Articles concerning New York – USA


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Burial Grounds

Ian Warner, Fri 8th Aug ’08

These two chimneys seen behind the 78 acre Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens, New York, made for some bewildered bus-window viewing yesterday. After a little bit of Google research it seems the stacks belong to the city’s Department of Sanitation, not making the association any better. One has to wonder how such macabre urban juxtapositions [...]

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Apocalypse Wow

Ian Warner, Mon 21st Jan ’08

All of a sudden, the apocalypse is good entertainment again. The recent film release of I am Legend, based on Richard Metheson’s novel of the same name, provides us with a morbid opportunity to delve into the fantasy of what a ferral urban environment might look like when humans are long gone.

One man and his [...]

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Urban Soundtracks Pt.1

Ian Warner, Sat 11th Aug ’07

Cycling back home from work this evening I found myself singing the words to Goldie’s Inner City Life, as sung by Diane Charlemagne, a track which blew me away when I first heard it in 1996. I still have the 12″ and played it this evening and tried to remember a few images from the [...]

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