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    Zines Are Back, Or Something, Bitches

    Violent Crime Wave Makes Downtown NYC Slightly Less Not-Dangerous!

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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    10/13/09

    In reply to Zines Are Back, Or Something, Bitches
    Great, great, I've got some old copies of Broken Pencil and Maisonneuve around here somewhere. I was just gonna put 'em on eBay, but this is way better.
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    Image of Solomon Grundy Solomon Grundy
    10/13/09

    In reply to Zines Are Back, Or Something, Bitches
    I like that Glob blog, but "zine night" is going to be a few over-the-hill cokeheads hanging out in the store babbling about the 90s. Let's keep it real.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    10/13/09

    In reply to Zines Are Back, Or Something, Bitches
    Zines went a long way toward giving the 1990s some sort of character, so I can't hate. And some stores, like Quimby's in Chicago and Atomic in Baltimore, have kept the zine flame alive to this day.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    10/13/09

    In reply to Zines Are Back, Or Something, Bitches
    I believe Conde Nast is planning to re-brand Elegant Bride AND Modern Bride into one awesome zine.
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    Image of Coralvillain Coralvillain
    10/13/09

    In reply to Zines Are Back, Or Something, Bitches
    The score at the end of regulation play:

    Arts and Media Movement - 0
    Pretentious Crapola - 1
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    Image of Mike Byhoff Mike Byhoff
    10/13/09

    In reply to Zines Are Back, Or Something, Bitches
    Finally an outlet to sell my Seasonal Pies zine.

    Trust me, it's edgier than it sounds.
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    Image of krismry krismry
    10/13/09

    @Mikey-B: Trade you for the famed final issue of Search and Destroy punk music zine with full truck pinup of Sid Vicious in total deshabille! ha
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    Image of effthepolice effthepolice
    05/19/09

    In reply to Violent Crime Wave Makes Downtown NYC Slightly Less Not-Dangerous!
    Even one more crime happening on our streets is a problem, not to mention a 43% increase, especially when that crime is happening to you or before your eyes.


    I was one of these cases. A month or two a man approached me on Bleeker and Macdougal streets, punched me, and mugged me. It was 10pm on a Wednesday night. I was severely scarred on account of it and didn't want to leave the house for a week. My work and relationships suffered.


    When I finally did make it out the next week to go to my gym, I witnessed a brutal mugging on Prince and Greene. The man's cheekbone was cut and swollen, masking his eyeballs, and the men continued to brutalize him. Enraged at the situation, I yelled to them that I was calling the police immediately and they scattered. The man was crying.


    You might think it is funny to poke at an increase of "2 cases every 3 weeks", but they are not a fucking joke. I would venture that if your little sister or friend were amongst the victims you wouldn't be mocking these numbers either.

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    Image of Hamilton Nolan Hamilton Nolan
    05/19/09

    @effthepolice: Nobody's mocking someone getting mugged or assaulted. I'm mocking the Post's characterization of the increase in these incidents.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    05/19/09

    In reply to Violent Crime Wave Makes Downtown NYC Slightly Less Not-Dangerous!
    So, I'm confused - are patent leather pants, top, and jacket with spikes in them; a mohawk; and platform shoes a way to DETER potential beatings or ATTRACT them?
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    05/19/09

    In reply to Violent Crime Wave Makes Downtown NYC Slightly Less Not-Dangerous!
    3 words:


    BRIDGE AND TUNNEL.

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    Image of Ohcaptainmycaptain Ohcaptainmycaptain
    05/19/09

    @Cheap Shot: You speak the truth. Every weekend, the East Village is worse and worse. It's overflowing with shitwads I moved to NYC to avoid.


    The only real trouble I've seen is drunk white guys from the burbs who get angry around 4 a.m., when it's clear they won't get laid that evening.

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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    05/19/09

    @Ohcaptainmycaptain: agrees <-
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    05/19/09

    In reply to Violent Crime Wave Makes Downtown NYC Slightly Less Not-Dangerous!
    If the thugs are armed with this, it's all good:


    [latimesblogs.latimes.com]

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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    05/19/09

    @BadUncle: !
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    Image of lobstr lobstr
    05/19/09

    In reply to Violent Crime Wave Makes Downtown NYC Slightly Less Not-Dangerous!
    Call me uncultured, but 51 assaults in five months in Chinatown -- compared to anything in the past -- sounds like everyone's pretty much on their best behavior..
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    05/19/09

    In reply to Violent Crime Wave Makes Downtown NYC Slightly Less Not-Dangerous!
    On the brighter side, my sex life has improved by 50% in that same period over last year. I got laid three times.
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    Image of HiredGoons HiredGoons
    05/19/09

    @bytememehard: fuck the pain away.
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