Chad Griffith

Photos Of Me As Donald Trump, Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian...

...Amy Winehouse, Lindsay Lohan, Snooki, Johnny Depp, Susan Boyle, John Galliano, Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Lady Gaga... Virtually everyone who's ever lived. They're all linked here to bring you back to the time before I was dressed as Angelina Jolie, Clint Eastwood ... More >>

My "Year In Review": NYC Became Fun City Again!

In my breathlessly enchanting cover story looking back at 2011, I decide that New York became "Fun City" again thanks to the double-dipping economic crisis that had everyone taking the stick out of their asses and riding it to the streets for protest marches, bonding experiences, and general camarad ... More >>

I've Finally Got My Own Theme Song!

Photos: Chad Griffith​A facebook friend named Michael Penny has whipped up a Musto theme song so every time I enter a room,three cute tapdancing boys can lift me in while singing it. From the lyrics he's written so far, it seems very "Charlie" commercial meets Mary Tyler Moore theme song, an ... More >>

MTV's Bridge & Tunnel: Behold The Tremendously Entertaining Trailer for the Original Jersey Shore

Chad GriffithBridge & Tunnel's star sisters: Brianna and Gabriella DeBartoli In this week's Village Voice cover story, we introduce you to Gabriella and Brianna DeBartoli, the would-be Staten Island stars of Bridge & Tunnel, a 12-episode reality show that MTV spent millions shooting, but inexplicab ... More >>

Bridge & Tunnel's Brianna DeBartoli on Why Male Fidelity Isn't Possible: "The Little Head Tells the Big Head What To Do"

Chad GriffithGabby and BriAs this week's cover story explains in arduous detail, sisters Brianna and Gabriella DeBartoli were effectively the original JWoww and Snooki, two Staten Island siblings involved with the Jersey Shore precursor Bridge & Tunnel. For reasons unknown, MTV execs let Jersey Shor ... More >>

Give Me Your Best Rationale

​No, wait, I'll give you mine first. Here it is: "I'm really glad I wasn't blessed with great looks because it forced me to develop character and also to actually achieve something in order to get recognition."

Top 10 Prodigy Prison Rants, Starring Obama, Jay-Z, Napoleon, Corny Backpack Rappers, And Demonic Owls

Pic by Chad Griffith​Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy was released from prison yesterday after serving three and a half years on a gun-possession charge. During that time, the voluble emcee used his Internet access and old-school pen-and-paper interview privileges to hip the world to his theories on s ... More >>

NYPD Quote of the Day: "Brooklyn North Inspections Is Not Very Happy"

​Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct" chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Parts 3 and 4 will appear in the next issues of the Voice. Here's today's outtake.

NYPD Quote of the Day: "You're a Writer, Best Cop in the World"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct," chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake.

NYPD Quote of the Day: "No One's Here"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct" chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake:

NYPD Quote of the Day: "They Blame Everything on the Precinct"

Chad Griffith​​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct" chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake.

NYPD Quote of the Day: "You Don't Need to Take That Report"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct" chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake:

NYPD Quote of the Day: "You Gotta Cover Your Ass"

​Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct" chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake:

NYPD Quote of the Day: "If You're a Troublemaker, They Don't Need You"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct" chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake:

NYPD Quote of the Day: "Just Keep the Hounds Off"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct" chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake:

NYPD Quote of the Day: "If They Don't Belong ... You Lock Them Up"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct" chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake:

NYCLU Files Lawsuit Over NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Database

Chad Griffith​The New York Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the NYPD from maintaining a database filled with hundreds of thousands of names of people stopped and frisked by the police, the Voice has learned. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has admitted that the databa ... More >>

NYPD Quote of the Day: "Look Like a Slob and They Start Digging"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct," chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and Oct. 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake:

NYPD Quote of the Day: "Document What You Do"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct," chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake.

NYPD Quote of the Day: "Harry Potter Sucks"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct," chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake. On August 2, 2009: "Questions, comments? The sky is blue. Harry Potter ... More >>

NYPD Quote of the Day: "They Are in There Sitting, Doing Puzzles"

​Chad Griffith​"The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct," chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Part 2 appears in this week's issue of the Voice. Here's today's outtake:

NYPD Quote of the Day: "The Media Doesn't Tell the Truth"

Chad Griffith​"The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct," chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Part 2 appears in this week's issue of the Voice. Here's today's outtake:

NYPD Quote of the Day: "The Guy's Shoes Are Gone"

Chad Griffith​ Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct," chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009. Here's today's outtake.

More Questions Raised About NYPD Handling of Sexual Assaults

Chad Griffith​In the wake of the "NYPD Tapes" article, yesterday the Voice wrote about the case of Debbie Nathan, who was the victim of an attempted rape that was initially classified as a misdemeanor. In the Voice piece, the director of an umbrella group of rape crisis advocacy organizations ... More >>

NYPD Quote of the Day: "At a Crime Scene ... Don't Pee in the Toilet"

Chad Griffith​Graham Rayman's "The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy's 81st Precinct," chronicles hundreds of recorded hours of cops talking about their jobs between June 1, 2008 and Oct. 31, 2009. As there was far more of note than could fit in the pages of last week's issue of the Voice, we'll be ... More >>

America Opts For Taylor Swift Over Susan Boyle By a Terrifyingly Thin 113,000 Record Margin

Better luck next year, Michael-Musto-as-Susan-Boyle. Photo by Chad Griffith​It's official--singer-to-the-olds Susan Boyle, despite a fearsome late run, didn't quite overcome Taylor Swift for the 2009 sales crown. The final tally? 3,216,000 for Fearless, 3,103,000 for I Dreamed A Dream. Boyle d ... More >>

The 20 Most-Read Village Voice Stories of 2009

Barring a massive surge of readership between now and Thursday night (and with Michael Musto half-naked on this week's cover, anything is possible), we can safely say that the following stories generated the most interest from our readers this year. (And watch out for #3 -- it's definitely Not Safe ... More >>

Buy 175,000 More Copies of Susan Boyle's I Dreamed a Dream and Win A Free Punch in the Face from Taylor Swift

How convenient that Michael Musto decided to dress up as Susan Boyle this week. Photo by Chad Griffith.​Or something like that. For the fifth, face-obliterating week, the UK siren Susan Boyle is #1 on our charts, selling 510,000 records this week, and 2,982,000 overall--proof if there was ever ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Fela!, Kid Sister, Rakim, Herzog's Bad Lieutenant, Almodovar's Broken Embraces, and More

West Africa Story: Fela!. Photo by Chad Griffith​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla writes the back story to and guesses at the future of Fela!, the Fela Kuti Broadway biopic that is every bit as fantastic as it needs to be to survive--not that the fact will necessarily help it, in the ... More >>

The Fabolous Life

Hanging with a rapper who has close ties to his home. Maybe too close.

Letters

In Defense of Ultragrrrl

Sarah Lewitinn has become New York’s premier tastemaker—and that's what makes the haterati squirm