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enchi-elm · 9 months ago
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I've been writing some smut for two of my OCs in the Turn fanfic You've Caught Me Between Wind and Water, Lt. Jameson Mullcock and Lt. Frederico Ridgewell. It's going really well, so well in fact that I might end up submitting it to an erotica magazine in the future--which would prevent me from posting it on AO3.
To that end, to cover my own disappointment, here's some bits of lore for these two, gratis:
Background
Frederico
Full name is Frederico “Dico” Miguel Carvalho dos Reis Ridgewell
He is a Portuguese-American (mother is Portuguese) and stands in for the many Portuguese-American contributions to the Continental Army (go look up Pedro "Peter" Francisco)
Father split when Frederico was young, he grew up with his mother in New York in a Portuguese neighbourhood
Speaks fluent Portuguese
James
Jameson Mullcock is just Jameson Mullcock, but he goes by James
He is Irish-American and stands in for the many Irish-American contributions to the Continental Army (I explicitly wanted to include an Irish-American character because there were shitty stereotypes in the army against the Irish from other nationalities; like, we have primary sources for this)
James does not disclose he is half-Irish when he enlists and just lists his birthplace as Philadelphia
His mother is Abaigeal Noiréis (Abigail Norris), born in Galway, Ireland (thank you @mercurygray for naming her and helping me with her backstory!)
She is Catholic and married a Protestant British soldier she met during the occupation of Ireland, then followed him to England and then Pennsylvania and had to keep her faith secret
James is raised Protestant and only knows a little of the Catholic faith, which he keeps secret (because there was a considerable anti-Catholic sentiment in parts of the colonies)
Knows a little bit of Irish and wishes he knew more but doesn't think he'd be welcome (or feel comfortable) among the Irish soldiers and officers
Personality and looks
Frederico
olive skin, dark eyes, tousled dark hair
enough weight on him to look conspicuously healthy at Valley Forge in 1777
exactly as athletic as he looks but not quite as intelligent
drop dead gorgeous and doesn't care
cinnamon roll, too pure for this world, is the only one unaware that people believe this of him
a dark horse so dark you can't even see him coming
James
pale enough to look anemic, eyes and hair too light for people's comfort
tall, gangly; gaunt, even by Valley Forge standards
more athletic than he looks and more intelligent too
sarcastic slacker who's too smart to let people know how much more responsibility he's capable of taking on
has maybe two vices (tea and tobacco) that he'll hold onto, everything else he's already resigned himself to losing
would rather light his arm on fire than go after something he wants in a direct, open, and honest manner (and be Seen? Are you mad?)
Occupation
and the whole reason I put this post together, which is to remind future Apfel that they are 2nd LIEUTENANTS in LAMB'S CONTINENTAL ARTILLERY which was reorganized in 1777 from LAMB'S INDEPENDENT COMPANY NEW YORK ARTILLERY which drew from artillery companies in NEW YORK, CONNECTICUT AND PENNSYLVANIA. OKAY??
AND ARTHUR GARRICK IS A 1ST LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN ARMISTEAD FOLK IS THEIR CAPTAIN. AND PERKINS IS THEIR ENSIGN. IT'S ALL ONE GROUP. REMEMBER THIS!
CALEB WAS PART OF THIS GROUP. THEY WERE ALSO IN PEEKSKILL AND AT THE WHITEMARSH ENCAMPMENT.
YOU ALREADY WROTE LAMB INTO THE STORY IN CHAPTER 8.
YOU ALREADY FIGURED THIS OUT.
YOU DON'T NEED TO RESEARCH IT AGAIN.
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@georgios-kyriacos, I believe you expressed interest in these two :)
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Dropkick Murphys "Gotta Get To Peekskill" feat. Violent Femmes Words by Woody Guthrie.
August 27, 1949. The prominent black singer and actor Paul Robeson, along with Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays and Pete Seeger, were scheduled to give an open-air concert in Peekskill.
Two months before the concert, Robeson had said at the Paris Peace Conference: We in America do not forget that it was the backs of white workers from Europe and on the backs of millions of blacks that the wealth of America was built. And we are resolved to share it equally. We reject any hysterical raving that urges us to make war on anyone. Our will to fight for peace is strong...We shall support peace and friendship among all nations, with Soviet Russia and the People's Republics. The AP put out a fabricated quote before Robeson spoke, it hit the wires in the US as he began his speech. The misquotation stirred rage against Robeson’s perceived Communist loyalties. 
The demography of Peekskill and its neighboring northern Westchester communities was mixed. There were the summer people and weekenders, many of whom were middle-class Jews with left-of-center leanings. On the other hand, there were the year-round residents, mainly working class and conservative, whose resentment, and even open hostility to the “summer people” had been steadily growing.
Local groups in Peekskill had railed against the very idea of the concert as un-American. An August 23 editorial in The Peekskill Evening Star stated that the “illustrious name of Paul Robeson” was “now almost hidden by political tarnish.” The American Legion post in the nearby hamlet of Verplanck, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Catholic Veterans and the Jewish War Veterans announced that they would picket the concert. The Peekskill Joint Veterans’ Council called for a peaceful demonstration, as did the Evening Star: “Violence? Absolutely not! Let such tactics remain elsewhere — in the trick bags of the un-democratic…”
During the event, local mobs blocked the entrance to the concert area and harassed concertgoers. The veterans’ groups paraded along the highway. Attackers screamed: “We’re Hitler’s boys — here to finish his job.” A crowd of drunken locals attacked the people who were setting up for the concert.
A little after eight o’clock in the evening, the attackers burned a 12-foot cross on the picnic grounds. They progressed to burning books, sheet music and chairs The performers and concert-goers, arms linked together, sang such songs as “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “God Bless America” and “Solidarity Forever” while trying to defend the concert site, by the time the evening was over, every defender had been injured.
The rescheduled September 4, 1949 concert itself was free from violence,  20,000 made it to the venue and 2,500 trade union members formed a human wall to ensure the concert was not interrupted.
The concert ended at around four o’clock in the afternoon. As cars and buses started to depart, police routed the vehicles through the northern Westchester woods and up a steep, winding road. There, crowds of men and boys were waiting. As if on cue, they hurled rocks at the vehicles. More than 50 buses and countless cars had their windows smashed; at least 15 cars were overturned. 
One car carried Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Seeger's wife Toshi, and his infant children. Guthrie pinned a shirt to the inside of the window to stop it shattering. "Wouldn't you know it, Woody pinned up a red shirt," Hays was to remember. Seeger used some of the thrown rocks to build the chimney of his cabin in the Town of Fishkill, New York, to stand as a reminder of the incident.
