Brooklyn – Larry Livermore

Waving, Not Drowning

November 4, 2012 Larry Livermore 5 Comments Brooklyn, California, Hurricane Sandy, Medicare, New Jersey, New York, Social Security, Spy Rock Memories

When I first started considering moving to the East Coast of America, the weather was certainly something I considered. I

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(It's Not) Rocket Science

February 4, 2012 Larry Livermore 6 Comments Black Wine, Brooklyn, Don Giovanni, Ergs, For Science, House Boat, Laura Stevenson, Mikey Erg, Music Hall Of Williamsburg, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Screaming Females, Shellshag

How do you run a successful indie record label in the year 2012? Ask as many scenesters, hipsters, music business

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Subway Gates

February 23, 2011 Larry Livermore 4 Comments Brooklyn, L Train, New York City Subway, Turnstiles, Williamsburg Bridge

She climbed the steps at Lorimer Street with effortless self-absorption. By the time she’d reached the top, the crowd disembarking

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Old Friends

January 19, 2011 Larry Livermore 8 Comments 1990s, Berkeley, Brooklyn, Friendship, Gilman Street, Williamsburg

My nephew just turned 15, and I’m pretty sure that even if I weren’t related to him, I’d be telling

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Snow Days

December 29, 2010 Larry Livermore 0 Comments Blizzard, Brooklyn, Gabrielle Bell, New York City, Snowpocalypse, Williamsburg

It started innocently enough: the storm begins on Sunday morning. Schadenfreudists – and I know there are many of you

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These People Seem Rather Cross About Something

April 28, 2010 Larry Livermore 27 Comments Bicycles, Brooklyn, Condos, Hipsters, New York City, Williamsburg

I can’t help thinking I’m falling for some meta-textual “I know you think you know what I think you know

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Super, Just Super

February 8, 2010 Larry Livermore 1 Comment Blake Schwarzenbach, Bowery Ballroom, Brooklyn, Don Giovanni Records, forgetters, JEFF the Brotherhood, Marissa Paternoster, McCarren Park, New Jersey, Running, Screaming Females, Shellshag, Super Bowl, T'ai chi, The Measure, Williamsburg

No, this isn’t really about the Super Bowl, though congratulations are in order to the New Orleans Saints for a

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Jersey Comes To Town

February 2, 2010 Larry Livermore 1 Comment Black Wine, Blake Schwarzenbach, Bon Jovi, Bowery Ballroom, Brooklyn, Bruce Springsteen, David Hayes, Don Giovanni Records, forgetters, Jersey Shore, Joe Steinhardt, Lookout Records, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rolling Stone, Screaming Females, Shellshag, Spin, The Ergs, The Measure, Ticketmaster

In my experience the music industry is composed of one of the biggest collection of whiners, scapegoaters, thin-skinned, blame artists,

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Man About Town

February 1, 2010 Larry Livermore 1 Comment AIDS, Bill Koch, Brooklyn, Calvin Reid, Culture, Dan Fishback, Gabrielle Bell, Greenpoint, Jessica Abel, Jillian Tamaki, Matthew Maguire, Max Steele, Publishers Weekly, The Potatomen, Winter

I’ve really been kind of a zombie lately. For, oh, like the past year or two. Or maybe the past

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A River Too Far

November 8, 2009 Larry Livermore 1 Comment Black Wine, Brooklyn, Dope Body, Double Dagger, Ergs, Hoboken, Modern Hut, New Jersey, Night Birds, PATH, subway

Every time there’s a show or event in New Jersey, even if it’s mere hop, skip and jump across the

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