The Hardships of Park Slope
Erica |
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 11:08PM Behold: our new fave song.
(via Nasty Midnighters Music)
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*BALLER - n. Kid free-n-lovin it
*BFI - n. Brilliant fucking idea
*BREEDER - n. Baby maker
*BR-ALLER - n. a BREEDER who's proven themselves to be cool enough that, despite their tendencies to procreate, can still maintain the basic principles of a BALLER attitude and lifestyle.
*COOPRETARD - n. Any annoying person who works at the Park Slope Food Coop
*D.I.N.K-n. Dual income, no kids
*FIPS - n. Fucked in Park Slope; the most badass'd blog on the dub dub dub
*SILTH - n. Sloper I'd Like To Hurt
*SAHM (or "SHAM") - n. Stay At Home Mom
*SCHADENFOER - n. The feeling of envy and/or hate toward literary wunderkind and Park Slope resident, Jonathan Safran Foer
Erica |
Friday, July 16, 2010 at 11:08PM Behold: our new fave song.
(via Nasty Midnighters Music)
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Allison |
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 3:12PM I first got in touch with FIPS (or fucked as i like to call us) because my little brother, the hip hop artist formerly known as Egglard, was playing a show at Southpaw and I thought... where better to publicize his EPICK awesomeness than a blog that shares his love of titular profanity?
Unfortunately, Erica was busy eating Robicelli's cupcakes and watching the Bachelor/Lost/CashCab, and thus did not see my prophetic email in a timely fashion.
What his fans are saying:
"Songbird of our generation." Epick
"How can you continue to humiliate me like this? If you don't change that name, I'll never talk to you again. By the way, are you coming up this weekend?" Epick's mother
"Six inches of skill, maybe six and a half." Epick
"Good for a white dude." Epick's nephew
"Upwardly mobile." unspecified critics
So, you probably missed the genius that is my brother the first time around, not to mention his big-ass (i mean kick-ass) backup band and his smoking hot single sister Sara out in the audience.

But your time is coming. All hail Epick and his fellow vanilla but not vanilla ice hip hoppers. The eldest and I are going to take naps so we can stay up late. See you there!!

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Allison |
Thursday, June 10, 2010 at 4:43PM
Maybe it was the beat of the rain on my umbrella but Norah Jones had a seriously soporific effect on me last night. I could barely keep my eyes open. I was... fine, I was fucking bored to death. And it didn't help that I only got one fancy seat press pass so I got to sit in style all by my lonesome while friends and loved ones were exiled behind a fence in the cheap seats. VIPS like me get a white cotton hanky to wipe the seat off. They get plastic bag ponchos to don. And actual seats. At the front.
I felt like a sell out. I missed my peeps. My proletariet. The hardworking real people outside of the bubble. Not enough to get up and move to my friends huddled far behind me, mind you, but I did contemplate it for like ten seconds.
So, I love Norah but I hadn't realized that what is great to listen to at home in the background doesn't necessarily translate to a not-to-be-missed concert experience.
The outfit was awesome. I want that blue polka-dotted dress with the red petticoat. Vintage? Had to be.
I didn't get the need for all that atmospheric fog that kept blowing. I mean, shit, it was a fucking monsoon already. At one point, Norah was virtually obscured in smoke.
Good cover of Johnny Cash. Winsome, sweetly awkward repartee. Is NJ from Texas? She sounded twangy when she spoke. Great voice. But I don't like the country phase as much as the old, original bluesy stuff. Just sooooooo meh somehow. Not lighter worthy...probably a good thing since I may have set fire to my umbrella.
Don't Know Why.
You?
Full disclosure: I decamped for home before ten so maybe I missed the best stuff!
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Allison |
Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 12:00AM 
Norah Jones. TODAY, June 9. Prospect Park Bandshell. 7pm. Free. Or so they say.
Give us the inside line on best seats. When do you actually need to arrive? Best picnic food nearby? Best cheap wine? Best BK brew?
I'm going to buy a lighter for this one, I tell you.
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Nine Daves |
Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 12:16AM
Listen up, Park Slope: it's bad enough that everyone thinks we're elitist douchebags with our expensive apartments, stroller mafia, celebrity residents, and "best neighborhood in new york" bragging rights. The least we could do to keep people off our backs is show a little bit of humility when it comes to our subway buskers. But nooooo...we don't have any disgusting, toothless, barefoot homeless guys strumming a guitar, or trios of doo-wop singers who haven't bathed in weeks...or even some crazy person dressed up in an Elmo costume playing the accordion. Nope, Park Slope gets this guy above.
That's Right. Some well-to-do motherfucker playing the glockenspiel.
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Erica |
Monday, December 28, 2009 at 11:47AM
If you haven't already guessed (based on the fact that we have virtually EVERY FIPS event there), we love the shit out of the Bell House.
I don't play bocce ball (cause I'm not really sporty like that), BUT I do love the hot dog at Union Hall. And also I have great affection for them since they tried to ban SUV strollers last year (though, of course, that didn't work).
Anyway, so yeah: we love em both (and think you should follow them on twitter, go there often, get drunk-n-buy shit).
This week, the NYT City Room blog is featuring Bell House/Union Hall talent buyer, Jack "Skippy" McFadden, who is standing by ready to answer all of your burning questions about the NYC music scene, clubbing, boozing, or anything else talent buyer-ish.
We thought we'd get the party started with a couple questions for Skippy of our own:
Jus wonderin.
[Leave real questions for Skippy in the comments here].
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Erica |
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:51AM 
No. 25 Amazing Baby (photo courtesy of the band for NY Mag)
So yeah: in addition to being the bloggiest borough, the best place to raise kids, the best place to be a celebrity, the best place to write a book lampooning your nabe, the best place to bring your bebe to a bar, and the best place to get laid, Brooklyn also has the best bands.
NY Mag says so.
And here are their picks for the 40 best ones.
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