Years later, Pete Seeger would meet a young man who admitted that his father had been a police officer in Peekskill. The young man told Seeger: “You know, that riot was all arranged by the Ku Klux Klan and the police… They had walkie-talkies all through the woods. They had that place surrounded like a battlefield.”
Sources & more info - https://www.historytoday.com/archive/peekskill-riots-1949 https://forward.com/culture/113279/peekskill-riots-1949-westchester-kkk-fascist-attack-jewish-black-attendees/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peekskill_riots     
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imlandscapeandmasonry · 6 months ago
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xtrablak674 · 9 months ago
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#NameThatYear
I think I have played this game before, Google's algorithm in their Photos app creates these collages like a digital "This is Your Life", I loved the mix here so decided to see what I could remember of the origins of these images. From left to right starting at the top:
1. Twenty years ago was the last time I really dated, that was Paul and me, we dated for 4.5 years, 2003
2. 2011 I did the journey home with Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art, a local museum that I have also exhibited with had a ten day trip to Ghana. This was my first and last time on the continent. I hope to get back there again.
3. 1997-2000 its gotta be a range for this image of me in a shake-and-go wig for a Halloween party at my first advertising agency Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, this was great time of my life. Young enough to be still figuring out what I wanted to do, but also getting a great foundation in marketing and advertising which would effect the rest of my working career.
4. 2013 - 2014 once again a range as I had recently had these suits made for a wedding that would be the end of a friendship and much later lead to a lawsuit with the guy who created these suits. Now that was extraneous information but top of mind, cause these suits now have a tainted history, no matter how good I look in them.
5. I think this is 2003 when my beau at the time Paul and my best friend at the time Adam took me out to a birthday dinner? at a local Brooklyn restaurant. I have written about Adam in another post here. He more than likely took this photo of me looking quite demure.
6. This tablet taken self-portrait I think was done in 2023, I had accidentally styled my hair in a way that I thought would be really photogenic. I am sitting in my window seat for this shot.
7. 2009, when my late brother was still alive this was at a monitored visit with the parents and their six children which they no longer had custody of. I am pictured with my niece Isis who I think is nineteen now. She is wear one of the animal mask I had bought to the visit. I was the only adult who thought to bring something for the children to do at these visits.
8. 2023 I think, I am trying to remember when I bought that red poncho from Ecuador, which curiously I have only worn in the house to-date. Its just like a nice shrug to throw on quickly if it gets a bit cold. I didn't realize I have clothing pieces that I have just worn in the house.
9. This might be 2022, but I could be wrong even with the same fabric panel in the back, I cycle the panels out all the time. But The Equalizer sweater came into my life in the winter I think cause I remember it was like two-hundred dollars less during the summer. Its such a statement piece this granny-square crotched turtle neck sweater.
10. I am going to guess this is like 1986 or so, and here I am photographed with my late great aunt Rose at Sunday school at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Harlem. This church was a place my grandparents were very invested in. I think I was wearing all white cause I was briefly on the usher board.
11. 1991 this I can say definitively because this was my employment photo for my work-study job at Ithaca College, I worked at the Information Desk and with the A/V crew setting up for meetings around campus.
12. Also '91 and I assure you I am not smiling, Eva Matuka one of my classmates who was also a model was standing by the photographer and assisting folks in getting better graduation shots. She did or said something to get me to laugh and get this now legendary shots of it looking like me smiling. I come from a long line of folks who don't really smile, lookin' at the rest of the images here you can see this is quite evident.
13. 1981 or '82 this is a school portrait at Uriah Hill my Elementary school in Peekskill where I was raised. Its also important to note my mom was still alive at the time of this photo. I recall I really loved that shirt I was wearing it was really soft.
14. 1998 just eyes and teeth in this no flash picture where I think I am at KB&P but the t-shirt I am wearing was from my volunteer work at the New York Peer AIDS Education Committee. There was a bit of controversy because as a part of my volunteer work I handed out condoms and did so while working at Reception. But this shot makes me think I was in the Interactive Department which I would eventually end up leading before I left the agency in two thousand.
15. 2023 December, coming back from small claims court where I was suing the tailor I had mentioned earlier in this list. This was one of the shots that Google edited to remove the color from the background.
[Photos by Brown Estate]
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if-you-fan-a-fire · 1 year ago
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"DEWEY MUSTERS STATE GUARD; 5 DIE IN HARLEM," New York Daily News. August 3, 1943. Page 2. ---- By Edward Dillon and Neal Patterson ---- Gov. Dewey last night mobilized 8,000 State Guardsmen of New York City and surrounding counties and ordered them to stand by in their armories, ready for duty if rioting and bloodshed flare up again in Harlem. ---- Members of the 17th Regiment, New York Guard. receive rifles at their armory, 34th St, and Park Ave., after they were mobilized by Gov. Dewey last night. ---- The order swelled to more than 16,000 the number of troops, policemen and other forces patroling the streets of the riot-torn Negro community or held in reserve for any emergency.
The Governor's move came as the war-time dim-out was lifted in Harlem, liquor sales were barred, and a 10:30 o'clock amusement curfew was clamped on on the community to help heavily-reinforced police patrols maintain order.
Reports late yesterday showed that five men - all Negroes - had been shot to death, 545 had been injured and more than 500 arrested in Sunday night's rioting.
$5,000,000 Damage. Harlem's night of terror - touched off by a false report that a policeman had killed a Negro - and marked by looting, fist fights, stabbings, gunfire and the hurling of missiles from windows and roofs also had cost merchants and property owners an estimated $5,000,000. This is five times the damage suffered in the Harlem riots of 1935.
Gov. Dewey's order, transmitted through Major Gen. William Ottmann, State Guard commander, directed guardsmen of the five New York City counties and of Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk to report immediately to their armories. Negro members in Harlem also were called.
Of the 8,000, 1,300 were at Camp Smith, Peekskill, for training. These, it was indicated, will be brought back to New York today. Reached at the Hotel Roosevelt, Gov. Dewey said no formal request for mobilization had been (Continued on page 15, col. 1)
Picture caption: Resplendent in tail coats and high hats, which they lifted from a Harlem clothing store, three Negro lads (hats of two visible in background) leave W. 123d St. police station after their arrest.
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"DEWEY CALLS STATE GUARD; 5 DIE IN HARLEM," New York Daily News. August 3, 1943. Page 15. --- (Continued from page 2) ---- ....made by city authorities. It was learned, however, that he had been in touch with Mayer LaGuardia and Commissioner Valentine.
The city officials, while confident of their ability to control matters, reportedly agreed it would be a good idea to have the Guard standing by.
