another seasonal playlist. For those who haven't been keeping track at home every season I make a playlist that epitomizes the feeling inspired by that time of year.

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entertainment, justice, dance, summer, listen-in, playlists, girl-talk, lights-out, tilly-and-the-wall, tegan-and-sara

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Comments & Feedback

hey i know that dude.

— jazmine

hello welcome

— MADAM BAND

Eric is the first Newsviner to notice that I'd friended myself. It just proves how incredibly astute he really is. He's also hilarious.

— Viki Babbles Gonia

Eric and I go way back. If he can finally forgive me for the OAR concert I guess I'll come clean and forgive him for recommending Dashboard Confessional. ;)

— Mykola Bilokonsky

Eric's criticisms cut to the core deeply enough to allow for no defense within reason.

— Yuriy Bilokonsky

Eric always brightens my day.

— Andriy Bilokonsky

I think Eric and I have lead parallel lives, though I suspect I'm much older than he is. His piece on ethnic slurs got me out of "lurker" mode here on the 'vine. Keep up the good, thoughtful writing.

— The GAT