The world is full of devices that seem less than practical for every day use, and the HashKey can probably be counted among them, as it seems like little more than a novelty. HashKey is exactly what it sounds like: a key dedicated solely to typing a hashtag without all of that multi-button combination nonsense. It’s aimed at the social … Continue reading
I didn’t watch that new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie with Megan Fox because I was pretty sure it was going to suck. Anytime adult me makes an informed decision like that, I imagine childhood version of me shaking his head in disappointment and howling in sadness. Growing up is lame.
Given how ubiquitous smart devices are, one might think that, overall, people would have a pretty comprehensive knowledge of tech. That isn’t exactly the case. According to a recent Pew Research survey, 60 percent of the representative sample knew th…
It seems that Internet retail giant Amazon has teamed up with Royal Mail, where this collaboration of theirs would allow customers’ items to be delivered to post offices for collection, adding even more value to their respective services and helping make lives easier for everyone. After all, Amazon is known for always wanting to up their game, so to speak, with one of the more recent efforts being the promotion of installation services alongside their products. Basically, this agreement would mean that Amazon customers can have their parcels delivered by Royal Mail to 10,500 post office branches.
Analyst Nicla Di Palma, of Brewin Dolphin, shared, “Clearly the reasoning behind this must be Royal Mail trying to save some of its business.” After all, Royal Mail’s parcel operations have not been doing well at all ever since it faced intense competition after going private the year before. With the inclusion of the Royal Mail Local Collect “click and collect” facility, this would translate to Amazon having a whopping 16,000 pickup locations throughout in the UK. Some of the existing locations will include “Pass my Parcel” newsagent and convenience stores, Collect+ stores and Amazon lockers at train stations.
In order to make this collaboration a success, a Post Office spokesperson did mention that 5,000 branches will offer extended opening hours so that they can assist “click and collect” customers.
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America is full of some pretty incredible urban legends. From Gravity Hills where invisible hands push your vehicle up a slope, to Frog Men stalking the Loveland Castle, to the White Lady haunting Union Cemetery, you can throw a stone and there’s a good chance it’ll land in the territory of some kind of monster or mystery. Many times, though, the truth is far more interesting than the legend, and such is the case with “The Green Man”.
For many years, the tale of the Green Man has been one used by parents to keep their children scared enough to stay inside at night, and by locals to keep teenagers too spooked to enter the abandoned train tunnel just outside of town. The legend says that the Green Man, once an employee of a local power company, was horribly disfigured in a terrible accident that melted his face and turned his skin a deep green hue. For years, locals would report sightings of the glowing ghost of the Green Man walking down the rural roads at night, only to disappear into the dark recesses of the tunnel.
A good summary of the legend, via WhoForted:
On the outskirts of Pittsburgh, near where Piney Fork empties into Peters Creek, there’s an old neglected railroad tunnel covered in graffiti and filled with road salt. It was built in 1924 as the Piney Fork Tunnel to service coal mines along the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Peters Creek Branch. Abandoned since 1962, the locals have given it another nickname. To many people in the Pittsburgh area, this is Green Man Tunnel. Teenagers used to drive into the tunnel, turn off their lights, and call out to the “Green Man” who would appear from the darkness, his skin tinged green from a tragic electrical accident. If he touched your car, his electrical charge would either stall the vehicle or make it difficult to start.
While the fear-fueled story of the Green Man is certainly the best kind of urban legend, filled with gruesome deaths, supernatural powers, and a terrifying curse tailor-made to frighten teenagers, occult historian and paranormal investigator Ken Summers recently uncovered the true story of the Green Man, complete with some rare photographs of the “faceless ghost”, and it’s a lot more sad than scary.
In truth, the Green Man’s real name was Raymond Robinson, though to those who traveled Pennsylvania’s Route 315 in the middle of the night, he was known as Charlie No Face. You see, in 1918, when Raymond was just a boy, he was climbing on a train track bridge when he accidentally snagged against a power line. The subsequent shock sent 22,000 volts of electricity screaming through his body, quite literally melting his face off. When the smoke had settled, he had lost both of his eyes, his nose, an ear, and even an arm.
