7/9/08
Camera: Nikon D70

Recession? Which Recession?

The much talked about significant decline in general economic activity must be happening elsewhere but not Greater New York! Has my Fotolog job ad received more than 100 responses last year in October, it got responded by a meager 23 people this time of year. Same company, same job, same duties, same pay - even same manager - me:) Maybe something has to change here.Batman_delancey .. With less people to choose from, I activated my own networks (webgrrls, linkedin, etc.) but to no avail. I even searched resumes on craigslist for interesting candidates and sent emails to more than 10 people and only 2 so far responded.

Is everybody digging summer, not wanting to work, left alone changing jobs which means even more work at least at the beginning?

Bottom line: I don't think there's a recession happening in New York City, people seem to be just fine! Rents are still high, concerts and other venues sold out faster than you can spell "ticketmaster" and over all there seems to be a big, fat saturation laming each and everybody! And the temperature is not even in the hundreds yet!

Speaking of concerts, I made it to the free Battery Park concert of the Sonic Youth which was pretty amazing, especially given the thunderstorm backdrop. The 4th of July fireworks was affected even more. But Oliver, Volkmar and I had much fun - nonetheless!

My favorite not-yet-famous-but-soon-to-be New York band, the Statues of Liberty, played the Knitting Factory, last Sunday and there will be another chance to catch John, Hal and Hitomi live this upcoming Friday at the Delancey! And just announced, my "Union Square Market" friend John Carpenter plays Union Hall this upcoming Sunday. He's opening for The Crimea, a fairly popular UK band. I am looking forward to all these shows!

Also, John Law (Statues) is currently on TV, Fuse that is, with a show called Rock'n Roll Acid Test - Check it out - It's fun and it is unique!

Since we're at "TV" - I am very much looking forward to the new season of MadMan - hands down the best TV show to date! And that on AMC - and not the more likely players HBO & Co! Have you seen MadMan?

What do YOU think? Share YOUR thoughts!

+++++NO SPAM PLEASE+++++SPAM WILL GET PROSECUTED+++++NO SPAM PLEASE+++++

Guestbook Messages (103)

agitalaconamor said on 7/9/08 5:18 PM …

HELLO, THEY CAN ACTIVATE THE GROUP
http://www.fotolog.com/grupo_la12pte
PLEASE FOR ONE MONTH EH I BEGIN
THANK YOU

javiercrux said on 7/9/08 5:29 PM …

nice photo!

you have a great camera!
i will buy a nikon anyday!

bye!!!

daleq_va said on 7/9/08 5:44 PM …

No spam please? hmm nobody read :S

Kisses Elke...

PLEASE read my email, is importan to me, i feel forgot :(

A big hug :) See you

Rodri

chupameelrecto said on 7/9/08 5:58 PM …

I love you pictures.. You're a Master.. XD..

Very Good LucK..

ErIcK From Argentina L.P. Santa Rosa..

daleq_va said on 7/9/08 5:59 PM …

Thaaaaaankkssss :)

I'm nervous jiji . I'm going to read the manuals again ;)

Kisses =)

reetromiica said on 7/9/08 6:34 PM …

hola gorr..paso..
pasas por el mio??
dale...
bzooo

alex_sw91 said on 7/9/08 6:38 PM …

Hi once again Elke :)

Question, what was the color of the car on the other picture? :P

Have a nice day Elke :D

Alex

marianito_182 said on 7/9/08 7:00 PM …

Hi elke...nice photos, i can see that you like photos in sepia, i like it too...but it´s not completely sepia...which colour is it? jajaj...i liked a lot the foto of the AD of sex and the city...kisses

Marianito...

morochon0tdead said on 7/9/08 7:04 PM …

Again, Hello elke. how are you? I hope that this perfect one. I say the truth to him that you when answering itself are glad the day. I never thought that it was going to respond to me. I thank for much to him, every day that I visit both profiles of fotolog that you have I fall in love but with the city of New York. I would like if she could put an image of the building of fotolog.com Hopefully it could know sometimes it in person or although it is by image. I wait for its answer by email and it does not doubt in giving any group me that this only, I will be in charge to moderate it perfectly as you liked. Thanks for everything :)

