notes.husk.org. archive page 2 of 2.tagged new york times.

“ Figuring out why New York City subway trains seem to be playing Leonard Bernstein proves a much more difficult task. Juan Harvey, a messenger waiting yesterday at the 66th Street station, said he has heard the song and believed it is ”some kind of a plot by the Japanese to brainwash us all.” This would be an intriguing line of inquiry, except that the new No. 2 trains are manufactured by a Canadian company called Bombardier. Informed of this, Mr. Harvey said that he did not think the Canadians would want to brainwash us. ”

Randy Kennedy, reporting for the New York Times in 2002, in a story titled Tunnel Vision - Three-Note Mystery Haunts Riders on No. 2 Line. (Thanks, Chris.)

2011-02-16

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As the caption at the New York Times slideshow of best of breed dogs puts it: Ziggy the Puli, 4 years old. Registered as “Cordmaker Rumpus Bumpus.” Owned by Jackie Beaudoin. Photograph: Fred Conrad. (via Cynthia.)

2011-02-02

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“ Upkeep of centuries-old buildings is an enormous drain for European institutions like the Château de Versailles, which is developing hotels and seeking to license its name for luxury watches and other products. Last month it opened an online boutique with offerings including a gold-and-ivory porcelain Marie Antoinette soup tureen and “Let Them Eat Cake” coconut candles. ”

Doreen Carvajal in a New York Times story, European Arts Institutions Learn to Raise Money.

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The choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker traces images in sand with her feet in “Violin Phase,” part of the Museum of Modern Art’s Performance Exhibition Series. Photograph: Todd Heisler.

From the review: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Dances at MoMA in the New York Times.

2011-01-04

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“ By now, only a few people refuse to understand that youth protests aren’t a protest against the university reform, but against a general situation in which the older generations have eaten the future of the younger ones. ”

Giuliano Amato, an economist and former Italian prime minister, quoted in the New York Times: Lack of Jobs in Southern Europe Frustrates the Young.

2010-12-07

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“ This is literature as sustenance. And it is commonplace in San Francisco, where the average annual per capita expenditure on books is perennially among the highest in the nation. Same goes for booze — according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, San Francisco is the only city that ranks in the top three for both (New York is ninth by both measures). ”

Gregory Dicum in a post on San Francisco’s Bookstores and Readings Reflect a Lively Literary Scene for the New York Times (via).

2010-03-10

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Reaching for Stars When Space Thrilled and Paranoia Ruled - an article in the New York Times on the upcoming book, “Another Science Fiction: Advertising the Space Race 1957-1962.”

There’s some great stuff in the “interactive viewer”, and unlike the Wired ads, which inspire more mirth than admiration, a lot of these are actually beautiful. I’m looking forward to getting a copy of the book.