Email Author Annie Fischer

2008 Stories by Annie Fischer

• Dirty Blonde: Here's to Not Injuring Yourself This Christmas

  published December 24, 2008

  In the days before I moved to New York, I attended a holiday party where I ate nothing, drank everything, then fell and cracked the back of my... More >>

• Dirty Blonde: Introducing the NY Eye & Ear Festival

  published December 10, 2008

  For some, musician Carlos Giffoni's No Fun Fest (the live noise-rock marathon celebrating its fifth year this spring) instills awe and... More >>

• Dirty Blonde: Jon Bakhshi's Eco-Friendly Greenhouse; A Pitchfork 500 Party

  published November 26, 2008

  Greenhouse, Jon Bakhshi's long-awaited, eco-friendly Soho nightclub, finally opened its doors this month—by way of a half-dozen welcome... More >>

• Dirty Blonde: President Obama Rises; Mr. Black Returns

  published November 12, 2008

  I heard several differing accounts regarding Tuesday night's electoral victory celebration on Bedford Avenue—arguments that the police... More >>

• The Boys of CMJ

  published October 29, 2008

  The summer I turned 14, everyone's favorite MTV discovery was Better Than Ezra's "Good." I now know it was also the year of Pulp's Different... More >>

• Dirty Blonde: Book Eaters, CMJ, and Studio B's Demise

  published October 15, 2008

  For three years now, twee-lit fave Dave Eggers has posed a fundraising debate between writers and singers, and the crossovers in between:... More >>

• Dirty Blonde: A-Trak's Unibros and the Box's Woes

  published October 1, 2008

  "This fall, say no to tweezers." That's Montreal-born DJ A-Trak's suggestion in honor of his current world tour, Attack of the Unibros, a... More >>

• Dirty Blonde: Drinking at Five Leaves, and Drinking in the Melodic Wisdom of Tim Fite

  published September 23, 2008

  Anyone hoping that Heath Ledger was taking cues from Beatrice Inn (his famously favorite haunt) when outlining the plans for his now-open... More >>

• Dirty Blonde: High Times at the Bell House

  published September 17, 2008

  You may complain about getting there, but I suspect you'll shut your trap once when you amble through the lounge and see the stage: The Bell... More >>

• Dirty Blonde: Fire Sale at the Brooklyn Flea's Superstar DJ Record Fair

  published September 10, 2008

  In the original version of this story, DJ Small Change was listed as appearing at the Brooklyn Flea this upcoming Sunday. In fact, he will not... More >>

• Dirty Blonde: Subway Calamity, and the Return of the '90s

  published September 3, 2008

  The week before last, I tried to get to the Museum of Modern Art for an experimental-film screening offered in conjunction with the current... More >>

• Swing and a Miss

  published August 19, 2008

  Strike one: It's 4 a.m. on Tuesday, and all the neighborhood bars are closed. We buy beer and smokes at the bodega and head to the rooftop... More >>

• Talking Fact (and Probable Fiction) with the Foundling Circus Guild

  published August 12, 2008

  Everyone at the Music Hall of Williamsburg for the Voice's Siren Festival after-party last month was enraptured with the deliciously... More >>

• A Tale of Two Summer Art Openings

  published July 29, 2008

  So let's take a quick look at a classic social ritual—because, as you know, these openings are never really about the art—over one... More >>

• The Non-Fatal Attractions of Martha Wainwright

  published July 23, 2008

  It's not a flattering line on someone's relationship résumé: the Other Woman. With the moral issues surrounding extramarital... More >>

• Bastille Day on Smith Street

  published July 16, 2008

  I have no business celebrating Bastille Day: I'm Irish and German. I've never been to Paris. And almost nothing incites in me bouts of... More >>

• Clover Club fails To Exhilarate; Ninjasonik Inexplicably Does

  published July 9, 2008

  And the award for the most over-hyped bar to open in the last month goes to . . . Clover Club, the fancy-pants cocktail lounge that opened its... More >>

• The Return of Mr. Black

  published July 2, 2008

  Gay Pride weekend reportedly saw shutterings at gay-friendly nightclubs Pacha and Marquee on Friday night, bringing to mind the memorable raid... More >>

• Going Farming at P.S.1's Warm-Up Parties

  published June 24, 2008

  My drinking education came mostly along a series of gravel roads in rural Missouri. Weekend nights saw a parade of letter jackets, halter tops,... More >>

• Bettie B. Goode, the Gorgeous Lady of Air Guitar

  published June 10, 2008

  For last week's sold-out spectacle of fingerpickin' fakery—the New York bracket of the 2008 U.S. Air Guitar Tour, in which imaginary... More >>

• Peter Beste and the Many Shades of Black Metal

  published June 3, 2008

  Norway offers seasonal stretches of little to no sunlight; stark, rocky landscapes; and a religious bent that until a few years ago immediately... More >>

• The Official Guide to Twee Outdoor Summer Dance Parties

  published May 27, 2008

  Now that Memorial Day has passed, the season of outdoor dance parties is officially upon us in a wash of bright clothes, pale skin, and... More >>

• GBH's Decade of Decadence

  published May 20, 2008

  Party promoters GBH—who started in 1998 as a one-night weekly residency at Great British House, and currently helm three monster dance... More >>

• Body-Moving as Defiance at the Dance Parade

  published May 13, 2008

  Blame my relatively conservative Midwestern upbringing, but I'm not much of a dancer. I occasionally feel the urge—if I'm at Studio B or... More >>

• Issue Project Room Moves Again

  published May 6, 2008

  My first words upon meeting Suzanne Fiol, the spirited founder and artistic director of the experimental-culture hub Issue Project Room, were... More >>