Comments on: Attention Journalists: “Brooklyn Is Musical Hotbed” May Not Be That Original Of An Angle

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:51:34 +0000

yeah man. Brooklyn is overrated. I am going to move from there to the new up and coming hood: the internet.

By: James Tiberius Quirk

James Tiberius Quirk — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:58:44 +0000

Brooklyn is overrated: the music, the t-shirt, the double-wide stroller, the midwestern rich kids, the F, G & L trains, the endless breathy articles about how all things 'alt' were are and will be in Brooklyn.

But where is that bubble tea place? Sounds tres outre...

By: drjimmy11

drjimmy11 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:38:05 +0000

they are mentioned nowhere in this post or the comments, but I’d nevertheless like to take this opportunity to say once again how fucking awful TV on the Radio are.

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:24:59 +0000

@Clevertrousers: OMG, there's bubble tea in Sunset Park? I *really* need to get down there.

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:55:34 +0000

R. Morast – we need to stop telling Nebraskans this stuff anyway. That’s how Emo was invented by Oklahomans. Do you really want to go through that kind of long, national nightmare again? Not I, sir. Not I.

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 07:53:15 +0000

2002? How old are you idolator kids, anyways? Never heard of They Might Be Giants? Oy Vey, indeed. Meanwhile – all you white hipster motherfuckers need to stay the fuck out of Sunset Park, if I see any more of you kids buying dumplings and bubble tea on 8th Ave I’m gonna kick ya’all right in the cock in front of your girlfriends and confiscate your Brooklyn Not For Tourists guide! Seriously!!!

By: Catbirdseat

Catbirdseat — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:59:52 +0000

"I mean, anyone who wants to really go against the alt-monoculture grain knows that the place to go isn't Brooklyn, but Staten Island."

Pffh, Maura! I already saw that story on NY1 or something a few months ago.

No, I'm serious.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:53:43 +0000

way to latch onto an aesthetic that peaked years ago. you know when mtv and the new york times show up that they represent the real actual kiss of death to anything vital.

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:42:10 +0000

Yeah, but part of me is kind of grumpy with Mr. Dirty Projectors for outing Bed-Stuy as a secret hotbed of experimental indie rock. Seriously, my ‘hood and the wilds of Greenpoint are like, the last decent places to live around here.

By: R. Morast

R. Morast — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:41:47 +0000

sorry to bleed the mainstream journalism mindset into this, but for the NYtimes readers in nebraska or new mexico, this probably is “news.” though, it’s worth noting that a NYtimes reader who is oblivious to this “news” probably doesn’t care about this “news.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:26:12 +0000

Brooklyn was alt-hip in the alt-90′s, pre-willyburg; this is nothing new…nor is any band with vampire in the title.