A sold-out crowd at Terminal 5 can be hard to please, especially the fans pressed up against the front of the stage and the ones lining the railing on the second and third floor mezzanines. Those spots belong to the dedicated.

In order to score such a clear view of the stage, you have to be one of the first into the venue. And being first into the venue means lining up outside at least an hour early, even in below freezing temperatures like last Friday for the Cold War Kids show featuring Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Heads Say Yeah. 

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Like any classic novel, The Catcher in the Rye is not a creation; it is a fact. No young person picks up the book by chance. It is a rite of passage, a talisman, something that was not crafted but simply here, always. Growing up, my fraternal twin brother, Vikas, and I looked constantly to our older brother, Rajiv, for suggestions on how we might cultivate good literary taste. And when Rajiv, four years our senior, wasn’t too busy air guitaring to Led Zeppelin or puzzling over math homework with a group of high school buddies, he was quoting Holden Caulfield at length. We all know someone who once adopted the drawl cum cadence of Holden’s speech, that almost musical sense of irony, and Rajiv was that household Holden (Householden?). So omnipresent was this Householden that when I finally picked up the book the summer before freshman year of high school, just before Rajiv headed off to college, it was more accurate to state that I spent time with the book than I read it. You do not read The Catcher in the Rye. It is something that is, and you are with it. 

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Clocking in at 70 minutes, Eugene O'Neill's The Emperor Jones, directed by Ciaran O'Reilly at Irish Rep (through Dec. 6), is tragedy in fast-motion. The first half of the play is an exposition as to the ruler's rise to power—he was a slave in America, who, through trickery and intimidation, came to be the ruler of a native land—and the second half is his torture by ghosts in the jungle, as he escapes his voodoo-practicing subjects' sudden uprising. In this case, consisting of lots of neat-o puppets.

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Being in the audience last night at the Mercury Lounge could have felt awkward.

It was the first of a three-night stint of Noah and the Whale performances that mark the end of the band’s U.S. tour. Onstage, frontman Charlie Fink was confessing to having no one to love and captivating the audience with lyrics about the throbbing pain of separation—generally hitting home the agony of heartbreak that is a theme in the band’s second album The First Days of Spring, released Oct. 6 in the U.S.

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If you attend Ghost Light, currently onstage through Oct. 31 at 59E59, you should be looking for “a little bit of strange,” like the play's two main characters who go to a seedy motel room—complete with flickering light and ceiling mirror. In their case, it's an unlikely affair in which they dip outside their usual social circles in order to get something they want. But in your case, it being so close to Halloween, you probably want the kind of strange that just comes out and says Boo! already. Luckily, neither you nor they get the expected, making way for a tantalizing, utterly absorbing hour. But the allure of the crowd-pleasing, cheap scare is a strong one, my friends, and it’s no surprise that it even seduces José Zayas, this show's otherwise-precise director, in the end.

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Swimclub will be showcasing at CMJ 2009.  Join the band as they kick things off with a bang on the first night of the festival!

when: Tuesday, October 20th 8pm

where: The Rose
          345 Grand Street
          (btwn Havemeyer & Marcy)
          Williamsburg / Brooklyn

with:  Backwards
        Come On Caboose
        Robotanists

 

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My boys Swimclub are playing a free show at Lakeside Lounge this Saturday in preparation for their big CMJ Showcase on Oct 20th at the Rose. Show starts at 11pm and they're the only band. It's going to be intense. Lakeside Lounge is on the LES @ 162 Avenue B between 10th and 11th. Will you be there?

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Biltmore Who’s Who, an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) since 2006 and leader in networking and building business relationships nationwide, is proud to announce their A- rating with the BBB.  

Scoring an A- is considered to be an excellent rating, according to the BBB, and   Biltmore Who’s Who is very proud of their mark.  They continue to stand behind their commitment and quality to their current and prospective members, setting the groundwork for a bright future.

Once a business becomes an accredited member of the BBB, they have agreed to live up to their Principles for Trust, a comprehensive set of policies, procedures and best practices focused on treating the public both fairly and honestly in all circumstances.  Biltmore strives for not only a great score with the BBB, but more importantly, an even greater score with their members.

The BBB has a simple, yet thorough mission: to be a leader in marketplace trust through integrity and performance.  By creating a community of trustworthy businesses, setting standards for marketplace trust, encouraging and supporting best practices, celebrating marketplace role models, and denouncing substandard marketplace behavior, the BBB has proven to provide customers with the utmost accreditation.       Companies worldwide are invited to join the BBB if they can meet such high standards.  Those businesses with all the necessary criteria are then presented to local Boards of Directors, or designees for review for acceptance.

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About Biltmore Who's Who: Biltmore Who's Who specializes in providing members with pertinent biographical information of key Executives and Professionals that comprise its membership throughout North America. Biltmore Who's Who encourages all members to use the publication to contact and network with other members to enhance public relations or possibly develop mutual and beneficial business relationships.

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The Make Music New York Festival is back for a third year of free concerts in public spaces throughout the five boroughs of New York City, all on the first day of summer. On Sunday June 21st Swimclub will preview songs from their upcoming debut CD out on August 4th.

Venue: Goodbye Blue Monday 1087 Broadway-Brooklyn, NY
Time: 4pm
Cost: FREE

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I am thinking about buying some wholesale water pipes from this company in China http://www.liangdianup.com/tobacciana_z.htm 
 but I am not sure if they are legal to bring in to the states? What are the laws on water pipes, bongs, and pipes?

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