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Notorious 5, My Bloody Valentine 3-D 1

The Notorious-related weekend violence seems to have held steady at four stabbed at a Brooklyn post-premiere party and one North Carolina shooting. (There was a fistfight at a Trumbull, Connecticut screening, but that hardly counts.) But we have a new, late entrant in the movie-audience violence swe ... More >>

Why Chimps Attack Humans

The big story last week was the one about that captive Connecticut chimp Travis going batty on a human lady, leading to her severe mauling, his own death at the hands of coppers, and most tragically of all, a bad New York Post cartoon. But can we at least learn from this horrid interspecies incide ... More >>

Otto's Clam Pie

The sudden surfeit of clam pies is only a good thing, as far as I'm concerned. Although the renowned clam pie at Frank Pepe's in Connecticut is the best I've had, Otto's version ($14) is definitely worth a try.It's kind of a pain in the ass to scoop the little cockles out of the shells and onto the ... More >>

Our Own Piece of 'The Rock'

The sudden surfeit of clam pies is only a good thing, as far as I'm concerned. Although the renowned clam pie at Frank Pepe's in Connecticut is the best I've had, Otto's version ($14) is definitely worth a try.It's kind of a pain in the ass to scoop the little cockles out of the shells and onto the ... More >>

The Haunting in Connecticut: A Laughably Hokey Hand-Wringer

The sudden surfeit of clam pies is only a good thing, as far as I'm concerned. Although the renowned clam pie at Frank Pepe's in Connecticut is the best I've had, Otto's version ($14) is definitely worth a try.It's kind of a pain in the ass to scoop the little cockles out of the shells and onto the ... More >>

Release the Hounds

Dog Racing— The Sport of Plebes

A Guide to Key Congressional Races

The Rich, the Mighty, and the Hopeful

Kitchenless

The Rich, the Mighty, and the Hopeful

Goodbye, Columbus

I am wearing shorts, a tank top, and flip-flops. You will see why this is relevant.

Calgon, Take Us Away

Beauty products that transport—if only temporarily

Million-Dollar Blocks

The neighborhood costs of America's prison boom

Gay Marriage Wins in Maine; D.C. Fights to Recognize It

Maine's got gay marriage. Governor John Baldacci signed a marriage equality bill that passed the state legislature this morning. New England is kicking New York's ass. Massachusetts got the ball rolling. New Hampshire's lawmakers have passed a gay marriage law that waits on the governor. Vermont o ... More >>

Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere

While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

HERE, BUNNY, BUNNY

Get dirty with some lo-fi savages

It's All Fun and Games Until Somebody Dies at the Gathering of the Vibes Fest

​Gathering of the Vibes Festival, the 14-year-old lark of a four-day concert in Bridgeport, Connecticut, concluded its 2009 edition on Sunday in a deluge of rain, Grace Potter, CSN, and Buddy Guy, tallying tens of thousand people in attendance and one mysterious dead body. The AP reports: Pol ... More >>

New York Rap Crime Wave!

​It's an unusually bad day for New York rappers and police. First the jakes ran up in Jadakiss's Yonkers apartment and walked out with 5 grams of heroin, 6.5 pounds of marijuana, and $40,000 cash. (Jada wasn't there, and isn't presently wanted by the police--his roommate (?!) seems to be takin ... More >>

'House-n-Home Presents Lawrence & Jus-Ed'

​It's an unusually bad day for New York rappers and police. First the jakes ran up in Jadakiss's Yonkers apartment and walked out with 5 grams of heroin, 6.5 pounds of marijuana, and $40,000 cash. (Jada wasn't there, and isn't presently wanted by the police--his roommate (?!) seems to be takin ... More >>

The Clubhouse

​It's an unusually bad day for New York rappers and police. First the jakes ran up in Jadakiss's Yonkers apartment and walked out with 5 grams of heroin, 6.5 pounds of marijuana, and $40,000 cash. (Jada wasn't there, and isn't presently wanted by the police--his roommate (?!) seems to be takin ... More >>

Top Buzzy Openings of 2010; Worst Food Safety Scandals of 2009

​What are some of the buzziest openings to look forward to in 2010? Keith McNally and Nate Appleman's Pulino's Bar and Pizzeria, natch. But also Loreley Williamsburg, Zak Pelaccio's Fatty Cue, and No. 7 Sub in the Ace Hotel. [Metromix] The city is getting increasingly lax on smoking speakeasi ... More >>

FreshDirect Moves Into the Suburbs; Five Guys Close to Being Billionaires

​A recent report shows that 41 percent of apples in supermarkets are Red Delicious. The cultivation of heirloom apples, however, is slowly making a comeback. [NY Times] Queens-based FreshDirect is making inroads into Westchester County and has added service in Connecticut for the first time. ... More >>

