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  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Live: Macaulay Culkin Lets His iPod Do The Talking

    ​Macaulay Culkin's iPod (le) poisson rouge Thursday, December 8 Better than: I would say Elijah Wood's iPod but I don't think that's true. The giddiness set in about four hours before Macaulay Culkin's party at (le) poisson rouge's gallery bar last night—yes, that Macaulay Culkin. Upon ... More >>

  • News

    November 23, 2011
  • Music

    November 16, 2011
  • Music

    October 26, 2011

    The iPod Turns 10

    Every day I'm shufflin'

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    World Ending Saturday! I'm Scared!

    ​First, I had to deal with the World nightclub closing sometime in the 90s, as I traumatically recall every single waking moment of my life. But now the whole world is ending!!!! If you believe Reverend Harold Camping--and why would he lie?--this Saturday at 6 PM, bad shit is going to go dow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    Kool Herc's Top Three Old-School New York Hip-Hop Venues

    ​Kool Herc plays the genesis figure in hip-hop's fable; the first party the Jamaican-born, Bronx-raised DJ threw in the recreation room of his building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in 1973 is credited with formalizing the genre. From behind two turntables Herc spun the short, percussive sections of ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2011

    The Submarines

    ​Kool Herc plays the genesis figure in hip-hop's fable; the first party the Jamaican-born, Bronx-raised DJ threw in the recreation room of his building at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in 1973 is credited with formalizing the genre. From behind two turntables Herc spun the short, percussive sections of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2011

    Live: JayCeeOh Prevails At The Slightly Ridiculous McDonald's "Flavor Battle"

    Best DJ-booth setup of all time. Pics by Puja, more below.​The Flavor Battle Arena Tuesday, January 11 Better Than: A Chik-fil-A DJ battle. We're secretly reveling in the recent emergence of DJs as hip purveyors all that is "cool." So when we heard that McDonalds and Complex were throwing a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Apple to Announce New and Improved Version of Now-Outdated Thing You Just Purchased on September 1st

    ​Does Apple really have to throw themselves a whole big event party thing every time they roll out a product? It's not that they aren't informative -- they are -- it's more that they feel like a company who just sold you a $500 piece of electronics which now makes you more available to people ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Details About Why Bull Moose Saloon Booted The Gays

    ​You read here about how the HK bar Bull Moose Saloon decided to cater to a gay crowd, until the owner had a change of heart and banished them from the premises. Well, Jake Levy, who was involved in the boite's reimagining, just gave me the inside scoop, as it involved a friend of his who he' ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2010

    Lil Wayne Facing Potentially Serious Consequences Over Jail Contraband

    ​As we reported on Tuesday, Lil Wayne was caught this week at Rikers in possession of various illegal electronics--in this case, headphones, a charger, and, eventually, the MP3 player to which they belonged. Our source pegged the crime as an infraction--possession of contraband--but had no wor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Breaking: Lil Wayne Caught With Unauthorized Electronics in His Jail Cell [Updated]

    ​Corrections sources are telling the Voice that rapper Lil Wayne was caught today at Rikers in possession of "unauthorized earphones and a charger" during a search. An investigation is underway to find the missing device (almost certainly an iPod or other kind of MP3 player) that goes with the ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 3, 2009

    'Verboten Presents Ida Engberg'

    ​Corrections sources are telling the Voice that rapper Lil Wayne was caught today at Rikers in possession of "unauthorized earphones and a charger" during a search. An investigation is underway to find the missing device (almost certainly an iPod or other kind of MP3 player) that goes with the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Live: Tears, Mind-Blowing Routines, And Intense Unity At The Roc Raida Tribute

    ​ DJ Scratch, doing the classics, to robust crowd approval. Pics by Puja Patel, more below.​ Roc Raida Tribute B.B. King's Thurday, October 22 The line outside B.B. King's last night for the Roc Raida tribute--celebrating the beloved turntable king who died September 19--took up half an ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 25, 2009

    Robert Glasper Experiment

    ​ DJ Scratch, doing the classics, to robust crowd approval. Pics by Puja Patel, more below.​ Roc Raida Tribute B.B. King's Thurday, October 22 The line outside B.B. King's last night for the Roc Raida tribute--celebrating the beloved turntable king who died September 19--took up half an ... More >>

  • Music

    July 28, 2009

    How to Be a Japanese Reggaephile

    Step one: Move to Kingston or Brooklyn, and try not to get killed

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Daptone Records Robbed; Impending Rod Stewart Session in Jeopardy

    Daptone flagship crew Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings. CREDIT. From Brooklyn Vegan comes the dismaying news that retro-soul titans Daptone Records suffered a traumatic break-in over the weekend at their Bushwick headquarters, leading to a tremendously heartbreaking list of lost (and uninsured) equi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Daptone Records Robbed, Imperiling Rod Stewart Sessions

