I caught the following story on NPR’s All Things Considered (RealAudio stream) last night:
New York is known for its vibrant nightlife, yet in many bars and restaurants it’s illegal to dance. Now, a law professor is challenging the “Cabaret Laws,” claiming they violate a dancer’s right of free expression. The city says dancing by patrons [...]

Posted November 29, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Questionable...funny. Pointless., Style, Fashion and Food. Tags: blue laws, cabaret, cabaret license, dance, dancing, first ammendment, foolish natives, footloose, free expression, free speech, jazz clubs, law, legal challenge, license, lynne taylor-corbett, manhattan, new york, new york city, new york new york, newyork, ny ny, nyc, nyny, paul chevigny, rights, wild strangers. One Comment.

The Video Bulb is a “lipstick-sized tube” that plugs in to your TV’s RCA jack and plays Bitman videos.
GadgetMadness explains what Bitman is:
Bitman is the creation of Japanese Art Performer “Meiwa Denki” and was an 8-bit electronic stick figure who would dance, pose, etc.
The VideoBulb sounds interesting enough, but I think I could get into [...]

Posted August 26, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Questionable...funny. Pointless., Technology. Tags: bitman, bitman video bulb, bitman videobulb, gadget, gadget shop, japan, new york, new york city, nyc, video bulb, videobulb, zakka, zakka shop, zakka shop & space. One Comment.

The New York Metro reports that the sex industry is expecting a 20 to 50 percent uptick in business while the Republicans are in town for the Republican National Convention this week. Mary, a stripper at Ten’s Cabaret speaks from experience. She worked the 2000 RNC in Philadelphia and expects the strip clubs in NYC [...]

Posted August 28, 2004 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy. Tags: dom, domination, kink, kinky, new york, new york city, nyc, presidential election, republican, republican national convention, republicans, rnc, sex, sex workers. 9 Comments.