holzmantweed:

perseidbadger:

anachronistique:

rufflebutts:

trashydyke:

i am currently looking for housing that is somewhat-to-very-close to the train so i can get into manhattan for work, and is still a neighborhood where i can walk home late at night - i’m a masculine-presenting queer kid so i tend to attract a lil attention wherever i go. i’ve had bad situations because of my appearance, and i really need to make sure wherever i live is safe for super-queer-looking folk like myself.

i’m a very chill personality who can get along with pretty much anyone, in search of people who are easy to live with and chill about my lifestyle. i don’t smoke (i do when drunk but i’m trying really hard to kill that habit), i’m 420 friendly but my health prevents me from smoking more than a few times a year, i love going out but i’m not a huge partier, i would love a place where a pitbull puppy is welcome but if that’s not going to work that’s okay too. i am making a decent salary so i will be able to reliably cover my expenses but i definitely can’t afford more than $1500 a month right now.

i have a girlfriend who lives in morningside heights who is very present in my life (soon to be my fiancée but shh it’s a secret) so she will probably be around a lot, and pretty much all of my friends are also awesome queers so any visitors i have will likely fit that profile. i do have ptsd but i’m getting better and better - i still need to be in a safe space where i won’t be triggered and the people around me have some knowledge or experience with that kind of situation. i’m queer-identified when it comes to gender stuff, and i use they/she pronouns. if you’re interested in my ideology and my experiences, then you can definitely check out my tumblr because i tend to get open on here. if you’re not cool with non-binary folks then i am probably not the roomie for you…

is anyone looking for roommates/neighbors or has an idea of a place for lil old me? i need a place asap starting may 16 and i’m worried about having to choose an unsafe situation because of the short turnover and my lack of funds…signal boost me please! 

do it if you can!! i can vouch for how great this person is, after all if she were staying in philly we’d be roommates and i have greeeeat taste in roommates. plus i know at least a couple of y’all are looking for something in new york. :)

Signal boosting!

Signal boosting (and looking at you, Apartment Jones!!!!)!

If Apartment Jones doesn’t work out, Astoria’s a fine neighborhood.  (We’re not looking for roomies, but people in Astoria always are.)

Unfortunately, Jones is pushing max capacity, so we don’t really have the room to take in another.

Signal boosting and best of luck!

rclj:

asthemusicplayspr:

Music Positive

A Night of Music, Photography, and Positivity

NYC PR/Social Media Firm & Photographer Team Up For Youth Benefit

New York, NY, February 10th – As The Music Plays, a NYC-based music publicity & social media marketing firm, and J.T. Liss Photography for Social Change have come together to present Music Positive: a benefit show geared towards raising awareness for arts education non-profit Bridging Education & Art Together (B.E.A.T).  The show will feature musical performances by Palomino, The Rose West, and The Glorious Veins.

In addition to musical guests, Music Positive will also feature a prize raffle; for an additional donation, attendees will have the opportunity to win prize packs from ATMP and J.T. Liss, as well as Patronage, a clothing line dedicated to electronic dance music, We Are The Kids, an online community for aspiring music industry professionals, and more. “We really want to make this something special. For us, it’s about more than music; it’s an opportunity to do something for a great cause and we want to get as many people involved as possible,” said Robin Jennings, co-founder of As The Music Plays.  That sentiment is echoed by J.T. Liss, founder and owner of J.T. Liss Photography for Social Change,  “My hope for this event is to raise needed funds and awareness for B.E.A.T., while also getting the talented musicians – who have generously donated their gifts – added exposure in an evening filled with positivity, music, and change.”

The show will take place on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012 at 7pm at Alphabet Lounge, located at 104 Avenue C, New York, NY.  Admission is $10 and attendees must be 21 or over to enter.