    Daptone Records, the Bushwick analog recording mecca used by Amy Winehouse and the Dap-Kings, got robbed last night, reports Brooklyn Vegan. The haul is impressive: Fender amps, computers, turntables, phone and modem equipment, mics, turntables -- even their Baldwin organ was "tossed and is probably ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2009

    James Taylor Intervenes, Cabbie Finally Returns iPod

    The much-covered saga of the young woman who couldn't pay her taxi fare and was forced to give up her iPod instead has, after hopping the traffic divider and making a U-turn, rolled slowly to a halt. First, folksinger James Taylor, upon learning that his songs were among the treasures lost with Nata ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2009

    iPod-Jacking Cabbie Willing to Deal; Victim Has Other iPods

    The Post follows up on that strange taxi story we told you about last week, in which a cabbie forced a young woman whose credit card wouldn't work in his reader to surrended her iPod as recompense for the fare. The cabbie is identified as Mohammed Islam, and says he's willing to return the iPod in e ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 24, 2008

    Voodoo Culture Clash New Year's Eve

    The Post follows up on that strange taxi story we told you about last week, in which a cabbie forced a young woman whose credit card wouldn't work in his reader to surrended her iPod as recompense for the fare. The cabbie is identified as Mohammed Islam, and says he's willing to return the iPod in e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2007

    The Death of the Wedding DJ?

    The Post follows up on that strange taxi story we told you about last week, in which a cabbie forced a young woman whose credit card wouldn't work in his reader to surrended her iPod as recompense for the fare. The cabbie is identified as Mohammed Islam, and says he's willing to return the iPod in e ... More >>

  • Music

    June 26, 2007

    Divorcing the iPod

    An ascendant speed-metal goddess upgrades her accessories

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2007

    Live: Mark Ronson at the Apple Store

    An ascendant speed-metal goddess upgrades her accessories

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2007

    A Road-Trip Playlist

    An ascendant speed-metal goddess upgrades her accessories

  • Music

    November 7, 2006

    Music

    Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Ostracism

  • Music

    October 3, 2006

    Pure Percussive Pleasure

    Kenny and Louie's joyous retro reboots dominate clubs and living rooms alike

  • Music

    February 28, 2006

    An Interactive Box From Beijing Provides Loops to Make Fetishists Swoon

    Kenny and Louie's joyous retro reboots dominate clubs and living rooms alike

  • pazzandjop

    January 24, 2006

    Earphone Heads

    Kenny and Louie's joyous retro reboots dominate clubs and living rooms alike

  • NYC Life

    April 19, 2005

    Fade Out

    The first rule of iPod club; now introducing Mr. Pussy Man

  • Music

    March 8, 2005

    Chance Encounter

    The new iPod has no screen and plays songs randomly. How does it feel to be a hostage?

  • Music

    December 21, 2004

    Pay To Play

    The Pixies lead a mixed bag of Apple-only mini-albums

  • Music

    December 7, 2004

    Fair Useless

    Corporations vainly scheme to the beat of a different DRM

  • News

    November 9, 2004

    Next Tel

    The days of old-fashioned phones are numbered. People, it's time to VoIP.

  • News

    August 10, 2004

    An iPod for Your Eyes

    Portable video looks great, and in a couple of years it may be affordable

  • News

    June 29, 2004

    iPod Steps to the Mic

    Testing, testing! Gizmos for turning your pocket player into a recorder

  • News

    May 25, 2004

    King of Clubs

    David Mancuso's Disco Wonderland

  • NYC Life

    May 25, 2004

    iPod, Annotated

    An itinerant inkster bites Apple in NOHO—and the public bites back

  • News

    April 27, 2004

    iPod Junkie

    Where and how to get high off the hottest little gadget in the universe

  • News

    February 3, 2004

    Pod People

    This Valentine's Day, the fastest way to the heart may be through the earbuds

  • News

    January 20, 2004

    Disc Direct

    Straight-to-DVD Camcorders: Worth the Money?

  • News

    January 13, 2004

    Plasmatazz

    Will Plasma TVs Ever Be Affordable?

  • News

    September 23, 2003

    Cheap Beats

    Will Plasma TVs Ever Be Affordable?

  • NYC Life

    May 6, 2003

    Doggy Style

    Will Plasma TVs Ever Be Affordable?

  • NYC Life

    November 5, 2002

    Listings

    Will Plasma TVs Ever Be Affordable?

  • News

    August 20, 2002

    PCs in a 'Pod

    Will Plasma TVs Ever Be Affordable?

  • News

    June 25, 2002

    TiVo-lution

    Will Plasma TVs Ever Be Affordable?

  • News

    May 28, 2002

    Disc Continued

    Will Plasma TVs Ever Be Affordable?

  • Music

    September 19, 2000

    Dancehall Daze

    Toasters Catch Fire, Burn Down Wall

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