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The Secret to Eternal Youth! Now Available on the Cruise Ship Freewinds!

Scientology watchers, we have a treat for you this morning. This video has been making the rounds the last couple of days, and we can see why it's generating so much interest. Mike Napier, the captain of Scientology's private cruise ship, the Freewinds, stars in this film and tells us about the bene ... More >>

Amy's Bread Moving Baking Facilities From Chelsea Market to Long Island City

Two of the three storefronts Amy's Bread has long occupied have been papered up, all the humongous ovens removed. It must be accounted something of a set-back for Chelsea Market, if you're going by the original plan. When the 22-building complex -- originally a Nabisco factory -- opened in 1997, i ... More >>

Robert Burnham Jr.'s 1983 Testament: An Astronomer-Recluse Inscribes His Universe (Part II)

Burnham in his Prescott, Arizona home lab, circa 1960.​ Yesterday, we published the first half of a 24,000-word "self-interview" by Lowell Observatory astronomer Robert Burnham, Jr. on what would have been his 80th birthday. Burnham died in 1993 at the age of 61. He was known not only for hi ... More >>

Q&A: Watch The Closing Doors Mastermind Kris Needs On Crafting Compilations And New York's Musical History Books

​A veteran English music writer, Kris Needs lived in New York City in the late '80s (he spent two years behind the counter at Bleecker Bob's). It was part of a longstanding fascination with the city that—lucky us—now culminates in Watch the Closing Doors: A History of New York's Mu ... More >>

Martin Mull: From the Delta Region of Cleveland

​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 19, 1973, Vol. XVIII, No. 29 riffs by Frank Rose "Martin Mull is wonderful!" someone in the audience kept screaming last Saturday night at Max's upstairs. It was probably his dog, you know, but nobody would have noticed -- they al ... More >>

American Idol: Jacob Lusk, You Were Too Good For This Show

Michael Becker/FOXFarewell, Jacob. ​It always happens. My end-to-end favorite contestant has never, ever won American Idol. They usually do pretty well, but they always flame out within a few weeks of the finish line because of some combination of nerves, bad choices, mass bad taste, and the f ... More >>

Quadriplegic Man Has Very Bad Experience on "It's a Small World" Ride

​A quadriplegic man who got stuck on a broken "It's a Small World" ride at Disneyland and had to hear that insufferable music over and over again when Disney failed to evacuate him in a reasonable amount of time is now suing the company. While waiting for help for some 40 minutes as other peop ... More >>

The Bromberg Brothers, From Blue Ribbon, on Bringing a Bit of New York to Las Vegas

Eric and Bruce Bromberg​In the last few years, Las Vegas has gone from debauched adult playground to kid-friendly Disneyland and back. More recently, it's become the adopted home of several of the country's most lauded chefs. José Andrés, Scott Conant, and the Bromberg brothers are among a g ... More >>

Comedian and Mayor Jon Gnarr Runs Iceland's Best Party, Loves The Wire

​Elections in Reykjavik, Iceland resulted with 34.7% of the vote going to a group called the Best Party -- really -- founded only in December. Its promises? "A polar bear display for the zoo. Free towels at public swimming pools. A 'drug-free Parliament by 2020.'" On the strength of these poli ... More >>

Comedian and Mayor Jon Gnarr Runs Iceland's Best Party, Loves The Wire

​Elections in Reykjavik, Iceland resulted with 34.7% of the vote going to a group called the Best Party -- really -- founded only in December. Its promises? "A polar bear display for the zoo. Free towels at public swimming pools. A 'drug-free Parliament by 2020.'" On the strength of these poli ... More >>

Q&A: Holly Miranda on Magic, Sneaking Records, and The Need to "Come Out"

Sebastian MylanarskiHolly Miranda Known for being the face of Brooklyn rock act the Jealous Girlfriends, Holly Miranda quietly released her debut solo album The Magician's Private Library this past February. It's a washed-out, hazy record that has Miranda's airy voice sounding something like '80s 4 ... More >>

Another Day, Another Joe Dobias Twitter Rant

​ In these uncertain times, you take levity where you can find it. Which is why we're grateful for Joe Dobias for providing it so reliably. When he's not raging at bloggers, he's threatening to run them over with his bicycle. This week, the contentious chef has taken to Twitter to serve up ano ... More >>

In a Crime-Free City, How Does a Young Gangbanger Represent?

