*Everyday Chatter

The dialogue on the Scribbler wall is what we had before we had online comment threads, just plain old ink. Now the wall is going "post-digital," with the addition of something called the Street Tweet:


A conference was held this week to look at how “the city is facing new threats to its longtime dominance in the creative fields" as artists are pushed out. What did they discover? [CNY]

Take a field trip to "one of New York City’s best-kept secrets,"Jerry Ohlinger’s Movie Materials Store. [TC]

Television ads are being installed on subway cars. Another assault for the senses. [RS]

"It's not every night you see Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker hanging out in the back room of a dimly lit bar on lower Avenue C." [Grub]

Aces & 8s tries rebranding strategy to quell E. Villagers' ire. [EVG]

The Bowery's Billy Leroy cleared of charges for selling subway signage. [WSJ]

Fashionista shoppers. Waiting in line. In their underpants. [Racked]

And in case you didn't notice: Stupid Is Spreading. Here is what The Idiocracy looks like:

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