Obligatory Hurricane Post

EMPAC has announced that contemporary artist Laurie Anderson (who is married to Lou Reed) is EMPAC’s new artist-in-residence for the next three years. From EMPAC: As one of America’s foremost contemporary artists; a persistent experimenter at the intersection of performance, media, and technology; and an inventor of tools and instruments, Anderson and EMPAC’s exceptional research…

southwest planning direct flights from hotlanta to alb [tu] scratch bakery bounces, not terribly surprised [tu] alb parole officer gets a beej from a parolee, admits he’s dumb [tu] troy dude arrested for jaywalking (enforce that shit in albany, PLEASE), has a loaded handgun and crack [tr] dude gets 2nd dwi in a week, in…

From the Times Union: The Nov. 3 party at Spare Time Bowling Alley featured two exotic dancers performing for partygoers as young as 14. The dancers stripped to thong underwear and bras and gave lap dances to some of the teenagers. A photo taken with a cellphone camera shows an upside-down dancer with a teen’s…

intel and ibm building $4b complex at ualbany [tu] el loco is for sale [tu] ppl real mad about sneaky petes wanting to come to north albany, dont pearl st my broadway [tu] burrito joes opening uptown [tu] dudes busted with 10+ lbs of weeeeed [tr] cuomo signs law restricting protests at military funerals [st]…

it’s tax day. [kab] bbq wars are beginning [tr] dude who stole two polos at the mall had a loaded sawn off in his backpack [tr] cp woman charged with falsely reporting assault [saratogian] some dude made cars drive somewhere else and now is a hero for making the air cleaner [ynn] dude got caught…

profit hungry landlords make parking in the lot near browns in troy $5/car, not doing anyone a favor [tu] saratoga knows how to party, takes 31 cops to break up fight [tu] almost kill and pour bleach on my wife then demand 100k ransom from her family guy pleads guilty [tu] cohoes womans body found…