Conrad Life Report

Topics: holiday parties, Peter McManus in Chelsea, Bear Cafe in Bearsville, Cucina in Woodstock, 2022 running stats, COVID, Phish at Madison Square Garden, Yo La Tengo Hanukkah at Bowery Ballroom, Mali Obamsawin, Leyenda, Travel Bar, Skippy in town, Jeff Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Stella Maris by Cormac McCarthy, My Life in the Sunshine by Nabil Ayers, This is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-...

Topics: days off, Bobbi's Italian Beef, Haven, The Dutch, Spring Lounge, Wingbar, L'Industrie Pizzeria, holiday parties, I Get Wild + Balthrop Alabama at Littlefield, Bonny Light Horseman + Cassandra Jenkins at Music Hall of Williamsburg, The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy, When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison by Greil Marcus, new glasses.

Topics: Neighborhood report, Wingbar on Smith Street, new smoke shops, Sociale, Shelsky's of Brooklyn, Black Gold, NYC Marathon, Election Day, Dhamaka, The Grand Delancey, ProductCon, S&P/Eisenberg's, Arturo's, 787 Coffee on East 10th Street, H-Mart on 2nd Avenue, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, Suede + Manic Street Preachers at King's Theatre, Isomonstrosity s/t, Quiet By Your Side by Jude Flanne...

Topics: Neighborhood report, Poetica Coffee on Smith Street, Black Mountain Wine House, Villager on Classon Avenue, I Get Wild at Colony in Woodstock, The Mud Club in Woodstock, Greenpoint Loft, stoop hangs, Bonnie Prince Billy at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, Halloween, Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip by Various Artists, Reason In Decline by Archers of Loaf, Garcia Live Vol 19: October...

Topics: care package from British Columbia, Bee's Knees Provisions, Central Park, running, Ray Rizzo with Bridget St. John and Michael Shannon at Rockwood Music Hall, The National at Capitol Theatre, Pet Shop Boys and New Order at Madison Square Garden, Pavement and Horesegirl at Kings Theatre, trip to Baltimore, Camden Yards, trip to Ontario, high school reunion, Autofiction by Suede, In These Ti...

Topics: neighborhood report, stoop hangs, watering the school garden, Dolce Brooklyn, Nicky's Unisex, Roger Waters at Madison Square Garden, trip to New Haven, Old Heidelberg, Ordinary, Modern Apizza, Norwalk Cove Mini Golf, first day of school, Sunny's, Strong Rope Red Hook, Live at Gilley's by Kris Kristofferson, Eight Freedoms by New Freedom Sound, How Do You Burn? by Afghan Whigs, I'm So Free:...

Topics: Neighborhood report, Ruthie's, pizza at Lee's Tavern on Staten Island, F&F Pizza, Baby Luc's Pizza, Staten Island FunPark, Shipwrecked mini golf, Elvis Costello and the Imposters at Pier 17, Rage Against the Machine and Run the Jewels at Madison Square Garden, Jacob Riis Park/Rockaway Beach, Crown Heights Armory, Crown Heights Cafe, Bourbon Bros meetup, stoop hangs, Success by Oneida, Frea...

Topics: Smith Street Pizza, trip to Rhode Island, Fox Farm Brewery, Little Narragansett Bay boat ride, illness in house, I Get Wild + Stuart Bogie at Littlefield 7/29/22, trip to Maine, Marlborough, MA hotel, Biddeford Mills Museum, Back Cove Trail, The Holy Donut, Crescent Beach, Kennebunkport, Old Orchard Beach, Palace Playland, Bissell Brothers Brewing, spreading ashes, Maine Beer Company, LL B...

Topics: Neighborhood report, backyard hangs, 33 1/3 The National: Boxer at Rough Trade, City Island, 239 Play, Turtle Cove Mini Golf, Rockaway Beach, Flower + Martha's Vineyard Ferries at Mama Tried, David Lemieux, Dead and Company at Citi Field, out of town visitors, dehydration, Bar Bruno, Bar Great Harry, stoop hangs, F&F Pizza, Voice of Chunk by the Lounge Lizards, Tremblers and Goggles By Ran...

Topics: Dobbs, neighborhood report, backyard and stoop hangs, Oliver annual checkup, new Delta headhouse/terminal at LaGuardia, trip to Boulder, Dead and Company at Folsom Field, altitude effects, Uber/Lyft prices, last day of school, American Museum of Natural History, Hayden Planetarium, Woodstock, Saugerties Lighthouse, C'mon C'mon, The Kids in the Hall, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Steve Reich: Reich/Richt...

Topics: Trip to Philadelphia, Franklin Institute, Liberty Bell, Princeton, Princeton Record Exchange, Golden Touch, stoop visits, roof hangs, Fragole on Court Street, Walter's in Fort Greene, The History of Bones by John Lurie, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, 'Flicted by Bruce Hornsby, Harry's House by Harry Styles, Sitting Off the Edge of the World by The Yeah Yeah Yeah's, Big Time by Angel Olsen, Ver...

Topics: Uvalde, friends in the hood, Threes Brewing, F&F Pizzeria, solo parenting weekend, stoop hangs, canceled I GET WILD shows, school fundraiser, Commonwealth, Other Half Rockefeller Center, Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+, Palomino by Miranda Lambert, Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar, This is a Photograph by Kevin Morby, Blood Orange by Poster Paints, Cruel Country by Wilco, Childr...

Topics: Neighborhood report, recital, Black Forest Brooklyn, Tacos Casamigas, Alamo Drafthouse, Golden Touch Car Wash, Coney Island, The Cyclone, twenty-five years in NYC, Swift Hibernian Lounge, B Bar, Morningside Heights, Finback Brewery, WingBar, Kentucky Derby, (watch my moves) by Kurt Vile, A Bit Of Previous by Belle & Sebastian, WE by Arcade Fire, 33 1/3: Boxer by Ryan Pinkard.