Eating With Michael Musto: Eggs at Virage, Steak at the Knickerbocker, and Why He Won't Be Getting on a Train to Eat in Brooklyn Anytime Soon

​ Michael Musto has been the Voice's resident chronicler of New York's famous and profane since 1984, when he started penning his weekly La Dolce Musto column. He's also a sometime actor and TV commentator, year-round bicyclist, and the author of three books, including the forthcoming Fork on ... More >>

Magnolia Regrets Its Trash, Says Its Grand Central Location Will Be Its Last in New York

Robert Sietsema​Last week, Our Man Sietsema observed that Magnolia Bakery patrons had been trashing the neighborhood with soiled cupcake packaging, scattering Magnolia detritus at the park across the street and stuffing already overflowing garbage cans with discarded boxes, tissues, and wrapp ... More >>

From the Voice Archives: Robert Christgau on the Mass Culture Spectacle of Michael Jackson in 1984

In honor of Michael Jackson, we're raiding our archives. Here's Robert Christgau's titanic 1984 piece on arena rock, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and the complicated place where all three meet. Working the Crowd By Robert Christgau August 21,1984 If you'd told me five years ago that I'd will ... More >>

Interview: Playwright Robert Patrick on Caffe Cino, "Negative Narcissism," and How to Make Money Reviewing Porn

Photo (c) Steve Ladner Back in the glorious early days of Off-Off-Broadway theatre, Robert Patrick was one of the movement's biggest and most reliably entertaining playwrights. After his breakout The Haunted Host at Joe Cino's seminal Caffe Cino, Patrick dished out several short and long plays in ... More >>

Candidates for Council, Comptroller, DA Pitch at VID

Democratic candidates for city council seats in districts 1, 2, and 3, district attorney, and comptroller came to the Village Independent Democrats last night to make their cases, under strict time limits and with screened questioning, for the venerable club's endorsement. In District 1: Pete Gle ... More >>

Fashion Week: Punk For Pennies at Alexander McQueen for Target

Epic fail It says so much about us that, of all the beautiful runway shows bookending this Fashion Week, your sparkly-things correspondents were most excited about going to Target. Or, rather, going to the pop-up boutique for Alexander McQueen for Target, the latest, extremely high-profile installm ... More >>

Pulp Fictions: Steve Aylett's The Caterer, Edward Gorey's The Recently Deflowered Girl, and Takashi Nemoto's Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby

Comics come out on Wednesday, and so does Richard Gehr's Pulp Fictions. Jeff Lint's 'The Caterer' Steve Aylett Floating World Comics The Recently Deflowered Girl Edward Gorey Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby Takashi Nemoto Picture Box During the mid-1970s, Jeff Lint - a fictional author created by ... More >>

Free Will Astrology: July 2 through 8

Âme Frank

Chowhound Dave Cook's Last Road to Singapore

For his last meal, this man dreams of food courts of the Far East

Live: Hanson Turns the Supper Club Into One Giant Wiggling Uvula

Soccer Support Groups

Where to watch the World Cup—with people who actually care

What's Stranger Than Paradise?

Or, How We Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the 'Burbs

The Last Action Hero

Hometown hero Cronenberg elicits applause and shocked silence with his menacing History

Memories of Overdevelopment

At home she feels like a tourist: Faux travelogue shoots from the hip at exurban sprawl

Historical Oversight

Desensitized to Cronenberg's 'Violence', jury anoints Dardennes over Jarmusch and von Trier

Bigmouth Strikes Again

Deep impact: Porno doc looks back at the culture wars set off by a landmark '70s skin flick

The Day of the Jackals

Mythmaking at the Republican convention and getting punk'd on Kudlow and Cramer

NY Mirror

Let Rudnick Ring

Do you know the question to which '9W' is the answer? Betcha the author of this play does.

Signs of the Times

Horoscope

Open-and-Shut Cases

While Detainees Languish the Feds Subvert Their Own Secrecy Arguments

NY Mirror

Holiday Happenings

The Ho Truth

Down-and-Out Deities

Ride of Chuckie

Lame Duck

Bill Clinton Needs a Job. Any Career Advice?

Bloody Ethics

Can a Game That Poses Moral Questions About Murder Survive Its Own Success?

The Launching Fad

A next-generation start-up plays the fortune game

Waking Andy Kaufman

Boys and Girls of Summer

Between Two Worlds

Back Stories

I Believe That Children Are The Future.