Although a few persons were arrested for drunkenness or looting early last night, the community was quiet and Mazer LaGuardia, in a radio report to the people of Harlem at 9:45 P. M. his fourth radio speech since the rioting started said the situation was "under complete control."
The 10:30 P. M. curfew, announced by the Mayer after a conference with Army Army and police officers, shuttered every store and amusement place from 110th St. te 170th St. and from river to river.
Movies Stop in Middle. Movies stopped on the dot, right in the middle of their pictures, and restaurants turned out lights and sent their patrons home.
Few persons were on the streets after 10:00, although the curfew order permitted pedestrians to remain outside if they were orderly and did not gather in groups of more than four. Quiet groups sat on their front stoops er peered from their windows.
End Dimout, Ban Liquor. Return of the area to prewar lighting was ordered shortly afterward by Police Commissioner Valentine. The dimout was ended, commencing last night, for the section bounded by 110th and 155th Sts. and Fifth to Eighth Aves.
Harlem's streets were almost as dark as ever last night, however, since most store lights had been broken and few of the blackened bulbs in street lights had been replaced with bright ones.
As a further damper on mob violence, the State Liquor Authority banned the sale of liquor from 100th to 170th Sts., and from river to riser. Grocers and delicatessens were forbidden even to sell beer.
The Mayor's order closing Harlem to vehicles of all kinds, except police-escorted food and milk trucks, remained in effect.
Negro pastors and civic leaders toured the streets in sound trucks, urging residents to remain indoors, Mayor LaGuardia late yesterday established his headquarters in the W. 123d St. police station, saying, "I'm going to stay right here until it's over." But apparently he reached the conclusion that it was over at 1:15 this morning, when he left his temporary headquarters and went home.
Orders from Police Commissioner Valentine moved 3,700 police into Harlem, recalled ranking police officers from their vacations and canceled all pending vacations.
1,500 Volunteers on Duty Reinforcing the police were 1,500 volunteer auxiliary policemen, many of them Negroes led by Maj. Sam Battle, Negro City Patrol Corps officer and former police lieutenant; 2,000 air raid wardens, and 300 extra firemen on reserve at their stations.
Also touring Harlem were squads of M. P.s who had been busy, since the outbreak of the disorders, removing soldiers from the trouble zone.
Major Gen. Thomas A. Terry, chief of the Second Service Command, who conferred during the afternoon with LaGuardia, police officials and Negro leaders, said upon emerging:
"The Military Police will remain here, but only as protection for soldiers and not for other duties."
A number of Negro soldiers were arrested, or were reported as aiding the rioters. On the other hand Negro soldiers in several instances rescued white men from threatened attack by other Negroes.
Zoot Suited Boys Held. Also among the prisoners were a number of teen-age Negro girls and youths in zoot suits - the same age group that figured in the Los Angeles clashes between sailors and zoot-suiters.
The dead were listed by police as:
Vincent Randolph, 35, of Savannah, Ga, shot at A. M. by Patrolman Benjamin Wallace, Negro, as he ran from a grocery at Seventh Ave. and 136th St.
Frank Stoner, 40, no address, shot by a patrolman as he emerged from a looted luggage store at 130 W. 127th St. Stoner dropped suitcase, tried to draw a six-inch pocketknife, according to police.
Michael Young, 43, of 271 W. 113th St. found dead of gunshot that end of gunshot wounds in the chest in the doorway of a pawnshop at 2117 Eighth Avn. Police had fired several shots in ejecting about 50 looters.
Stanley Stokes, 20, Savannah, found dying at Seventh Ave, and 1224 St. at 2:00 A. M., with a let wound in his thigh.
Neil Lucas, no address, shut and fatally injured at 4:19 A. M. after be and another Negro allegedly kicked kicked in the windows of the Morningside Bar and Grill, 2118 Eighth Ave. The bartender, Justice Thornsberry of 211 W. 11th St, was arrested on charges of homicide and Sullivan Law violation.
Confusion in records led police to list a sixth fatality, an unidentified man, but he proved to have been Lucas.
Started With Woman's Arrest. The Harlem powder keg, which Mayor LaGuardia had taken the utmost precautions to shield from matches since the recent racial clashes in Detroit, was exploded by a Negro soldier's attempt to rescue a Negro woman from a patrolman who had arrested her in the Hotel Braddock, W. 120th St., at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night for using loud and boisterous language.
The patrolman, James Collins of the W. 135th St. station, was at the Braddock en a raided premises assignment. Police have been maintaining a 24-hour watch there fol lowing a complaint from military officials early this year that 20 soldiers and sailors had become ill with venereal disease after being exposed to the danger at the Braddock.
As Patrolman Collins sought to arrest Margaret Polite, 35, of 368 W. 127th St., Pvt. Robert Bandy, a Negro M. P. of the 730th Regiment, stationed in Jersey City, allegedly, moved out of a crowd, grabbed the officer's nightstick and whacked Collins over the head.
Bandy then fled - but Collins drew his revolver and fired, striking the soldier in the back. Collins placed Bandy under arrest for assault and sent him to Sydenham Hospital, Manhattan Ave. and 123d St.
Wild rumors spread quickly through Harlem. About 3,000 Negroes gathered around the ham, many of of them screaming and yelling. Police dispersed the crowd. Throngs massed elsewhere in Harlem. Trouble makers cried that a cot had "murdered" a Negro soldier.
The crowds began to move, yelling, smashing windows, snatching objects from windows and stores. Soon a major part of its energy was diverted to robbery and looting.
Thousands poured from Harlem's crowded tenements - some to take part, many merely to watch. Being an onlooker was almost as perilous as being a looter. Pots, old bricks, kettles and garbage cans rained down from windows and rooftops upon rioters and spectators alike. Police estimated that a large number of the injured fell under this indiscriminate shower of missiles.
Outnumbered, the police broke up looting wherever they could. Revolvers popped all over the area. For the most part, police fired warning shots into the air. Here and there, bullets of police or rioters dropped men in the street, to die or to lie, groaning, until hard-pressed ambulances could pick them up. Mob Boos Mayor Window after window was shattered, and stores of all kinds were pillaged. Liquor stores suffered most, many were completely emptied of whisky stocks. But food. furniture, big rolls of linoleum, furs, clothing and dozens of other items also were lugged away.
Police reserves, meanwhile were rushed to Harlem from all over the city and sent out, in helmets, to aid the precinct men. Police Chart No. 2, putting the entire Police Department on a tour of eight hours of duty, eight hours of reserve, eight hours more of duty and then 16 hours off, went into effect at 3:30 A. M.
