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Andy Smith

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Covers:  Culture, politics, music, art... NYC and Brooklyn...
Doesn't Cover: Sports?
We're all just walking each other home. 🌌 Copywriting @blendlabsinc Formerly @betaworkstudios Author of @CanYouSurvive__ and @100thingsphish
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How to fake your own book deal and get away with it

How to fake your own book deal and get away with it

Quartz — H­ere's the secret: It's actually very easy for an unknown author to land a major publishing contract. You just cold-call a few publishing houses, get your manuscript read, and then work out a mutually beneficial payment. They need pages, you need money. Everyone wins, right? At least, that's what happened to me. Back in 2005, I was 22 and had never published anything outside of my college magazine. But when I reached out to a San Francisco-based publishing house with a collection of essays and interviews illustrated by my friend Mike Force, it all clicked into place.
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Putting Music To Words: Author Walter Holland Talks Phish's 'A Live One'

Putting Music To Words: Author Walter Holland Talks Phish's 'A Live One'

jambase.com — Last October, Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 imprint published A Live One, Walter Holland's take on the Phish album of the same name. The album, as described by the publisher, is oversized, rare, perverse and precious. And the book? Well, personally, I was thrilled to hear that someone had decided to tackle this project: to explore Phish's first sanctioned live album, a compilation of recordings that contains some of my own early live discoveries of the band as it did, and maybe still does, for countless other fans.
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A Plea For "Soft" Push Notifications in Our Sad, Scary 24/7 News Cycle

A Plea For "Soft" Push Notifications in Our Sad, Scary 24/7 News Cycle

medium.com — A Plea For "Soft" Push Notifications in Our Sad, Scary 24/7 News Cycle The sad and scary truth is that terrorism is increasing. Since March 2014, the Islamic State has carried out or inspired at least 29 deadly assaults targeting Westerners around the world, killing more than 650 people, according to a New York Times analysis of such attacks. As a writer and news hound, I indulge in push notifications on my smart phone from a number of news outlets. I demand to know what's happening around the world as it's happening, and news of terror attacks is no exception.
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Ten Years of Music in Williamsburg 2002-2012: An Oral History - WG News+Arts

Ten Years of Music in Williamsburg 2002-2012: An Oral History - WG News+Arts

thewgnews.com — Tod Seelie, 33, moved to Brooklyn in 1998 to go to Pratt Institute in Clinton Hill because it was the least expensive school that accepted him. And that says a lot considering the annual tuition was $30,000. "People comment on that period of Pratt, the late 90s, early 2000s," says Tod Seelie. "All these really motivated and impressive people came out of that time - Swoon, Japanther, Matt and Kim - and everyone's like, 'Yeah, there must have been something in the water,' I think it was something in the financial aid office." Tod smiles.
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5 ways we can save ourselves from the horror that is the L train

5 ways we can save ourselves from the horror that is the L train

freewilliamsburg.com — Right now, with no service on weeknights or weekends, the L train is running only 55% of the time... you need at least 65% on a test to get a D. But it's not how little the train is running that concerns me. It'll come back. It'll come back more crowded than ever... ridiculously, absurdly, painfully crowded. In 2013, annual ridership of the NYC Subway was 1.7 billion, the highest since 1949. According to the MTA more people are riding the subway today than ever before with an average weekday ridership of 5.5 million people.
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I'm spending $4,768 dollars to see the Grateful Dead this weekend

I'm spending $4,768 dollars to see the Grateful Dead this weekend

Quartz — I've just spent what for some Americans is three-month's salary to see the Grateful Dead, and I'm feeling a little guilty. It's hard to explain why I'd take time off work and spend nearly $5,000 to see a 50-year-old band whose lead singer passed away 20 years ago. Not to mention it's an 800-mile trip. And I'm going with my dad. The event, called Fare Thee well, is a series of three concerts over the July 4 weekend at Soldier Field in Chicago. It is the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead's existence, and this weekend is being billed as the final show that the remaining members of the Dead will ever play together.
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5 Things No One Tells You About Coworking Spaces

5 Things No One Tells You About Coworking Spaces

tremr.com — How to pick the best office space in NYCI've been in the coworking game for over three years now. I currently work as Director of The Yard, a coworking space in NYC with 4 locations.
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