The Sidecar has been brought into this world a healthy, 29-pound baby, in the image and shape of a 1909 wooden James & Burke view camera. It’s awesome.
You can come out for an olde-fashioned portrait this weekend at the Brooklyn Flea in DUMBO. We’re allied with Brooklyn Based, the newsletter you should really, genuinely, be subscribing to for cultural goings-on. Even if you live in midtown. They’ve curated a very cool lineup of local folk: Tom Mylan + Meat Hook , Jezebel letterpress, Mama O’s Kimchee…. Peep the whole lineup (for Saturday and Sunday) here: http://brooklynbased.net/everything/our-corner-of-the-brooklyn-flea/
Free prints and throwback outfits — we dress the era — on Sunday Sunday Sunday. We’ll be directly beneath the Brooklyn bridge from 11 – 5. As usual, cross fingers for a dry day (Gore-Tex is not part of our outfit).
*** Now on Sunday, October 25th, so you can come without your umbrella, ella, ella. [Okay, that joke is 9 months behind the times. It's late.]
We had a lot of flippers and divers, and it seems only right to share.
You can see a handful of our favorites here, along with some street views of the merriment.
Thanks much to all who assisted in making our park a great gathering spot: Ari Meisel for empowering us, Brooklyn Raga Association for the airy drones, Josephine on the accordion, Hugh Hayden for the extraordinary red garment, and god for growing grass in 2′ x 5′ units.
Most awesomest Park(ing) Day ever. (In fairness, it was only our second.) Above: Julia Day, Transportation Alternatives’ NYC coordinator taking a dip in The 10K. More pictures to follow soon.
Pray for the rainclouds to go far, far away, and join us for our second year participating in Park(ing) Day. For *one* *day* *only*: dozens of parking spaces across the boroughs of New York (as well as San Francisco, Seoul, Santiago, and lots of other world cities that don’t start with the letter S.) are converted into community-led parks. The value of the parking space is lots more than a place to park a car.
So this Friday, September 18th, we’ll be spearheading activity at two parking spots on West Broadway and Prince Street. Look for grass, Indian music by the Brooklyn Raga Association, an original piece by artist / architect / furniture maker Hugh Hayden, beautiful hand-carved booksafes filled with unusual wares courtesy of Subports, an impromptu accordion performance, and our 10K ballpit making prints for passersby (and jumpers-in). Come say hello and spend some time with us. And again, hope for dry skies.
Oh, and have something to contribute? Send us an email or drop on in.
double oh: Park(ing) Day is an original concept by Rebar. www.rebargroup.org
We brought The Sidecar to an incredible backyard wedding on the Long Island Sound this weekend… Ben, at the heart of the pyramid, demonstrates his commitment, dependability, balance, and determination. Awesome night.
The 10K, version 1.0; innumerable improvements to come.
Thanks to Youngna for horizontal pictures, Pepsi for hydration, Diplo for beats, Philadelphia for love, and Ryder for giving us twice the truck we’ll ever need.
The sun shone steady and the crowd wafted in for the Mad Decent Block Party on Saturday, and a dull roar became an all-day rager. We agreed that the sort of true polyglot attendance seemed remarkably un-New York in a way; packed and fashionable and unpretentious and good-natured.
The 10K was pushed to its limits, more or less (now we know: eight dudes with muscles) and we pumped out hundreds and hundreds of prints. Diplo got in and rocked the lifeguard look. Maluca jumped in with an armada of backup dancers. Lots of people tossed in their newborn children. It was sweet. If you helped, or if you came through: thanks much.
You can check out the whole batch of pictures from The 10K and also from the block party is up on facebook, and we’ll have a little video of it all soon. Killer.
With the-nails-are-already-chewed-down enthusiasm, we’ve been asked to go to Philadelphia this weekend for the Mad Decent Block Party. Diplo + Switch are headlining as Major Lazer. A truckload of other affiliates are sure to expload ear drums. And our freshly baked 10K is going to make its street debut. Somebody sound the siren.
Yeah, so… super excited to get down and dirty on Saturday. If anyone is interested, come say hello. We’ll be rocking it from 12 to 5. We’ll be commanding the ball pit and making prints here.
Check out the playful meets tasteless meets not safe for your work unless your coworkers have a good sense of humor video for ‘Pon de Floor:
Most awesomest Park(ing) Day ever. (In fairness, it was only our second.) Above: Julia Day, Transportation Alternatives’ NYC coordinator taking a dip in The 10K. More pictures to follow soon.