As he grew up, Raymond quickly became aware of people’s cruel nature, earning nicknames like “The Zombie” and being subject to the screaming of terrified children. Over the years, Raymond was able to find solace in long walks down State Route 351, though he only took his hikes at night so as to minimize the amount of people he might frighten. Being blind, after all, meant that the night meant nothing to him.
As you might imagine, Raymond’s late-night walks began to cause quite a stir, as teenagers headed to parties began to see a “faceless ghost” wandering the darkened highway. Before long, the legend of “Charlie No Face” began to circulate to nearby towns, and by the 60’s, the legend was causing full-on traffic jams along the stretch of road as cars full of people went searching for the “ghost”.
Those who were fortunate enough to stumble across Raymond would realize that he was, in fact, flesh and blood, and often left feeling a bit sorry for him after stopping for a chat. Raymond took the ghost hunts in stride though, even capitalizing on his popularity by offering to pose for photographs… for a price.
After being discovered by accident on his nightly walks, the tale of the Green Man—or Charlie No Face, as he was also called—developed. There are conflicting stories about where the “green skin” idea came from. Some accounts say he always wore his favorite green plaid shirt or other green clothes that reflected the color onto his pale skin while others say his skin was a pale shade of green. Either way, it became a popular pastime to head out to Route 351 and look for Ray. Those who weren’t too terrified to stop would chat with Ray over a smoke. He even posed for pictures, often in exchange for beer or cigarettes.
Ray continued his evening walks until his death in 1985, but by then, his story had become legend. Soon after his death, the details of his disfigurement were told less and less as a boy who suffered an accident, and more often as a vengeful spirit out for teenage blood. By the late 90’s, the name Raymond Robinson was all but forgotten, the legend of the Green Man finally winning out.
Today, the legend of the ghost with no face has spread as far as Ohio, but the Green Man Tunnel remains the most-visited piece of the Pennsylvania legend. To this day car loads of kids still pull up to the old train bridge and call out for Charlie No Face, some even claiming to have seen him in the darkness. If you’re lucky, maybe you’ll even see him yourself.
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Television and computer screens have been saturated with images of violence and alarming headlines since a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, failed to indict Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown. But what about the peaceful protests?
People across the country have been gathering to voice objections to the decision in ways that involve neither conflict nor violence. With media attention focused on Ferguson, it’s easy to forget that peaceful protests are the norm, not the exception.
There are many ways for individuals to make their voices heard on the subject of Ferguson. Here are some of the organizers and participants who have become faces of peaceful, organized action:
Charlene Carruthers, 29, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
Charlene Carruthers coordinates the Black Youth Project, or BYP100, an organization that trains black 18-to-35-year-olds as activists. “We talk about black men, black women, girls and boys, LGBT folks,” said Carruthers, who identifies as a black, queer woman and a feminist. “The goal is the liberation of all black people, and for that, we all need to be involved.”
For Tuesday, Carruthers planned 28 hours of actions, because “every 28 hours, a police officer or a vigilante kills a black person.” More than 400 people were expected at BYP’s peaceful protests that start in Chicago at City Hall, and in Washington, from outside the Metropolitan Police Department headquarters.
“Michael Brown could’ve been my brother. He could’ve been one of my cousins,” Carruthers said.
Carruthers began organizing civil actions at age 18 while studying at Illinois-Wesleyan University. After 10 years mobilizing young people, she said she is confident that young people do the job best. “Every movement that’s ever been successful in this world requires young people to be at the forefront. Young people are among the most radical. They have sound powers of analysis, and they are willing to take action.”
Rafael Ramirez, 20, New York City
Rafael Ramirez is a student at Columbia University (though he is taking this year off) who, along with Barnard College junior Gianni LaTange and Barnard sophomore Nialah Edari, has organized a national boycott of Black Friday.
“African-Americans in this country have several trillion dollars’ worth of purchasing power, and often we don’t exercise that power fully,” Ramirez told The Huffington Post. “The justice system hasn’t done much for us. It’s failed us countless times, and the political system has failed us. But what has been tried successfully is an economic power movement. We understand that a one-day boycott isn’t going to change anything, but it shows we have power.”
