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more about #williamsburg more comments → GlasgowRose: BizWeeker Jon Fine posted this vid of his old bandmate on his Twitter page. more » GlasgowRose: Touching tribute to Fuchs on LCD Soundsystem's Facebook page: "we're all totally stunned and shocked here. we lost a dear friend sunday morning, and w... more » raincoaster: God hates American Apparel #obits more » BoKnowsMagic: I don't understand Gawker's hipster hatred. Before I ever saw it, I thought the snarky, ironic air of many the posts meant their authors were hipsters... more » Airvault: I have to say this is surely not a way for anyone to go. This totally drew a fog over my day. Vaya con dios. #obits more » rotation360: what's with all the disrespect from the gawker/defamer crews lately??? death isnt funny. more » scroll_lock: This is reminiscent of the time things got outta hand for Def Leppard's drummer. #obits more » pmarble: I listened to a bunch of Maserati last night. He was an amazing, brilliant drummer. #obits more » Kimrod: Not wishing bad karma on anyone....what a insane way to go. Never would you think something as sinister as an elevator or escalator would/could take ... more » harumph: To all you glib fucks, Jerry Fuchs was easily among the most easy-going and unaffectedly nice human beings I have ever known. He was the direct opposi... more » SarahHeartburn: This is why they tell you to never ever jump out of a stalled elevator. Wait for the firemen. The neighbor of a friend of mine got stuck in the elevat... more » SpyMagician: R.I.P. This is sad, tragic and ridiculous all at once. Also, could the NYC department of buildings get their effin’ act together? In 2008 I had i... more » Quidnam: How would they know the mechanics of what happened so precisely? I mean, wouldn't they just have found him later at the bottom of the shaft? #obits more » cctmpls: very sad. He's featured in this gem of a video / song by The Juan Maclean. [www.youtube.com] more » Orgasmic-Chemist: This may be the worst ironic thing to happen in Williamsburg, and that's saying a lot. #obits more » -
#death
Williamsburg Drummer Dies in Freak Accident
Gerhardt Fuchs, a 34 year-old drummer in bands including !!! and Maserati, fell to his death in a Williamsburg elevator shaft last weekend in a horrifying hoodie-related accident.
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#shutupbrooklyn
Wine Bar, Gangs, Crazies Fight in Williamsburg
A committed band of coots, cranks, and wingnuts in Williamsburg are ready to do whatever it takes to ensure that their neighborhood doesn't get one more wine bar, which would make all the gangs come in. More » -
#trendwatch
Nudes Running the Streets of Williamsburg
First there was the nude guy at the taco truck. Now there's another nude guy running the Williamsburg streets in broad daylight, for laffs. We thought you should know. More » -
#trendwatch
America's New Public Enemy: Tail of the Rat
It was once fashionable to hate hipsters. Then they all became yuppies and successfully suppressed our collective rage. Until now.
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#urbananthropology
Passage to Hipster Brooklyn Clogged With Nekkid Ladies, For Art
Just when you think there are no good jokes about Williamsburg left, a patriotic actress strips on the L train for art's sake, making a story for New York's foremost vagina journalist, and all is well again. [Beware! NSFW art!]
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#no
Are Any Good Williamsburg Jokes Left?
Grizzled CNN war correspondent Michael Ware just got done spending seven years in Iraq. Soon he'll go to rugged-est Afghanistan. But for now, he's living in... Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Quick, what's the joke? More » -
#revelations
America's New It Couple Kiss and Tell on Larry King Live
Unless you've been squatting in a partially-developed Williamsburg condo building, surely you've heard the news of the torrid Levi Johnston/Kathy Griffin affair currently taking the nation by storm. Tonight, Kathy and Levi dished on their hot Teen Choice Awards date. More » -
#shutupbrooklyn
The 'Heroin-Addicted Hobo' Invasion of Williamsburg Has Begun
Ha! Apparently word has spread like wildfire through the nation's "heroin-addicted hobo" community about the Mad Max-esque, post-apocalyptic wasteland that is Williamsburg, Brooklyn, because they're descending upon the hipster utopia in droves to squat in the neighborhood's abandoned developments.
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#tragedies
Williamsburg: The New Epicenter of the Housing Crisis
Oh pity the poor denizens of Williamsburg. The erosion of hipster trust funds is leading their greasy little utopia to slowly devolve into some sort of Mad Max-esque, post-apocalyptic real estate wasteland, just like Miami! So says New York Magazine. More » -
#howwearehungry
Ruth Madoff Coupon Clipping At California Pizza Kitchen
Poor Ruth Madoff's been reduced to coupon clipping. Sadly, since Cipriani's no longer running their Buy-Nine-Truffle-Strewn-Lobsters-Get-An-Iced-Tea-Free promotion, Ruthie went elsewhere: California Pizza Kitchen. How'd it go? Terribly. Also, tasty tips for her!
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#shutupbrooklyn
Williamsburg Is Hardcore Again
The ill-concealed dream of every flyover state art school grad and casual hip hop fan to move to Brooklyn has finally come true: Williamsburg is officially the city's worst urban hell of rusting empty buildings. Just like a real ghetto!
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#picoftheday
We Don't Need No Water, Let The Wood Tanks Burn
[July 4th fire last night on the corner of Wythe and North 9th at the Rosenwach Wood Tank Company in the middle of Williamsburg proper. There's no evidence to support hipsters (or hipster-exploiting developers) started it. Photo via everyplace's photostream] More » -
#wizardry
This Saturday: Hipster Quidditch game at McCarren Park in Williamsburg. Be there with brooms on.
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#wingnuts
Moronic Conservative Visits Williamsburg, Loses His Mind
Have you heard of Jay Mundy? He's a conservative radio host who sounds like the result of a mating between a snapping turtle and a head of lettuce, which means he'll be a big GOP star! And he hates Williamsburg! More » -
#tragedies
Financial Crisis Forcing Hipsters To Be Weaned Off the Parental Teat
The global economic downturn is forcing parents of Williamsburg hipsters to drastically scale back their monthly allowances, forcing many of them to turn to drastic measures to pay for their PBR and Edensoy, drastic measures like actually getting jobs.
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#muppets
Sesame Street Taking On Williamsburg Hipsters, Live!
An exclusive citizen's report from the main drag of Hipster Brooklyn - Bedford Avenue - gives us photographic evidence of a twee takeover of NYC's most gentrified 'hood earlier today: Sesame Street was filming in Williamsburg.
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#livelikeacrazy
Hipster's Purple-Truck Home Hijacked
Here's a sad update the story of Angel Hess, the hipster/hippie whose raggedy truck "Purple 53" once haunted Williamsburg: He's stuck in Colorado, where he says he's been scammed by a childhood friend who "hijacked" his truck. More » -
#picofthenight
New Williamsburg
Photo of Williamsburg, Brooklyn's McCarren Park taken by Gawker Artist Tamara Porras. -
#theassimilator
In Which We Discuss the Hipster Reality Show Casting Call
This week we shine the light on recent casting call for a real/fake Hipster Reality Show! Our guests: Hipster guru Robert Lanham, author/playwright Rachel Shukert, and harpy blogger Becky Sharper. Go hipster or go home! More » -
#qa
The Self-Loathing Creator of 'Look At This Fucking Hipster' Speaks
Look At This Fucking Hipster is a very popular website. The site's writer is a good friend of mine, and though he'd rather stay anonymous, he agreed to answer some questions.
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