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Category Archives: Subway Entertainment
Underground Music
Great little (seemingly) impromptu subway jam involving a crafty tunesmith with a ukelele and a hearty set of pipes and a guy with a set of conga drums. Fun to see how the performance cuts through the sensory clutter of … Continue reading
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When Straphangers Actually Had Straps to Hang Onto
I love this pic. (Click to enlarge.) The guy blissfully strumming away on his guitar. The kid who’s way too old to be held. The kid’s pants, and sneakers. The busted door of the conductor’s shack that surely doubled as homeless guy … Continue reading
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The Infamous Subway Shoe-Licker
Video from the 5 train is here. Do not watch with a case of cotton-mouth. Commented an MTA spokesperson: “Ew, that’s nasty!”
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Underground Grammar Lessons
This week’s edition of the NY Times’ Go Back to Your Flyover State, Because Only Smart People Live in New York Metropolitan Diary unearths some witty graffiti, not to be confused with ’80s new wave band Scritti Politti, in the … Continue reading
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Last Stop For Subway Poesy
The MTA is likely scrapping its “Train of Thought” placards on the subways, a program that has offered riders a taste of prose, in one form or another, since the dark days of 1992. The program started out as “Poetry in Motion,” notes … Continue reading
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Mole People Flock to ‘Underbelly’ Exhibit
There’s a brilliant new art exhibit going on in New York, and you’ll never get to see it, as it occupies an unused underground subway station. The “Underbelly Project” organizers tipped off a Times reporter and took him/her into the … Continue reading
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Tagged PAC, Underbelly Project, Workhorse
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Bird Noises Coming to 96th Street Stop
Starting next year, straphangers at the 96th Street stop on the Upper West Side may be hearing chirping birds, burbling brooks and rustling leaves, reports the NY Times. It’s not the hit of liquid LSD they took moments earlier; the … Continue reading
Straphanger Joe’s Subway Car is Packed to the Gills
Stepping Out It’s a giant fish flying over Manhattan with doors and windows that make it look like a flying fish subway car. Inside are benches and poles to hold on to and passengers including a couple of aliens, a … Continue reading
Getting One’s Freak On Underground
Subways made an uncommon appearance in the Sunday “Arts & Leisure” section of the NY Times yesterday, a fun story on a dance crew that performs in the New York subway system. Claudia LaRocca writes: DAVID STEELE was tired. He slumped … Continue reading
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