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Our Purim was a BLAST!  There were 4 different JDub artists playing parties, 3 in NYC and one in Los Angeles — were you at any of our events?  Tell us how they went!

Luckily, we’ve got loads of photos from our HAMANBASHIN’ Purim party at the CSV on the Lower East Side in NYC.  The rest of those pictures are HERE.  All photos courtesy of Dan Sieradski.

Want more?  Metromix New York sent a photographer out, and that gallery is HERE.

Haman! Boo! - The Macaroons

The Macaroons would like to wish the world a Happy Purim!! While you’re preparing your costume or shaking your grogger, be sure to grab this free track from the Macaroons called “Haman!Boo!” It’s Purim appropriate and catchy as all heck.  “Haman! Boo!” is just a little taste of what to expect from their debut album, Let’s Go Coconuts!, available in stores April 6th.

Looking for something to do with your Purim?  We’ve got the stuff!

If you’re in LA, the Macaroons are playing a Purim bash at The Echo!

If you’re in NYC, we’re hosting the big HAMANBASHIN‘ gig at CSV on the LES!  Plus, we have a new TICKET SPECIAL:  if you come in costume, your ticket at the door is only $10!

I’ve recently switched over my obsessive office caffeine intake from black coffee/espresso to ice coffee for the 95 degree NYC days, and bemoaned the fact that my favorite coffee shop(s) all seem to use clear plastic cups that carry #5 inside the recycling arrows. Translation: they can’t be recycled in NYC. Why are they in the recycling arrows then?  I don’t know either. Moreover, many now have the #7 on them. Translation: they are “bioplastics” usually made with genetically modified corn, combined with plastic components that require an “institutional anaerobic composting facility” to actually compost. Guess what? We don’t have those in NYC either. You’ve been had.

I also recently attended (and highly recommend) the Song Dong exhibit Waste Not at the MoMA (as pictured above) with my wife and wanted to share the boil down bit of Chinese philosophy regarding frugality as it applies to recycling: if it can still be used, you save it. Now if only the baristas wouldn’t look at me funny when I hand them a used #7.

If you live in NYC, you might have noticed that it has been raining for days and it doesn’t look like it’s going to be drying up any time soon.  In fact, I have gotten caught in torrential downpours more times in the last couple of days than I have the entire past year!  It got me to thinking whether the infamous umbrella-hat fulfilled the commandment of Jewish men keeping their heads covered — I mean, if you had one of these

babies on, would there really be any need for a yarmulke?  I can see why they might not work, as there is space between the head and the actual covering.  Any thoughts from our Halachically-inclined readers?

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