Remember Scott Turner? Since he moved away from Brooklyn he doesn’t write much, he never calls. But he is coming back to the old neighborhood for a visit and a show. “I’m gonna be in Brooklyn for a few days early in October. The timing’s good for a show and the release of the new … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner
Scott Turner is flying in from Seattle (where he recently moved) for Friday night’s closing party for Freddy’s Bar and Backroom. It’s like seeing someone at a funeral: great to see you, sorry it had to be for this. It is surely the end of an era for Freddy’s at its location on Dean Street … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: Let’s Start Not Forgetting
Scott Turner is set to move to Seattle. This is his last Greetings for a while. He can write whatever he wants. Greetings Pub Quiz Friends… Sure, it’s a mawkish way to begin this last Quizmail of the Scott M.X. Turner era. It’s my last one. I can write whatever I want. Well, that’s misleading. … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: I’ll Never Love A Place As Much As Brooklyn
Last week I reported that Scott Turner, pub quizzer at Rocky Sullivan’s in Red Hook, is moving to Seattle. But he hasn’t left yet. And hopefully he’ll keep sending his “greetings” from the great city of Seattle. Greetings Pub Quiz Minutiaetistas… We’re all motivated by simplicities. Straight-forward declarations of love, joy, excitement, and plans that … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Simplicities
Here is this week’s missive from writer, designer and social activist Scott Turner, who runs the Thursday night Pub Quiz at Rocky Sullivan’s in Red Hook. …tonight, fires scorch the skies above Port-au-Prince. It’s 2:30 a.m. New York time. In Haiti tonight, devastation in the capital city. While we have every reason to recoil from … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: Fires Scorch the Skies Above Port-au-Prince
Here’s the first missive of the New Year from writer/designer Scott Turner, who, among other things, runs the Thursday pub quiz at Rocky Sullivan’s in Red Hook. This post is, as always, brought to you by Miss Wit, the t-shirt queen of Red Hook. Greetings Pub Quiz Bundle-Uppers… Is it cold? Or is it just … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Ignoring What Hurts People
Greetings, Pub Quiz Year Enders… Overwhelmed by Year In Reviews? Best Of? Worst Of? Even worse, the prognostications for the coming year? And worst of all, the coming year's predicted Year In Review for stuff that hasn't happened yet — more Shecky Green than Nostradamus. Even worse, we get a double-dose: Year in Review and … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: A Little Summation and New Year’s Eve at Rocky’s
Greetings, Pub Quiz Way More Than Two Turtle Doves… No Rocky Sullivan's Pub Quiz this week. It's Christmas Eve, and, well, it's Christmas Eve. NORAD will once again be issuing updates on a strange airborne vehicle under the power of — yes, yes, reindeer. Were NORAD really monitoring a BIFO – Barely Identified Flying Object – they'd shoot it down just … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: Barely Identified Flying Object
Greetings Pub Quiz Altar of Curmudgeonly Perspectives Acolytes… Happy Holidays! Good. Now that that's out of the way, let's get to business. It's Weasel Time. Sorta like Giuliani Time, except less — oh, never mind, it's just like Giuliani Time. Droves and droves of weasels. Don't worry…there's plenty of time this December to hang those … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: Curmudgeonly Perspectives
Here's today's screed from Scott Turner, the quizmaster at Rocky Sullivan's in Red Hook brought to you by Miss Wit, the t-shirt queen of Red Hook. Greetings Pub Quiz Holiday Bargain Hunters… Doorbusters. Doorbusters! Doorbusters!!!!! DOORBUSTERS!!!!! DOORBUSTERS!!!!! DOORBUSTERS!!!!! DOORBUSTERS!!!!! DOORBUSTERS!!!!! It's the worst concept, construct, idiom, catchphrase, buzzword and social ideology ever. Well, not worse … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: Doorbusters
Here he is: Scott Turner, Thursday night quizmeister at Rocky Sullivan's in Red Hook, bringing you his latest and greatest thoughts and observations. This feature is brought to you by Miss Wit, Red Hook's t-shirt entrepreneur extraordinaire. Greetings Pub Quiz Gaze Averters… Did you see the Leonids meteor shower this morning? Neither did I! But … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Particulate Matters
Here is this week's Greetings from Scott Turner, our friend the pub quizzer Thursday nights at Rocky Sullivan's.This post is, as always, brought to you by Miss Wit of the t-shirt maven of Red Hook. Greetings Pub Quiz Grab-baggers… Which is a good deal different than tea-bagging. In fact, depending on which tea-bagging you prefer, … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Rearranging Your Emotional Living Room
Greetings Pub Quiz Balloon Boy Hoaxters… Holy crow! It's not that the Heene family failed so miserably in the parents' shot at fame. Truth be told, they won that battle. Maybe it's Andy Warhol's consummate "fifteen minutes of fame." Or maybe it's just that our little club called "society" can never, ever get enough of … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Balloon Boy Hoaxters
Here's this weeks greetings from Scott, the pub quizzer at Rocky Sullivan's in Red Hook. He also performs as RebelMart at places like Freddy's Backroom. This post is brought to you by Miss Wit, the t-shirt lady. Greetings Pub Quiz Robocall Recipients… Unless, of course, it's a real live person. Which sometimes, you hope it … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: See Times, Desperate and Measures, Desperate.