Mayor LaGuardia hurried to the W. 1234 St. station, which was surrounded by a threatening mob and guarded by Negro infantrymen.
He ordered Harlem's saloon's to close at 2 A. M., and barred all traffic from the area bounded by Fifth and Eighth Aves. W. 125th St. Stoner dropped a area. For the most part, police traffic from the area bounded by Fifth and Eight Aves. and 119th and 155th Sts.
From the steps of the police station he pleaded with the crowd to disperse, but the throng only booed.
Both LaGuardia and Commissioner Valentine stressed the fact that the disturbance was not a race riot and that there was little fighting between white persons and Negros.
(Other pictures an pages 1, 22, 23 and back page)
Harlem to Get Meat Today Meat shops in Harlem will be open today and will have on hand comparatively plentiful supplies of meat, Albert Weslel, president of the New York State Association Retail Meat Dealers, said yesterday. Markets Commissioner Woolley told him there would be meat in the wholesale market and that he had subsequently notified his members to open up their shops regardless of damage done Sun-day night or yesterday.
Top picture: Under arrest, Charles Geard carries case of gin from Manhattan police headquarters. Legal residence of the gin is being sought. Another prisoner, pulling his hat down over his face. follows him.
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"HARLEM HURRICANE: A Mortal Storm, Causing Death, Wounds and Destruction," New York Daily News. August 3, 1943. Page 22. --- Top left: AFTERMATH. Damaged merchandise litters sidewalk in front of a Harlem pawnshop at 145th St. and Eighth Ave, following rioting. One jewelry store reported many thousands of dollars worth of valuables missing.
Bottom left: ARRESTED. Covered with blood a man is being taken to the West 123d St. precinct station. He was arrested in bar and grill at 124th St. and Seventh Avenue. Station houses were crowded with arrested looters.
Bottom right: DAMAGED DUMMIES are strewn outside this wrecked store in West 125th St. Broken plate glass windows helped to run property damage figures inte the millions. A 10:30 curfew was enforced last night. Dimout was suspended in that area.
Top right and next page: NEW SHIFT Lined up in West 123d St. is new force of police to take over from those who had been on duty all night. At one time during Harlem disorders there were 6,000 cops an duty in that area.
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"ILLEGAL SELF-SERVICE: Looters at Work During Height of Harlem Disorders," New York Daily News. August 3, 1943. Page 23. ---- Top right: LOOTING. An actual fotograph taken at height of rioting, shows youths merrily cleaning out a Harlem store of its provisions. One looter hands dowa goods from shelves to eager hands. Another, his bag filled, makes for home. He was probably intercepted by cops
Bottom left: VOLUNTEERS. Residents of Harlem were quick to volunteer their services to help restore order to district. Major Samuel J. Battle (in uniform) and Edward S. Lewis, executive secretary of the N. Y. Urban League, pin auxiliary arm hands on the volunteers, who will patrol the streets. Mayor LaGuardia emphasized that disturbance was not a race riot.
Bottom right RIOT VICTIM. Michael Young, fatally injured in the Harlem disturbances, is being carried to a waiting ambulance by policemen. Mayor said last night: "We have the situation under complete control"
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"Woman Who Started Riots Held in $10,000," New York Daily News. August 3, 1943. Page B12. ---- By VINCENT ADAMS The woman whose loud and boisterous behavior in a hotel lobby Sunday night precipitated Harlem's wave of riots and pillage played a silent and sullen role yesterday as more than 500 prisoners were arraigned in four Manhattan courts.
Held in $10,000 bail on an assault charge in Felony Court, which was operating in shifts to take care of the swarm of prison ers, Margaret (Margie) Polite, 35, of 368 W. 127th St., pouted and glared when asked if she "felt sorry."
Like the Polite woman, all of the prisoners appeared to be Negroes. This fact was cited by various officials as an evidence that there was no element of a "race riot" in the mob scenes which spread through Harlem like wildfire Sunday night and early yesterday.
More than 400 persons had been arraigned in Felony Court alone when that court adjourned at 7:30 P. M. until 10 this morning. In Harlem Magistrates Court 78 persons were arraigned and in Washington Heights Magistrates Court 10.
Twelve persons were arraigned in Night Court before Magistrate Alfred M. Lindau, on disorderly conduct charges. Seven were paroled for further hearing in Washington Heights Court on Aug. 10; three drew suspended sentences; one was fined, and the 12th was held was in $100 bail.
Four magistrates sat in Felony Court. Magistrates Thomas A. Aurelio and Thomas H. Cullen Jr. were replaced shortly after 4 P. M. by Magistrate Charles E. Ramsgate, who was relieved at 6 P. M. by Magistrate Raphael P. Koenig. As each magistrate was relieved a fresh Assistant District Attorney and court staff of clerks and stenographers appeared on the scene so that the procession of prisoners could go on until all had an opportunity to request bail.
Next to the Polite woman, the prisoner who attracted most attention was Mrs. Florine orine Rob. erta, 40, of 135 Mt. Vernon St., Middletown, Conn. Mrs. Roberts is the mother of Pvt. Robert Bandy, of the 730th Regiment, Jersey City, who came to the Polite woman's assistance when she was placed under arrest.
Mrs. Roberts was also held in $10,000 bail in Felony Court on a charge of assault. She was said to have struck Patrolman James Collins of the E. 135th St. station, who had been stationed in the lobby of the Hotel Braddock, Eighth Ave. and 126th St.
Magistrate Aurelio, during the arraignment of prisoners who were brought into court in batches of 25 at a time, remarked: "This outburst of lawlessness is not understandable. As far back as I can remember, the residents of Harlem have lived in harmony. Now, of late, on the slightest provocation, large numbers are moved to disorder, as if giving in to some pent-up feeling. It would seem as if some insidious propaganda is misleading otherwise would be peaceful people."
Picture caption: Standing beside a detective (left) at their arraignment in Felony Court are Margie Polite (second from left). Mrs. Florine Roberts and Frank Valdez. Riot reportedly started when son of Mrs, Roberts interfered with a patrolman who was arresting Miss Polite.
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"Harlem Heavily Guarded. While Pvt. Robert Bandy, Negro M. P., whose shooting precipitated Harlem rioting, recuperates [left] in Bellevue Hospital, troops of the 17th Regiment of the New York Guard prepare [Above] their equipment at the 71st Regiment Armory. They were part of 8,000 Guardsmen mobilized as a precautionary measure last night by Gov. Thomas E. Dewey. Army troops, policemen and other forces patrolled the streets of Harlem last night where war-time dimout was lifted, liquor sales banned and a 10:30 o'clock amusement curfew imposed. Damage caused by rioters has been estimated at $5,000,000. Story on page 2; other pictures in center fold and back page." - from the New York Daily News. August 3, 1943. Back page.