Cable

​A recent report shows that 41 percent of apples in supermarkets are Red Delicious. The cultivation of heirloom apples, however, is slowly making a comeback. [NY Times] Queens-based FreshDirect is making inroads into Westchester County and has added service in Connecticut for the first time. ... More >>

Times Square Bomb Suspect Not Driven By Bad Housing

​ If the FBI really does have the right Times Square bombing culprit in Faisal Shahzad, the naturalized American citizen from Pakistan who was picked up last night at JFK, then his motives don't appear to have anything to do with bad housing. Here's a web shot of a home in the leafy Connecticu ... More >>

The Next Central Park Coyote May be a Moose: Young Bull Heading South Via I-95

As New Yorkers, we're used to dealing with our own brand of wildlife. We've got an extended family of pigeons holed up in our air shaft, rats in our garbage cans, and a feral human population like whoa. But in recent months encounters with less-than-urban creatures have been all up in our news sourc ... More >>

Test Your Culinary Chops: The Silverware Quiz

​Can you identify the components of this silverware set, cast in 1849 in an Abyssinian pattern? (Click to enlarge.) We like to think of ourselves as the most sophisticated diners that ever lived, but, really, we've been outclassed previously in several areas of gustatory endeavor. One of them ... More >>

Fired General Stanley McChrystal Gets a New Job at Yale

​General Stanley McChrystal has a new high-falutin' academic gig! After that whole whoopsie over the Rolling Stone article in which he was quoted making disparaging comments about President Obama and other White House leaders -- and then fired from his post as commander of the Afghanistan war ... More >>

Mezcal Still the Next Big Thing; Pinot Grigio Makes a Comeback Among Snobs

​Officials are moving forward with plans to replace the dated bar cars on Metro-North Railroad's Connecticut trains with new cars that look more like a sit-down pubs on wheels. [Wall Street Journal] VinPerfect, a new type of screw cap that regulates air into the wine bottle, joins the synthet ... More >>

Evictions Across America on Pause Because Paperwork is Hard

​Bank of America is the latest mega-mortgage lender to put their housing foreclosures on pause due to difficulty filling out forms, the New York Times reports. BoA joins GMAC Mortgage and JPMorgan Chase in the "This is A Lot of Work!" camp, temporarily halting all evictions to amend the paperw ... More >>

'Man Bites Dog,' Indeed

​Reporters are carrying on a proud tradition in journalism today with this story about a Connecticut man who, seemingly either influenced by PCP or desperately wanting to be, was bitten by a police dog and bit back. And they say journalism is dead. [SH]

MEN IN MOTION

Fordham football is looking up

Shake Shack Migrates North to Connecticut

​Here's further evidence that the conservation-of-energy principle applies to the Danny Meyer empire: Even when a restaurant closes, it isn't really lost; it just takes on a different form. Case in point: Two weeks after announcing Tabla's imminent shutter, the Union Square Hospitality Group h ... More >>

Lady Juror Mistakes Death Penalty Trial for Dating Opportunity

​It's true that of all the random obligatory things you find yourself doing on a semi-regular basis, jury duty is perhaps one of the dullest. Unless, of course, you are assigned to a gruesome and awful murder trial -- say, of the man who killed the wife and two daughters of a Connecticut docto ... More >>

My 10 Favorite Concerts Of 2010, Starring Jay-Z, Pavement, And Michael Bolton

Stephen Malkmus, at the first of Pavement's 50 shows here. Pics by Rob unless noted otherwise.​The 100-plus shows I saw this year spanned from the Cake Shop to Radio City Music Hall, from Williamsburg block parties to Michael Bolton's house in Connecticut, the events that occurred therein all ... More >>

THE PURSUIT OF FUNNINESS

Maira Kalman’s elements of style

Central Park Gets 9 Inches of Snow; There's Snow on the Ground in 49 of 50 States

via @DevonGrandy/Twitpic​The snow count is in. We got 9.1 inches last night (according to numbers in Central Park, via NY1). That does not a blizzard make, but it's pretty, for the moment! No major public transport delays, though the MTA has issued a Winter Weather Service Advisory. In related ... More >>

Man Slapped for Farting at Party Stabs Friends

​We're going to keep this short, but it deserves a mention, because, well...just read. The New York Post reports that a 21-year-old man in Connecticut went to a party on Saturday where he, it seems, "was farting throughout the evening." A woman at the party had had enough and slapped him. The ... More >>

