New Yorkers love to overdo it: from caf-tunics to electroclash (RIP) to weather report-mania, just leave it to a surly, fast-talking city-dweller to obsess with unrivaled fury.
A few of our neighbors who have gone well beyond the call of duty:
Inspector Collector - dude living in a tiny Manhattan apartment is not only steward of the world's largest collection of Chinese menus, but also gathers mutilated money, toothpicks, shopping lists, and photos of tubers. Thanks Andy!
The Bubble Project (pictured, right) - one of these puppies has been placed atop an ad in nearly every subway station in Manhattan; over 15,000 of these stickers are in circulation.
SuperVillains (.mov, 48 MB) - video mix by Suckadelic and System D128; over 5 min of wicked cackling and diabolical scheming. via rumori detritus list
You guys have a weather-report-mania scene down there, too? That's awesome. As far as I can tell there are only a few of us in the scene up here in Mass, but I think there are more out there. My buddy Greg just came back from Holland where it's totally a more out-there accepted thing.
MIT's gonna start up a club, but I'm afraid it's going to be, like, the same three people who only listen to the Infinity stuff. I'm trying to find people with old NOAA tapes to trade from before the robots took over. Jerry Smillerton did dome timeless stuff during Gloria back in '85 that I'd like to get my hands on.
If anybody wants to have a meet-up, let me know.
Posted by: Pete | October 12, 2005 at 12:20 PM