PEDESTRIAN FAIR

New blog

2010-06-18T21:09:00.002-05:00

I think there is a new blog in the works, all it needs is a title, I am stumped.

Barney's Windows

2009-01-23T23:34:00.000-05:00

Brooklyn Br

2009-01-09T22:04:00.000-05:00

The Year That Was

2008-12-28T23:00:00.004-05:00

Some American politics.

Christmas Eve

2008-12-24T23:00:00.000-05:00

7th Av

Blogger Roundup Christmas 2008

2008-12-24T21:45:00.005-05:00

Monty is cooking his first ever turkey

Someone for me has gone to Brissie

mykel is thinking of others who don't celebrate Christmas

RCADE blew and blew

eMack with some good company, prostated in front of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus

High Riser is openly heathen but enjoys presents

Joe will blog again soon

RAD has had enough snow already for the season

CJ sends a localised greeting while
the gals wait for Santa

and

DONNIE V2.0 Says merry Christmas!

Ready for 15 F (-9C)

2008-12-22T23:19:00.001-05:00

Snow

2008-12-19T14:29:00.001-05:00

Sparkle

2008-12-12T23:58:00.000-05:00

Park Avenue

2008-12-08T00:44:00.000-05:00

Reflection

2008-12-03T23:43:00.000-05:00

Thanksgiving Day

2008-11-27T22:03:00.004-05:00

Statue of Liberty

East River

2008-11-20T22:07:00.000-05:00

Hudson River

2008-11-19T23:28:00.000-05:00

Kirchner and The Berlin Street

2008-11-17T22:30:00.007-05:00

Kirchner and the Berlin Street, just finished showing at MoMA, had settled into a very nice groove. Busy when it first opened back in August, a lot of tourists, I must say, who made their way back home for September and some local populace who hadn't escaped to The Hampton's, eager for something new, the crowds thinned somewhat and it became a very nice exhibition to spend some time perusing, which I indeed did. They grew on me, those Berlin St scenes. Was hoping for another look last Sunday, but it had closed. Haven't bought the book yet, but I'm sure I will, finances permitting.

MoMA has a great online exhibition of the show

The show centred on a series of works painted 1913-15, known as the Street Scenes, depicting 'street walkers' or prostitutes.

Berlin Street 1910

Some other works shown

Dresden 1908/19

Panama Dancers, 1910-11

Tramway Arch 1915

Nude, 1912-14

Street Scene at Night 1926-27

German Expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938)

Self portrait

No Turns

2008-11-17T22:12:00.000-05:00

Sign of the Season

2008-11-15T21:09:00.001-05:00

Yellow tree

Life in Sydney

2008-11-14T21:34:00.020-05:00

From smh.com.au article here

Since 1998 16 different rail lines or extensions have been proposed, only two being delivered and one partially completed, here are the cancelled lines.

It's hard to believe that so many have been cancelled, why propose them in the first place? There has been discussion about what type of lines to build, add to the existing heavy rail network where stations are are 1-2 km apart, or build 'metro' style where stations are 1/2 - 1 km apart. Metro will work for high density, this would be great for the proposed Parramatta to Circular Quay line, 4 lines under Parramatta Rd, two express and two local. Other parts of Sydney not so.

One line that got built was a link to the airport, built in time for the 2000 Olympics, which is expensive, for two it's cheaper in a taxi, and it doesn't attract a lot a patronage

A mishmash of maps from The Sydney Morning Herald

Proposed and cancelled

High speed train to Newcastle, proposed in 1998.

Extension to Rouse Hill, proposed and cancelled twice

Y link Turn around at Liverpool proposed in 1998

Parramatta to Circular Quay, shown in green, proposed in 2008.

West Ryde to Malabar, planned and cancelled in 2008!

Northwest metro Rouse Hill to the CBD via Gladesville, shown in black, proposed and cancelled in 2008!

Some success, Epping to Chatswood line completed, shown in purple, the continuation to Parramatta, part of the original 1998 proposal, not built.