/Morochon0tdead.

maniacal_plague said on 7/9/08 10:08 PM …

me encanta este fotolog (L)

flor_marthis said on 7/9/08 11:12 PM …

ITS SO COOL

I LOVE YOUR PIC, AND B&W ARE EVEN BETTER THAT I COLOR
ARE AMAIZING

REALY NICE JOB

OKY TAKE CARE

BYE

tincho__floresta said on 7/9/08 11:18 PM …

Exelent picture :)
more kisses elke!

Martin!

faku_x said on 7/9/08 11:40 PM …

hi
i really don't understand the relation between the pic and what u said but it's a free expression place :P

i really don't know much about economy in the us or more specifically about nyc... but i do think something very similar to what u think, about buenos aires, the capital city of argentina, which is the largest city in the country...

anyways...
i have never been able to get that much in touch with underground bands... almost all my friends do but i never got really interested in it...

i always forget to say that your pics make me like nyc even more... when i go to the us it's going to be one of the must visit places

anyways it would be nice to chat online with u sometime! i've been visiting your flog for a while now and i think it'd be nice
so if you feel like u can add me to your msn messenger contact list if u use it, my address is in my info

greetings!

lebart said on 7/9/08 11:45 PM …

Elke solve the problem.
thank you for your attention.
I hope that you read the NEW e mail to send you

greetings,,

Leandro Vilela

xunxitoh__x said on 7/10/08 12:59 AM …

I can please give directions to a group in Cree please fotolog

preesaenmiciudad said on 7/10/08 1:11 AM …

Hello Elke! How are you? I hope you get better :)
that you have a pretty day, kisses ^^

.

hmvilla said on 7/10/08 6:28 AM …

I love ur picture? Im really looking for watching the movie.
Saludos!

intakito said on 7/10/08 6:38 AM …

If the boy were been in front of 'es' of Essex St Station... it would be te Sex St Station, jeja
:P
Kisss

denise_wg said on 7/10/08 11:17 AM …

Sonic Youth is one of my favourite in the old days :)

Back to your point on economic recession, i would say it apparently come to a downturn, not only for US, but other parts of the world. This recession will not drive the expenditure cost lower. even inflation keep going, and cost of basic human needs are increased a lot. What difference is - it never impact the luxury market or for those never get worry of the basic needs. The effect of polarization of the rich and the poor becomes more significant.

x_23_40_x said on 7/10/08 12:39 PM …

pictures fantastic.

gity_y_y said on 7/10/08 12:39 PM …

pictures fantastic. me agregas
a thus Efes xfa :) avisame thu ya etaii
en los mios ^^

me ayudas cn

brenchu_colys said on 7/10/08 12:59 PM …

olitaz gor

aca me re paso

espero q andes re bien

te cuidas mushiio

hermosa la pic

t dejo un re beso

byeeeeee

______________
?BrEnDiItAaªh?

franko5004 said on 7/10/08 1:05 PM …

Well, the world economy is kind of complicated. Every website I get in talks about recession in USA, in the world, the don't-know-what-will-happen fear. I hope everything gets fine, maybe not know, but in a short period of time.

By the way, I heard (yesterday) that some bands will be performing at Central Park these days. Will you go? :P

Talk to you later.
Get better :)

Kisses.

