Thor's 'Summer Of Hope' Full Of Hot Air

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Thor Equities is back with its insatiable love for cheap inflatable attractions. Last year it was the inflatable Hippo water slide and the inflatable outdoor movie screen. But now some kiddie bounce-house type party attractions have been set up on Thor's lot. Unless they will be used for a private function these are a cheap shot to the character of Coney Island. This season’s 'Summer Of Hope' promised rotating attractions in Coney Island until Labor Day weekend. But while most of that promise fell short – this only shows that Thor Equities lacks the kind imagination to come up with what’s exciting - or at least more suitable for Coney Island - especially after demolishing what was on those lots before.

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Now Thor is trying to capitalize on popular children’s characters. If they had half that imagination they would use them as a come-on to more interesting things like The Waterboarding thrill ride by Steve Powers. A sideshow instillation that is much more in tune with the Coney character of today. Power’s come-one gives us Sponge Bob saying “I don't Gitmo better”

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If a temporary inflatable kiddie park is what Thor wants to bring for the remainder of the season they should shop around for more interesting inflatable attractions like this inflatable roller coater. It even bestows one full loop. Okay don't get all excited, this is looks to be some sort of obstacle course, not a real roller coaster.

You can follow the discussion on the Coney Island USA message board.

The New Coney News Source Is Dead In The Water

Well, unfortunately what was going to be a new news source exclusively for the greater Coney Island is not going through. The Coney Island News was a newspaper slated for printing this month. But after a long delay in printing the editor decided to call it quits. Ben Nadler who wrote for Kinetic Carnival a few months ago working on the paper. The editors of the Coney Island News had previously published The Sea Gate Beacon.

Ben Nadler says:

This sad decision was forced due to unfortunate external circumstances outside of his or my control. Needless to say, I am quite disappointed, both for myself, and for the community, which deserved such a newspaper. I would like to thank everyone who took the time to speak with me,
and help me with the paper.

The paper planned to reach a readership of 50,000 throughout all of South Brooklyn including: Coney Island, Sheepshead Bay, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Coney Island, Sea Gate, and Gravesend. They were to be placed in high-traffic street boxes, banks, convenience stores, restaurants, gas stations and other public locations with high traffic volume. The publishers also planned to produce high quality news content for their readership with excellent opportunities for advertisers to reach all of South Brooklyn. The publication would have also contained wonderful resources for the all of Coney Island like: Classifieds, Sports, Business, Opinions, Obituaries, and lifestyle as well as some world and national news and entertainment.

However, some of the articles already written will be posted here on Kinetic Carnival. As Nadler stated, some aspects of the articles may already be somewhat dated, but he feels they are still of interest to the Coney Island community.

Coney Events: Free Kilsy Concert At Astroland

FREE Kilsy Concert @ Astroland
Friday, August, 8th
8:30 pm
in Coney Island
1000 Surf Avenue (btw 10th St & Jones Walk)
Fabulous fireworks display at end of show!
www.MySpace.com/Kilsy

Kilsy After Party at Lola Staar's
Dreamland Roller Rink
3052 West 21st St and the Boardwalk
in Coney Island
Roller Skate to 80's New Wave Roller Skate Classics
Kilsy fans receive half price admission!
Rent skates or bring your own!
Admission $10 ($5 for Kilsy fans), $5 skate rentals
www.DreamlandRollerRink.com

Roll Into The 80's At Dreamland

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From Dreamland Roller Rink:

Live out your 80s Flashdance dreams in Roller Skates at Dreamland this Saturday Aug 9th. The film Flashdance, shown on the big screen, will inspire you to put on the ritz, bust a move, and get jiggy on the rink floor like nobody's business!!!

DJ MomoTaro will be spinning Roller Dance Classics from the Neon Flashdance Era! Dress in Flashdance 80s fabulous attire for reduced admission! Feathered hair, blue eyeshadow, leg warmers, dance gear, roller skates... bring it on!!!!!

7PM!!
$12 admission ($10 Reduced)
$5 Skate Rentals!!
21 and over

Coney Vid: Some Coney Island Memories

Found on Gowanus Lounge this short film from Mike Nubie takes a look back at some wonderful Coney memories by some of those who were there when Coney was truly alive.

Documentary - Coney Island

Documentary - Coney Island from Mike Nubie on Vimeo.

Forgo Nathan's Long Lines For Hot Dog Vending Machines?

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There are new vending machines in Coney Island y actually grill as you wait for you hot dog. Though not a Nathan's dog - you get a Kosher frank in under 90 seconds. The vending machines are quickly becoming big business by the Kosher Vending Industries LLC. The vending machines are expected to be placed in about fifteen hundred different locations in the next two years. The machines also dispenses mozzarella sticks, knishes, vegetable cutlets and other Kosher delights.

The New York Times reports:

The vending machines are called Hot Nosh 24/6. “To make it a little Jewish sounding we called it nosh, and we added the 24/6 to give a little cuteness to it,” said Doron Fetman, who with his partner, Alan Cohnen, created Kosher Vending Industries.

You can watch a CNBC video on the Kosher Vending Industries website here.

Thor Equities Site Disappears

As of yesterday and today The Future of Coney Island website seems to have gone down as pointed out by Sandy Dee on the Coney Island USA message board. Weather it's temporary or will coming back up is anybodies guess at this point.