Flotsam and Jetsam docks in Red Hook

Flotsam and Jetsam NY will be carried in the amazing Metal and Thread store in Red Hook Brooklyn. 398 Van Brunt Street. The shop carries work by the artisan owners as well who make amazing quilts and chain mail jewelry.

Its Alive

Dutch Kinetic Sculptor Theo Jansen builds beasts that with help of the wind propel themselves along the dunes.

Expedition to the South Bronx and Spanish Harlem

Pointed the car north to the South Bronx this morning to crawl through the exotic wood warehouse of Rosenzweig Lumber. Walked the corridors surrounded by planks of zebra wood, weng, mahogany, bass, walnut and cherry and chose a selection of walnut for its strength, affordability and dark wood grained expressions. We hauled the wood next door to Jose, master carpenter of the South Bronx to cut and join and rip and round the wood into a workbench. Lunch was a dark wooden spot for the truck drivers, police officers and EMTS that found their way to this short order cook and gravy haven that may have been called Mary L's.
Harlem was on the way home with a terrifying walk through Demolition Depot, being chased by the house cat, and wondering if the building crammed full of artifacts would collapse any second (like their former location "Irreplacable Artifacts" actually did.
Photographic Evidence below.

The Boy with the Pearl Earring

An Obvious Title for a not so obvious new Talent I came across. Johnny Quinlan, wearer of The Pirate Ship Earring with Pearl, possessor of a very strong, powerful voice and nimble piano playing fingers. Singer of a dark-post-punk-meets-synth-pop band, Revel Hotel, playing Don Hills April 20th at 10:00. For those who still enjoy a band that not only plays well but brings style to the stage, it should be a great show.

Photo by Emily Strange Photography

Sea Organ Croatia

Thanks to Carrie Barrett's world of curious wisdom for turning me on to the Sea Organ in Zadar Croatia, playing the sound of the Adriatic Sea meeting the land.

James Demaria brings his second Second Line To Coney Island