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By Bob Doto on June 28, 2011 • ( 2 Comments )

Doing Yoga in Times Square is Meant to Calm You Down Somehow

I wasn’t able to catch any of this year’s Solstice Yoga Extravaganza in Times Square, nor was I able to do any in-depth coverage of head-set microphone usage, but I did manage to catch a bit of it on the ol’ computer screen. Here are two curious examples of what […]

By Bob Doto on June 27, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Vishnu Has Finally Come to Brooklyn |:| Cheeky and Cute (Digital) Avatars Follow |:| Buddha as Snake

Thanks to Not New York reader, Gary, for the tip regarding Brooklyn Museum’s recently opened exhibit Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior, which will be hanging on the walls from June 24 to October 2, 2011 in the Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing on the 4th Floor of the building. From […]

By Bob Doto on June 22, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Ethiopian Magic Scrolls |:| You Know You Love Talismans

Am I sounding like a broken record yet? Once again Phantasmaphile has hipped me to a happening we should all be clamoring to attend. Elizabeth Street Fine Arts’ (209 Elizabeth St.) latest exhibit “Ethiopian Magic Scrolls: Talismanic Art of Ethiopia” (ending June 30th) is where you wanna be to get […]

By Bob Doto on June 21, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Yoga in Times Square Today Means Many Headset Microphones

When I was a kid, if you played in a punk band, and you happened to be the drummer, that meant you didn’t get to sing. Perhaps it was a harsh code to live by, but thems were the breaks, and those that decided to be too cool for uncool […]

By Bob Doto on June 20, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

The Mormons Are Coming! |:| Mormons Are Just Like You |:| But I Bet You Still Don’t Buy It

Get ready, kids, ’cause the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is making their way over to our super “secular” city to promote some multi-culti religious fun. According to the LDS Newsroom, the organization began it’s “I’m a Mormon” campaign here in the city just last week. Looks like […]

By Bob Doto on June 16, 2011 • ( 1 Comment )

Gay Marriage, Gay Pastors, Gay Starbucks Employees |:| New York is So Gay |:| One Vote Away |:| Cross Fingers

Trying to comprehend the ways in which people who happen to like the intimate company of others of a similar gender have had to struggle to be accepted alongside people who happen to like the intimate company of those of a less similar gender is mind-imploding. Seriously, it hurts. If […]

By Bob Doto on June 15, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Rabbi Accused of Setting Rival’s House on Fire |:| Green-Eyed Monster Cometh?

You see this? I leave you alone for one second, NYC, and you’ve got rabbis allegedly burning ex-members of their congregation who jumped ship for another temple. From Gothamist: “The Rockland County man who has been hospitalized with third-degree burns over half his body following a crazy arson attempt last […]

By Bob Doto on June 13, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Boulder, Christ-Love, and Channeled Texts

Today is my second-to-last full day in Boulder, CO, and the Niwot curse is beginning to wear off. I’ve pretty much done all the stuff I wanted to, today sealing my trip with a jaunt up to arguably my favorite place on earth, the small town of Nederland, home of […]

By Bob Doto on June 11, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Phantasmaphile Interview With PROMETHEA Artist, J.H. Williams III

Some of you may remember my “the universe is watching me” post about reading Alan Moore’s Promethea on the subway and the subsequent bonding experience I had with one of NYC’s more “expressive” straphangers. Some of you have no idea what I’m talking about. That’s ok. Click the linked text […]

By Bob Doto on June 10, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

In Boulder, CO Until Tuesday |:| Niwot Curse in Full Effect |:| Who the Hell is Braco?

The Niwot Curse, laid down by Chief Niwot of the Southern Arapahoe people, states that “People seeing the beauty of [Boulder valley] will want to stay, and their staying will be the undoing of the beauty.” Now, people who know me understand that I have been truly cursed, as I […]

By Bob Doto on June 9, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Put That Tube Top Down, Woman |:| Hasids in the Heat |:| Religious Sanctioned Clothing as Spiritual Practice

If it wasn’t true before, it’s defs true today: The news media only reports on Muslims when they’re trying to blow something up, santeros when they’re supposedly leaving decapitated animals all over the place, vodou practitioners when they’re burning things, and Jews when they freak out over the way women […]

By Bob Doto on June 8, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Wanna Ouija on TV? |:| NYC Area Casting Call

This call for participants was posted over at the very lovely Phantasmaphile who received it in an email and thought it interesting enough to put up. Obviously, this fits right in with my little humble blog: SUBJECT: TV company looking for participants interested in a doing a Ouija-board session: Have […]

By Bob Doto on June 8, 2011 • ( 1 Comment )

NEW RELIGIONS: The Order of the Stone |:| Don’t Be Left Behind!

Every few months I teach a course called “Start Yr Own Religion” at Brooklyn’s ever-expanding creative arts facility 3rd Ward. In addition to getting to know the world’s religions (and cults) through visuals and documentary footage, students are asked to create deities, symbols, core tenets (beliefs), rituals, and propaganda. Always […]

By Bob Doto on June 7, 2011 • ( 2 Comments )

God Tells Man To Swim Across New York Harbor |:| Man Accepts Challenge |:| Police Nix It

This past Sunday at about 4:30pm a man, egged on by none other than God shimself, plunged into the chilly waters of New York Harbor attempting to carry out the will of the Boss Man, and make the three-quarter mile swim from Liberty State Park to Liberty Island. Unfortunately, the […]

By Bob Doto on June 6, 2011 • ( Leave a comment )

Giant Eye To Watch Over Columbus Circle

I remember thinking that I once maybe heard that the reason people like babies so much is because humans are programmed to love the site of vulnerable beings with disproportionately large body parts. I sorta think I remember hearing too that this is why people are so in love with […]

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