Fran.

franko5004 said on 7/10/08 1:05 PM …

Sugar, "not *now*". That K shouldn't have there.

electro__show said on 7/10/08 1:23 PM …

pase
devolve

blackblues said on 7/10/08 2:08 PM …

why the movies??
what's with you and the movie's posters??

seb_powerofmetal said on 7/10/08 2:58 PM …

hey man.. good photos..

a kiss from argentina...

bye!

sncarlos_people said on 7/10/08 4:25 PM …

hello elke beautiful photo but the person not note much good in aim I enchant your fotolog I need a great favor if me you can activate fotolog as group I need porfavor it goodbye

ema_chiko18 said on 7/10/08 6:23 PM …

Beautiful photo elke :)
Kisses

damearte said on 7/10/08 8:33 PM …

Si te gusta el arte entra a http://www.fotolog.com/damearte
Si te gusta el arte entra a http://www.fotolog.com/damearte
Si te gusta el arte entra a http://www.fotolog.com/damearte

peluzhitthaax said on 7/11/08 1:46 AM …

PULENTO TU LOG
AYUDAME CON 2 POSTT' SII? Y EFEAMOSS. CUIDATE BESOS

ADM:LAMUÑECAA

imapowerman said on 7/11/08 3:22 AM …

Hello Elke
I know that you don't know me
But I had a problem with my fotolog account. It was hacked and closed
And I have many personal things there please...Could you do something? My previous account was:
http://fotolog.com/fascinationxvoss and my MSN - E-mail for if you can do something is: TERRIBLEPOWER@MSN.COM
I'll be really really happy if you could u,u

Thanks a lot And Pardon for the inconveniences :/

nbclicks said on 7/11/08 3:41 AM …

Hi Elke,

I never heard about ''MadMan''.
Sonic Youth is a good band but I like them just a little, they have hard songs.
long time no receive a message from you.
about MY thoughts I left some in my personal fotolog in the caption of the last picture.

eelektrolovekis2 said on 7/11/08 9:07 AM …

beeso gor .
new flog :$
anterior
/elektroloveekiis :)
me ayudas con uan firmita i effeandome? daale
qe si :D
effeado (L

mis_superpoderes said on 7/11/08 9:59 AM …

thanks so much!! greetings from Malaga!

experezcanalla said on 7/11/08 10:52 AM …

me paso
que andes de 10
un abrazo nos vemo
agregame lucho_r.c@hotmail.com
effes

mini_pimer said on 7/11/08 1:49 PM …

I think that... there´s no reason to close the fotolog http://www.fotolog.com/minipimer

And I hope that one day you wake up in the morning and you can´t see your beautiful fotolog with yours beautiful photos because an administrator had a wrong decission.

GOOD BYE SINCE OLD EUROPE!

love________hate said on 7/11/08 3:41 PM …

Hello..

Jeje.. buen flog!

ocioxart said on 7/11/08 4:39 PM …

MI FOTOLOG FUE DESACTIVADO POR QUE UNA PERSONA INGRESO EN MI FOTOLOG POR MEDIO DEL HACKEO DE MSN :/ Y SUBIO UNA FOTO QUE AL INSTANTE FUE DESACTIVADO, PERDI TIEMPO, DINERO Y ADEMÁS RECUERDOS EN AQUEL FOTOLOG, SI PUEDES HACER ALGO POR AYUDARME A RECUPERARLO Y VOLVER A OCUPAR EL SERVIO DE GOLDCAM SERIA GENIAL, YA QUE SOY USUARIO DE HACE 1 AÑO O MÁS DE GOLD Y DEL 2005 DE FOTOLOG, POR TU ATENCIÓN MUCHAS GRACIAS :)

http://www.fotolog.com/agonia_britian

soclabeth said on 7/12/08 8:32 AM …

Sorry!

but my official flog is http://www1.fotolog.com/somlabeth
and i don´t break any norm of fotolog
Sorry for this post but... can you open my fotolog another time?
thanx for listen me!

theesimpsonnss said on 7/12/08 9:50 AM …

FOTOLOG DE LOS SIMPSONS!

--- SE CONTESTAN TODOS LOS POSTS

--- SE AGREGA A FAVORITOS POR REVERSE

GRACIAS POR LEER,
PASA, MIRA LA FOTO, LEE
I FIRMAA:)

1 SALUDOO DE theesimpsonnss:)

rums_n_roses said on 7/12/08 12:05 PM …

Hellow!