South West Line between Glenelfield and Leppington proposed in 2005

Sutherland to Wollongong high speed rail link proposed 1998, proposed section show in red

Hurstville to Strathfield, proposed 2008

Redfern to Chatswood, shown in pink, proposed 2005, super seeded 2008

Bondi Junction to Bondi Beach, proposed 1998, cancelled 2000( to the relief of many locals)

The complete Sydney metro area train system,proposed and cancelled lines in black and a proposed CBD metro(shown in pink) running from Rozelle to Central station

44th President

2008-11-05T21:49:00.002-05:00

Victory speech in full

Yes He Can

2008-11-05T08:49:00.001-05:00

My Friends: The Musical

2008-11-01T21:31:00.003-05:00

from the people the brought you The Empire Strikes Barack comes My Friends: The Musical
Very, very funny

The Snuggie

2008-10-30T21:25:00.001-05:00

I want one

Today on the East River

2008-10-23T21:55:00.002-05:00

The Vote Boat!

Rhythms of Modern Life, British Prints 1914-1939

2008-10-19T23:18:00.005-05:00

Now showing at the Met

Rhythms of Modern Life is the first major exhibition in the United States to examine the impact of Futurism and Cubism on British modernist printmaking from the beginning of World War I to the beginning of World War II. Featuring the work of thirteen artists, it showcases selected works inspired by Vorticism, the first radically modern, inherently abstract British art movement of the twentieth century. The principal artists represented are the prominent early followers of Futurism and Vorticism and the later color linocut artists of the esteemed Grosvenor School of Art in London. The exhibition features prime examples of graphic work that celebrate the vitality and dynamism of modern life, from Edward Wadsworth’s hard-edged, industrial-inspired woodcuts to C. R. W. Nevinson’s Futurist etchings of the first mechanized war to Cyril Power’s vibrantly colored linocuts of London’s modern tube stations.

More info on the Met's website here

Buy the book here

Sunny Wednesday

2008-10-15T16:31:00.004-05:00

Today was just the most lush day, the East River sparkled in the late autumn sun

Central Park was shining bright too

Some leaves turning though not many

Some took the sun
I took a shady tree for some snooze time

It was all very peaceful
Back out onto 5th Ave @61st

Life in Sydney

2008-10-14T21:43:00.003-05:00

Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
That is Tamarama Beach and they are real people

The North Wind Blew South

The North Wind Blew South from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
This clip features Gordon's bay, The Icebergs and The Wedding Cake, golly I miss the place tho life in New York is good.

Videos by Keith Loutit.
Watch in HD on the full screen on the Vimeo site

1st Av @48st

2008-10-08T21:42:00.002-05:00

Couric Interview with Sarah Palin

2008-09-24T22:28:00.003-05:00

Golly it's bad

Update

Golly there's more

JEWS AGAINST OBAMA & AHMADINEJAD SARAH IS BETTER THAN HILLARY

2008-09-22T21:49:00.003-05:00

Anti Iranian rally today on 47st

2nd Av

2008-09-21T21:28:00.000-05:00

Bryant Park

2008-09-21T21:26:00.001-05:00

Fashion week all gone, though the lawn is still recovering

Just Because

2008-09-20T03:28:00.000-05:00

Thursdays This Fall

2008-09-17T20:59:00.002-05:00

Union Square Market

2008-09-14T21:23:00.000-05:00

Yankee Sadium

2008-09-14T21:18:00.000-05:00

She Can Shoot Too!

2008-08-31T21:10:00.002-05:00

Ability to shoot a moose! That's a skill needed to run a govenment of a country of 300 million!

Matthew Mitcham

2008-08-30T23:01:00.001-05:00

Get your Matthew Mitcham Stamps 'ere!

American Politics

2008-08-29T22:22:00.006-05:00

Flag pin?, check
Creationist?, check
all the things that matter,
check

For expert commentary on this matter, look no further than The Daily Dish by Andrew Sullivan, he's having a field day.

American Politics

2008-08-29T22:17:00.005-05:00

Here's Obama's full speech for The Democratic Party's nomination for President he gave in front of 85 000 people and a television audience over 40 million.
He rocked.

6th Avenue

2008-08-27T20:58:00.002-05:00

Central Park

2008-08-27T20:56:00.000-05:00

Premium denim?

2008-08-16T21:41:00.003-05:00

Recnetly sold on ebay for $36 099.00 - a pair of Levi's 201 Jeans dating back to the 1890s. The jeans were found in a mine in the Rand Mining District on the Mojave Desert, California.
Golly

Source Denimology

Happy Birthday Madge

2008-08-16T21:36:00.001-05:00

From 1984, Borderline

9th Ave

2008-08-14T21:50:00.001-05:00

Tourists Keeeping Dry

2008-08-14T21:46:00.000-05:00

The Things You See About The Place

2008-08-14T21:39:00.004-05:00

On the street

Helicopter on the back of a truck

On the water

Plane wrapped in blue plastic

Country First

2008-08-12T23:14:00.001-05:00

Haven't blogged in ages but couldn't let this one pass.

