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May 14, 2012
The Oral History Of Kid Millions' Man Forever: "A Cross Between Metal Machine Music And 'Dare to Be Stupid'"
Kid Millions is juggling a shitload of action. The drummer extraordinaire just played another epic gig this past weekend with Oneida, the psych-rock jamming savants he's anchored since 1997. Man Forever, the bohemian collective of shape shifters he's united to realize his percussive-based spiritual ... More >>
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March 28, 2012
A...Supposedly Fun Thing Bounces Around the Chocolate Factory
Daniel Fish tries a stage adaptation of David Foster Wallace
Blogs
February 1, 2012
Vi Simpson: The Woman Who Punked The Radical Republicans in the Indiana State Senate and Their Creationist Bill
After interviewing Vi Simpson, the Indiana State Senate Minority Leader, I'm wondering why the hell I haven't already seen this woman on national television or in the mainstream press. I hope you see what I mean after you hear what she had to say about the way she crippled the latest Creationism-in ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Four Excellent New Christmas Songs That Are Guaranteed To Be Drummer Boy Challenge-Safe
This week in the Voice I discussed The Little Drummer Boy Challenge, a sort of Frogger pitting your ears against "Christmas creep." The rules are simple: If you haven't heard "The Little Drummer Boy" in any form—including Justin Bieber's recent, Busta Rhymes-assisted update of the song—s ... More >>
Blogs
August 17, 2011
Q&A With Dave Segedy Of The Awesome Indie-Rock Revivalists Sleeping Bag, Plus The New Video For "Slime"
One of my favorite debut efforts of the year is the self-titled album by Sleeping Bag, a three-piece out of Bloomington who craft hooky, low-end-heavy rock that sounds like it could have been lifted off a 7-inch originally purchased in 1994. (You can pick it up via their Bandcamp site.) They' ... More >>
Columns
August 10, 2011
Free Will Astrology: August 10-16, 2011
One of my favorite debut efforts of the year is the self-titled album by Sleeping Bag, a three-piece out of Bloomington who craft hooky, low-end-heavy rock that sounds like it could have been lifted off a 7-inch originally purchased in 1994. (You can pick it up via their Bandcamp site.) They' ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2011
Lauren Spierer Disappearance: Police to Search Indiana Landfill For Body
Lauren Spierer, the 20-year-old Indiana University student from Westchester who's been missing for 60 days, is still being sought. Except now, the FBI's focus has shifted to a dump in Terre Haute, Indiana. The agency announced that they have "reason to believe that something is in that landfi ... More >>
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June 10, 2011
Lauren Spierer: Search Continues For New York Native Missing at Indiana University
The latest missing person case to capture the attention of the national media also has a sadly local link. Lauren Spierer, a 20-year-old student at Indiana University from Greenburgh, New York has been missing since June 3, and was last seen at 4:15 a.m. on a drunken night. The latest obstacl ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2011
James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced
opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tearsIt's almost time for the Oscars. That is, the Oscars of the food world: the James Beard Foundation Awards. Today marked the announcement of the restaurant and chef semifinalists, who were chosen from a record 28,000 online entries. Finalists ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2011
Q&A: Dirty South Joe And Flufftronix On Their New Dubstep-Based, Pop-Friendly Mixtape, Luvstep 2
"Not to knock on dubstep, but it's -- and deservedly so -- got such a reputation to be this kind of testosterone-driven, bro-down music, that you forget that there are a lot of beautiful, melodic songs out there." The bass-heavy U.K. phenomenon known as dubstep began life as a niche genre, c ... More >>
News
January 5, 2011
Portrait of an Immigrant Detainee as a Young Man
Meet New York bike-scene fixture Pablo Airaldi. He made friends with everyone—except ICE officials.
