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Adorable Traffic Alert: Matt & Kim <em>And</em> Bike Bell Giveaway Take Over Brooklyn Bridge Tonight
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Jen Carlson
Published May 3, 2011
Modified May 4, 2011
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Pardon our amazing Photoshop skills, but we needed to alert you of the Hipster Threat Level that's just been issued at the Brooklyn Bridge. Here's what we know: earlier today the Department of Transportation noted that they'd be giving away bike bells tonight on the Brooklyn Bridge from 5 to 8 p.m. (did you know it's required by law to have a bike bell?). So there's congestion problem #1. Then, Matt & Kim Tweeted: "we are going to be doing the last shot of our music video in the middle of the Brooklyn bridge at 6:30 today! Come and get wild!" (Last time this happened tourists were traumatized by the pasty white skin of the Brooklynites as they stripped down in Times Square.)
So what we're saying is, if you have no urge to get wild, receive a free bike bell, or watch Matt & Kim and their fans get wild (possibly with bike bells)... then avoid an evening stroll across the bridge tonight.
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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