Topics: Liberty Science Center, Blue & Black on Court Street, Wilco at the United Palace Theater, Uptown Garrison, Le Cheile, West 181st Street, trip to Austin, running trails, Veracruz All Natural, Jo's Coffee, South Congress, pool party, The Meteor, Electric Six + Volk at the Continental Club, Guero's Taco Bar, Kalahari Resort in Round Rock, Lazarus Brewing, Zilker Brewing, Latchkey, Meanwhile B...

Topics: Neighborhood report, COVID numbers, Commonwealth in Park Slope, Wingbar on Smith Street, Henry Public, out of town visitors, continued return to office, Rough Trade, Other Half Rockefeller Center, Savak at Littlefield, Bob Weir at Radio City Music Hall, Wet Leg by Wet Leg, Live In New York City February 8 1975 by Alan Braufman, Terror Twilight by Pavement, The Bear by Walter Martin.

Topics: I Get Wild shows at Littlefield and Colony, Balthrop Alabama, The Ukrainians, Lucky 13 Saloon, Kingston, Rough Draft Bar and Books, Rocket Number Nine Records, Woodstock Pub, Ultraam, Oliver birthday, return to office, Other Half Rockefeller Center, How Does One Begin by Mary Simich, It's A Shame About Ray by The Lemonheads.

Topics: Neighborhood report, masks in schools, The Shimmies play Mardi Gras at Threes Brewing, upcoming 3/5 I Get Wild show at Littlefield, Cincinnati trip, LGA terminal construction, Cincinnati vs Temple Men's Basketball game, Esoteric Brewing, Mt. Echo Park, Hyde Park, Joseph Beth Booksellers, Oakley, old Rolling Stone magazines, Resist by Midnight Oil, The Tipping Point by Tears For Fears, Wild...

Topics: Neighborhood vibe report, COVID numbers, East One Coffee, Baby Luc's Pizza, Super Bowl, Grippo's potato chips, new running shoes, Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You by Big Thief, Lucifer On The Sofa by Spoon, One Day by Cactus Blossoms, Pompeii by Cate le Bon, Time Skiffs by Animal Collective, Lighten Up by Erin Rae, Ants From Up There by Black Country New Road, Unstrung by Marc Rib...

Topics: Neighborhood vibe report, snowstorm, parking the car, The War On Drugs at Madison Square Garden, Cincinnati Bengals, Bar Great Harry, fire pit, COVID numbers, new position at work, Hell On Church Street by Punch Brothers, Covers by Cat Power, The Zealot Gene by Jethro Tull, Anais Mitchell by Anais Mitchell, Strictly A One-Eyed Jack by John Mellencamp, Bloor Street by Kiefer Sutherland.

Welcome to Episode 78! Topics: Cold weather running gear, neighborhood vibe report, COVID testing, new prescription sunglasses, Duo Plus Coffee, Measure Twice, Gian Piero Bakery in Astoria, Oliver doctor visit, Vineapple in Brooklyn Heights, stoop hangs, listening to CDs, Dawn FM by The Weeknd, Radio KAOS by Roger Waters, The Boy Named If by Elvis Costello, How To With John Wilson, The Tragedy Of...

Welcome to Episode 77! Topics: Back to school, canceled shows, going away parties, Circa Brewing, holidays, trip to Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Capitol Hill, Ben's Chili Bowl, Other Half DC, shoe lace shoes for Oliver, Federal Hill, Fell's Point, Hampden, Baltimore In A Box ice cream, Union Craft Brewing, stoop beers, Bar Great Harry, New Year's Eve, mild weather, rooftop hang, Phish free webcast...

Welcome to Episode 76! Topics: neighborhood report, friends in town, Hiss Golden Messenger at Webster Hall, McSorley's Ale House in the East Village, annual eye checkup, I GET WILD at with The Hold Steady at Brooklyn Bowl, Genesis at Madison Square Garden, Tom and Jerry's bar in Nolita, dentist visit, office visit, Bilt Bar in Prospect Heights, F&F Pizza, Taqueria Al Pastor in Brooklyn Heights, Dr...

Welcome to Episode 75! Topics: neighborhood report, Vekslers, Sociale, La Cigogne, Campbell Cheese and Grocery, Thanksgiving, Ashokan Reservoir, Inquiring Minds Books in Saugerties, Not Fade Away and Bread Alone in Woodstock, Michigan/Ohio State game, CityPoint NYC COVID hub, Barclays Center/Modells NYC pop-up, Wild East Brewing, 30 by Adele, The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts by Bruce Springste...

Welcome to Episode 74! Topics: neighborhood report, CityPoint vaccine hub, NYC Marathon, Garden of the Ark practice, day off, F&F Pizza, Black Gold Brooklyn, cassettes, St. Gambrinus Beer Shoppe, Persian Style Lager by Back Home Beer, Pioneer V-7400 player, Bourbon Brothers meetup, Travel Bar, Things Take Time Take Time by Courtney Barnett, The Nearer The Fountain More Pure The Stream Flows by Dam...

Welcome to Episode 73! Topics: cool weather, The Shimmies at B61/Alma, trip to Baltimore, B.C. Brewery in Hunt Valley, Cinghiale in Inner Harbor, Halloween, Election Day, child vaccinations, iPhone acquisition, I Don't Live Here Anymore by The War On Drugs, The Million Things That Never Happened by Billy Bragg, Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert, Schilling Beer Co. Georg, Threes Brewing/Fox Farm Stasis...