This greeting is late because I screwed up and didn't put it up yesterday. But hope you'll still stop in at Rocky Sullivan's in Red Hook for the pub quiz tonight. As always Miss Wit, t-shirt queen is sponsoring this post. Greetings, Pub Quiz Walk Five Hundred Milers… Okay, any mention of a walkathon is … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: Walk the Walk
The Quizman Cometh and this week's greeting is all about football. This Thursday he does the pub quz at at Rocky Sullivan's. And don't miss Scott Turner's solo show at Freddy's on Friday at 9 p.m. Miss Wit, as always, is the sponsor of this post. Greetings Pub Quiz Tough GalGuys… Macho aggressiveness rarely serves … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Macho Aggressiveness Rarely Serves a Good Purpose
Yes, he's here. Scott Turner with his unique and interesting take on the world. Brought to you by Miss Wit, the t-shirt queen of Red Hook. Greetings Pub Quiz Foreign Investors… Wow — the weather turns cooler and the weirdness comes out to play. It's like the full moon's bought a condo in the … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: The Weirdness Comes Out To Play
Here he is again, Scott Turner, graphic designer and pub quizman at Rocky Sullivan's. with his opinion about just about a lot of things, the death of Jim Carroll, today's election and what he thinks about SHoP's design for Ratner's Atlantic Yards project. Scott's weekly post is brought to you by Miss Wit, the t-shirt … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Get Thee to a Polling Place, Dems Among You!
Here are Scott Turner's endorsements for Mayor, City Council and Public Advocate. These are strictly Scott Turner's views and not the views of OTBKB. Keep that in mind, folks. I haven't decided whether I am endorsing. though I probably will. Good to hear Turner's thoughts, of course. Greetings, Pub Quiz Voter's Guide Perusers… Because New … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: ST’s Personal Guide for Voters
Here's this week's greetings from pub quizmeister at Rocky Sullivans. He is also a graphic designer with a company called Superba Graphics. He never told me that I just figured it out. So we might as well give credit where credit is due. This missive is brought to you, as always, by Miss Wit, the … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: Quivery Convergence of Weirdness
Once again Scott Turner brings us his weekly missive brought to you by Miss Wit, the t-shirt queen of Red Hook. This one has some contains some very disturbing photos of dogs brutalized during dog fights. Scott runs the pub quiz at Rocky Sullivan's every Thursday night. Greetings Pub Quiz Hans Christian Ørsted fans… There's … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: A Soul-Twisting Heart-Rending Thing
Scott Turner's greeting arrived late this week. But don't be late for his pub quiz tonight at Rocky Sullivan's. Late or not, we are always happy to hear the news from Red Hook's quiz master. This missive is brought to you by the Red Hook tee shirt woman, Miss Wit. Greetings, Pub Quiz Riegelmann Walkers… … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Bitter Ligonberries
Even when I'm on Block Island, Scott Turner, the Pub Quiz man of Rocky Sullivan's I've never met comes through with his weekly missive. This one travels far and wide and promises to be quite zany. Brought to you as always by Miss Wit, the great t-shirt designer of Red Hook. CHeck out her site … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Apex of Weirdness
Once again we have the pleasure of one of Scott Turner's missives. Ostensibly an opportunity to promote his Thursday night pub quiz at Rocky Sullivan's in Red Hook, Turner always manages to communicate so much more. As always, Greetings from Scott Turner is brought to you by Miss Wit, Red Hook's t-shirt queen. It's very … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: What Does Baseball Do?
Here's this week's missive from Scott Turner, who runs the Thursday night Pub Quiz at Rocky Sullivan's. Sorry he wasn't on the blog last week. For some reason, Yahoo wouldn't let his email through. We're glad he's back And thanks to our sponsor, Miss Wit, the Red Hook t-shirt queen. Greetings Pub Quiz Dance Floor … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: Junior High Yearbook
Here's the latest from our man in Red Hook, Scott Turner. Did I forget about you last week? Huge apologies to the quizmaster over at Rocky Sullivans. And did I mention, Scott Turner's column is sponsored by Miss Wit, maker of groovy t-shirts. Greetings Pub Quiz Straphanger Renegotiation Combine… On the first day of summer, … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: The Lessness of Senses
The latest from Scott Turner, Rocky Sullivan's quiz man and weekly OTBKB contributor. Greetings, Pub Quiz Puzzlistas… There's a lot going on, globally and locally. David Carradine continues to be the tawdriest celebrity death since Bob Crane…the Brazilian navy is finding, then isn't finding, then is finding debris and people from the Air France crash…the … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Brain Dump
Once again, we present Scott Turner, Rocky Sullivan's quizmeister, and a Brooklyn writer/designer. As usual this post is brought to you by MissWit , a Brooklyn t-shirt company. Greetings Pub Quiz Three Day Weekenders… A simple, precise, blunt observation this week: Michael Bloomberg is short. His money-vomiting re-election campaign — already on pace to spend … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: Blunt Observation
Here he is, Scott Turner, writer/designer and Rocky Sullivan's pub quizman with more analysis and agita about issues of interest to readers of OTBKB. Greetings Pub Quiz Rabid Obstructionistas… Wow. This morning, the New York Daily News has really laid its Atlantic Yards cards on the table. As usual, they're covering their crap hand with … Continue reading Greetings from Scott Turner: The Rabid Obstructionists
Whoa. Our cup runneth over with coverage of the new Mets stadium from our friend Scott Turner, writer, designer and Rocky Sullivan's Pub Quiz planner. As usual this post is sponsored by MissWit , a Brooklyn tee-shirt company. Greetings, Pub Quiz Carrie Prejean Society Members… Meet the Mets, meet the Mets/Step right up and greet … Continue reading Greetings From Scott Turner: Meet the New Mets Stadium