Although he never considered himself an activist before, Ramirez was inspired by his fraternity at Columbia, Alpha Phi Alpha, where Martin Luther King Jr. and Thurgood Marshall were once members, Ramirez said. “I feel an obligation to continue that kind of engagement, and having the support of my brothers has been really influential.
“Black Friday marks the beginning of a lot of thoughtless spending,” Ramirez explained. “We want to support businesses who are affected by things like the shooting of Michael Brown. We can influence our country through how we spend money.”
Ramirez, LaTange and Edari created a Facebook event, where more than 100,000 people have been invited to join the boycott, with more than 9,000 saying they will attend. “Twelve hours after we started inviting people, we checked back, and 8,000 people confirmed. Those numbers have kept growing steadily.”
Ramirez attributed the event’s popularity to the optimism of he and his friends, as well as their skills online. “I don’t know 80,000 people personally, but through Facebook and Twitter, we’ve been able to reach that many people, and that’s truly special. That’s something older people don’t see the value in.”
To Ramirez, social media is far more effective than force. “We’re not going to defeat the United States of America through violence, since they have plenty of tanks to destroy us. If we fight violence with violence, it’s not going to get us anywhere. It’ll only justify further atrocities. If we’re tearing things up, it’ll only justify the notion that we’re animals and we deserve to be treated this way. If we protest nonviolently, it’s almost an embarrassment that this is going on.”
Brandon Napier, 21, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
“The protests at the college were led by students, and then organizations backed those students,” said Brandon Napier, a senior at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “One student, Mariah Monsanto, was one of the ones who put together the entire event today, and had this idea of having the die-ins and the candlelight vigil.”
At the vigil Monday night, students expressed frustration with the justice system. “We were advocating for the cause of Mike Brown and minorities in general. We were talking about how the university has its own ways of being oppressive and not approaching students in the most positive way.” Harmonyx, an a capella group that is part of the Black Student Movement, also performed the Negro National Anthem and Marvin Winans’ “I Feel Like Going On,” Napier said.
At the die-in Tuesday afternoon, students lay on the ground in a high-traffic area of campus called the Pit for 4- 1/2 minutes, to represent the 4-1/2 hours that Michael Brown’s body lay uncovered in the street after he was shot.
“Afterwards, students shared with each other how the situation was affecting them personally,” Napier said. “Standing among each other unified and in solidarity is a clear outlet for communication. At a nonviolent event, we can focus on the greater subject at hand, the oppression that’s existing, and communicate our emotions as a group.”
More On Ferguson From HuffPost:
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href=“http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/25/peaceful-protest-ferguson-decision_n_6218944.html”>What You Can Do | Darren Wilson Interview | Darren Wilson Could Still Face Consequences | Timeline | Students Protest | Photos Of Darren Wilson’s Injuries Released | Shooting Witness Admitted Racism In Journal | Peaceful Responses Show The U.S. At Its Best | Reactions To Ferguson Decision | Prosecutor Gives Bizarre Press Conference | Notable Black Figures React | Jury Witness: ‘By The Time I Saw His Hands In The Air, He Got Shot’ | Thousands Protest Nationwide |
Will the US face its own human rights scrutiny? The Ferguson grand jury decision not to criminally prosecute a police officer in the shooting of an unarmed young black man has reached the Geneva HQ of the UN Office of Human Rights Chief Prince Zeid, but the consequences will be felt globally and probably with indefinite impact particularly as it relates to the US Government’s ability to shape future international discussion on human rights and the violations of more authoritarian regimes.
“Disproportionate Number of Young African Americans Who Die in Encounters With Police”
The new UN Human Rights Chief, Prince Zeid, reacted to the grand jury inaction in the shooting of an unarmed black man by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri with a more comprehensive and thoughtful statement, more fully linked below:
Without knowing the details of the evidence laid before the Missouri Grand Jury — which in turn depends on the quality of the investigation into the killing of Michael Brown — I am not, at this point, able to comment on whether or not the verdict conforms with international human rights law. Nevertheless, I am deeply concerned at the disproportionate number of young African Americans who die in encounters with police officers, as well as the disproportionate number of African Americans in U.S. prisons and the disproportionate number of African Americans on Death Row.