My Fotolog account, www.fotolog.com/ofunkiya , has been closed and I don't kmow the reason. I contacted the administrador but they didn't answer me. Could you help me please?

Thank you

(my email is nosinminick@hotmail.com)

nodjarazdmirarm said on 7/12/08 4:19 PM …

hola m pazo..
t pazaz!!
k andez bn...
ezpero tu firmaa
bzz bye

iamjuam said on 7/12/08 7:48 PM …

MANNN PORFABORRR

ES POR UN TEMA

DE FOTOLOG YO

Q VOS ME PODES AYUDAR

ME AGGREGAS :)

SOI.IAMJUAM@HOTMAIL.COM

iamjuam said on 7/12/08 7:49 PM …

iam aregentine

but i speak inglish

NO problem :)

geet_nakeed said on 7/12/08 9:29 PM …

;) , nicee pic

:) ,, i have nikon ,, but is other XD

agostinuch said on 7/13/08 2:19 AM …

besoo gorr

pasate :D

soclabeth said on 7/13/08 6:37 AM …

Sorry!

but my official flog is http://www1.fotolog.com/somlabeth
and i don´t break any norm of fotolog
Sorry for this post but... can you open my fotolog another time?
thanx for listen me!

soclabeth said on 7/13/08 7:08 AM …

Hello!
Please, reactive my fotolog http://www1.fotolog.com/somlabeth
I didn´t break any rule and i would like know what i had wrong.
My flog have two years old and I only uploaded my photos and my draws, no copyright images.
Thanx for you time and help.

meta_uacha said on 7/13/08 6:12 PM …

puto gay
anda a trabajar guacho
feo

babayaes said on 7/13/08 6:35 PM …

please, free
http://www.fotolog.com/azkena

in that flog there were some many photos of my cat that were taken when he was very little and i lost them from my pc, the photos are only on the azkena's flog

please open it

el__seebaaz said on 7/13/08 11:48 PM …

ti_nons said on 7/14/08 2:57 AM …

I think that there´s no reason to close the fotolog www.fotolog.com/somlabeth
There were lots of nice pictures and poetry. Believe me, it's pure art! The reason why everybody had to have a fotolog! Hardly nobody gives it a better use!

Thanks***

cabepd said on 7/14/08 6:31 AM …

porque no anda el ALLOPASS en ARGENTINA???

HELP!!

cerecita__glaam said on 7/14/08 5:08 PM …

besios
pasate
sol

maxi_dbz said on 7/14/08 6:00 PM …

besos capo
estas en f/f

marc01 said on 7/15/08 9:09 AM …

Hello!
Please, reactive my fotolog http://www.fotolog.com/marcs01
I didn´t break any rule and i would like know what i had wrong.
My flog have two years old and I only uploaded my photos and my adventures

Thanks for you time and help.

marcmm_@hotmail.com

soclabeth said on 7/15/08 9:09 AM …

trala_lestrange said on 7/15/08 11:30 AM …

hello
nec'sito0o tu ayuda...!!

xau.u...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

mataateegiil said on 7/15/08 1:47 PM …

paso
pasate
byebye

trisha_haydee said on 7/16/08 3:27 AM …

irie!

oh god, it seems to much people here , but it´s good to have a white space where to write you, i think that your pictures are very nice, good sho.

take care, hugs
from mexico

:D read ya

ezequielinho said on 7/16/08 7:31 AM …

saludos

jojojojo

no lei nada :S

rums_n_roses said on 7/16/08 1:39 PM …

Hello!

I writed you before about mi fotolog account www.fotolog.com/ofunkiya. It was closed and i didn´t break any rule and i would like know what i had wrong.
My flog have three years old and i didn't lost my remembers.

Thank you for you time and help.

solo_rollingass said on 7/18/08 12:58 AM …

la amoo señoraaaa, la amoooo :|

equisge said on 7/18/08 8:21 AM …

ghost or flash???

