Hello-

Have you been to Sunset Park lately? As in, since directly after Thanksgiving? No? Why not?

If you had done the right thing and visited Brooklyn’s most important cultural hotspot, you would have noticed that, on 5th Ave, from about 42nd St all the way down to 62nd St, there are speakers hanging down from lampposts, spreading Christmas joy in the form of 5 carols, sung by children, one in Spanish (“Feliz Navidad,” of course!), the rest in English. The whole loop takes less than 10 minutes, so if you are walking a distance of, say, 10 blocks, you will have the opportunity to hear some songs twice! Not only that, but you will hear the introduction to the whole loop, where a genial schoolteacher introduces the 7 children who are about to sing.

A bit of math (hi Mom!): let’s say the loop is actually 10 minutes, and that it plays 12 hours a day, from 8 to 8. So then we have 6 cycles an hour, 12 hours a day, for 30 days. That’s 2160 repetitions!

TONIGHT, TUESDAY, DEC 21
Adam Kinner + This Sporting Life + Cloud Becomes Your Hand
8:30PM @ Sycamore Bar and Flowershop
1118 Cortelyou Rd
Brooklyn, NY 11218
Q/B to Cortelyou

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175198555834980

WEDNESDAY, DEC 22
PLEASE DEPT Loses Everything, Part 4
10PM @ Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
L/G to Lorimer/Metropolitan

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=139638962755873

One with the collective grimace,
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