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Alec Baldwin Doesn't Like Times Critic Who Didn't Like Him

He calls Ben Brantley some sort of "odd, shriveled, bitter Dickensian clerk." Bear in mind that Brantley didn't care for Orphans, which Baldwin stars in, and that might have something to do with Baldwin's opinion. Meanwhile, the actor says he sorely misses the genius of ex Times critic Frank Rich ... More >>

Bath Salt Apocalypse: Long Island "Head Shop" Permanently Banned From Selling Synthetic Drugs

A "head shop" in Long Island will have to stick to selling bongs and patchouli oil after a Nassau County judge ruled that it can no longer sell synthetic drugs like bath salts and fake weed.Following an undercover investigation -- and subsequent lawsuit -- by the New York Attorney General's Office, ... More >>

Bath Salt Apocalypse: AG Eric Schneiderman Hits New York Head Shops With Lawsuits

There's a new hero in the ongoing Bath Salt Apocalypse: New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman.Apparently recognizing that synthetic drugs like bath salts bring out a person's inner-cannibal, Schneiderman has filed 12 lawsuits against head shop retailers across New York for violating the state' ... More >>

Hot Dog Hooker Gets Time Served; Appeared In Court Wearing Bikini, Carrying Hot Dogs

If you don't absolutely love the infamous Long Island hot dog hooker, we don't blame you -- she's about as crass as they come. She turns tricks out of her hot dog truck, for god's sake. But she's at least good for a laugh.For example, when she was sentenced to time served this morning after pleading ... More >>

Hammer Officially Dropped On Prescription Drug Traffickers; Sweep Nets Nearly 100 Arrests -- Including Two Doctors

Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies dropped the hammer on the illegal prescription drug trafficking biz this morning in a sweep that netted nearly 100 arrests, including two doctors and one nurse practitioner.The most arrests occurred on Staten Island, where law enforcement officials s ... More >>

Scandal and Subjective Reality in Errol Morris's Tabloid

Nat Baldwin

Ivy Baldwin, DD Dorvillier, and Alain Buffard Explore the Art World, Technology, and the Exposed Body

Peggy Guggenheim, strange eroticism, and a little Goethe for you

Clip Job: Newfield Interviews LeRoi Jones

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesDecember 17, 1964, Vol. X, No. 9LeRoi Jones at Arms: Blues for Mr. WhiteyBy Jack Newfield"Do not understand me too quickly" has been the insistent injunction of Andre Gide and Norman Mailer. It might also be the motto LeRoi Jones inscribes on ... More >>

Denis Leary on Susan Boyle, Jon & Kate, and Heidi and Spencer

Way before the current batch of bullet-spitting comics, Denis Leary was emitting blistering barbs in between puffs of a cig, as everyone laughed while covering their heads. And he's still at it. Check out this interview, where the Rescue Me star goes after Susan Boyle:

Risk-Taking with Vampire Weekend, Wells Tower, John Wray, and the Happy Ending Series at Joe's Pub

The official theme of last night's Happy Ending Music and Reading Series at Joe's Pub was "taking risks." Host Amanda Stern credited this idea to musical guests Vampire Weekend, claiming that she'd polled disparate subjects (her landlord, a 311 operator, a physicist, novelists John Wray and Arthur ... More >>

Worst Christian Apocalypse Movie Ever: Knowing

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 >>

Rightbloggers on Palin's SNL Gig: Loved Her, Hated Liberal Elite

Department of Eagles' In Ear Park: One Local Record To Be Excited About That's Not Dear Science

Bonnaroo Day 3: High Tide Blues, Mason Jennings, Abigail Washburn, B.B. King, Ben Folds, Chromeo

Insidious: Not Quite Cleaver

Needs more Baldwin

My Upbeat Encounter with Alec Baldwin

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The Personals

Falling in love for different reasons

Richard Pryor, 1940–2005

Used to be a genius, I ain't lying, booked the numbers didn't need paper or pencil.

Nina Simone, 1933-2003

High Priestess and Sister Sadie

Get into the Groove

Mrs. Swing

How Mildred Bailey Helped Define Jazz Singing

Fear of a Mongrel Planet

Shoplifters of the World, Unite

Mos Testifies, Monch Eats

More Than One Way to Rawk a Funky Joint

Here come the machine's judges

Minority report

Show-Offs on the Rise

Multitalented Local Leads Resurgence in Cabaret

Life after college

NY Mirror

Casting no doubts

Looking Blackward

Letters