Posted: June 4th, 2009 | Author: Alex Alsup | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: belmont avenue, stop whining!, the bronx, the depression, tony | No Comments »
There are a lot of chumps moping these days because a liberal arts business degree didn’t land them their six-figure wet dream at Lehman Brothers before The Reckoning began. For them, and everyone else farting around the post-American western world wondering if turning tricks or slinging dope ain’t so bad after all, we bring you the first installment of Almosting It’s column, “Tony Talks.” Tony was born during the “darkest days of the depression” in an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx, where he lived on Belmont Avenue. He’s fought his way out of enough “scrapes,” and knows where the best provolone this side of the old country rests on Arthur Avenue, to leave you no choice but to shut up, sit down, and pay attention. If you’re at that point where your parents have actually got sick of your graduated ass living at home, then, Tony says, read this and go be something useful like a fireman or a nurse.
“This would be circa - pronounced “cheer-ka” in Italian; it’s the same spelling - the 1930’s. Read on »
Posted: May 24th, 2009 | Author: Alex Alsup | Filed under: Thoughts | Tags: ambien, fiction circus, miracle jones, nipples like whiskey bottles | No Comments »
Doesn’t matter who you were fucking last night. Read on »
Posted: May 21st, 2009 | Author: Alex Alsup | Filed under: Photos | Tags: corine vermeulen-smith, detroit, lowriders, urban decay | 1 Comment »
1990 Lincoln Town Car Lowrider -- Photograph by Corine Vermeulen-Smith
Corine Vermeulen-Smith finally has an American car. Sort of. Read on »
Posted: May 21st, 2009 | Author: Alex Alsup | Filed under: Music | Tags: biggie, j-sin, rap | No Comments »
From the shores of Jersey City we bring you a classic that has been chopped and screwed so bad that you gotta call it “chewed.” Read on »
Posted: May 20th, 2009 | Author: Alex Alsup | Filed under: Poetry | 1 Comment »
Swell
There was a room, and in the room
was a swollen thing sleeping. Read on »
Posted: May 20th, 2009 | Author: Alex Alsup | Filed under: Photos, Thoughts, Video | Tags: b-boy, Hanoi, hip hop, hip hop in the city 2 | 2 Comments »
The hip hop scene in Hanoi, Vietnam puts NYC’s contemporary contributions to shame. Read on »
Posted: May 20th, 2009 | Author: Alex Alsup | Filed under: Photos | Tags: Francis Roux, Hanoi, Railroad | 3 Comments »
In Hanoi, the train tracks meander through the city. Read on »
Posted: May 20th, 2009 | Author: Alex Alsup | Filed under: Poetry | Tags: Fathima Feroze, Sri Lanka | No Comments »
Untitled
Walking in droves, listening Read on »
Posted: May 20th, 2009 | Author: Alex Alsup | Filed under: Photos, Poetry | No Comments »
“An unfiltered cigarette
smolders in your lips –
Bacon is”
Photographs by Brian Griffin, from 2009 Brooklyn Bacon Takedown
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