Author: Daniel Arkin (Daniel Arkin)

“Music is spiritual. The music business is not.” —Van Morrison Ten years ago, JDub Records was a collegiate pipe dream. By 2006, it was the single coolest thing in Jewish popular culture. Five years later, JDub Records ceased to exist. Even if you’ve never heard of JDub Records, you may have heard of the Hasidic...

  For more on The Brooklyn Ink’s live ongoing coverage of the swing states, click here. The outcome of today’s heated presidential contest will likely come down to the votes cast in the 106 counties George W. Bush won in 2004 and President Barack Obama won in 2008, according to the Associated Press. (There’s a...

Bernadette Jackson sells concessions at Coney Island’s MCU Park. She’s moved millions of hot dogs. But sales are down. At the ballpark, five-dollar dogs seem to be a luxury. “Things aren’t the way they used to be, as far as people coming out and spending money on hot dogs and hamburgers,” Jackson said. “Last year...