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December 20, 2005
Merry Swankster Crystal Ball - Urban Hitchhikers will be the It band of 2006
The New York Times spins it oh so romantic:
Shivering, intrepid and occasionally befuddled this morning, New Yorkers faced down the first citywide transit strike in a quarter-century by walking, biking and carpooling through their frigid city as the transit workers and the state agency that employs them remained deadlocked over a new contract.Millions of commuters sought to escape the 20-degree morning cold by seeking out private buses, taxis or drivers willing to take urban hitchhikers into the city after the transport workers union, following days of start-and-stop negotiations, announced a general strike at 3 a.m.
Somewhere in either Brooklyn, Astoria or the LES a bunch of art students/corporate American rejects are hatching inspiration for a band that, in 2006, will be elevated by bloggers, canonized by the British weeklies, eaten up by critics and spit out by backlashing NYC scenesters. They will be called the Urban Hitchhikers and their first single will be about riding in the back of a pickup truck on the BQE in twenty degree weather and it will be called Meeker/Morgan Christmas.
Tags: Urban Hitchhikers, Transit Strike, NYC
Posted by Merry Swankster at December 20, 2005 04:38 PM
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