B.J. Rosenberg

Type Miscast: An Elmhurst Doctor's Type 2 Diabetes Misdiagnosis Results in the Death of a Six-Year-Old Girl

The 51st New York Film Festival Is as Varied as Its Hometown

What's Happening This Weekend: NYC Pizza Run, Taste the West Village, Hammer & Claws, Stone Street Oyster Festival & More

You could head upstate on an apple picking trip this weekend, but if you're feeling like it's a little early for that, there are plenty of fall activities happening in the city to get you in a more autumnal mood. Here's a look at where to head.

I Pissed Off Megadeth, My (Former) Favorite Band

When I began interviewing bands eight years ago, my ultimate goal was to interview one person: Dave Mustaine from Megadeth, my favorite band since I was thirteen years old. Sitting in front of my parents' computer and ruining my ears through a pair of oversize headphones, I listened and loved Mustai ... More >>

Is My Band Playing Too Many Shows?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you s ... More >>

The Strangest Sandwiches in the City Come From Sunny & Annie's

The deli sandwiches from my neighborhood bodega are reserved for particular times of day: 4 a.m., when I'm stumbling home drunk, or around midday after a big night out when I'm stocking up on water and Advil and don't have the willpower to wait for a more decent meal to soak up the hangover. Sunny ... More >>

The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Week, 9/16/13

For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which is updated daily.

Pleasure in the Rubble: Why the Summer's Last, Smallest Blockbuster Was Its Best

Exclusive Premiere: YC The Cynic Drops a Video For "The Heaviest Cross"

YC The Cynic released his excellent GNK album last week, and now we're proud to premiere the video to the storming "The Heaviest Cross." It's a track the Bronx-based rapper calls "one of the more introspective records on the album," and he describes visuals as "kinda like different rooms in this wei ... More >>

Philip Glass+Elliott Sharp

Exclusive Premiere: P.O.S. and Astronautalis Are Four Fists - "MMMMMHMMMMM"

Doomtree/Rhymesayers MC P.O.S. and indie-rap favorite Astronautalis have taken their frequent collaborations to the next level by officially becoming a duo by the name of Four Fists. We have the premiere of their debut single "MMMMMHMMMMM" and spoke to Astro about what made them decide to tackle a f ... More >>

Which Candidate Has the Best Plan for Taking Our Food Supply Local?

Food fanatics and environmentalists have been singing the praises of a local diet for years: The food travels fewer miles to your table (compared with the national average farm-to-plate distance for industrial produce, a whopping 1,500 miles), keeps dollars in your locality, and may even make you he ... More >>

Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras's Last Ride

Kathleen Hanna Puts the '90s Behind Her to Run Fast

J-Zone Vs. USPS (and LinkedIn and Russell Simmons)

[Editor's note: In Tweets is Watching, Phillip Mlynar asks local artists questions based solely on the contents of their Twitter timeline.] J-Zone has taken a break from his self-imposed exile from the rap world to ready his new album, Peter Pan Syndrome. The excellent project drops next week; befo ... More >>

The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 8/23/13

For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which is updated daily.

In Defense of the Bitchy Hostess: Feral Cat Scratches Back

Hi there, remember me? I'm Feral Hostess Cat, one of Laura Shunk's 10 worst people in NYC restaurants. I work the door at Chez Bowery, that new pseudo-casual, nose-to-tail-artisanal downtown comfort food joint everyone's just dying to try. Before you write me off as a cold, callous bitch from hell ... More >>

Bronx Fourth Grader Suffered Multiple Assaults By Classmates, Suit Claims

A fourth-grader named Nicholas had a real tough time at P.S. 43 in the Bronx. Classmates teased him, kicked him, slapped him in the face, and hit him in the head, according to a lawsuit filed on Thursday in New York State Supreme Court. The bullying got so bad, the complaint noted, that Nicholas tr ... More >>

Killer Mike and El-P - Webster Hall - 8/14/13

Better Than: That time Killer Mike rapped about Scooby Doo with Matthew Lillard The final night of Killer Mike and El-P's Run the Jewels tour finished up last nightt in the city 3/4 of its featured acts call home. Kool A.D. (formerly of Das Racist), Despot, Mike and El all looked to finish strong a ... More >>

Fringe Marathon: The Spider Tops Our Roundup of 10 Shows

New Yorkers Still Want the Women's Equality Act. But Will It Hurt Sex Workers?

In the last legislative session, as you might recall, if you could stay awake for it, Governor Mario Cuomo introduced something seemingly everyone should have been in favor of: the Women's Equality Act (WEA), a ten-point-plan to strengthen women's rights in the state. The omnibus bill, which was ult ... More >>

The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Week, 8/12/13

For more shows throughout the week, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which is updated daily.

