Voice Choices
March 7, 2012The cast of Bob's Burgers
kicks off its second season
Voice Choices
December 7, 2011Voice Choices
October 26, 2011New York Comedy Festival tortures us
Blogs
October 20, 2011A nation (or, at least, a city) of music dorks called a day of mourning when the long-running indie-oriented video show New York Noise was unceremoniously cancelled by New York City's NYC-TV last year. But you can't keep a good fan down for long. Noise creator/curator/editor/producer Shirley ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 7, 2011Eugene Mirman has the formula for fun
Blogs
August 1, 2011
They Might Be Giants w/Jonathan Coulton, Eugene Mirman & Pretty Good Friends
Williamsburg Waterfront
Friday, July 29
Better than: Funny you should ask.
Around the 30-minute mark of the the heavens' continued urination on the gathered masses at the Williamsburg Waterfront on Friday, comedian Todd ... More >>
Music
May 18, 2011His book mapped their lives
Voice Choices
April 27, 2011Mark Bazer chats with Das Racist
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April 13, 2011John Wesley Harding has talented friends
Music
March 16, 2011From Superchunk to WFMU, his forays into both music and comedy inspire us all
Voice Choices
February 23, 2011Voice Choices
February 16, 2011One man's search for his funnybone
Blogs
December 7, 2010
Take it with a grain of salt, but we hear pretty reliably that the big guest for Yo La Tengo's eighth-night finale at Maxwell's will be none other than Brooklyn's the National. If true, they'd follow a murderer's row of guests YLT have already had out to Hoboken this year: M. Ward and tonight's Vi ... More >>
Voice Choices
December 1, 2010
Take it with a grain of salt, but we hear pretty reliably that the big guest for Yo La Tengo's eighth-night finale at Maxwell's will be none other than Brooklyn's the National. If true, they'd follow a murderer's row of guests YLT have already had out to Hoboken this year: M. Ward and tonight's Vi ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 17, 2010Religion meets world rock
Voice Choices
September 8, 2010Eugene Mirman and friends are back
Blogs
August 12, 2010So the gleeful journalism-destroyers over at the sports blog Deadspin have declared this Deadspin Music Week, and included a delightful tale of irascible Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes' inspired performance last month during a comedy show at the Bell House. Invited as a surprise guest ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2010
Any attempt to describe what Reggie Watts does onstage will inevitably fail to convey the dizzying heights of absurdity the man regularly achieves, but here it goes. First, the Seattle-via-Montana transplant constructs backing tracks via carefully controlled beat-boxing and judicious use of loopin ... More >>
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April 27, 2010Marc Maron's WTF Podcast live at Comix
Blogs
March 23, 2010Recognizable, not notable: Shwayze, Perez Hilton, Cisco Adler
Nate "Igor" Smith took photos of semi-famous people at South By Southwest. No naked people, but Mary Louise Parker! Full gallery over here.
Blogs
March 12, 2010Eugene Mirman, with friend.Eugene Mirman is a very funny man--so funny that this very publication dubbed him New York's best stand-up comedian in 2009. You've probably seen him on Flight of the Conchords or at Union Hall, where he hosts Tearing the Veil of Maya with Michael Showalter. Last ye ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2010It's sweet, sweet Friday. An ideal time to look back, through the wind and rain, at the best posts of the last five days.
Alone in the kitchen with a pig's uterus...
Pulino's Beth Ann Simpkins talked about pizza, bi-coastal pizza obsession, and her 100 percent carbohydrate diet...
...While Eugene ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 23, 2010Help make this summer awesome
Voice Choices
January 26, 2010Laughing for a good cause
Blogs
January 21, 2010If this doesn't say it all, don't know what does
Wyclef's Yele charity has recently drawn a firestorm of criticism, but he's not the only musical figure trying to mobilize folks and funds on behalf of Haiti. There's also an impressive number of benefit concerts and music events happening in the cit ... More >>
Blogs
October 9, 2009Photo of South Williamsburg's the Woods by Puja PatelIn the week in which everyone went to rock and roll fantasy camp--whether it be the one that takes place inside the Colbert Report studios with the Mountain Goats' John Darnielle or the one that takes place on the disco dance floor with Vin ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2009
Comedian Eugene Mirman makes even the most productive person look unproductive. In the last several months, he's released his first self-help book The Will To Whatevs, reprised his role as "Eugene" during the second season of HBO's Flight of the Conchords, organized and hosted the second annual Eu ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 15, 2009A festival where everyone is a VIP
Voice Choices
September 8, 2009Psychedelic lineup ushers back ATP
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September 8, 2009Voice Choices
April 1, 2009Hang out with John Wesley Harding and his talented pals
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January 28, 2009Eugene Mirman aims to take down The Secret
Voice Choices
January 7, 2009Are you a true Mirmaniac?
Blogs
October 16, 2008Are you a true Mirmaniac?
Voice Choices
September 23, 2008A comedy festival that can laugh at itself
Music
September 17, 2008The Union Hall crew opens another spot, and adds to a surprising resurgence
Voice Choices
June 3, 2008A funny flight without Bret and Jemaine
Music
May 13, 2008The second annual shindig brings Irish jigs, ballroom twirls, and B-boy stances together
Music
April 8, 2008Alt-comedians celebrate the joy of the up-and-coming (or down-and-out) comedian
Blogs
April 1, 2008Alt-comedians celebrate the joy of the up-and-coming (or down-and-out) comedian
Blogs
February 8, 2008Alt-comedians celebrate the joy of the up-and-coming (or down-and-out) comedian
Blogs
December 10, 2007Alt-comedians celebrate the joy of the up-and-coming (or down-and-out) comedian
Music
December 4, 2007A Hanukkah fete with Yo La Tengo, the only band worth trudging all the way to Hoboken for
Music
October 23, 2007Navigating the great costumes and lousy underage fucks as Halloween descends
Music
July 17, 2007Creative beer receptacles and futile after-party searches after a long day at Coney Island
People
January 11, 2005Creative beer receptacles and futile after-party searches after a long day at Coney Island
NYC Life
August 24, 2004Creative beer receptacles and futile after-party searches after a long day at Coney Island