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Via Polly Byers on Peekskill People Unplugged:
#Peekskill
#CityOfPeekskill
#PeekskillNY
My husband and I moved to Peekskill in 2006. Since that time we have experienced and observed a marked decline in quality of life due to the non-enforcement of laws and local city codes, as had many of our now former neighbors. The neighbors we had in 2006 have nearly all left the city, due to quality of life concerns.
These issues include, but are certainly not limited to: gun-toting felons in driveways, men in windows exposing themselves whilst engaging in lewd acts, men urinating and defecating on lawns, the never-ending garbage strewn on lawns, muggings, and panhandling. We have personally experienced the robbing and ransacking of our home, the theft of our lawn furniture, and our son being mugged as well as targeted for beatings and abuse carried out — by both adults and children—in city parks and schools, without any fear of being held accountable for their violent and anti-social behaviors. This is unacceptable.
Unacceptable, too, are the homes illegally converted into rooming houses, in contravention of the city code. What is being done to correct these unsafe living situations? Where is Code Enforcement? Why is a blind eye turned to these violations of the law? Similarly, why is there no crackdown and arrests of those connected with volleyball games which feature illegal gambling, sale of liquor and food without a license that destroys the quality of life for their neighbors through scenes of public drunkenness, public urination, accompanied by stadium-style lighting and loud amplification that goes on well into the night. These, too, are quality of life problems which are being ignored.
The most recent insult to quality of life is the odor of cannabis which hangs over our downtown, which is pronounced on the 900 block of Main Street. I was accosted by a group of obviously impaired people one afternoon on South Street, as I made my way back home from the Peekskill Coffee House.
In the last weeks of August there were several incidents which marked, all too clearly, the decline in quality we — and our neighbors— are experiencing.
At 6:15 a.m. one morning I opened my door to find a man passed out, inebriated, on our porch, who had urinated over our porch furniture. The police were called and the man was left to stagger down the street. He needed to seat himself twice on our porch stairs as he could not walk.
Four days later, I saw another man passed out in front of a bodega on the 900 block of Main.
Later that same day, I witnessed a pile of bicycles blocking the entrance to a bodega while an elderly man with a walker tried to navigate around this impediment blocking the sidewalk.
Subsequently, there was the robbery at the smoke shop illegally selling cannabis. Such stores are shut down in Yonkers. Why not here?
A few days later, a bomb scare two houses down from ours, necessitating the removal of the family from the home and the immediate area cordoned off with police tape, so that searches could be executed and law enforcement agents could canvas the area with dogs.
Not even a week later, there was a shooting in our neighborhood, two blocks away from our home, while we were having a meeting on our porch and our son’s bus was delayed by the cordons of police tape around the block.
Last Friday, my husband, who stands at 6 feet, four inches, and I were walking home after having had dinner on Division Street, which is well-lighted and lively. As we crossed onto 900 Main, at about 8:30 p.m., there was a marked change. There were groups of two to three men, smelling of cannabis, or obviously intoxicated, lingering in front of the bodegas or under the scaffolding which blocks the lighting on the south side of the street. My husband started to “zig-zag” us across the block, to get away from these groups of men. One started to follow us at the intersection of Nelson and Main. He followed us as we progressed up to our home on Nelson and we did not feel safe.
My message to the Council tonight is that we, as residing tax-payers, do not feel safe and these quality of life issues need to be addressed. We do not feel the city is addressing these issues in any real or meaningful manner, and quality of life is declining rapidly.
Cannabis is still being sold, whether by dealers or in these so-called “smoke shops.” Code Enforcement may clear an illegally overcrowded house, but within weeks the houses are packed again, and the sound of carpentry and construction going on during the weekends or at night, when Code Enforcement is unavailable. Traffic rules are regularly flouted, and routine double-parking on Main Street and South Street makes driving very dangerous. It is all too common to see an inebriated or impaired person passed out in the street, and the streets themselves are littered with rubbish.
I have read the City Code and there are existing laws and regulations which are not being enforced or observed.
I recall our former Police Chief Eric Johansen remarking to me that, with the increase in population for a city such as ours would require a proportionate increase in the number of law enforcement officers, since more people, invariably, means more crime and anti-social behaviors.
The laws that are on the books should be enforced. While we, as tax-payers, respect the laws, the police, and our neighbors, we feel little has been done to remedy these situations.
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the-firebird69 · 1 year ago
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We love this idea it's a great idea I'm going to get my damn rain barrels out from the past and it says he'd like that if they're intact and I might do it later. For real. This is one of the best ideas I've ever heard and now he had critters as a problem in the mountains up in the in New York it's like the Berkshires a little bit north where our brewery is supposed to be two have clean water and will filter it and test it and we will filter it and collect it and test it and store it and we will do testings while it's raining and we'll close the tops these tops will be huge probably a mile by a mile each and up in the air 50 ft in the mountains in the big superstructures holding them up and it's for beer and it is for a particular beer the other beer will be from clean protected Wells that are in the mountains up there this one is for rain bear. . Who told her she got excited and decided to start the research it a few companies to do it they don't filter it. When it comes from clouds it has minerals in it it needs to be enriched to know... And we are hearing out sunset it's like a fellow Othello and it's a negative connotation so it's handling skulls and bones and it's nasty... And people understand it and they're doing all these detective shows and it's gross so they're thinking about Othello and remembering what it was it's kind of this disgusting play do they killed each other off because I couldn't stand it anymore being immersed in death and dehumanized.. it's a hefty dose of Max stuff but Shakespeare was Dave.
