TWELVE years ago this Saturday LICtalk was born. But long before conception, which for Editors occurs 11 months before birth to increase brain cells, there were ideas, feelings, tones, and appearances that were being formed based on various predecessors. Here I will share four that had a significant impact on what became LICtalk.
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Han Dynasty Is Opening A Branch In LIC
THE Super Bowl is a major celebration and extravaganza for most people, but for some it’s more like a funeral. The season is over and they are suddenly bereft of NFL action for six whole months of Sundays. Talk about withdrawal, there’s some serious cold-turkey with nothing but meaningless regular season NHL/NBA games and zero of substance sports-wise (=life-wise?) until March Madness begins six weeks later. No gridiron methadone for addicts come mid-winter.
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Thinkin’ of you’s workin’ up my appetite
Looking forward to a little afternoon delight
Rubbin’ sticks and stones together makes the sparks ingite
And the thought of lovin’ you is getting so exciting
Sky rockets in flight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
Afternoon delight
SKYDIVING Indoors, an oxymoron if ever there were, but as of today a reality in Long Island City.
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So this is Christmas
And what have you done?
Another year over
And a new one just begun
WELL LIC, we’ve come to the end. And it’s not really all that different than the way we began. In Long Island City anyway.
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Mankind is noodlekind
Momofuku Ando
AS a blog, we have the good fortune to be able to riff on others news. As a blog focused on Long Island City, sometimes that news is sparse, as it has been through most of the summer. This week that is not the case, has the tide turned?
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