( t o r o )

lifepinguim said on 7/18/08 4:45 PM …

thank you very much, the penguin also thanks. we also liked yours. hug

vany_arabe08 said on 7/18/08 5:05 PM …

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gusnews said on 7/18/08 8:59 PM …

Hi there!!!
I'm Gus from Bs As, Argentina...
I've just visited your flog...
I think your pics are really great.I love NYC.I've been there some time ago...
I had a lot of fun. I also miss the people I met.
Well...I've also read what you wrote about the economic situation...We're also worried in a certain way because of the globalization...you know what I mean???

thx for your attention...
Hope you're doing well...

you're in my favorite friends...

take care...
love
gus :)

decimedar said on 7/19/08 12:00 AM …

I want be gold,
but I can't.
Im from Argentina.
What I doing?

diyu53 said on 7/19/08 2:49 AM …

you are IDOLO :P
jakaskkja
Good by..
im from Argentina

soclabeth said on 7/19/08 6:58 AM …

Sorry!

but my official flog is http://www1.fotolog.com/somlabeth
and i don´t break any norm of fotolog
Sorry for this post but... can you open my fotolog another time?
thanx for listen me!

chupinverdelimon said on 7/19/08 3:34 PM …

i love FOTOLOG !
my FOTOLOG is www.fotolog.com/chupinverdelimon
im frome argentina cordoba
COOL !
PASATE for my FOTOLOG

ruborizadahtaap said on 7/19/08 8:20 PM …

besoo goor
a effes
muaaaaaaaaa

ma_ri_sho__l said on 7/19/08 9:16 PM …

hola buena la pic

xaitos

danii_on said on 7/20/08 1:25 AM …

Hola Elke me gustan mucho sus fotos. Sus fotos son muy interesantes :)

Vea su inbox, soy incognits del Foro de Grupos de Fotolog.

Daniela--

baby_renderby said on 7/21/08 7:17 AM …

Oh you, Lord of the Flogs. Let your merciful hand fall upon us like some purifying sacred sun.
I beg you on my knees: let /povidona be one of your creatures again, let her bite the tasty fruit of speech as she used to do, in those happy days unfairly put to an end.
How delightful it would be...

povidonaiodada said on 7/21/08 7:59 AM …

why did you delete my posts?
I only want my fotolog back!!
Please, please, please. Why did you close the space where people used to exchange impressions and ideas? It was so dangerous?
/povidona freeeee

povidona said on 7/21/08 8:55 AM …

thank you!!

clare_quilty said on 7/21/08 11:16 AM …

if you don't reactivate fotologs of /doktor_benway and /loungeboy
another fotologs will be closed.
we don't udnerstand why did you close these fotologs.

the_chetolandia said on 7/21/08 12:21 PM …

un beso gordii :$

justicierobueno said on 7/21/08 1:27 PM …

free /loungeboy

1001011001011 said on 7/21/08 9:38 PM …

Hey.
A lot of people write in this fotolog talking about re-open an desactivated fotolog. I think you are bored of read this,but I miss my old fotolog

http://www.fotolog.com/missnitx

If you can re-open my old fotolog, I would be eternally grateful.
/Thank you! =)

povidonaiodada said on 7/22/08 3:51 AM …

dear,
now I don't understand anything.
yesterday you or admin reopen the fotolog of /povidona. today has been closed again.
why? just to understand, what did I do that was wrong?

neoperras_club said on 7/22/08 5:49 AM …

Hello,
the fotolog /eljovenivan is closed.
I don't understand why did you close this fotolog.

He didn´t break any rule and i would like know what he had wrong.