But beers like Novocaine these people need it. The beginning components of the beer company it's going to be huge. This is just piping it down to a bottling facility and adding the carbination there, it is legal yes it can be done underground. We do agree with it being separate is kind of nice cuz brewing beer can be dangerous would have backup I'm going to brew the whiskey there too.. kind of near the peekskills and north of the Adirondacks so beautiful place and pump it downhill all the way to the basin and the Adirondack basin and then it's only 40 something miles to New York at this point your truckers should be getting the idea probably what happens to Mac. We're going to get going on it you want to do the idea of the rain beer pre-filtered the RO system no but it's sanitized is way to do that and we can say it on there and have my rain barrel close proximity so I take a picture and turn it into a painting this is going to be so cool has to be raining it says I do enjoy this and there's a way to do that and it's a huge barrel it's not small people love it cuz it's up in the mountains we're going to make a new one though and we can have tours and the tour will show how it used to be done and people can drink the fresh rainwater. And you said we're going to sell the water too I'm in love with this idea
Thor Freya
It's really too much every time you turn around is trying to gold he's turning it to gold but we have to get going on it and the max want us to they want to see this tunnel and the beer the whiskey and the barrel for the rainwater and the rainwater collection system there's a lot of people who want this and we're going to go ahead and start it
Hera
He wants to do some kind of promotional we fill up companies places with beer and usually the the one that is a big seller is the regular beer so you said you make this beer tanker the shape of a beer can you don't see us connected the bottom but it's the shape on the top and it's laying down and the top is facing backwards so we will see what it is and there be keg attachments on the side and you can rent it and it comes with a guy or two who they put up a table in their dispense it and people have done it before with smaller ones but this will be gigantic so if you have a concert say Ozzy Osbourne and kiss and a few other bands Metallica democrata 200,000 it would be enough beer for five trucks a day and that's a lot of beer okay that's like 400,000 cases so I guess it'd be more than 200,000 people but that's a lot of beer and you wonder how much it would cost and we would say ultimately nothing that we would be paying them to bring the beer there and they said no way and it's all a beer cup for like a dollar and we would make like $300,000 and pay them $100,000 and other bigger companies do pay them but not that much and really it would probably sell more than that because millions of people show up that's fine this is intense and we do have a way of filling up the beers. Fast. A lot of people came up with stuff and it works pretty good so we are going to proceed and start to try and get permits they already approved it no so we're going to ask him for a testing and it's going to be New York New Jersey and we'd like to start it in New Jersey.
I'm going to go for permits after we get a approval and we're going to submit a fast track test program in has an outline of the whole program with it and we did it on the automobiles and they said good it's like preliminary testing and we should include that always but we have to do that too beforehand but you can't remove the whole project without testing it so we have a lot of projects like that so I'm starting to formulate preliminary testing program for each one and it works really well you're doing pretty quick and he wants one for the Hard knock and for the Bradley and for our autos the Chevy Ford the new models we did some you're happy with the results so we're going to phase two of that so that's an ocean that's very big only a little toys and crazy stuff kids toys little go-karts all that stuff's emotion
I'm going to try and get this approved now
Thor Freya
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urbtnews · 1 year ago
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Paul Reubens Dies at 70 - Pee-Wee Herman
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Paul Reubens Dies at 70 - Pee-wee Herman. The entertainment world was devastated to hear the news of Paul Reubens' passing on Sunday. The actor, known for his childlike character Pee-wee Herman, passed away at the age of 70. He was privately battling cancer for years. Reubens' legacy in pop culture is undeniable, from his iconic "Pee-wee's Playhouse" television show to his successful run of Pee-wee Herman movies. Born in Peekskill, New York in 1952, Reubens' early career involved performing stand-up comedy and improv theater. It wasn't until 1980 that he created the character of Pee-wee Herman, a bow-tied, childish man who would become his most recognizable role. Pee-wee's popularity skyrocketed after being featured on "The Pee-wee Herman Show." The show began as a stage show and later became an HBO special. The success of the show led to the creation of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" on CBS, which ran from 1986-1991. The most memorable things about Pee-wee Herman was his unique voice and laugh. Reuben creted both in an effort to make his character stand out. Pee-wee's popularity led to two successful films, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and "Big Top Pee-wee," both directed by Tim Burton. Pee-wee Herman character may have overshadowed Reubens' other work - Paul Reubens Dies at 70 - Pee-wee Herman Reubens' career took a hit in 1991 when he was arrested for indecent exposure during a police sting operation. The controversy led to the cancellation of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" and halted production on a third Pee-wee movie. Reubens took a step back from the public eye for some time, but eventually returned to acting in various TV shows and films. Even though the Pee-wee Herman character may have overshadowed Reubens' other work, he was a talented actor who brought many memorable performances to both film and television. He appeared in films like "Blow," "Mystery Men," and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." He also had guest roles on TV shows like "30 Rock," "Pushing Daisies," and "Reno 911!" Reubens continued to work in the industry until his passing, making appearances on shows like "Gotham" and "The Blacklist." Paul Reubens may have passed away, but his legacy as Pee-wee Herman will live on forever. His unique brand of comedy and his unforgettable character brought joy and laughter to audiences around the world. It's impossible to imagine the world of comedy without his contributions. Rest in peace, Paul Reubens, and thank you for all the laughs. Paul Reubens Dies at 70 - Pee-wee Herman Read the full article
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delux2222 · 2 years ago
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Sep 4, 1949, the Peekskill Riots took place. These anti-communist riots with anti-black and anti-Semitic undertones took place at Cortlandt Manor, Westchester County, New York. The catalyst for the rioting was an announced concert by black singer Paul Robeson, who was well known for his strong pro-trade union stance, civil rights activism, Communist affiliations, and anti-colonialism. The concert itself was free from violence, though marred by the presence of a police helicopter overhead and the flushing out of at least one sniper's nest. The concert was located on the grounds of the Hollow Brook Golf Course in Cortlandt Manor. Twenty thousand people showed up. Security, organized by labor unions, was tight with union men standing in a circle of protection around the entire concert grounds and sitting with Robeson on the stage. Musicians, such as Pete Seeger, performed without incident. The aftermath of the concert, however, was far from peaceful. As they drove , concert-goers were forced to run a gauntlet miles long of hostile locals, veterans, and outside agitators, who threw rocks through windshields of the cars and buses. Much of the violence was also caused by anti-Communist members of local Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion chapters. Standing off the angry mob of rioters chanting "go on back to Russia, you niggers" and "white niggers", some of the concertgoers and union members, along with writer Howard Fast and others assembled a non-violent line of resistance, locked arms, and sang the song "We Shall Not Be Moved." Some people were reportedly dragged from their vehicles and beaten. Over 140 people were injured and numerous vehicles were severely damaged as police stood by. [O'Blivion]
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protoslacker · 6 years ago
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One car carried Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, Pete Seeger, Seeger’s wife Toshi, and his infant children. Guthrie pinned a shirt to the inside of the window to stop it shattering. “Wouldn’t you know it, Woody pinned up a red shirt,” Hays recalled. Seeger used some of the thrown rocks to build the chimney of his cabin in the Town of Fishkill, New York, to stand as a reminder of that incident.
Juan Alejandro in Book of Days Tales. Peekskill Riots
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husheduphistory · 6 years ago
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Elephant in the (Hotel) Room: An Old Bet Lost too Soon
It was the early years of the 19th century and Hachaliah Bailey arrived on New York City’s Bowery Street to find the familiar city bustling. Even though the scene was simmering with hundreds of faces his purpose was similar to many others there. Bailey, a farmer from the New York town of Somers, was visiting the city with a herd of cattle to be sold to slaughter in order to supplement the fickle finances of his profession. It was one of several trades he held, also partially owning a sloop used to transport cattle to the city from Ossining and serving as one of the directors of the Croton Turnpike Company. 
