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April 25, 2012Blogs
February 21, 2012Ron Paul wants to know: "Is this dude serious?"
And by "this dude," he means Rick Santorum, ostensibly the front-runner in the GOP presidential field.
Featuring a voiceover best described as male valley-girl-meets-political-smear, Paul's latest campaign commercial challenges Santorum's fiscal-con ... More >>
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February 15, 2012Blogs
December 12, 2011Now available on Etsy for your gift-giving needs: hand-stitched cloth versions of Kanye West's tweets. The commemorations of West's epic 140-character missives ("Sometimes I get the usage of puns and double en- tundras mixed up. I know sometimes one thing can be both. Rap God issues!!! LOL!!! ... More >>
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November 23, 2011The holiday wish list just got a little longer
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October 19, 2011The holiday wish list just got a little longer
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October 5, 2011Yo! Bum rush the public library.
Blogs
September 15, 2011"I Love NY," the iconic logo created by Milton Glaser in 1977 (he did the work pro bono, never expecting the campaign to last more than a few months), is now bringing in millions to the state in licensing fees. The state started licensing the logo in '94 and, the Daily News reports, took in " ... More >>
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September 14, 2011Get a tattoo from David Shrigley
Film
August 17, 2011Get a tattoo from David Shrigley
Blogs
May 12, 2011Defense Secretary Robert Gates explained today that photos of Osama Bin Laden's corpse should not be released not only because the actual photos might inflame extremists and act as a propaganda tool for Al Qaeda, but also because of, well, Photoshop. Gates and Hillary Clinton were "worried a ... More >>
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May 11, 2011Say yes to burgers, workshops, and music
Blogs
April 1, 2011Go to Google and search for "Helvetica," the respectable font. The joke is that the results come up in "Comic Sans," a less respectable font. Get it? This day sucks.
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March 30, 2011Go to Google and search for "Helvetica," the respectable font. The joke is that the results come up in "Comic Sans," a less respectable font. Get it? This day sucks.
Blogs
February 4, 2011Winona Chiropractic Center in Winona, Minnesota, hired a web designer to create a site with which to advertise their business. Apparently, they didn't follow through with the appropriate payments, so the web designer went back into the site and started recoding. Here's a link to the site. Mak ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2011It really has been almost 40 years since Starbucks opened its first store, innocuously enough, in Seattle. And given the company's subsequent, unstoppable stampede towards Matrix-like world domination, it seems appropriate that, in celebration of its March birthday, the company is debuting a ... More >>
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December 15, 2010It really has been almost 40 years since Starbucks opened its first store, innocuously enough, in Seattle. And given the company's subsequent, unstoppable stampede towards Matrix-like world domination, it seems appropriate that, in celebration of its March birthday, the company is debuting a ... More >>
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November 24, 2010You’ll even want to get something for your worst friend
Blogs
November 18, 2010Patti Smith, who did actually smile last night. Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith.Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids won the 2010 National Book Award for nonfiction last night at the Cirpirani Ballroom on Wall Street. It was, to say the least, a surprising moment.
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October 27, 2010Patti Smith, who did actually smile last night. Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith.Patti Smith's memoir Just Kids won the 2010 National Book Award for nonfiction last night at the Cirpirani Ballroom on Wall Street. It was, to say the least, a surprising moment.
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October 13, 2010Blogs
October 9, 2010Amid an internet uproar about how bad the new Gap logo is -- and just after iTunes faced similar scrutiny for the updated iTunes 10 icon -- MySpace is getting in on the Any Press is Good Press action by releasing their own terrible new logo. TechCrunch describes it literally as "the word 'my' ... More >>
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October 6, 2010Amid an internet uproar about how bad the new Gap logo is -- and just after iTunes faced similar scrutiny for the updated iTunes 10 icon -- MySpace is getting in on the Any Press is Good Press action by releasing their own terrible new logo. TechCrunch describes it literally as "the word 'my' ... More >>
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September 15, 2010Asia Society brings the "Nara phenomenon" to NYC
Blogs
August 3, 2010Ryder RippsPoor ladyOne detail that didn't emerge during our long conversation with Brooklyn chiptune composers Anamanaguchi, regarding their wish-fulfilling project of scoring the Scott Pilgrim videogame, was whether or not the band planned to release the tracks separately. So we wrote guitarist/NE ... More >>
Music
July 13, 2010The Screaming Females screamer cryptically emotes on Holy Hell
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June 29, 2010The Screaming Females screamer cryptically emotes on Holy Hell
Blogs
May 6, 2010That's Flansburgh on the rightJohn Flansburgh stands as the younger, more bespectacled half of They Might Be Giants, a Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boston band he has been playing in for more than half his life (Their latest album is Here Comes Science, their fourth children's album and 14th or so stud ... More >>
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April 20, 2010Print away, and take away
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March 2, 2010Print away, and take away
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February 9, 2010Two artists, one strange mission
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December 22, 2009Two artists, one strange mission
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December 15, 2009A third Wainwright bares it at the mic
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June 10, 2009A third Wainwright bares it at the mic
Film
May 20, 2009A third Wainwright bares it at the mic
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March 18, 2009A discussion with filmmaker-artist Mike Mills
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October 22, 2008A discussion with filmmaker-artist Mike Mills
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October 8, 2008Tales of jealous husbands and dart champs
Art
January 15, 2008Recommendations by R.C. Baker
Film
September 4, 2007Recommendations by R.C. Baker
NYC Life
May 3, 2005Recommendations by R.C. Baker
Books
November 23, 2004A holiday guide to coffee-table books with a jagged edge
NYC Life
December 23, 2003A holiday guide to coffee-table books with a jagged edge
Theater
February 18, 2003Strange Things Grow in an Office Culture
News
October 30, 2001Strange Things Grow in an Office Culture
News
March 14, 2000Turning an Anti-Fascist Artwork Into an Anti-Jewish Slur
Long Island Voice
October 19, 1999Turning an Anti-Fascist Artwork Into an Anti-Jewish Slur
News
June 29, 1999Kick-starting a new literary scene on the lower east side
News
January 12, 1999Is There Room for Unions in the New Media World?
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