7th Avenue

2008-07-30T21:19:00.000-05:00

Central Park

2008-07-30T21:06:00.003-05:00

Was in the park today, other than the green looking lake, it was just lovely. soooo chilled out. I slept under a tree. I had some good company too. All in all a good days work!

Ghost Towns

2008-07-25T20:33:00.002-05:00

SAN ZHI (Taiwan): a futuristic resort, one of oddee's top 10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns. Full list and more pictures here

9th Ave

2008-07-24T22:45:00.001-05:00

A Trip to The MSG

2008-07-23T17:26:00.006-05:00

Am off to see George Michael at Madison Square Garden. : )
It's gonna be juust grreat!

UPDATE
George baby rocked! It was the sing along hit parade for the faithful, the crowd lapped it up from the opening Fast Love to the closing Freedom.

On the East River Today

2008-07-16T21:18:00.004-05:00

Actually that was not today, it looks like some time in the 60s and that is Champion model Jim Stryker. Better than the average boat that floats down the East River, I say!
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And from a different angle, that is the same model, back on dry land

American Politics

2008-07-16T21:13:00.002-05:00

Something very funny

Send a JibJab Sendables® eCard Today!

2008-07-15T20:20:00.004-05:00

You can't say in the public arena that you don't like someone because of their race or skin colour, so often to say something 'racist', without appearing racist, coded language is used, like, we can say we dont like someone who makes terrorist fist jab, a term first coined by Fox news in reference to the above photo. (When in fact, no-one really made any terroridt fist jabs).
It's strange to see the New Yorker take it up, along with flag burning, idoltaration of Osama Bin Ladin, racial stereotypes, (the Michelle Obama hair dos just don't match up,huh?) and all that's missing is a copy of the koran on the mantlepiece.
The New Yorker says it's satirical, but in order for it to be satirical the magazine cover needs to send up the people who make up and believe all this crap. And it spectacularly fails to do that. It only propagates the myths and validates coded racist language.

The fist bump is here, in Obama's presumptive nominee speech, it comes in at 51 seconds. To me it looked like a gesture of genuine affection.

3rd Avenue

2008-07-09T22:57:00.002-05:00

That is quite early last Sunday morning

Dogs

2008-07-05T19:39:00.003-05:00

Am dog sitting for the weekend, two Japanese Spitz, am not normally a fan of small dogs, but these two are so cute and affectionate they have won me over.

Fourth of July

2008-07-04T21:27:00.004-05:00

Late afternoon, the traffic stopped on the FDR

Seats were set up on Roosevelt Island

Dusk fell and the crowds arrived

All vantage points were taken

Pleasure craft filled the East River

And then fireworks began

Happy Independence Day!

8th Avenue

2008-07-03T23:31:00.000-05:00

The Ubiquitous Shopping Bag

2008-07-02T21:16:00.001-05:00

5th Ave

2008-07-02T21:15:00.000-05:00

Aussies

2008-06-25T23:02:00.005-05:00

Some overtly Australian people as seen recently on Big Brother.
(warning, features male nudity)

From the 33rd Floor

2008-06-25T22:17:00.000-05:00

Stars and Stripes

2008-06-24T21:10:00.001-05:00

Central Park

2008-06-23T23:10:00.001-05:00

Private Eagle

2008-06-22T12:58:00.002-05:00

E52St

This Way to the Goodburger

2008-06-22T12:54:00.000-05:00

That is 5th Avenue

The Burbs- Queens

2008-06-19T14:43:00.001-05:00

5 Thing Meme

2008-06-12T22:52:00.003-05:00

The Five Thing Meme from Monty. I don't quite make it to five in every category tho!

Five Things In My Freezer
1. Ice.

