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How Does a Small Band Book a Tour?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

People Are Actually Still Falling For Online Money-Wiring Scams

​If you wire money to some stranger who sent you an email promising a large sum of cash if you just cough up some sort of initial payment, you're an idiot. There, we said it.That said, people are still falling for these types of online money wiring scams, and a new one has caught the attention of ... More >>

Brooklyn Man Currently Seeking Football Coach on Craigslist

Oh, Craigslist. You never fail to amuse us, especially around weekends, holidays, and Great American Pastimes. Throw a little bit of the male ego in there, and the comedy gold practically writes itself. A local Brooklyn man is currently seeking a football coach on Craigslist, offering $500 to anyo ... More >>

StreetMatching.Com Is an Online Dating Site for All Those Missed Connections

There's a dating site for this.​It's the year 2011 and there are waaaaay more options for online dating than Match.com. Enterprising people all over the world are creating business plans for their particular dating schemes (HowAboutWeOnlyDate BeautifulPeopleWithDogsWhoKnit), and the latest, wh ... More >>

CNN's Amber Lyon Ambushed Craigslist -- But She Won't Talk to The Village Voice

CNN leads the media's mass paranoia over a nonexistent epidemic

Long Island Serial Killer Suspects Include Two NYPD Officers

​An investigation into the bodies piling up on Long Island's Jones and Gilgo Beaches, at least four of which were women who worked as Craigslist prostitutes and appear to have been killed by the same person, has led to two NYPD cops, one long-resigned and one still on the payroll. Both have be ... More >>

Heroin.com: Selling Junk Online

Ninth Body Found on Long Island Beach as Search for New York Serial Killer Continues

​Bones found today on Long Island may indicate a ninth victim of the serial killer terrorizing the area. Eight previous corpses were found along Jones and Gilgo Beach, four of which were identified as Craigslist prostitutes, while the rest, found in the past two weeks, have yet to be named. Ar ... More >>

Craigslist Crime is Rampant and You Could Be Next, According to Craigslist Competitor

​We're going to play this game where we talk about an interesting news story from today, but instead of naming the company that made it a news story to get publicity based on unscientific lies about Craigslist, its competitor, we're just going to call that company Craigslist Competitor, even t ... More >>

Bodies Found on Oak Beach, Long Island, Identified as Women; Police Consider Craigslist Serial Killer

​Cops have identified the four bodies found on Oak Beach, Long Island, as women, and the FBI has been called in to help with the investigation, reports the New York Post. It's suspected that a serial killer may have dumped the bodies along Ocean Parkway after meeting prostitutes on Craigslist, ... More >>

Nas, Diplo, Pete Rock, Cee-Lo and More Playing Secret NYC Show For Free

Nas​The Heineken Inspire Encore show on Saturday, November 13 will feature an all-star lineup including Nas, Diplo, Pete Rock, Cee-Lo, Roxy Cottontail and a special guest. The location is so far secret and will be announced the morning of the event via text message. Best of all, it's free!

The Suhanoskys 'Out' at Sfoglia; Ferran Adrià Plans Two New Spots

​Ron Suhanosky and Colleen Marnell-Suhanosky, the couple who opened Sfoglia on the Upper East Side, are no longer involved with the restaurant or its Nantucket big-sister establishment. [Diner's Journal] Ferran Adrià and his brother Albert have announced they're opening two new restaurants i ... More >>

Marcus Samuelsson Delays Red Rooster Yet Again; Hung Hyunh Now with the EMM Group

​Marcus Samuelsson has delayed the opening of his much anticipated Red Rooster yet again and is now preparing for a November debut. [Eater] Franco Bario, the former chef de cuisine at Boqueria, is opening Caliu, a new Spanish tapas place slated to launch next Thursday on Hudson Street. [Craig ... More >>

Eataly Still Singlehandedly Reducing New York Unemployment Numbers

Robert SietsemaThis could be your office.​Eataly may have opened with a staff of thousands, but judging by Craigslist, it's still looking for a few thousand more. A quick scroll through the past three days' worth of job postings turned up no less than nine ads for positions ranging from restau ... More >>

Craigslist Sex Ads Are Gone For Good

via​As noted yesterday, Craigslist replaced their controversial "Adult Services" section, which openly traded in prostitution, with an un-clickable black box reading "censored," but only in the United States. According to CNN, "Craigslist representatives were not immediately available for comm ... More >>

Craigslist "Adult Services" is Now Censored!