This is not the first occasion. The UN and its various organs have raised alleged US failures with regards to the rule of law and as such may evidence discrimination. The previous UN Human Rights Chief, Navi Pillay, questioned whether prosecutors and law enforcement had properly investigated the shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida by a self-appointed vigilante member on what may have been racial profiling with deadly consequence. This may have at least in part helped prompt a more thorough investigation and prosecution in Florida courts.
History of Discrimination and Activism:
US civil rights leaders have appealed to the UN over the decades of struggle to counter discrimination in law and practice starting with a UN petition in 1947 by the NAACP. Such human rights leaders have also acted in solidarity with others oppressed and endangered over the decades including when Muhammad Ali came to stand in solidarity with Bosnians facing genocide in 1992.
Prince Zeid took note of this extended history and the US commitments via various treaties and conventions:
It is clear that, at least among some sectors of the population, there is a deep and festering lack of confidence in the fairness of the justice and law enforcement systems. I urge the US authorities to conduct in-depth examinations into how race-related issues are affecting law enforcement and the administration of justice, both at the federal and state levels. Concerns about institutionalized discrimination in the US have repeatedly been raised, by respected national bodies and by UN bodies monitoring the implementation of international human rights treaties, ratified by the US.
Militarized Police Equipped and Empowered to Shoot First and Then…
Prince Zeid also reminded of the very recent shooting by Cleveland police of a 12-year-old boy at a playground who was presumably in possession of a toy replica handgun:
In many countries, where real guns are not so easily available, police tend to view boys playing with replica guns as precisely what they are, rather than as a danger to be neutralized. Any use of firearms by police must be in accordance with the UN’s Basic Principles on the Use of Force and Firearms by Law Enforcement Officials. Article 9 of the Basic Principles clearly states that ‘Law enforcement officials shall not use firearms against persons except in self-defense or defense of others against the imminent threat of death or serious injury, to prevent the perpetration of a particularly serious crime involving grave threat to life, to arrest a person presenting such a danger and resisting their authority or to prevent his or her escape, and only when less extreme means are insufficient to achieve these objectives. In any event, intentional lethal use of firearms may only be made when strictly unavoidable in order to protect life.
While some may contend that the Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson may have had some justification in shooting the suspect Michael Brown, the question must linger why 6 shots to kill? Further, does a black person, including a 12-year-old boy become legitimate suspect and target in substantial part by reason of race and/or neighborhood?
Holding America to a Higher Standard, But Isn’t That What the US Is All About?
Undoubtedly, even this article will draw a disparate response in a US public now sharply divided along ideology as well as party affiliation and race. Some speak of a lack of family structure or respect for authority within the African-American community, but such rationalization can quickly slip into generalizations and bigotry. Should we also question US society’s alleged love for guns? Some may question Prince Zeid’s standing on this matter, but he has acted to also bring to light and question various grave violations from China, Russia, to the Middle East and Africa. Prince Zeid is a Jordan national, but he has served the UN in various capacities including an inward looking, unprecedented report on sexual abuse by UN-mandated staff/peacekeepers. Prince Zeid is an Oxford-educated legal expert with whom I had the honor to help shape the Rome Statute and the establishment of the International Criminal Court. He is a long-time US resident married to an American and father to children born in the US who by birth and education are linked to Michael Brown and Tamir Rice, all American kids.
See: “Can Muslim UN Human Rights Chief Save Humanity From Itself?”
Rather than try to rationalize shootings in Ferguson, Cleveland or Florida by comparing such to the brutality of such regimes as Syria or abuses in China or Russia or Venezuela, as Americans we need to set a higher standard and similarly aspire to be held accountable to such. Global citizens as well as fellow Americans need to demand the tough questions to be asked even if answers may be more elusive. The US Federal authorities and US prosecutors appear inclined to act specifically in the Ferguson case at least to examine whether Michael Brown’s civil rights were violated under US law. It is probably appropriate also to question the treatment of journalists and free media by law enforcement in Ferguson. Even many law enforcement officials beyond Ferguson’s city lines have placed blame on the overreaction and provocation of its police department estranged from its community. Further, there are questions beyond this one immediate event:
1 – Is there a legacy and still persistent reality of “institutionalized discrimination” in the US particularly among local law enforcement and prosecutors’ offices?
