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Battle: Robot Monkey Chimpionship

Robot Monkey Chimpionship

Run by a techno-Darwinist clearly weened on Beast Wars, this day-long boozy art installation lets 4-person teams pit remote controlled various species of robotic monkeys against each other inside a ring of death (cost per battle = $1/team, prizes tbd). Everyone who stops by gets 1/2-off whiskey and vodka -- because the only thing better than people fighting each other via robotic monkeys, is people fighting each other to fight each other via robotic monkeys.

Full battle details at RobotMonkey.net. To buy a modestly priced robot monkey, contact 6-8pm Saturday at t.b.d. Brooklyn: 224 Franklin St, at Greene; 718.349.6727 |

Drink A Lot: Happy Hour App

Happy Hour App

For on-the-go besotted frugality, this just-launched iPhone app first geo-locates you, then lists the 10 nearest happy hours in order of starting time (e.g., $1 Slane well drinks in 22 minutes, $4 Hop Devil select pints until 7pm, etc), plus GMaps them for easy wayfinding. The app also lets you search happy hours by hood & day, and even creates a customizable clock face that displays the time frames of your faves (what time is it? Time to get swill).

Get the app at Coovents.com. No iPhone? Get all the same happy hour info on the web site at Coovents.com

Gear: Good Wood

Good Wood

This Bklyn-based e-store will custom carve any design on their signature sanded dark and blonde basswood mewelry, plus they offer a schload of original designs, from AK-47 and Biggie pendants, to boombox and revolver necklaces, to double- and triple-fingered rings arted w/ "love" and "hate" -- just like Radio Raheem would've worn, if he'd done the right bling.

Buy online at GoodWoodNYC.com

Kicks: Jump Vanquish

Jump Vanquish

From a Taiwanese-cum-NYC brand, these just-dropped, large tongued high tops sport shiny and matte patent leather in a wide array of colors and patterns (flat black and grey, purple crinkle and croc, white, etc), all fashioned after a now-defunct, brightly-colored 80s kicks brand called Travel Fox -- long forgotten, but once ranked in the Fox pantheon right below Michael J., and just above Samantha.

Sexy 80s advertisements and pics of the new shoes at JumpShoes.com

Dropping this week at Bloomingdale's, Oak, and the Jump boutique: 89 Spring St, between Broadway and Mercer |