Hello to everyone coming from Pitchfork's web site! You can see my portfolio, more of my concert photography on Flickr, as well as all shows I have covered for Pitchfork. Selected prints are also available on my Imagekind store, with more available upon request. Thanks for viewing.
links for 2008-05-14
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A side by side comparison photo tour in New York City and Liberty City...
05.14.08 
links for 2008-05-13
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On the brink of opening the grandest Grand Sichuan yet, the chainlet's indefatigable founder explains what's wrong with Chinese food in New York, and how he intends to fix it.
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Today we're releasing a new beta version of Reader designed for the iPhone and other mobile phones with advanced browsers. You can use it by visiting http://www.google.com/reader/i/ on your phone.
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I find it fascinating the struggle between a perceived signal to noise problem, and the people use the "at reply" as a way of "overhearing" interesting conversations between others.
05.13.08
links for 2008-05-12
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"They are Abbott & Costello with dirty mouths--indomitable, ungovernable, and possibly immortal."
05.12.08
Shearwater
May 5, 2008 - Shearwater performs Rook, joined by a string quartet, woodwinds, trumpets, and a harpist, with projections by Kahn & Selesnick, at the Florence Gould Hall Theatre, French Institute Alliance Française in New York, NY.
The full set on Flickr. Shearwater just keeps getting better and better. Their upcoming album, Rook, is amazing, otherworldly, eerie, and beautiful. Rook performed live is amazing, especially in an intimate theatre in New York City, on a warm spring night.
© 2008 Kathryn Yu. All rights reserved. Use without prior written consent is prohibited. Don't post this on your blog without asking.
05.10.08
links for 2008-05-10
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"You're one of my favorite pictures," Ms. Freedman said. "You froze me in time," Mr. Pesa replied....
05.10.08
links for 2008-05-09
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I love NY.
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Matt Lauer of the "Today" show this morning got rare access into one of New York's City's best hidden spaces -- the abandoned rail platfrm under the Waldorf-Astoria hotel.
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Featuring my shots.
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Great set of noshing photographs at the Golden Shopping Mall, 41-28 Main St., Flushing, Queens.
05.09.08
links for 2008-05-07
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Three stars!
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Discover how Greenmarket ingredients influence these chefs' menus, what they love most about the farmers markets, and, back at the restaurant, feast on a unique meal featuring Greenmarket's bounty.
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The question is: Can we eat delicious, groundbreaking, cook-centric food and feel well-taken-care-of at the same time? Is that even possible with cooks doing the serving?
05.07.08
links for 2008-05-06
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Very excited for our upcoming meal in July. I hope some of the dishes described make it onto the menu by then.
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Here is a portfolio of photographs of Achatz and his food.
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Looks like the violet, olive, and strawberry dessert discussed in the New Yorker article did make it to the menu. I hope it's still there when we get there.
05.06.08
links for 2008-05-05
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"Surprisingly decent" was the consensus among nine reviewers who visited chain restaurants in the suburbs around New York City.
05.05.08
links for 2008-05-04
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Hong Kong-based independent labels. 181 Lafayette St. New York, NY. May 2nd - 31st. Cash only.
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I've been moderating the Flickr Concert Photography group for a few weeks now. Here is some great recent work from our members.
05.04.08
links for 2008-05-03
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Matt Tyson and Mike Grimes, the team behind the music blog Ear Farm, take the indie music scene pretty seriously. The other thing they take seriously: barbecue. And on a road trip to Austin's South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival, these worlds collid
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A half sized version of his would be very popular in NYC if enough apartments had easily accessible water hookups.
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How? A razor thin profit margin by opening stores in underperforming malls; by building its own bare-bones displays; by maintaining only a small PR office in Manhattan; by not advertising; by using discount hotels; by hiring mostly recent college grads.
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A closer look at ice cubes that are currently en vogue -- because a drink is only as good as its rocks.
05.03.08
links for 2008-05-02
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Ah, New York. Er, Liberty City.
05.02.08
links for 2008-04-30
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It looks like New York. It sounds like New York. It feels like New York. Liberty City has been so meticulously created it almost even smells like New York.
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New York is known as the city that never sleeps. That might sound exciting, but if you live next to a night club that closes at 4 a.m., it can also be exhausting.
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"There wasn't a person there who wasn't moving, sweating through their headbands, American Apparel way-too-short Prefontaine shorts, and halter tops. Somewhere across the desert, MGMT wept.
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"The Zero Waste charger is a true power-down charger with a recognisable branded element - the push-button. When pressed, the push-button reassuringly starts glowing, the charger delivers a 1-hour charge cycle and then shuts off. Off as in 0mW."
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To prove Jaron wrong, simply submit a candidate in the comments: a musician with no ties to old media models, now making 100% of their living in the open media environment.
04.30.08
