#kingston new york

[eastvillagetripster]

3 D Dinner

Three Dimensional wire sketch sculpture by artist David Oliveira, The International Museum of Dinnerware Design, Kingston New York.

[dustedmagazine]

Open Head — What is Success (Wharf Cat)

Open Head’s songs are unrelenting. They lurch spasmodically like George Romero zombies and slither with serpentine energy, creeping deeper into our brains with every stab of angry synth and slash of angular guitar energy. The Kingston, New York quartet produce a fractured brand of post-punk, born in the shadow of the nearby hulking metropolis but drawing inspiration from myriad locales. Laced with elements of noise rock, hip hop, and post-hardcore, their music is Byzantine and jerky, frenetic and slathered in murk.

What is Success, the band’s sophomore effort, coalesces with a snarl. Synths lacerate the air over a cacophony of chittering insectoid cymbals and broken beats. This maelstrom eventually births opening song “Success,” on which Open Head angrily question the nature of the titular subject and why they should even care about it. A gruff, spectral vocal croak rises to a shout as chiming guitars permeate an angsty rhythm. The song devolves into a synth-guitar drone as it fades away. They’re setting up a pattern here, periodically deploying outré interstitial passages, dropping them in to linger briefly in chaos before launching the next song salvo. These noise and drone bursts create cohesion in the album, framing the songs within a sinister narrative. Beat by beat, Open Head reveal their story.

There are times when the band’s spastic lurch becomes a full-on zombie horde onslaught. “N.Y. FRILLS” churns with Sonic Youth guitar swirls and an insistent drum pummelling. Angularity dissolves into a stormy throb accompanied by a sinister, almost spoken word, vocal. “House” attempts to attain the same pulsating thrust but dissolves into a sweat-soaked David Yow-like abandon. Slashes of guitar punctuate the thrum of the bass while a vocal chant becomes a lacerating yowl. Both songs are simultaneously fascinating and frightening as Open Head demonstrate their ability to charge ahead unfettered.

It's the band’s combination of volatility and finesse that makes What is Success a complex and compelling listen. The frenetic and intricate drumming keeps the songs taut yet unpredictable, always thrusting but in multiple directions simultaneously. The guitars and synths seem about to explode like a chained dog ready to leap, and the growl-to-howl vocals chase the energy of the music like a disturbed swarm of bees. This battle between chaos and syntropy turns the second law of thermodynamics on its head. What is Success is a listenable manifestation of balance in the universe.  

Bryon Hayes

[tomthefanboy]

My friend @karinshookphoto (insta) visited Kingston recently and when I saw this picture I immediately had to meme Lovefield Vintage's sandwich board!

Now if I could just get Stefan to explain the DISCO SPONGE!

[eaglerayys]

Kinda interesting that all the Time Quangles so far have taken place in Calorum or the Neverafter which are both medieval-esque settings which are mostly easier for the modern/futuristic characters to understand. Wouldn't it be funny to see like anyone else respond to a Starstruck setting or even just good old fashion New York City™

[coolthingsguyslike]

[supernaturalkickparty]

Eddie Kingston save me

Eddie Kingston

Save me Eddie Kingston

[trexalicious]

This comment. I can't imagine how heartbroken Lady Gabriella is and then to have the papers' headlines refer to your husband as someone else's ex...💔

[eddie-kingstons-wifey]

I STARTED 2023 WITH THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE WITH MEETING EDDIE KINGSTON ON JANUARY 4TH 2023, TELLING HIM HOW HE HELPS ME ON MY BAD MENTAL HEALTH DAYS, AND I ENDED MY YEAR DECEMBER 30TH 2023 WITH EDDIE WINING THE CONTINENTAL TOURNAMENT BECOMING A TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPION. TO SAY I'M PROUD OF HIM IS A HUGE UNDERSTATEMENT. I FOUND OUT ABOUT EDDIE JULY 22 2020 WHEN HE DEBUTED IN AEW AGAINST CODY RHODES AND I INSTANTLY BECAME A FAN OF HIS MY WORDS TO PAUL WAS "OOOO WHOS THIS GUY?" ITS BEEN 3 WONDERFUL YEARS OF BEING A EDDIE KINGSTON FAN. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS MEETING EDDIE KINGSTON HAS BEEN THE BEST THING TO HAPPEN TO ME IN 2023💛👑🥹

[vibezzonerrythang]

Eddie Kingston continues to see much more success as he is the first-ever modern day Triple Crown holder and winner of the AEW Continental Classic. He defeated Jon Moxley in the finals at Worlds End. | AEW World Ends - 12.30.23 - Long Island, NY

[elitehoe]

After that promo is Eddie doesn't win what the fuck are we doing here??

[eastvillagetripster]

This way up

Tombstone in Montrepose Cemetery, 75 Montrepose Ave, Kingston, New York.

[angeloftheodd]

Elm Diner (1976) 🌳🍔

Route 32 - Kingston, New York 🥤❤️

📸 Wikimedia Commons

[mongeese]

Pete and Kingston are obvious intentional character foils but also Kugrash and Kingston have exact opposite character arcs as well and it drives me crazy. Kingston Brown, the most selfless man imaginable, who never takes time for himself, who only looks out for the city and his community, who had the opportunity for wealth and renown and turned all of it down to stay with his people, his town. Kingston Brown whose dreams are crushed because of this. And then Bruce “Kugrash” Kugrich, a selfish asshole of a business man, who looks out only for himself and destroys lives for the sake of getting more money. Kugrash whose dreams are crushed because of this. And then Kingston’s arc ends with him learning to have fun, take time for himself, repair his relationship with the woman he loves, whereas Kugrash’s arc ends with him sacrificing himself and his newfound relationship with his family to save New York City, again losing everything but on his terms this time. Two old men who in the end, are overflowing with love for the people around them, to the point that it changes reality. Two old men who make me fucking cry

[spookyfoxdreamer]

[indeedgoodman]

[are-we-really-doing-this]

Damn Eddie