November 4, 2003
Keaner Visits NY
Reading about comic artist keaner (kean) and his brother's trip to New York is refreshing not just because he's cleverly cataloged visits to different parts of the city using a subway map - it's just nice to see the city from an out-of-towner's perspective, in this case, an intrepid pair of brothers from Ottawa who stay in a hostel on the Bowery. Ah, the days when we'd get mixed up and ride on a downtown train when we meant to go uptown...it almost happens every week. For a short visit, they covered a lot of ground with the Empire State Building, Ground Zero, and Guggenheim; next time, Gothamist suggests they check out the outer boroughs. [Via Metafilter]
Also, keaner has a rather elegant tribute to Elliott Smith.
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You're not a New Yorker until you accidentally get on an uptown express train at 59th street when you meant to get on a local and then have stare oh-so-longingly at the 72nd (or 81th, or 86th, or...) street stop as is zooms on by as you speed merrily uptown to 125th street.
i've been to that blinky-lighted indian restaurant. it's so good.
so good.. and so cheap! and the music is totally rad!
I didn't make the connection until he mentioned the True Porn anthology, but I meat Kean at the release party that evening. The party was at Toys in Babeland, and Kean and I were both wallflowering when we got to talking. He mentioned driving down from Ottawa with his brother. True Porn is a great anthology, and Kean's story is very good. (Aside from being acquainted with a few of the contributors, I have no vested interest in the book.)
Man, there are so many better indian restaurants than the ones on 6th st. (My fave, Dimple on 30th st & 5th ave.)
Also, if he was upset with the 'ground zero souvenir sellers' situation as it is today... man. He shoulda been here during, say - the first 6 months. It was AWFUL. In comparison these days there's barely anyone there and the merchandise (which is still very very tacky) is must less tacky.