You know what? I’m all out of jokes

When an artist who goes by the name “Napkin Killa” requested to take over Bushwick Daily’s Instagram account, I paused for a moment

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At CMJ, camaraderie is contagious

Whoa, holy crap- we know new music is spreading through Bushwick like bedbugs on the MTA (too soon?), but leave it to VICE’s music subsidiary Noisey’s Motherboard to expose the world to some of the coolest music making we’ve seen in Bushwick! On a tour with host (and local musician from Friends, Blood Orange) Samantha Urbani, we met “techo-collagist” and interactive sound artist Adriano Clemente (and his Bushwick neighbors, one of whom is a professional conga player)

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ROAR, Bushwick

As the lofts fill out, and the condos go up, it’s getting tougher to see Bushwick as the harbor of subculture and the avant-garde nightlife that has been part of its identity for the better part of a decade

…because Bushwick is a fave spot of celebrities who appear and disappear and some of them actually play that promised secret show. (Yes, I am looking at you Jay-Z…) This past Sunday, the handsomely talented Oscar winner Jared Leto made an appearance in our beloved Pigeon Town by a (super-last minute) invitation of Livestream who themselves recently […]

I know it’s summer and everybody likes to think about vacations rather than about work

Seize the moment this weekend- the first official full weekend of summer! While some might already be in lazy vacation mode, counting down the days ’til their ticket out of the city, their are several reasons to hold back and stick around Bushwick! This weekend’s offerings not only include some incredible performance and video, but there are also some stellar exhibitions that are closing and not to be missed! As my sister likes to tell me on days that I’d rather sleep-in than venture out into the world, “carpe the shit out of your diem!”

If you’re like us, you want the weekend to arrive promptly and loudly. Lucky for you, we know where all the parties are at! Check out the top 10 concerts we’ve rounded up this weekend, including a free “barn burner,” a Bangon! Party, Hardcore Fest at The Knockdown center, a Sunday night chillout show, and […]

Recently, Gothamist’s Rebecca Fishbein wrote a guide summing up the new and old food places in “Jefftown” using terms such as “barstaurantification” and “hip spillover from Williamsburg,” leading a couple thousand people to simultaneously go eat good food off the Jefferson L stop and feel some seriously contradictory emotions of hate towards “Jefftown

Take a look around, Bushwick

In this letter I received this week, a young woman wanted to know if she should wait out to see if her boyfriend would commit to being monogamous

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All photos by Maria Gotay for Bushwick Daily The neighborhood is changing. Often for better, sometimes for worse. For every narrow coffee shop with divine breakfast sandwiches, for every Scotch egg, for every craft beer that makes the Bushwick rounds: another neighborhood stalwart closes its eyes for the last time. Goodbye Blue Monday has been […]

As one of the self-proclaimed “Most Insecure People on the Planet,” my evaluation of whether to take things personally or not is something I have struggled with all of my life

Ladies and gents of Bushwick, it’s all happening

I’m about to make a sweeping generalization: New Yorkers are skeptics

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So, it’s V-Day weekend

So as you may know by now, each week I peruse the #Bushwick hashtag on Instagram, and post the best of what you were wearing around the hood

Valentine’s Day gifts are so obnoxious to shop for

2014 is the Year of the Horse according to the Chinese Calendar, so let’s giddy up over to some epic shows that you can tell your children about. Hell, you might even be able to tell your kid about that crazy February night in cold ass Brooklyn when he or she was first conceived. Or, […]

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Weekend mornings are conducive to rolling out of bed at 11AM and leisurely strolling to one of Bushwick’s many brunch destinations, and enjoying a delicious meal with your friends

NEVER GO TO BED (STUY) leg tattoo

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As we all know, Bushwick has some awesome street style

This week’s Friday First spotlights “Sammy So-Sick,” the latest single from Boston alt-punks Grass Is Green

By Loren DiBlasi & Maria Gotay

I think that everyone who came to Bushwick Daily Holiday + 3rd Birthday Party at The Rookery will agree that it was a wild wild occasion

This next installment of Friday First spotlights local Bushwick favorites and all-around awesome dudes, The Denzels