CONTACTS:
Robin Jennings, As The Music Plays, http://www.asthemusicplays.com, robin@asthemusicplays.com

J.T. Liss, J.T. Liss Photography For Social Change, http://www.jtlissphotography.com/, jtlissphotography@gmail.com

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About Bridging Education & Art Together
B.E.A.T. is a New York City 501(c)3 non-profit. Founded by James Kim and Taylor McFerrin, B.E.A.T. produces compelling music, art and dance based programs for underserved communities and underprivileged youth.

About As The Music Plays
ATMP is a strategic music publicity and social media marketing company that focuses on helping independent artists leverage the resources they have available to grow their fan base.

About J.T. Liss Photography for Social Change
J.T. Liss Photography for Social Change was created out of a need to do something bigger than photography: using photography and turning it into advocacy, helping others in need, and allowing art to spread positivity.

We are SO excited for this. Please come out and support a great cause featuring awesome music.

And as always, thank you to Teresa Galus for her graphic design skillz on this snazzy poster.

Yay! I have skillz! Always happy to help :D

Who wants some carnival-rock?? Listen to “Feria Cinerum” by the Rose West!

Click through and listen to The Rose West’s debut single (and look at the pretty album art I made for them)!! I’ve been talking about these guys on and off for some time now. Well, now you get to actually listen to them! Fans of bands like Coheed and Cambria, the Dear Hunter, and 3 will very likely enjoy this.

And for people in/who can get to the NYC area, they have a regular show at The Way Station, every last Sunday of the month.

ntepenterprises:

nefferlemort:

Has the Lesser Depression got you down?

Feel like there is nothing to do these days and no money to do it with?

Fear not!

▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊▊
♛ MRS. NEFFER LeMORT ♠
▊▊▊▊PRESENTS ▊▊▊▊

A night for spirits of both sorts, where drinking, dancing and debauchery are elevated to a fine art. It’s PHANTASMAGORIA— a night for all things morbid, mysterious, and macabre, presented with an old world sensibility.

Best of all, everything is free or cheap, so even the poorest urchins of New York City can live like the Lords and Ladies they ought to be!

☆ FREE BOOZE ☆
Admission is equal to the cost of two drinks. Buy a drink, get a token. Turn two in at the curtain to enter the parlor of our delights! The Lady LaMort, in her infinite hospitality, will also be opening her private cellars to give a free shot token for fine liquor to the guests who turn in their drink tokens first, while supplies last. Those who come in their finest gothic, vicotrian, or steam/diesel-punk attire will earn a special green token instead… good for a specially prepared snifter of Lady LaMort’s best absinthe!

☿ FINE ART ☿
View strange, uncanny work, presented in person by the artists themselves! All work will be priced at $20 or less, so if you fall in love with something you won’t feel guilty taking it home.

☥ STYLISH CLOTHING ☥
The latest in wicked wearables by our diabolical designers. All clothes will be priced at $20 or less, so you can afford to be drunk as well as well-dressed!

☽ VICTORIAN HORROR ☾
Enjoy a free double feature of “From Hell” and “Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” Afterward, you can head over to the raffle table, where $1 will get you a blood red raffle token and a chance to win a handsome prize package containing the eponymous books!

☩ OCCULT ORACLES ☩
For the pittance of a mere $5, occult scientist ϟtuart ϟudekum will operate the classic Waite-Smith tarot deck as a guided meditation on the query of your choice.

♫ MACABRE MUSIC ♫
A deliciously dark assortment of musical delights also awaits you. Watch this page for details as October 24th approaches!

∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭∭ ∭∭∭∭∭∭

☞ CONVENIENT TRANSPORTATION ☞
The Way Station is located near the Clinton-Washington stop on the A and C trains, and the Eastern Pkwy-Brooklyn Museum stop on the 2, 3, and 4 trains.