2 – Have US police departments become overly militarized, in part empowered and effectively armed by the recent programs that have raised fears of terror and provided surplus military equipment – another risk long ago raised by then US President Eisenhower who warned of the undue influence of the “military industrial complex.” (The US has a disproportionate number of persons, white, black, etc. killed in encounters with police.)
3 – Has the U.S. privatized law enforcement and prisons to such a degree that profit becomes a priority, thus raising mistrust between police and minority populations, who are disproportionately likely to end up as disenfranchised prisoners?
Read “Is the US a Jail Happy Society?”
The longer-term implications for US influence may be more dire with American leadership and values challenged by accusations of hypocrisy and US soldiers and diplomats viewed with greater suspicion in foreign lands, much as US police within certain cities. Prince Zeid and I are believers in US leadership at the UN, in confronting grave violations of international humanitarian law and promoting the rule of law. American exceptionalism starts at home with judges, prosecutors and law enforcement to be set by example and not by troops in foreign lands. Nonetheless, the US has held itself apart from the International Criminal Court and the Rome Statute. The perception is negatively compounded if US law enforcement appears to be acting beyond the US’s own Constitutional standards and perhaps more akin to paramilitary and selective legality when addressing its own citizens in Ferguson or any other US city.
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PHOTO: Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey with Muhammad Ali at the UN
When it takes up to four million pounds of sand to frack a single well, it’s no wonder that demand is outpacing supply and frack sand producers are becoming the biggest behind-the-scenes beneficiaries of the American oil and gas boom.
Demand is exploding for “frac sand” — a durable, high-purity quartz sand used to help produce petroleum fluids and prop up man-made fractures in shale rock formations through which oil and gas flows — turning this segment into the top driver of value in the shale revolution.
“One of the major players in Eagle Ford is saying they’re short 6 million tons of 100 mesh alone in 2014 and they don’t know where to get it. And that’s just one player,” Rasool Mohammad, President and CEO of Select Sands Corporation told Oilprice.com.
Frack sand exponentially increases the return on investment for a well, and oil and gas companies are expected to use some 95 billion pounds of frack sand this year, up nearly 30 percent from 2013 and up 50 percent from forecasts made just last year.
Pushing demand up is the trend for wider, shorter fracs, which require twice as much sand. The practice of downspacing — or decreasing the space between wells — means a dramatic increase in the amount of frac sand used. The industry has gone from drilling four wells per square mile to up to 16 using shorter, wider fracs. In the process, they have found that the more tightly spaced wells do not reduce production from surrounding wells.
This all puts frac sand in the drivers’ seat of the next phase of the American oil boom, and it’s a commodity that has already seen its price increase up to 20 percent over the past year alone.
Frac sand is poised for even more significant gains over the immediate term, with long-term contracts locking in a lucrative future as exploration and production companies experiment with using even more sand per well.
Pioneer Natural Resources Inc. says the output of wells is up to 30 percent higher when they are blasted with more sand.
Citing RBC Capital Markets, The Wall Street Journal noted that approximately one-fifth of onshore wells are now being fracked with extra sand, while the trend could spread to 80 percent of all shale wells.
Oilfield services giants such as Halliburton Co. and Baker Hughes Inc. are stockpiling sand now, hoping to shield themselves from rising costs of the high-demand product, according to a recent Reuters report. They’re also buying more sand under contract — a trend that will lead to more long-term contracts and a longer-term boost for frac sand producers.
In this environment, the new game is about quality and location.
Frac sand extraction could spread to a dozen US states that have largely untapped sand deposits, but the biggest winners will be the biggest deposits that are positioned closest to major shale plays such as Eagle Ford, the Permian Basin, Barnett, Haynesville and the Tuscaloosa marine shale play.
The state of Wisconsin has been a major frac sand venue, with over 100 sand mines, loading and processing facilities permitted as of 2013, compared to only five sand mines and five processing plants in 2010.
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But with the surge in demand for this product, companies are looking a bit closer to shale center to cut down on transportation costs and improve the bottom line.
