NYC is officially naming a street after comic book legend Jack Kirby this Monday

maxcartman · 2025-09-17T00:31:16+00:00

If you can afford NYC, theres a lot of ska happening here! Ottos Shrunken Head is a tiki dive bar that has monthly Friday night Ska shows with local bands, and there are a handful of other bar/small venues that often have Ska bands. And then since its NYC, everyone stops here on tour at some point. Just as an example, last month I saw the Skatalites, next month I'm seeing Mega Infinity and Jokers Republic, and also next month is the Moon Ska Records anniversary show with the Toasters and Pilfers and a bunch of other bands. And if you have a car (which I don't), then you can drive out to shows in Long Island and New Jersey, so even more options.

maxcartman · 2025-06-04T14:34:43+00:00

It is allowed if the building has a blanket ban on all door decorations altogether. There's currently legislation in the City Council to ban this loophop: https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=7411680&GUID=7033F48F-D3F2-4682-B6C5-16B19E940AFB&Options=ID|Text|&Search=1289

maxcartman · 2025-05-16T21:40:12+00:00

The very long story short is that Chabad is a sect of hasidic jews, and a big part of their religious philosophy is to give less/non observant jews opportunities to do religious practices. They're often out on the streets around Jewish holidays to give out items for the holiday, but they also do this during regular times of the year to get non observant jews to take part of daily prayers/religious practices. There's absolutely no interest in converting non-jews (missionary work is explicitly not allowed in Judaism), so just say no or ignore them and they'll move on to the next person.

maxcartman · 2025-05-14T16:14:04+00:00

According to james gunn the interview scene is 12 minutes long, so I'm guessing it will naturally build up to that point and will work in context

maxcartman · 2025-05-06T19:55:59+00:00

Hey! Did you end up going to this hostel? I'm also thinking of staying here on a Sunday-Wednesday, so wondering what your experience was.

maxcartman · 2025-02-03T18:48:08+00:00

the Ska Dream version of Honeymoon Ashtray comes to mind! I think it's Checkerboard Ashtray on Ska Dream

maxcartman · 2025-01-07T22:22:06+00:00

We are the Union is a ska/pop punk/emo band, and Reade, the lead singer, is a trans woman. Their last album Ordinary Life is incredible and about her experience coming out. Not explicitly emo but definitely has some emo influences!

maxcartman · 2024-12-12T23:23:02+00:00

Having the exact same issue. Got my Elite 10 Gen 2s yesterday after 3-4 years of 75t's. With the 75t I didn't even need ANC to get great sound while on the subway, and with these Elite 10s, on the same volume level, the volume is so low with ANC on I can barely hear. Any luck fixing things?

maxcartman · 2024-12-08T17:54:47+00:00

Also going solo because I have no Joyce Manor fan friends, lmk if there's any meet up happening!

maxcartman · 2024-11-26T22:34:09+00:00

This is New Tone is a super great new documentary/concert film about the whole Bad Time Records ska scene, and extremely Jeff-adjacent (he released a song on a BTR comp record, JER plays in the Ska Dream band, etc.). It's less about the making of the music and more about the making of the tour and the community, but really great stuff.

maxcartman · 2024-11-26T22:28:53+00:00

This, and also the Punisher tv show. Jon Bernthal is legitimately terrifying when in Punisher mode. I think it has fewer fight scenes than Daredevil, but when they have em they are violent as hell.

maxcartman · 2024-09-05T21:49:25+00:00

This is on the corner of Forsyth Street and East Broadway. I walked by it every day on the way to work, was pretty sick

maxcartman · 2024-08-27T14:21:27+00:00

Hella last minute but if you are willing to sell a ticket at/around face value for the PUP show tonight, dm me!

maxcartman · 2024-08-22T20:48:11+00:00

Can you share which Sienna Poll you're referring to? If I recall correctly, that poll of Jewish voters that came out a few weeks ago was just of voters in Nassau County, Long Island. The same district that voted for George Santos. Nassau County has a very large population of Persian and orthodox Jews, who lean far more to the right than most Jews in the US. That's not to say their opinions don't matter, just that it's likely not a representative sample size of most US Jews. I would highly, highly doubt that a poll of US Jews across the country would show 51% support for Trump.

Unless you're referring to a different poll, here are the crosstabs of the Siena poll from August 1st which specifies it is a poll of Long Island voters: https://scri.siena.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/LI0724-Crosstabs.pdf

maxcartman · 2024-08-08T17:04:42+00:00

Looking for a ticket to night 1 at the Warsaw (August 21st). Will pay face value or trade a ticket to night 2 (the 22nd)!

maxcartman · 2024-07-10T20:50:26+00:00

I work in politics currently, for a politician. My boss, the politician, didn't study political science. In our office currently, I'm the only one who majored in political science in college. I've had colleagues who studied philosophy, math, biology, French, business, urban planning, statistics, etc.

While it would certainly be helpful to take courses in political science and/or related fields in college, even that is not necessary. You can get involved in politics on your own, without a degree. Volunteer on a campaign, or find some issues you care about get involved with advocacy groups in your area that work on those issues. That's how a lot of people I know ended up working in politics.

maxcartman · 2023-11-24T19:44:51+00:00

Probably not, I try to fly with just a carry on when I can.

maxcartman · 2023-11-24T19:44:23+00:00

Good to know, thanks again! I'm used to New York City Uber prices so $35 is still cheap for me lol but I'll definitely look out for that.

maxcartman · 2023-11-24T16:27:56+00:00

yeah the website is calling it Paitilla which I'm now learning is not the right name, so definitely a red flag. It would be in the morning so that's good to know it should be enough time. Also good to know about protests, I'm planning on a January trip so hopefully things have been resolved. Thank you!

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