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May 20th, 2013
thesmithian
Zoom New York

New York

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May 19th, 2013
thesmithian
Zoom +++++ art: photo by Chien-Chi Chang. New York City, 1998

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art: photo by Chien-Chi Chang. New York City, 1998

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May 19th, 2013
thesmithian
Zoom +++++ art: photo, ‘Harlem,’ by Saul Leiter. 1960.

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art: photo, ‘Harlem,’ by Saul Leiter. 1960.

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May 18th, 2013
thesmithian
Zoom +++++ art: photo of LL Cool J in NYC by David Alan Harvey. 2005.

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art: photo of LL Cool J in NYC by David Alan Harvey. 2005.

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May 18th, 2013
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+++++ art: photo by Burt Glinn of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka and his newborn. New York, 1959

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art: photo by Burt Glinn of LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka and his newborn. New York, 1959

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May 16th, 2013
thesmithian
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May 14th, 2013
thesmithian
Zoom [on the move]

[on the move]

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May 11th, 2013
thesmithian
'The Brooklyn district attorney’s office has ordered a review of some 50 murder cases assigned to an acclaimed homicide detective, an acknowledgment of mounting questions about the officer’s tactics and the legitimacy of the convictions. The office’s Conviction Integrity Unit will reopen every murder case that resulted in a guilty verdict after being investigated by Detective Louis Scarcella, a flashy officer who handled some of Brooklyn’s most notorious crimes during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s.'
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May 11th, 2013
thesmithian
Zoom [look of the hour]

[look of the hour]

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May 8th, 2013
thesmithian
Zoom …all the markers of a novel written in the…Southern gothic tradition…references…to race, poverty, the blues, voodoo and an ill-fated brothel…the Southern literati have raised an eyebrow at its author: Bill Cheng, a 29-year-old Chinese-American from Queens who has never set foot in Mississippi. more.

…all the markers of a novel written in the…Southern gothic tradition…references…to race, poverty, the blues, voodoo and an ill-fated brothel…the Southern literati have raised an eyebrow at its author: Bill Cheng, a 29-year-old Chinese-American from Queens who has never set foot in Mississippi.

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May 6th, 2013
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…a…compelling portrait of a massively influential musician whose genius did not suddenly emerge after he formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966, but rather evolved during endless nights of gigging in backwater juke joints and dive bars from Nashville to New York City. more.

…a…compelling portrait of a massively influential musician whose genius did not suddenly emerge after he formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966, but rather evolved during endless nights of gigging in backwater juke joints and dive bars from Nashville to New York City.

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May 5th, 2013
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Zoom …a newly released two-CD set of recordings by John Coltrane and his “classic quartet” of McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums). It was made at New York’s RCA Victor Studios on August 26, 1965—that epochal group’s penultimate recording… more.

…a newly released two-CD set of recordings by John Coltrane and his “classic quartet” of McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), and Elvin Jones (drums). It was made at New York’s RCA Victor Studios on August 26, 1965—that epochal group’s penultimate recording…

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May 5th, 2013
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Zoom +++++ art: photography by Nikki S. Lee

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art: photography by Nikki S. Lee

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May 4th, 2013
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Zoom …fascinating if slightly disconcerting line of questioning and experimentation that lead to the creation of 3D printed portraits based on DNA samples taken from objects found on the streets of Brooklyn. more.

…fascinating if slightly disconcerting line of questioning and experimentation that lead to the creation of 3D printed portraits based on DNA samples taken from objects found on the streets of Brooklyn.

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May 2nd, 2013
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Zoom Bergdorf’s has been called everything from a hymn to consumer capitalism to the store with the most discerning clientele in the world… more.

Bergdorf’s has been called everything from a hymn to consumer capitalism to the store with the most discerning clientele in the world…

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