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Greenpoint-based ecommerce site Insound is known primarily for its encyclopedic trove of indie rock—and in physical forms both new and old. While the store has hundreds of mp3s, according to Matt Wishnow, Insound founder and president, 60 percent of the store’s sales are vinyl records.
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City Council Votes to Override Veto on Parking Meter Grace Period [DNAinfo]
Bike Lane: Seperation of Church and State [newsnet14]
Video: Does Mother Nature Hate Bike Lanes? [gothamist]
Naked bike protest happens, not naked [VV]
Too cold for nude protest, bikers switch gears [AP]
Yoko Ono Might Help Monkey Town [gothamist]
Railroad Earth played Dec 10 at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, and enthusiasm by loyal fans for the band was high; seemed like everybody was swaying, many singing along. The sound of the six virtuoso musicians was constant and full, almost symphonic at times.
A roots and Americana-based jam band from Stillwater, New Jersey, their name [...]
If ceaseless online banner ads and sleigh bell-tinged television jingles haven’t made you aware already, we are indeed coming up on the last shopping weekend before Christmas. Yet whether your shopping is done, squashed by the recession or just in need of fine-tuning, Williamsburg and Greenpoint are set to satisfy your needs for solstice-time shopping. [...]
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Williamsburg’s Monkey Town Closing Down [Gothamist]
Rose Plaza Developers May Have Second Chance w/ BP Markowitz [BklynEagle]
Williamsburg Pharmacy Wars Heat Up [RackedWire]
Gallery of well designed music gifts [BklynVegan]
Williamsburg’s $26,000 Bike Lane to Nowhere [nbcny]
Drawing the Line: Williamsburg vs. Williamsburg [jewcy]
A Nude Protest: Bedford Bike Lane Battle Takes Next Logical Step [NYMag]
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Two Economies in Williamsburg? [interactive]
MTA picks on Brooklyn with proposed bus and train cuts [BrooklynPaper]
Party/Benefit for Bushwick Farmers’ Market [BKFarmersMkt]
Cleaning Up Newtown Creek [wnyc]
EPA, City Embark on Newtown Creek Love Canal [Courier]
Catbird: A Treasure Trove of Shiny, Girly Things [cherrypatter]