Thanks.

reporter said on 7/22/08 7:41 AM …

wonderful shot.I like it.

povidonaiodada said on 7/22/08 10:11 AM …

why do'nt you have an answer for us?

neoperras, povidona,eljovenivan,doktor_benway,lounge_boy,lapoya.

fotolog is colosing too much accounts, without an explanation.
it's ok, i will close my account on my own. this is not funny as it was in the past, this is awful, disgusting. it is very sad to loos pictures and posts from friends. but business is business...

eel__matiaz said on 7/22/08 7:21 PM …

solojames said on 7/23/08 3:32 AM …

very very very very very good fotolog

no more words

gestalt0014 said on 7/23/08 11:55 AM …

HOLAs!!
TODO BIEN?
ESPERO QUE SI :)
TE KERIA RECOMENDAR QUE TE PASES POR ESTA PAGINA
DONDE PODRAS JUGAR EXCELENTES MINIJUEGOS Y
ACUMULAR PUNTOS PARA SUBIR DE NIVEL Y VOLVERTE
UN EXPERTO
SIN CONTAR QUE PODRAS JUGAR AL EXCELENTE Y EXCLUSIVO
JUEGO KONGAI, UN JUEGO DE CARTAS Y ESTRATEGIA EXCLUSIVO
DE ESTA PAGINA.
ASI QUE ESTA ES LA PAGINA:
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ESPERO LA DISFRUSTES TANTO COMO YO
SALUDOS Y SUERTE!!

lemancini said on 7/24/08 3:36 AM …

Hi, please my fotolog has been deactived i don't know why and i would like, if possible, to recover it, i heard that you are an administrator of this service. My fotolog is (was) /sebastianpaul and in it i used to speak about music. I never used porno or racist contents, and i've been using it for almost 2 years, I'm sad to have lost lots of texts and pictures... is there any possibility to activate it back? thank you very much.

dewinter said on 7/24/08 8:15 AM …

Dear elkenyc.
We have a problem: some fotologs are being terminated without explanations of any kind.

We suspect that somebody is sending complaints about us to the fotolog admins, but we can't see the reasons for shutting them up.

The fotologs in question are:
http://www.fotolog.com/kilgore
http://www.fotolog.com/povidona
http://www.fotolog.com/sebastianpaul
http://www.fotolog.com/arthurfrederick
http://www.fotolog.com/justicierobueno

Thank you very much.

dewinter said on 7/24/08 8:25 AM …

Sorry, no arthurfrederick.He´s
http://www.fotolog.com/arthurfrederikk

povidonaiodada said on 7/24/08 8:51 AM …

mierda cagao culo.

povidonaiodada said on 7/24/08 9:04 AM …

tía buena viejuna noruega, deja de cerrar fotologs como una loca.
chotuna!

povidonaiodada said on 7/24/08 9:04 AM …

caca

povidonaiodada said on 7/24/08 9:05 AM …

culo

povidonaiodada said on 7/24/08 9:05 AM …

pedo

povidonaiodada said on 7/24/08 9:06 AM …

pis

clare_quilty said on 7/24/08 10:10 AM …

you are too old to be my dolores.

sir_babyrenderby said on 7/24/08 11:02 AM …

Dear friend, champion of justice, clemency and decency --most admired administrator:
Here am I again, for the las time knocking on your door in order to ask for a final act of mercy. During the last week several fotologs have been, for unknown reasons, unfairly closed. Between those affected by what is clearly a well orchestrated campaign against a wide group of floggers, are some of my best friends, people very close to me of whom I positively know their goodness, correctedness and politeness. I know almost by heart -because I have contributed to their development- some of the fotologs closed in the course of these very sad and strange days, and I can swear there is nothing there that may be offensive. Hate is a very cruel weapon when used indiscriminately.
For the last time, I beg you to let us share our opinions and emotions again through what has been until now our best tool of communication: www.fotolog.com. Otherwise, disillusionment will grow and some of us will be foreced to, as the old Lear did, unburdened crawl to silence. The fotolog accounts I humbly ask you to reopen are:
www.fotolog.com/povidona
www.fotolog.com/kilgore
www.fotolog.com/sebastianpaul
www.fotolog.com/baby_renderby
www.fotolog.com/justicierobueno
Have a nice day, friend.

elgat0decheshire said on 7/24/08 11:28 AM …

Please
FREE /risesrisesrises
There´s no reason to close it.

Thank you.