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ZIN QUINONES
Tell me a little bit about the tattoo on your back and on your leg. When did you get it and why did you get it?
I had went through a situation about two years ago, and so I actually had to restart P.A. school. I just really liked the phoenix because it’s the only creature who sort of self-destructs and is reborn again from its ashes. I felt like getting back into P.A. school and being able to complete my dream symbolizes the phoenix.
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(Photos by Amy Lombard)
If the streets of the East Village seemed eerily deserted last night, it’s because everyone was packed into Professor Thom’s to watch the season premiere of (cue Santigold riff) GIRLS. And over in Greenpoint — at Alex “Ray” Karpovsky’s favorite bar, Greenpoint Heights — the audience was equally rapt. That’s where we chatted up 15 of Hannah Horvath’s neighbors to find out what they thought of the first episodes, and what they’re looking forward to this season.
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Sorry, guys, New York still doesn’t have a cat cafe, but at least there’s this: Tuesday, the city’s first Tokyo-style maid cafe launched an open-mic night. Which seemed like a great time to head to Chinatown to see what Maid Cafe NY was all about.
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Last week Glenn Branca recalled meeting David Bowie: “He was a trip. He really felt like he needed to be the person you imagined him to be.” Saturday at Le Poisson Rouge, everyone felt they needed to be the Thin White Duke, or Ziggy Stardust, or any of Bowie’s countless other personas, because it was the annual BowieBall. Click through to see Amy Lombard’s shots of the action and get a glimpse of life on Mars.
