Friday, October 29, 2010

The People in Your Neighborhood: Das Racist Hypeman Ashok Kondabolu, aka Dap

Posted by on Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 9:41 AM

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For today's installment of The People in Your Neighborhood, we hear from Ashok Kondabolu, aka Dap, hypeman for Brooklyn's highly entertaining rap group Das Racist. He wasn't in the mood to play along, clearly, but we do get a few indispensable nuggets of wisdom: restaurants are bullshit, all outdoor spots are fine, and the best date spot is, uh, sex. For all that and so, so much more, please, by all means, click through!

Neighborhood:
ALL-CITY (Ed: Later clarified as Bushwick)

Best place to people watch?
TRAIN STATION

Best place to drink?
EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME.

Best restaurant?
RESTAURANTS ARE BULLSHIT.

Best bookstore or record store?
THE INTERNET.

Best grocery store/farmer's market?
BODEGA.

Best laundromat?
THEY ARE ALL THE SAME.

Best outdoor spot?
ALL ARE FINE.

Best place to attend a show/view a piece of art/see a movie?
AT HOME, ALONE.

Best coffee shop?
BODEGA.

Best subway line?
WHICHEVER ONE TAKES YOU WHERE YR GOING.

Best date spot?
SEX.

Best person whose name you don't know?
OLD MAN.

According to neighborhood folklore, are there any celebrities living in the area?
ME.

Which are there more of: dogs, bodega cats, strollers, American Apparel ads, or old men on stoops?
DOGS.

What's missing from your neighborhood?
NOTHING.

What's been the biggest change since you've moved in?
MOVED IN.

It's a Saturday night in October. You don't feel like traveling very far but are antsy for a night out. Where do you go?
BODEGA.


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