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Portrait of Hachaliah Bailey, artist unknown. Picture via Somers Historical Society http://www.somershistoricalsoc.org/menageries2.html
While in town for their grisly task a favorite spot for the cattle drivers was the appropriately named Bull Head Tavern. Here they gossiped, drank, and networked inside their own busy herd while behind the tavern the livestock was corralled, inspected, haggled over, and bought. It was a regular haunt of Bailey’s and it was here that his typical day, and typical life, took a turn toward the extraordinary. 
When he walked outside it was impossible to miss her in the tavern yard. Although young, she towered above the other livestock. Gray, leathery, and imposing. The elephant had traveled far from her home in Africa, but on this day, after an exchange of $1,000, she was going back to Somers with Bailey. 
 He named her Old Bet. 
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A painting of the Bull Head Tavern as it would have appeared in the late 1700s.
Purchasing an elephant after work one day sounds like a risky impulse buy but it is possible that this was not the first time Bailey and Old Bet met. Old Bet is first documented as arriving in Boston harbor as early as 1804 after which she was exhibited up and down the northeast by artist Edward Savage. Now, unexpectedly appearing in Bailey’s second home of the Bull Head Tavern approximately two years later, he may have recognized her and seen an opportunity he simply could not refuse.
Bailey may have purchased Old Bet with the intention of using her for work on his farm but soon an entirely different possibility revealed itself. Old Bet was only the second elephant to ever walk on American soil, and wherever her large feet stepped many smaller ones followed hoping to catch a glimpse of this strange and amazing creature. Bailey, forever looking for a way to make money, realized he may be able to profit from simply allowing people to see his new friend. The pair boarded Bailey’s sloop and traveled home in Somers where he ushered Old Bet into his barn.
It was simple. If you wanted to see the grandest creature on the planet you only needed to pay Bailey a small fee of twenty-five cents and mentally prepare yourself to be amazed. The farmer saw early on that people were completely fascinated by Old Bet and he came up with a plan to take her on tour so others could delight in her (and line his pockets). But the biggest problem was obvious, Old Bet was a three-ton elephant and in order to charge money to see her she would have to be hidden from everyday views. Bailey’s solution lay in a shift in schedule, he traveled with her at night keeping her from eager eyes and the spotlight of the sun. The tactic worked. By 1808 Old Bet had proven to be so profitable to Bailey that he took on two partners, Benjamin Lent and Andrew Brunn who each agreed to pay Bailey $1,200 for an equal two thirds of the earnings brought in by Old Bet for one year.
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Advertisement for an appearance of Old Bet.  Picture via Somers Historical Society http://www.somershistoricalsoc.org/menageries2.html
Bailey and Old Bet’s huge success was not lost on his neighbors. Seeing that unusual animals brought in money other farmers in the region began to purchase any unique animal they could find. Although circuses did exist at the time what developed from these collections were an entirely new creation, animals on display for education and experience rather than pure entertainment. What Bailey and Old Bet brought on was the development of the traveling menagerie and Somers became home base for this new platform. Within a short time menageries gained steam and enterprises like June, Titus, Angevine & Co. and Van Amburgh’s Menagerie grew large enough to set up permanent establishments in larger cities. 
From 1809 to 1816 Bailey and Old Bet toured extensively along the east coast with audiences finding them from Georgia all the way up to Maine. It was in Maine where their lives again took an unexpected turn. On July 26th, 1816 Bailey and Old Bet were traveling through the town of Alfred when they were confronted by another farmer allegedly named Daniel Davis. Davis was irate with the presence of Old Bet with accounts varying as to exactly why this was. Some say he was jealous of Bailey’s financial success, some report that the farmer was livid that hard working poor people were spending money looking at the creature before him, others say the source of his anger was that Old Bet was being exhibited on the sabbath and it was sinful to view her. Regardless of the reasoning, his actions were uncalled for and purely despicable.
 The farmer shot Old Bet where she stood.
 She did not survive her wounds.
The loss of Old Bet was devastating to Bailey and in 1820 he began construction on a structure to keep her memory alive for generations. Situated at Croton and Peekskill Turnpikes, Bailey built a hotel that became the economic and social center of the Somers, New York region. It also became an active meeting place for owners of menageries and circuses, a stage coach stop for travelers to and from New York City, and a stopping point for cattle drivers bringing livestock to the place where Bailey and Bet met. The name of the establishment was prominently painted on the front of the building for all to see: Elephant Hotel.
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Photograph of the Elephant Hotel in 1885. Photograph via Somers Historical Society http://www.somershistoricalsoc.org/menageries2.html
In 1827 Bailey had a fifteen-foot-tall granite pole installed outside the Elephant Hotel topped with a wooden elephant in honor of Old Bet.
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Wooden elephant outside the Elephant Hotel.
Although she began her life in the spotlight with Bailey in Somers, New York it is believed that Old Bet was not buried there instead being interred where she died in Alfred, Maine. Despite not having her body Somers and the Elephant Hotel honored Old Bet sixty-two years after her death with a wreath-laying ceremony. The bearer of the wreath was John L. Sullivan, aka Old John, the head elephant in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. On April 9th 1922 Old John set out on the fifty-three mile walk from Madison Square Garden to the Elephant Hotel bearing a wreath with a message reading “To Old Bet from Old John and the Ringling Brother’s Elephant Herd.” Although Somers had only approximately 300 residents, it was reported that over 2,000 people stood along route to see Old John make his way to the ceremony. On April 13th 1922 The wreath was placed as a chorus of 600 children sang and the elephant knelt in recognition of his beloved predecessor.
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Old John at the wreath laying ceremony for Old Bet in Somers, New York on April 13th 1922. 
Although the original has been replaced due to wear, an elephant statue in honor of Old Bet still stands outside the Elephant Hotel today. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 7th,1974 as Somers Town House and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2005 as Elephant Hotel.
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The Elephant Hotel in the early 2000s.
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onestowatch · 6 years ago
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Josie Dunne Is A Rockstar In Her Own Right On Tour With Andy Grammer [Tour Diary]
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Though touring can be full of long days and endless travel, Josie Dunne is proving this is nothing she can’t handle. Recently releasing her To Be The Little Fish EP, the Chicago-native is now settled in Nashville where she constantly works on her songwriting and collaborates with other creatives. Featuring quirks, charm, and a hint of nerdiness in all of her songs, Dunne is showcasing what it means to prideful in everything you love and care about.
