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    May 16, 2012

    Musical Line-Up Announced for the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party -- Free Concerts!

    Today the musical line-up for this year's Big Apple Barbecue Block Party was announced. The event -- the 10th annual -- takes place this year on Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10. Three bands will be playing each day, and the music, if not the barbecue, is free. The Block Party takes place in Ma ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Q&A: Mike Watt On Snapping Pics In San Pedro For on and off bass, The fIREHOSE Reunion, And Playing Stooges Covers

    For the past three decades, the flannel-flyin' and econo-jamming godhead Mike Watt has staunchly adhered to his and late, great best friend and fellow Minuteman D Boon's credo "punk is whatever we made it to be while projecting an air of sincerity that is just plain righteous. And in all of Watt's p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2011

    South Carolina Barbecue: A Few Thoughts

    Like the sign says, Dukes Bar-B-Q in Walterboro, South Carolina. The pig on the front lawn isn't real, but the people are. In two trips to South Carolina in the last decade, I've spent much of my time crisscrossing the state and looking at the barbecue there. Yes, sometimes just looking at it.

  • Music

    August 3, 2011

    Archers of Loaf vs. The Greatest

    A brief history of indie rock's best worst-named band

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    3D Biscuitry Is the Stuff That Food-Nerd Dreams Are Made of

    ​Yesterday, The Atlantic published a completely delightful piece about the origins of the Oreo cookie's design. Subtitled "The Unsung Heroes of Cookie Design," it was possibly the most informative piece of food writing we've read all year, and chock full of the kind of sentences that food-nerd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Lady Chefs Rock the James Beard Awards!

    ​So the James Beard Foundation Awards were last night and New York City cleaned up pretty well, with Best New Restaurant going to ABC Kitchen, Outstanding Pastry Chef awarded to Eleven Madison Park's Angela Pinkerton, Outstanding Restaurant Award also nabbed by Eleven Madison Park, and Outstan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    The 2011 James Beard Award Finalists Are...

    ​Earlier this afternoon in Portland, OR, the James Beard Foundation announced the finalists for the 2011 James Beard Awards. So without further ado, the nominees, after the jump:

  • Music

    March 16, 2011

    Big Star's Third, Onstage in New York at Last

    An all-star tribute to American power pop's finest, bleakest hour

  • Voice Choices

    March 16, 2011

    Hull+Batillus+Caltrop

    An all-star tribute to American power pop's finest, bleakest hour

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    The Brooklyn Star and Van Horn's Bring More Southern-ish Food to Brooklyn

    Open wide, Brooklyn.​Brooklyn just can't seem to get enough of artisanal grits and deep-fried mammals, and soon, it will get even more of them.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    James Beard Awards Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists Announced

    opentable.comThe product of blood, sweat, and tears​It'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

    January 24, 2011

    Live: The Cake Shop's Letha Melchior Rodman Benefit Mercifully Features Only One Gushing Head Wound

    Other than this poor guy everyone had a lovely time. Pics by Mike.​Capsul/Purling Hiss/Home Blitz/Tom Surgal/Mad Scene Cake Shop Saturday, January 22 Better than: Any other rock show you could've seen tonight Letha Rodman was a significant presence on the pre-Internet indie scene in NYC -- c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Elizabeth Edwards Has Died at the Age of 61

    ​Elizabeth Edwards, lawyer, wife of former presidential candidate John Edwards -- from whom she separated in 2009 after 32 years of marriage (and his extramarital affair/out-of-wedlock child with Rielle Hunter) -- mom of four, breast cancer sufferer, has reportedly died of cancer. The 61-year- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Live: Superchunk Are Just Great at Bowery

    At Other Music on Sunday Superchunk Bowery Ballroom Saturday, September 18 Better than: The entire genre of chillwave. Let's start with "Driveway to Driveway," the first song of Superchunk's first of two encores this Saturday night, and overwhelmingly triumphant for a onetime landmine that seem ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    CNN Money Releases Best Places to Snag a Sugar-Person

    Now that we know this is what a sugar daddy looks like, we'll keep our eyes peeled.​CNN Money's "Rich and Single" List has been released, and it may not surprise you that the entire Runnin' Scared team is now decamping for Newport Beach, California. Aw, just kidding! Money doesn't matter one i ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 6, 2010

    Worst Case Ontario

    Now that we know this is what a sugar daddy looks like, we'll keep our eyes peeled.​CNN Money's "Rich and Single" List has been released, and it may not surprise you that the entire Runnin' Scared team is now decamping for Newport Beach, California. Aw, just kidding! Money doesn't matter one i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Colicchio, Boulud, White, Humm Big Winners in Last Night's Beard Awards

    ​Pomp, circumstance, product placement, and varying levels of inebriation all converged at Avery Fisher Hall last night for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards. Many white men were awarded large gold pendants that dangled from green sashes. It was a particularly good night for New York, wit ... 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

    August 12, 2009

    One Ring Zero Makes Ingredients Sing. Literally.

    ​Like any good chef, One Ring Zero partners well-honed technique with unconventional inspiration. The brainchild of Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp, the band entered the cultural consciousness in 2004 with As Smart As We Are, an album featuring lyrics written by the likes of Margaret Atwood, Ri ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 8, 2009

    Superchunk

    ​Like any good chef, One Ring Zero partners well-honed technique with unconventional inspiration. The brainchild of Michael Hearst and Joshua Camp, the band entered the cultural consciousness in 2004 with As Smart As We Are, an album featuring lyrics written by the likes of Margaret Atwood, Ri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    SXSW's 2009 Partial Performers List: If You Can Afford to Go, You Must Be Running a Ponzi Scheme

    Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2008

    Like Little Italy? Rolling Acres is the Place for You

    Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 17, 2008

    CELEBRATE THE NEW DARK AGE

    Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 4, 2007

    Horoscope

    Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>

  • News

    November 7, 2006

    Reader: Sex, Sure, But Where Is the Love?

    Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>

  • Music

    October 24, 2006

    CMJ Music Marathon Highlights

    Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2003

    Love Is All

    Early '00s stuck in early-'80s dance-rock via early-'90s dance-rock time-warp shockah!

  • Music

    November 5, 2002

    Music

    Early '00s stuck in early-'80s dance-rock via early-'90s dance-rock time-warp shockah!

  • Music

    October 15, 2002

    Rubber City Meets the Crossroad

    Early '00s stuck in early-'80s dance-rock via early-'90s dance-rock time-warp shockah!

  • Music

    September 3, 2002

    A Very Good Year

    Early '00s stuck in early-'80s dance-rock via early-'90s dance-rock time-warp shockah!

  • Specials

    May 8, 2001

    Letters

    Early '00s stuck in early-'80s dance-rock via early-'90s dance-rock time-warp shockah!

  • Long Island Voice

    September 28, 1999

    headline

    Early '00s stuck in early-'80s dance-rock via early-'90s dance-rock time-warp shockah!

  • Music

    May 4, 1999

    Every Bit Counts

    Early '00s stuck in early-'80s dance-rock via early-'90s dance-rock time-warp shockah!

  • News

    March 23, 1999

    The Graying of Indie Rock

    What do you do for an encore after the spark is gone?

  • Books

    March 9, 1999

    Looking Blackward

    What do you do for an encore after the spark is gone?

  • Specials

    October 6, 1998

    Letters

    What do you do for an encore after the spark is gone?

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