Five Things In My Wardrobe
1. Jeans
2. Ts
3. Smalls
4. Yoga shorts
5. A light (very handy)

Five Things In My Car
1. No Car
O.K.
The last time I had a car I lived in salubrius Sydney and you would of found in that car:

1. A pair of dickies wrapped up in a lungi
2. Er, some roaches.
3. Banana skins
4.Coins of low denomination
5.Some Endura

Five Things In My Bag
1. Digital camera
2. Wallet
3. iPod
4. Sunnies and a
5. Sun hat

Five Things On My Bedside Table
1. Ikea lamp made of 3 elements, glass, wood and metal, left by the last tennants, The JTs
2. My old cell phone from Oz that I use as an alarm clock
3. And some dust. That's it! 3 things only

Tagin'............anyone?

16 Million

2008-05-31T20:20:00.001-05:00

Sex and the City, the Local Media Reacts

2008-05-29T22:03:00.000-05:00

Bernd and Hilla Becher: Landscape/Typology

2008-05-29T21:05:00.015-05:00

Currently showing at MoMA till August 25 is a collection of works by Bernd and Hilla Becher, Bernd,1931-2007, Hilla, b 1934, a German married couple, best known for their collaborative photographic works of industrial buildings, steel furnaces, winding towers, blast furnaces and (my favourite), water towers.

Queensboro Bridge and the Roosevelt Island Tramcar

2008-05-28T22:09:00.001-05:00

Hudson St

2008-05-27T22:07:00.000-05:00

Boxed In

2008-05-25T00:25:00.002-05:00

Assassination?

2008-05-23T22:37:00.003-05:00

Well I guess there wont be any jokes about this one out there in the politcal blogsphere.

For happier days you can't beat
Bosnia and Back Again, starring Sen. Hillary Clinton
put together by jedreport

Out, proud and ready to go for gold

2008-05-23T21:46:00.003-05:00

This medal favourite is taking a historic and courageous step: he's the first Australian to go to the Olympics declaring his homosexuality.
Article here

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-05-23T14:13:00.003-05:00

The sun is shining and it is a three day weekend!
I'm gonna have some time in the sun

Anyway, here are a couple of very funny, topical clips.

1 St Avenue

2008-05-23T13:45:00.001-05:00

NYC

2008-05-22T11:02:00.001-05:00

It's Over

2008-05-22T00:26:00.004-05:00

Well that is Idol all over for another year with rocker David Cook taking top honours.
George Michael perfomed at the finale, and he was just brilliant.

On Highway

2008-05-21T23:26:00.001-05:00

Flying Cock!

2008-05-21T23:16:00.002-05:00

Yes, that really was a flying cock! And tht really was chess champ Gary Kasparov.

Political rally

2008-05-21T23:04:00.004-05:00

Some pictures from a Barack Obama rally in Portland Oregon last Sunday that drew a crowd of 75000 people. It is a relief to see there is more to the Democratic Party than gun totin', anti pansy dumb white folk. Even though some will continue to try to frame the party as just that, here's hoping they don't succeed.

The Sheep Meadow, Central Park

2008-05-17T22:33:00.001-05:00

575

2008-05-16T22:51:00.000-05:00

The Only Way Is Up

2008-05-15T20:50:00.001-05:00

Window Cleaning

2008-05-14T21:13:00.001-05:00

Midtown Photo

2008-05-13T22:01:00.002-05:00

Just a New Yorker

2008-05-12T21:54:00.006-05:00

Right wing commentator and native New Yorker Bill O'Reilly loses his head in this vintage clip. I would just like to say, that, a lot of New Yorkers are actually like that! Though thankfully not all.

Bill O'Reilly Snaps...Again - Watch more free videos

And an awesome remix here

NYC Daffodils

2008-05-08T22:31:00.001-05:00

NYC Chinatown

2008-05-08T22:28:00.003-05:00

No knock- offs available on Canal St today, Shuttered by NYC authorities.

East River Action Shots

2008-04-11T23:17:00.001-05:00

Pleasure Craft

Helicopter

New York City Couch

2008-04-05T00:45:00.000-05:00

New York City Construction

2008-04-04T23:23:00.000-05:00

New York City Signage

2008-04-04T23:22:00.000-05:00

Rainy Monday

2008-03-31T21:54:00.001-05:00

Midtown Protest

2008-03-24T22:56:00.001-05:00

Under supervision

Random Photo, Today

2008-03-24T22:54:00.001-05:00

Sign of theTimes

2008-03-24T22:26:00.002-05:00

In the window At Barneys
Turned up cuffs are becoming increasingly popular this year, it kind of makes me think of this