Arcade Fire release Miroir Noir - a film about the Arcade Fire.
Tired of holiday cheer and tired of shopping, time to get angry and get active because the MTA has proposed huge budget hikes!!!
The hauntingly simple sounds and harmonies of the Fleet Foxes have a tendency to be appreciated without the outcry of celebration that some of the more outlandish indie bands receive. NPR's listeners have claimed the Fleet Foxes Fleet Foxes to be the top of their lists for 2008.
Alone Together. Manhattan is the capital of people living by themselves. But are New Yorkers lonelier? Far from it, say a new breed of loneliness researchers, who argue that urban alienation is largely a myth. - from New York Magazine
Read about A Land Rush in Wyoming Spurred by Wind Power.
image and text below from NY TimesFor decades, people in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, have lived with the possible health hazards from oil spills in their industrial waterfront. Up to 30 million gallons of petroleum — almost three times the amount dumped off the Alaskan coast by the Exxon Valdez in 1989 — made their way into Newtown Creek and surrounding neighborhoods from dozens of refineries over more than a century.
On Beadel Street, one homeowner said she refused access to investigators for fear of condemnation or a loss in property level.
Now residents have a new anxiety: Toxic gases may be rising into their homes from below, the legacy of dry-cleaning plants, foundries and other manufacturers that once operated in this hub, which has long been home to immigrants and, more recently, artists and young professionals.
Such vapor intrusion — chemicals from contaminated soil and groundwater that become airborne, entering buildings through pores and cracks — has become a growing public health concern around the country in recent years. Contaminants that spread from industrial activity, or that were mistakenly believed to have been contained or eliminated in environmental cleanups, have been discovered wafting into basements. Since 2005, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has been testing around the state to gauge the extent of the problem....Continue reading here.