Giving everything she’s got to each new audience, Dunne is a charismatic dream. Sharing the stage with Andy Grammer every night is no joke, but it’s as if she was born to be there. Though she may find herself rocking away on stage, she has discovered other facets of touring which are equally exciting. Here are a few glimpses of Josie Dunne making her mark on and off the stage.
To get an intimate look at Dunne’s music, check out our premiere of “Cool With It” acoustic session here.
All photos: Tyler Squires
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Standing on my amp, trying to be a rockstar.
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It’s a bird...It’s a plane…
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Jamming HARD in Cleveland.
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Two thick mamas at the art museum in Kansas City.
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Soundcheck.
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My first merch designs came in for this tour. I'd never had merch before, so I was VERY excited to rock it.
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Biting my nails (per usual) in a really pretty theater in Columbus. I got to see a lot of beautiful old theaters on this tour.
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I used to play and sing along to the record player in my room as a kid. This being my first tour, I wanted my set to feel as comfortable as those moments. So, I set up my record player to play the tracks of my songs so I could play along to vinyl live. It was cool.
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Being on stage is SO much fun.
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In Buffalo, NY freestyle rapping (lol jk).
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In Peekskill, NY.
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I adored getting to share my stories with a new crowd every night. That's the joy of writing songs- telling a story. Being on tour and sharing those every night was SO inspiring. I LOVE TOUR!
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Little trip to the beach on a chilly day in Charleston, SC.
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Got to visit a lot of art museums on days off. #ArtsyFarsty
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Andy Grammer and I hugging it out after the last show in Greensboro, NC where he jumped on stage during my set and played trumpet for the last song. I learned so much from him in only a month. He and his crew/band became like family. Love these people forever.
The tour may be over, but you can follow Josie Dunne’s post-tour sadness over on her Instagram. 
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urbtnews · 1 year ago
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Paul Reubens Dies at 70 - Pee-Wee Herman
Paul Reubens Dies at 70 - Pee-wee Herman. The entertainment world was devastated to hear the news of Paul Reubens' passing on Sunday. The actor, known for his childlike character Pee-wee Herman, passed away at the age of 70. He was privately battling cancer for years. Reubens' legacy in pop culture is undeniable, from his iconic "Pee-wee's Playhouse" television show to his successful run of Pee-wee Herman movies. Born in Peekskill, New York in 1952, Reubens' early career involved performing stand-up comedy and improv theater. It wasn't until 1980 that he created the character of Pee-wee Herman, a bow-tied, childish man who would become his most recognizable role. Pee-wee's popularity skyrocketed after being featured on "The Pee-wee Herman Show." The show began as a stage show and later became an HBO special. The success of the show led to the creation of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" on CBS, which ran from 1986-1991. The most memorable things about Pee-wee Herman was his unique voice and laugh. Reuben creted both in an effort to make his character stand out. Pee-wee's popularity led to two successful films, "Pee-wee's Big Adventure" and "Big Top Pee-wee," both directed by Tim Burton. Pee-wee Herman character may have overshadowed Reubens' other work - Paul Reubens Dies at 70 - Pee-wee Herman Reubens' career took a hit in 1991 when he was arrested for indecent exposure during a police sting operation. The controversy led to the cancellation of "Pee-wee's Playhouse" and halted production on a third Pee-wee movie. Reubens took a step back from the public eye for some time, but eventually returned to acting in various TV shows and films. Even though the Pee-wee Herman character may have overshadowed Reubens' other work, he was a talented actor who brought many memorable performances to both film and television. He appeared in films like "Blow," "Mystery Men," and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." He also had guest roles on TV shows like "30 Rock," "Pushing Daisies," and "Reno 911!" Reubens continued to work in the industry until his passing, making appearances on shows like "Gotham" and "The Blacklist." Paul Reubens may have passed away, but his legacy as Pee-wee Herman will live on forever. His unique brand of comedy and his unforgettable character brought joy and laughter to audiences around the world. It's impossible to imagine the world of comedy without his contributions. Rest in peace, Paul Reubens, and thank you for all the laughs. Paul Reubens Dies at 70 - Pee-wee Herman Read the full article
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unitedroadsideusa · 4 years ago
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Benefits Of Emergency Roadside Truck Repair
Driving a commercial truck is very different to driving a personal vehicle, but being a truck driver yourself, you already know that. Your truck is larger, heavier and more difficult to operate, yet you have to share the roads with all kinds of vehicles. In addition to being a responsible truck driver and understanding all your truck’s needs on the road, you have to be on alert for other drivers, a dramatic change in weather and unexpected hazards that can cause your truck to break down.
                                                             Truck accidents and breakdowns happen on the road more often than you think, and it’s not likely that you’ll have broken down in front of an emergency truck repair shop Chester, NY, so it’s best to be prepared for the worst case scenario – a breakdown on the side of the road. Instead of a last-minute Google search of “roadside assistance near me”, familiarise yourself with the area and partner with a repair company or mechanic who offers immediate roadside assistance coverage in multiple locations, placing their number in your speed dial in case you ever need it.
                                                                                      Why Should You Use Emergency Roadside Assistance?
Breakdowns are expensive but combine that cost with a heavy tow truck and the time you lost on your job… not to mention, being late could cost you future business. Skip the wait and bring the mechanic to you, with emergency roadside assistance. A mechanic will be dispatched to your location, bringing with them all the equipment and tools needed to help get your truck up and running again. Emergency roadside assistance can handle tire replacements, oil top-up, fuel top-up, jumpstarting, lockouts and other mobile mechanic services to protect your vehicle and cargo, right there on the scene without the need for a tow. Roadside assistance will cut the wait time in half, as you have a dedicated technician coming to your location, looking after you and your truck, more cost efficient and will get your truck back on the road in no time. Help is just a phone call away.
 New United Roadside Emergency Assistance Locations                              
At United Roadside, we offer truck and trailer maintenance and repairs in our truck repair shop, Newburgh, NY. As truck drivers ourselves, we understand that your truck is your livelihood, and our team is certified in servicing commercial semi-trucks, using only the highest quality equipment and tires within the industry. We also offer immediate roadside assistance 24/6 in the following areas:
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 We recently expanded out roadside assistance coverage to include Valley Cottage, NY. It is located near Nyack and West Nyack, Nanuet, Tappan Zee Bridge, Palisades mall and the 87, 287 and 9W highways.
 If you are in need of immediate roadside assistance, please call our dispatch phone number (845)-200-2200. Whatever stands in your way, our goal is to get you back on the road fast, safely and effectively.
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