Thu, 26 June 2014
Today I discuss systemic failures whether municipal or biological with Rebecca Trent, the owner/operator of The Creek and the Cave. Check out the Creek's schedule and go see a show there today. Also, Rebecca and I discuss the disastrous effect of the MTA's 7 train weeekend shutdown (42% of weekends, 2014 and in years to come) on the business and shows in the LIC nightlife scene, turning a 5 minute ride into grand central into a 40 minute shuttlebus nightmare deeper into Queens just to get into the city. If you care about comedy, community, and making New York an ever more vibrant place, help us get a shuttlebus that runs from Grand Central through the Holland Tunnel by contacting the political entities in question. The dramatis personae are: State Senator Michael Gianaris, Borough President Melinda Katz, State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, VP Of Gov & Community relations Lois Tendler Contact them as follows: On Twitter, with the Hashtag #WTFMTA: @SenGianaris @MelindaKatz Catherine Nolan: Not on twitter. @JimmyVanBramer Lois Tendler: Not on Twitter but use @MTA By Email: Email State Senator Mike Gianaris via webform Email Melinda Katz at info@melindakatz.com Email State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan Email Jimmy Van Bremmer at jvanbramer@council.nyc.gov or via Webform Email Lois Tendler: No email but contact her on Linkedin By phone: State Senator Michael Gianaris Albany 518-455-3486 District 718-728-0960 Borough President Melinda Katz Main: (718) 286-3000 Constituent Affairs (718) 286-2669 State Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan Sunnyside: 718-784-3194 Ridgewood: 718-456-9492 Albany: 518-455-4851 City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer Office: (718) 383-9566 VP Of Gov & Community relations Lois Tendler Office: (646) 252-2660 Whitepages Listing: 718-625-4756 And if they don't respond, perhaps their Wikipedia articles should be changed to reflect that: Lois Tendler at The MTA |
Sat, 7 June 2014
Ben Kronberg is an exceptional comedian who you can and or could have seen on Comedy Central (Half Hour, John Oliver), MTV, ABC and NBC. Recently Rosanne Barr told him to go fuck himself on Last Comic Standing. So that's a thing that's happening now, in hashtag form (#GoFuckYourselfBen). Check him out at http://benkronberg.com @Benkronberg and on the iTunes and Amazon and wherever your computer lets you type in the letters B-e-n K-r-o-n-b-e-r-g.
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