We already have some publicity going on! [1] [2]

EVENT PAGE HERE

CHECK IT OUT! (Because I will have some things in jars, zoological curiosities, and improbable beasts on display)

Got up early to head back to the old apartment to pack more stuff into the car. Then in Midtown for work. Then back up to the old apartment again to clean, pack, and take what I can carry on the subway. Lots of walking in between. Finally got home. Chill First Floor Smoker Dude said something on the steps, but I thought he was talking to whomever was sitting with him. When he asked if I’m ignoring him, I burst in to apologies and say hello and “No, I wasn’t ignoring you, just zoning out. It’s been a long day, haha.” He kinda reminds me of an old Oneonta RA buddy of mine…

And yay! E is home! I got back about an hour ago, and there was no one else here. That is very weird when it is an apartment of six people. o_o

windatyourheels:

rosinhabela:

My name is Kelly Schomburg, I’m the girl with the red hair in these pictures. I was protesting at the Occupy Wall Street march yesterday when I and several other women were sprayed with mace and subsequently arrested. Many have already seen the video, which has been spreading like wildfire over twitter, Facebook, tumblr, and other video feeds, along with hundreds of other photos and videos. This is my recount of what happened.

Read More

I HIGHLY recommend reading this.  It’s lengthy, but worth it.  

windatyourheels:

thewatchtowerproject:

inothernews:

From the New York Daily News:

Scores of protesters were arrested in Manhattan Saturday as a march against social inequality turned violent.

Hundreds of people carrying banners and chanting “shame, shame” walked between Zuccotti Park, near Wall St., and Union Square calling for changes to a financial system they say unjustly benefits the rich and harms the poor.

At least 80 people were carted away in police vehicles and up to five were hit with pepper spray near 12th St. and Fifth Ave., where tensions became especially high, police and organizers said.

The National Lawyer’s Guild, which is providing legal assistance to the protesters, put the number of arrests at 100.

Witnesses said they saw three stunned women collapse on the ground screaming after they were sprayed in the face.

A video posted on YouTube and NYDailyNews.com shows uniformed officers had corralled the women using orange nets when two supervisors made a beeline for the women, and at least one suddenly sprayed the women before turning and quickly walking away.

Footage of other police altercations also circulated online, but it was unclear what caused the dramatic mood shift in an otherwise peaceful demonstration.

“I saw a girl get slammed on the ground. I turned around and started screaming,” said Chelsea Elliott, 25, from Greenpoint, Brooklyn, who said she was sprayed. “I turned around and a cop was coming … we were on the sidewalk and we weren’t doing anything illegal.”

Police said 80 protesters were arrested or ticketed at multiple locations for disorderly conduct, blocking traffic and failure to obey a lawful order but the number could rise.

If the NYPD’s excuse for this disgusting behavior — which should make decent police officers anywhere cringe with shame — is that the protestors didn’t have a permit, then fuck that.  Of course, Mayor Bloomberg is probably off in Bermuda on his usual weekend getaway, so neither he nor his police commissioner, Raymond Kelly, won’t have to be held accountable for these wanton acts of police brutality until Monday.  At least.

For shame.

(Photo: Jefferson Siegel / Daily News)

^Things people should really pay attention to.

Remember that time when our police attacked peaceful protestors AND IT DID NOT GET NEAR ENOUGH NEWS COVERAGE?

thedailywhat:

Old-Timey Subway Train Campaign of the Day: To promote the upcoming second season of its critically acclaimed period series Boardwalk Empire, HBO, with a little help from NYC’s MTA, will install a throwback subway train that will run through September 25th — the show’s premiere date.

Details:

Starting on Saturday, September 3rd an authentic vintage 1920’s train will run on the express 2/3 track in Manhattan throughout September (specifically, from 12 to 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays). Originally operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT) system, the train began service back in 1917 and will once again be operational. Customers who have the opportunity to ride the vintage train will be transported back in time to the Prohibition era with authentic details such as rattan seats, ceiling fans and drop sash windows, as well as a custom branded interior featuring Boardwalk Empire-inspired period artwork.

NB: During the final weekend of the promo, HBO-branded people will be handing out complimentary MetroCards near the Times Square-42nd and 72nd street stations.

[gothamist.]

I generally make it a point to avoid Times Square, but I can make an exception for this. So excited~ And new Boardwalk Empire—yay!