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Touré Has Lost Any Possible Street Cred

Fort Greene is not gentrifying fast enough! At least that's the experience of cultural critic and dude about town Touré. The single-named author was living right across from a crackhouse on South Oxford street in Fort Greene, only a block away South Portland, Time Out New York's most desirable place to live in 2006. But even with a sushi place on the next corner, there was still a crack house across from his apartment. After a bout of black liberal guilt, Touré tried to get the po-po to clear the streets, but they ignored his calls. We don't judge Touré's conflicted anti-neighborhood crack house stance—since the advent of Google Maps, Mole Edition, we are all snitches now. [NYT]

2:46 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By rebecca
3,193 views, 16 comments

Latest by IamnotStarJones: I think Toure's real name is Douglas Niblet. That's all I have to say....going to go get an eightball with Gov. Patterson. more »

struggling writers

Ben Karlin: Bad Neighbor

Former Daily Show executive producer Ben Karlin seems like a decent fellow, right? He was responsible for some of the smartest comedy to air on American TV since basically ever, that Daily Show book was pretty funny, Deborah Solomon couldn't make him seem like as much of an asshole as she does most of her interviewees. And, as he said last August, when announcing his HBO production deal, he is a man of ideas. Hundreds of ideas. "At least initially, he said, he planned to revisit some of the half-formed notions in his notebook, which he likened to the aging Russian nuclear arsenal. “'Many of the weapons I have may still be good,'” he said. “'Others may not go off.'”" Apparently the idea which did go off was the one he borrowed from a guy in his building! More »

7:21 PM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Pareene
5,267 views, 25 comments

Latest by Jack Szwergold: A little late to this as well but it's fascinating to see Ben's consistently undermining of others behavior slip out in public like this. He really has a creative talent and a strong sense of comedy & wit, but why more »

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Sexy Lounge Threatens Brooklyn With 'Details' Crowd

Details Magazine executive editor Greg Williams was caught by a Times reporter sipping Snow Mosquitos, twee blueberry/ mint/ vodka drinks, at a terrifying den of yuppiedom called The Hideout in the already teetering hood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn . Look how precious: More »

8:19 AM on Sun Feb 3 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
4,964 views, 21 comments

Keri Russell has officially taken up residence in Fort Greene, which is why you keep sending in stalker sightings from there. She drinks coffee! She does her laundry! She holds her baby in a sling! And so on and so forth. [Set Speed]

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