The Sad Black Box​The controversial Craigslist category where you find prostitutes, usually entitled "Adult Services," has been replaced Saturday with an unclickable black box reading "censored" (pictured), CNN is reporting. And just like that, the long weekend is ruined!

Regular Old Williamsburg People Fight for Bike Justice in Brooklyn

​Earlier this month we wrote about Brooklyn novelist Jami Attenberg's daring sting-op retrieval of her stolen bike with the investigative help of Voice writer Maura Johnston. That little tale, which involved smarts, diligent detective work, and a bit of luck with Craigslist, had an adorably ha ... More >>

Legendary Rap Group Das EFX Are Looking For A New Manager on Craigslist

​This posting is real, incidentally: we just got off the phone with the group's Andre Weston, who confirmed that he'd upped the advertisement yesterday. Since then, about 50 people have contacted the duo. Why use Craigslist, a place people typically use to sell couches, and not to pick up new ... More >>

Charmingly Pragmatic Prince Seeks Louboutin-Losing Cinderella (Q&A)

Moshe Billet​Moshe Billet found a black leather peep-toe Christian Louboutin pump at 96th Street and Broadway on June 23. Knowing Louboutins are expensive ($600-$800) and that someone was probably upset to have lost it, he posted an ad on Craigslist and messages on Facebook and Twitter, as wel ... More >>

If You Don't Have Any Plans for the Fourth, Someone Could Use a Lunch Date at Ko

While getting a seat at Ko may not be quite as difficult as it was when the restaurant first opened, the reservation system is still enough of a pain in the ass that it's causing people to appeal to strangers over Craigslist.

L Train Dubbed "Most Romantic" Subway Line by Craigslist Love Gurus

Service cuts = More time for love.​Craigslist is as obsessed with their Missed Connections as we are, to the extent that they dug in and calculated which subway lines and stations are "most romantic" in a month-long study of nearly 500 New York City Missed Connections posts. We'd like to point ... More >>

Study: Younger Men Older Women = a Match Made in Sexy-Time Heaven

​Interspersed between a lot of Roger Ebert-referencing and The Graduate plot-dissecting, Psychology Today gets to the point and presents an argument in favor of the May-December relationship, with women being the "colder" month in this particular situation. According to researchers from the Un ... More >>

Law Student Seeks Revenge for Blog Post via Craigslist...New Media Norm or Asshole Exception?

​Add this to the list of things we should be wary of in this Internet-riddled world. You make someone mad, perhaps someone you've never even met, as you attempt to do your job, and they retaliate by posting your cell phone number and picture to Craigslist Casual Encounters saying you're in the ... More >>

I MISSED YOU

The next time you spot an irresistible hottie, don't say Adios

Now Available on Craigslist: Tailor

James Hamilton/ObserverTailor, now cut to fit Craigslist.​ After dying a sad, festering death this year, the body of Tailor is now available for resurrection, courtesy of Craigslist.

A Nightlife (And Ice-Skating) Enthusiast's Guide To Thanksgiving Eve

NYC is a town of transplants, a fact that's never more obvious than during the holiday season. While thousands of New Yorkers take off work early and spend hours upon hours in traffic, at the airport, and stuck in train stations, we think those of you who are left in town should make the most of i ... More >>

That "NEW FEATURE FILM STARING CUIRTIS '50 CENT' JACKSON" Craigslist Ad Is Still Up, By the Way

​I would've said that when Videogum ethers you, you stay ethered, but this advertisement is still very much up on Craigslist today. Either way, this is probably a lot like what the Righteous Kill screenplay looked like when it landed on DeNiro's desk. [Craigslist, via Videogum]