Live: Stepkids Throw A Startling Psych-R&B Dance Party At Mercury Lounge

Pics by Sophia Betz​The Stepkids Mercury Lounge Thursday, March 10 Better Than: Being dry. Maybe. "I couldn't believe it, bro! "My mouth was hanging open the whole time!" Down in the basement dressing rooms of Mercury Lounge, a childhood friend of Connecticut band the Stepkids is trying t ... More >>

Tornado Watch Issued for New York City

Wikipedia​The National Weather Service has put New York City and surrounding areas under a tornado watch until 8 p.m. this evening. The watch is also effective for counties in Connecticut and New Jersey. Along with potential tornadoes and hail, a "thunderstorm wind gust" of up to 70 miles per ... More >>

There Is a Mountain Lion Roaming Around Greenwich, Connecticut

Just a mountain lion.​A cat "much larger than a German Shepherd" has been sighted in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, just roaming around and, apparently, doing whatever it wants, including hanging out near neighborhood schools and, perhaps, shopping at Lilly Pulitzer. Connecticut officials ... More >>

Connecticut Woman Bites Off Attacker's Tongue

​A Stamford, Connecticut woman fought off a would-be sexual assailant Thursday night by biting his fucking tongue off. No pepper spray, no Mace, no stabbing with car keys: just nerves of steel and the ability to bite clean through someone's tongue. The woman was attacked around 10 p.m. in an a ... More >>

Joe Morris & Agusti Fernandez

​A Stamford, Connecticut woman fought off a would-be sexual assailant Thursday night by biting his fucking tongue off. No pepper spray, no Mace, no stabbing with car keys: just nerves of steel and the ability to bite clean through someone's tongue. The woman was attacked around 10 p.m. in an a ... More >>

A Real-Life Cupcake War; Introducing Scent Marketing

​Candace Nelson, a judge on the Food Network's Cupcake Wars and the founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes, is suing the owners of Pink Sprinkles in Fairfield, Conn., for trademark infringement. [Boston Globe] A new McDonald's in Spring Valley, a Las Vegas suburb, is hosting live jazz nights -- dubbed ... More >>

Juliette Dunn Arrested for Making 4-Year-Old Chug Beer, Giving 10-Month-Old Cocaine

Part of a 2009 billboard to stop underage drinking in Connecticut. ​Remember how angry you were at that mom yesterday who let her baby roll out of her subway car in its stroller as she engaged in a wig-pulling throw-down with a fellow subway rider? Well, that mom is like the world's best mom c ... More >>

Mountain Lion Traveled 1,500 Miles Cross-Country to Get to Connecticut

​Like many an aspiring New Yorker, the mountain lion that was recently sighted wandering about Greenwich, Connecticut -- the lion that was later, sadly, killed by an SUV on the Wilbur Cross Parkway -- had headed east from far, far away. On Tuesday state officials reported that the animal had c ... More >>

City May Make Room for More Politicians at 9/11 Memorial Ceremony

​As we've written twice before, this year's commemoration ceremony at Ground Zero -- which marks the 10th, and will be held for the first time at the new 9/11 Memorial -- has a rather exclusive invitee list. That is to say, it was only to be open to victim's families and certain politicians, d ... More >>

Q&A: Mannequin Pussy's Marisita Dabeast On Spontaneous Songwriting, Our National Myths, And Being In A Band Called "Mannequin Pussy"

​In the time it takes to watch an episode of Two and a Half Men sans commercial interruptions, you can head-bang through the recorded Mannequin Pussy oeuvre twice. But guitarist/singer Marisita Dabeast and drummer Athanasios Paul, both 24, come on like an acid-rain hurricane, packing their EPs ... More >>

Roving Armadillos Are Heading for the East Coast

​This just in to add to your terrifying end-times-esque tales of animal takeover (see also: Crabs in Antarctica! Mountain lions in Connecticut! Ladybugs on Long Island!). Thanks to climate change, so say the scientists, the ole armadillo, 'dillo for short, is moving on from his Texas home, whe ... More >>

Elevate

​This just in to add to your terrifying end-times-esque tales of animal takeover (see also: Crabs in Antarctica! Mountain lions in Connecticut! Ladybugs on Long Island!). Thanks to climate change, so say the scientists, the ole armadillo, 'dillo for short, is moving on from his Texas home, whe ... More >>

Robert Sietsema at Littleneck

Don't clam up.​ This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema bites into bivalves at Littleneck, a Gowanus clam shack: "The most spectacular appearance of Brooklyn's iconic bivalve is on a clam roll ($16), featuring full-belly littlenecks with creamy tartar sauce and a few shreds of lettuce for colo ... More >>