Opie of 'Opie & Anthony' Smashes Homeless Man's Cake, Doesn't Get Why People Aren't Laughing

It all started innocently enough on Saturday, when Gregg "Opie" Hughes of The Opie & Anthony Show on Sirius XM, was thinking back wistfully to the golden days of shock jockdom. He dusted off a classic from the archives: that time Homeless Andrew was proudly showing off a cake he'd just fished out ... More >>

Mr. Len's Guide to Surviving a Catfish Situation and a Zombie Apocalypse

Editor's note: In Tweets is Watching, Phillip Mlynar asks local artists questions based solely on the contents of their Twitter timeline. Mr Len recently released The Marvels of Yestermorrow, a project that he guarantees is "the most comedy you'll get from an instrumental record ever." On the basis ... More >>

The Gang War That Wasn't

A Far Rockaway murder lit the fuse of a longstanding conflict, but a remarkable peace arrived instead

Run the Jewels

Rocko Signed Future -- Who Was Then Known As Meathead the Future -- and U.O.E.N.O. It

Rocko is much more than the astronomical, controversial smash, "U.O.E.N.O." He's been around for years, having signed to Def Jam in 2006, but U.O.E.N.O. it. He's more than just a rapper, having signed Future years ago when his name was Meathead the Future, but you don't even know that either. In fac ... More >>

Rightbloggers Look to "Libertarian Populism" (Minus the Neo-Confederates) as Key to Future Success

Having worked out a lot of their racial anima on the Trayvon Martin case, rightbloggers have returned to their bombed-out bunkers to contemplate the future. Their latest big deal is "libertarian populism." The phrase seems oxymoronic, but the idea is to make conservatives and their agents in the GO ... More >>

Men in Bland: R.I.P.D. is a Movie That Exists

Justin Bieber in 2014: A Timeline

This has been a perilous year for Justin Bieber, our favorite swaggy little shit. He was snapped sipping some alleged lean; he took heat for tone-deaf comments in the Anne Frank house; he scuffled with the paparazzi; his friends keep getting his car in trouble; he peed in a mop bucket and yelled "fu ... More >>

Where Does "Restore The Fourth" Go From Here?

Restore the Fourth was born on Reddit in early June, shortly after revelations about the depth and breadth of the NSA's surveillance programs became international news. Less than a month later, a subreddit dedicated to the movement counts more than 20,000 subscribers, and can take credit for coordin ... More >>

The Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 7/5/13

For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which is updated daily.

BROTHERLY LOVE

House music all day long

James Chance and the Contortions

The Athlete Rap Albums We Should've Gotten in the '90s

There was a time in the mid '90s where the idea of an athlete releasing a hip-hop album was a radically new concept. It seems almost quaint now; athletes are still putting out rap music today and athletes will be putting out rap music for the foreseeable future, that's just how branding works. But t ... More >>

Rightbloggers' Scandal Spring Gives Way to Summer of Same Old, Same Old

The recent round of DC scandals has been good for rightbloggers -- for about a month they've been devoted to plumping up Benghazi, IRS, NSA, and other controversies, and have succeeded in knocking down the President's approval ratings. High fives all around! But seasons change, and Scandal Spring i ... More >>

Downloaded Breezes Through the Story of Napster

M. Wells Dinette Reincarnates Its Famous Breakfast Sandwich for LIC Flea & Food

Over ninety vendors and thousands of visitors showed up for the overwhelmingly successful launch of the LIC Flea & Food this weekend, which commandeered a lot overlooking the Long Island City waterfront at 5-25 46th Avenue. And one of the most anticipated merchants showed up on Father's Day with a f ... More >>

Benghazi, Immigration, Syria: Rightbloggers Smear NSA (and Obama) on Everything

The NSA controversy, which continues to develop, has been useful in a lot of ways. It's gotten people talking after a long period of quiet about the surveillance powers of the state -- and whereas the national security state had legions of defenders back in post-9/11 days, in these post-post-9/11 da ... More >>

Prodigy of Mobb Deep Drank More Than a Swimming Pool's Worth of Hennessy In the '90s

Editor's note: In "Tweets Is Watching," Phillip Mlynar asks local artists questions based solely on the contents of their Twitter timeline. "The Albert Einstein album sounds like the future of hardcore music," says Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy about his collaborative full-length project with the produc ... More >>

Joe Lhota Has a Murky Past With the East 91st Street Marine Transfer Station

The reopening of the East 91st Street marine transfer station's a controversy a decade in the making. Sparked by Christine Quinn's "environmental racism" comment, the waste disposal spot has infiltrated the mayoral race discussion, leading candidates to pick a side on an issue that involves how we N ... More >>

The 10 Best Male Rappers of All Time

Since the birth of hip-hop, male rappers have been bringing their unique viewpoint to the art of rhyme. Today, we're shining some long overdue light on their important contributions to rap. We're proud to present our list of the 10 finest male rappers, from the smoking-hot hardbodies to the true lyr ... More >>

Looking for Votes, Rightbloggers Explore "Conservative Reform," Find Pretty Much Conservatism

Last week rightbloggers remained occupied with the recent D.C. scandals, which some of them expect to result in the President's impeachment; they even have a March on Washington and a shady poll to give them hope. We expect they will result in some sort of impeachment, if only of certain people's ju ... More >>

Statik Selektah on the Troll Power of Putting Mac Miller and Sean Price on the Same Song

Editor's note: In "Tweets Is Watching," Phillip Mlynar asks local artists questions based solely on the contents of their Twitter timeline. Statik Selaktah promises his upcoming album, Extended Play, will "remind you of the hip-hop you grew up on, but it's like the new fresh version of that." To hi ... More >>