Craigslist Gun Shooter Found Mentally Ill, Remanded to DOH

Jesus Ortiz, the man who shot his East Village neighbor after buying a gun on Craigslist, was committed to the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in a criminal court hearing in Manhattan yesterday. He was being held by the Department of Corrections since the incident last July. Often defense la ... More >>

The Queer Issue: The Rise of Rentboys

Hustling goes legit

CAUGHT BLACK-HANDED

Artist provokes subjects to look at her

Judge: Craigslist Listed Gun, But Not Responsible for Shooting Done With It

An East Village boutique owner who last July was shot by his schizophrenic neighbor -- and then accused Craigslist of selling the man the gun -- has lost his court battle with the online service provider. In a decision to be published tomorrow, Manhattan federal court judge Richard Berman wrote th ... More >>

Craigslist CEO Denounces Village Voice Media; Herewith a Reply

Craigslist has been under the guns of various attorneys general for the web service's spicier ads, and in a two-pronged strategy has on one hand acquiesced by dropping its Erotic Services category for a moderated Adult Services one, and on the other fought back with a somewhat successful South Car ... More >>

Craigslist Fights the Law Over Sex Ads, While YouTube Foot Fetishism Goes Unpunished

Craigslist continues its sex war with the world. Andrew Cuomo attacked today, arresting seven in a Craigslist prostitution ring, and declaring "Until Craigslist gets serious about putting real protections in place, it will continue to be an environment where criminal operations thrive with impunit ... More >>

Craigslist CEO Calls His Adult Services Plan "Fully Baked"

Other attorneys general were satisfied when Craigslist nixed its much maligned Erotic Services section for a closely monitored Adult Services section. But New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo remains miffed with the Web site. "Several weeks ago, we informed Craigslist of an impending criminal c ... More >>

Letters: May 13

Craigslist Drops Prostitute Ads; Twitter Picks Up the Slack

A couple of deranged killers have spoiled it for everybody: Craigslist is dropping its Erotic Services category. The Illinois attorney general's office announced that Craigslist will create an adult category which its employees will monitor for prostitution or pornography, and reject ads outside the ... More >>

Today at the Voice and Voice Blogs

The Voice looks at that other "Craigslist Killer" and his victim, Katherine Olson, slain in 2007 by a man advertising for babysitters near Minneapolis. Actually there have been a few so-called Craigslist Killers, including the one who recently murdered Julissa Brisman of Queens, and reporters Matt S ... More >>

Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

Today's Job Listings: Clown, Job Stealer, Fantasy Roleplayer

Maybe you've stopped looking for jobs on Craigslist because it's just too depressing. Well, there are opportunities out there, you slackers, even if they rather stretch the term. Along with the usual bottom-feeding -- "Summer Intern for Wine/Spirits PR Agency" (no pay but the tipples are great! Ha!) ... More >>

Quick Hits

We noticed freenapkin.com; now here's the Craigslist freebie Twitter feed, Free_NewYork. There you can get a free four-person hot tub -- but "please take it only if you need it." Since Paterson's "hiring freeze," Albany's payroll gained more than 8,000 salaries, says the Buffalo News. BuffNews ... More >>

Ad: Work 12-Hr Days Finding Spas, Hot Corners for Faith Popcorn

Once and future futurist Faith Popcorn may have a job for you! There's an ad on Craigslist inviting some lucky young knowledge worker to serve the inventor of terms we use to this day, like "Brailling the culture" and "InCulture Marketing," as a factotum (or, if you find the term demeaning, dogsbody ... More >>

Loftstel Reaches Out to the Young and Broke

Porsche Scam Teen Gets 5 Years

"Free" is a Good Word to Have in a Headline

Forget the Subway, You can Get Laid at the Park Slope Food Co-Op

Priceless: A Hipster Cooler

Priceless: Bedikah Cloths

Expo Connects Gay Community, Redefines "Hooking Up"

'24 Hours on Craigslist'