Which has since been painted over

Since the New York Times declined to publish the Op Ed, his reaction was the spray art, in Greenpoint.

New York Times

As a visitor staying in New York for the past few weeks one things has become very clear to me, and I say this as a friend – you’ve got to do something about the new World Trade Center. That building is a disaster. Well no, disasters are interesting. One World Trade Center is a non-event. It’s vanilla. It looks like something they would build in Canada.

The attacks of September 11th were an attack on all of us and we will live out our lives in their shadow. But it’s also how we react to adversity that defines us. And the response? 104 floors of compromise.

Remarkably for such a tall structure One World Trade lacks any self-confidence. How does it stand up without a spine? It looks like it never wanted to be built in the first place. It reminds you of a really tall kid at a party, awkwardly shifting his shoulders trying not to stand out from the crowd. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a shy skyscraper.

It would be easy to view One World Trade Centre as a betrayal of every who lost their lives on September 11th, because it so clearly proclaims the terrorists won. those 10 men have condemned us to live in a world more mediocre than the one they attacked, rather than be the catalyst for a dazzling new one.

Nobody comes to New York to bathe in your well-mannered common sense. We’re here for the spirit and audacity. Of which One World Trade has none. Instead you have to look to the rooftops – to the chorus of precariously roller painted names and slogans crawling over the skyline poison ivy. This is the city’s true heritage – a city that made its name giving space to the mercurial and the brace.

One World Trade declares the glory days of New York are gone. You really need to put up a better building in front of it right away. Or better still, let the kids with the roller poles finish it off. Because you currently have under construction a one thousand foot tall sign that reads – New York we lost our nerve.

The Best Hot Sauce In The Entire Word!!!

And that was backed up by Bon Appétit naming Sriracha the Ingredient of the Year in 2010.

I’m throwing down mad foodie game, knowing all the chefs' names
Rolling into K-Town for beepin' boppin' bulgogi
The hotties I chill with are sriracha and kimchee

song from The Simpsons Foodie Episode

Quick fire facts:

• Not a vietnamese hot sauce mysteriously made over seas. The founder, David Tran, moved the company to the U.S. in 1979.
• Contrary to the theory that space dulls the taste buds…Sriracha can be enjoyed in ORBIT to put some flavor in otherwise very bland space food.
• There is even a “Sriracha Challenge”, on how much one can chug (warning: don’t try this at home).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toJDo046mm4#t=2m45s

Tory Y Smooth

Chaz Bundick aka Toro Y Moi’s Campo carries a soul pop sound, that has been consistent through the years.

His last album, Anything in Return, was honored on Rock Genius' Albums of the Year.

https://soundcloud.com/carparkrecords/toro-y-moi-campo

Mad Decent!

Diplo revamps this Grizzly Bear track into a club banger with strong base lines synths.

https://soundcloud.com/grizzlybearband/will-calls-diplo-remix

The pride of Glasgow, Chvrches, does justice to the great Whitney Houston in the only cover song that made the list.

You, too, can see them perform this song if you enter the SiriusXM U sweepstakes! The band will be playing in New York City at the McKittrick Hotel on December 10th.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFZHTt5sTro

Afterlife slips a few spots to number 6, after peaking at number one for consecutive weeks.

They also announced their worldwide tour dates, which they’ve asked their fans to dress up for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r75BFcH4u2k

We are a way for the Cosmos to know itself.
-Carl Sagan

The Pale Blue Dot refers to the photograph above of the planet Earth, taken by the Voyager 1 in 1990.