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Signs In Brooklyn Warn: "Everything Is Not Fine"
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Jen Carlson
Published Sep 26, 2011
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Remember when Tesla covered the Five Man Electric Band song "Signs"? Jeff Keith passionately declared, "So I got me a pen and a paper and I made up my own fuckin' sign!" YEAH. Anyway, whenever we see one of these new street art signs that song begins spinning on repeat in our brain. Join us, won't you:
The latest to trigger that play button: these signs spotted in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, which are a bit less interesting than the etiquette signs, or anything that TrustCorp puts up. They read: "No Standing Around. Do some good in the world. 24 hours . 7 days;" "Don't Sleep;" "Speak Up. 24 hours 7 days;" and "Everything Is Not Fine." Bolted on to a different sign, and "If Only Donkeys Had Elephant Balls."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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