Blogs
September 30, 2010
Download: Yvette, "With Fangs"
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Yvette are the hard-edged, ultraviolent, spooktacular response to years of the fluttery squish of Animal Collective and HEALTH. Built on the barely legible guitars of Noah Kardos-Fein and the heavil ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 8, 2010
DM Stith+Inlets+Silje Nes
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Yvette are the hard-edged, ultraviolent, spooktacular response to years of the fluttery squish of Animal Collective and HEALTH. Built on the barely legible guitars of Noah Kardos-Fein and the heavil ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 8, 2010
DM Stith+Inlets+Silje Nes
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Yvette are the hard-edged, ultraviolent, spooktacular response to years of the fluttery squish of Animal Collective and HEALTH. Built on the barely legible guitars of Noah Kardos-Fein and the heavil ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2010
The James Beard Awards Semi-Finalists Have Been Announced
Will the spirit of James Beard smile upon New York chefs?The James Beard Foundation announced its list of semi-finalists for the annual James Beard Awards today, kicking off the food world's very own Oscar season scrum. The semi-finalists were selected from a pool of 21,000 online entries; th ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2010
John Mellencamp Proposed to Replace Evan Bayh in Senate Race
Now that Indiana Senator Evan Bayh is out of the picture, some people are pushing for John Mellencamp, aka John Cougar, aka John Camp Cougarmellen, to run on the Democratic line for his seat. Mellencamp is from Indiana, where he was born in a small town, and lives in Bloomington, which he a ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2009
Quick Hits
Bartender Leo Cook of Bloomington, Indiana has won T.G.I. Friday's Utimate Beverage competition with his "Vanilla Lemon Ice," which will be served at Friday's restaurants starting today. The drink comprises Smirnoff Vanilla Vodka, triple sec, lemonade and Sprite. Bring the kids! A young Harlem moth ... More >>
Blogs
February 13, 2009
James Beard Semifinalists Announced
The semifinalists for the illustrious James Beard awards have been announced, with a quite a few hometown favorites in the lot, including Dan Barber and Tom Colicchio in the the Outstanding Chef category; Babba and Jean George for Outstanding Restaurant; Corton, Momofuku Ko, and Scarpetta for ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2009
Mountain Goats Gone Primitive: New Solo Tour Dates
Two of these guys are not going on the no-sideburns tour For an awful long time, every John Darnielle tour was a solo tour. Excepting an early stretch with Rachel Ware, Darnielle's Mountain Goats were a purely one man entity, if a bit a of joke on the whole singer-songwriter phenomenon. The arrang ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2009
More SXSW 2009 Bands Announced
SXSW 2009: the sound of a thousand Babydick jokes cracking. Full list, with arbitrarily bolded highlights, below.
Blogs
October 25, 2005
Searching For the Next Yeah Yeah Yeahs
SXSW 2009: the sound of a thousand Babydick jokes cracking. Full list, with arbitrarily bolded highlights, below.
Music
August 16, 2005
Music
SXSW 2009: the sound of a thousand Babydick jokes cracking. Full list, with arbitrarily bolded highlights, below.
Music
July 12, 2005
Music
SXSW 2009: the sound of a thousand Babydick jokes cracking. Full list, with arbitrarily bolded highlights, below.
Columns
July 6, 2004
NY Mirror
SXSW 2009: the sound of a thousand Babydick jokes cracking. Full list, with arbitrarily bolded highlights, below.
Music
June 22, 2004
Lollapalost
Where to catch your favorite bands now that the big show is canceled
Music
June 1, 2004
Hoosiers From the Heartland Pay Homage to Hipster Heroes
Where to catch your favorite bands now that the big show is canceled
News
August 19, 2003
Hello Dalai
Thousands Of New Yorkers Await The Dalai Lama's First Visit Here Since 1999
News
July 8, 2003
Manthia Diawara Won't Budge
NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat
News
March 12, 2002
Sports
NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat
Specials
August 14, 2001
Letters
NYU's Renaissance Man Contemplates the Fate of the African Expat
News
August 7, 2001
Everything’s Fake but the Deaths
How the WWF-WCW Ratings Battle Led to Real Casualties
News
March 13, 2001
Flagrant Fouls
The College Basketball Real-Life Top 25
NYC Life
October 10, 2000
One Bedroom Apartment in Turn-of-the-Century Brownstone
The College Basketball Real-Life Top 25
News
September 12, 2000
Sports
The College Basketball Real-Life Top 25
News
December 21, 1999
Virtually Selfless
News Flash: There Is Life After Shopping
News
July 20, 1999
Bickering Buddhists
Midwest Enclave, Beset By Factional Strife, Braces for the Arrival of the Dalai Lama
News
July 13, 1999
Summer of Smith
How Ben Blew Into (and Out Of) Bloomington
Specials
June 15, 1999
Letters
How Ben Blew Into (and Out Of) Bloomington

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