One of the hottest new frac sand venues is in Arkansas’ Ozark Mountains, which is not only closer by half to the major shale plays, saving at least 25 percent per ton on transportation costs, but also allows for year-round production that will fill the gap in shortages when winter prevents mining in northern states.
“In the southern US, we can operate year round, so there is no fear of a polar vortex like that we saw last year with some other producers,” says Mohammad of Select Sands, which has two known producing frac sand mines in northeastern Arkansas, in the Ozark Mountains, and sells the bulk of its frac sand to producers in the Eagle Ford, Barnett and Haynesville shales, as well as in the new marine shale, Tuscaloosa.
Chicago-based consulting company Professional Logistics Group Inc. found in 2012 that transportation represented 58 percent of the cost of frac sand, while Select Sands estimates the costs between 66-75 percent today.
The competition is stiff, but this game is still unfolding, while increased demand is reshaping the playing field.
US Silica Holdings Inc. says demand for its own volumes of sand could double or triple in the next five years, and its three publicly-traded rivals — Emerge Energy Services Fairmount Santrol and Hi-Crush Partners have also made strong Wall Street debuts over the past two years.
Source: Oilprice.com
By. James Stafford of Oilprice.com
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has overturned Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage, but he is putting his order on hold for two weeks so the state can appeal.
U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday.
State attorneys have already said they will ask the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block Reeves’ order.
Mississippi has a 1997 law and a 2004 voter-approved constitutional amendment that define marriage as being between a man and a woman. Two lesbian couples and a gay-rights group filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn those. Reeves heard arguments Nov. 13.
Plaintiffs’ attorney Roberta Kaplan says gay Mississippians deserve the dignity of equal treatment.
Republican Gov. Phil Bryant and Democratic Attorney General Jim Hood filed written arguments asking Reeves to uphold Mississippi’s marriage rules.
Late last week, Interpol were on their way to Canada from Ohio when they were stuck in Buffalo, New York, due to a massive snowstorm that nailed the city. The band were stuck for over 50 hours on their tour bus and as they tweeted their adventure of doing nothing and passed the time, they had to cancel a number of shows due to their situation. By the weekend, the band were safely free and their tour resumed. On Monday night, one of their first shows after what was called “Winterpol” they began the first of three sold-out nights inside Terminal 5.
Arriving on stage to a heroes welcome, the slick New York City rockers sprang into action with “Say Hello to the Angels,” off their stellar 2002 debut, Turn on the Bright Lights, the record that pushed them to the forefront with The Strokes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, of the early 2000’s wave of influential New York City bands that would shape the music of the years and next decade to come. It was then into “My Blue Supreme,” off their fantastic new album, El Pintor, that showed the balance between new and old Interpol to their crowd. Performing in front of a giant screen that featured the cover of their new record, random images of the band, distorted live video of them performing, and various films as they ripped through their set which was heavy on their first and latest records. Singer Paul Banks looked so thrilled to not only be back on stage, but back to his hometown, yet, it was guitarist Daniel Kessler that really stole the show with his movements on stage, guitar playing, and most of all, energy he was projecting to the Manhattan crowd.
During their 90-minute set, the band sprinkled in fan favorites like “PDA,” “Slow Hands,” “Evil,” “Lights,” and “The Lighthouse.” As their first set came to a close with the bombastic “Slow Hands,” it nearly felt as if this band could go on for two hours more and they looked like it too. As they retreated to the wings, fans clearly wanted more, chanting “N!Y!C!,” “Encore!,” “More!,” even if they wanted to end the night, there was no way over 3,000 people inside would let them go quietly. Coming back on stage to perform their latest hit, “All the Rage Back Home,” it not only sounded better live, the energy of the crowd brought it to new heights. Yet, the highlight of the night came from “NYC,” the song that spoke to and still speaks to every New Yorker, young and old, after 9/11. This was the song that took them from being a well respected New York band to a much loved New York band. As Taylor Swift’s false ode to New York dominates modern radio and charts, her and her Times Square-esque song should have paid attention to this track; “NYC,” is and will always remain that song that sums up this crazy city perfectly.
Interpol’s hometown throwdown continues until Thanksgiving Eve and while we are glad the band were able to play these shows and return home safely, they do prove that there is no place like home.
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