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Himalayas

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Download: Doe Paoro's Untethered, Spectral "Born Whole"

    Brooklyn singer-songwriter Doe Paoro is a wild mixture of contemporary sounds and ancient techniques. Her single "Born Whole," taken from her debut Slow to Love (out last month), has the spectral fervor of Zola Jesus's haunted house swirl, Adele's retromaniacal bombast and ghostly traces of James Bl ... More >>

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    March 2, 2012

    Q&A: Wussy's Chuck Cleaver And Lisa Walker On The Cincinnati Scene, Playing Music With Your Ex, And Shaking The "Critic's Band" Tag

    It's high time Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker, the core of Cincinnati crust-stained yet dreamy jangle-pop heroes Wussy, get uttered in the same breath as holier-than-thou lady/dude combos like John Doe & Exene, Ira & Georgia, Mac & Laura, and Thurston & Kim. The rough-and-tumble, whiny disposition of ... More >>

  • Film

    November 23, 2011

    Crazy Wisdom: The Life & Times of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

    It's high time Chuck Cleaver and Lisa Walker, the core of Cincinnati crust-stained yet dreamy jangle-pop heroes Wussy, get uttered in the same breath as holier-than-thou lady/dude combos like John Doe & Exene, Ira & Georgia, Mac & Laura, and Thurston & Kim. The rough-and-tumble, whiny disposition of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Our 10 Best Museum Restaurants

    Not long ago, the museum cafeteria was where you lunched on sad ham-and-cheese sandwiches while resting your weary feet after gallivanting through crowded exhibits. No more. New York City boasts not only some of the best museums in the world, but also some of the top museum eateries, offering up e ... More >>

  • Film

    September 21, 2011

    Well Worth the Trip: Trek to Keep Tibetan Culture Alive in Journey from Zanskar

    Not long ago, the museum cafeteria was where you lunched on sad ham-and-cheese sandwiches while resting your weary feet after gallivanting through crowded exhibits. No more. New York City boasts not only some of the best museums in the world, but also some of the top museum eateries, offering up e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Robert Sietsema at Bhim's Café and Lali Guras; Lauren Shockey at Sa Aming Nayon

    This week in the Voice, Robert Sietsema treks out to Queens' Little Himalayas for momos and other Nepalese stables at Bhim's Café and Lali Guras. Lauren Shockey welcomes Filipino food back to the East Village at Sa Aming Nayon.​ Sam Sifton awards a star each to Palm and Palm Too: "Palm is fo ... More >>

  • Dining

    June 29, 2011

    Phayul: Up You Go!

    A new Tibetan place scales the Heights of Jackson

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    Bin Laden Should Have Been Put On Trial

    ​That's what some people have been saying, annoyed that one of the biggest psycho serial killers in history wasn't give the proper extent of the law, plus a gift bag! Well, in the future, here's how I say we should deal with such situations.

  • Film

    January 19, 2011

    The Way Back Is a Grueling Trip

    ​That's what some people have been saying, annoyed that one of the biggest psycho serial killers in history wasn't give the proper extent of the law, plus a gift bag! Well, in the future, here's how I say we should deal with such situations.

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Wavy Gravy Gets Clobbered at MSG

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 12, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 32 Who clubbed the clown? By Ron Rosenbaum Wavy Gravy, recovering from amoebic dysentery, tropical fever, opium addiction, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and a severe spinal condition, was out of Roosevelt Hosp ... More >>

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    November 24, 2010
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    April 7, 2010

    The Maharishi Makes the Scene

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 25, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 15 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: The Politics of Salvation by Richard Goldstein The question of the hour is: can an honest man still be a fraud? The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi arrived in New York last Thursday, f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 31, 2010

    Mr. Cutlets Bids Bluefin Farewell Because it's Endangered. And Boring.

    It's time to say bye-bye to bluefin.​Josh Ozersky's Time column this week documents what may very well be his last bite of bluefin tuna: "It was awesome. But I have to stop eating it. And so do you," writes the unrepentant carnivore. Ozersky goes on to cite the numbers many of us have heard re ... More >>

  • Dining

    March 24, 2010

    Double Happiness at Merit Kabob and Dumpling Palace

    Jackson Heights serves up a South Asian two-for-one

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Inside Merit Kabob and Dumpling Palace: Momos, Achar, Shapta

    Beef momos, eight for $6, including a bottle of water​After itching to stop by Merit Farms in Jackson Heights ever since it was profiled on Serious Eats, today was finally the day for a momo binge. As it turns out, Merit Farms has changed its name to Merit Kabob and Dumpling Palace, a more apt ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2009

    Class Action Listings

    Beef momos, eight for $6, including a bottle of water​After itching to stop by Merit Farms in Jackson Heights ever since it was profiled on Serious Eats, today was finally the day for a momo binge. As it turns out, Merit Farms has changed its name to Merit Kabob and Dumpling Palace, a more apt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Pair Nabbed Trying to Sell Art Stolen from Little Museum

    ​The cops have cracked the Nicholas Roerich Museum case! You may recall two paintings were stolen off the walls of that museum in June. Denis Ryjenko and his girlfriend, Natella Croussouloudis, have been busted trying to sell one of the paintings, The Himalayas, to an undercover cop. (The othe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    2 Paintings Stolen from Sleepy Museum on W. 107th Street

    ​ The Nicholas Roerich Museum 319 West 107 Street is one of the city's least-well-known bastions of art, which may have made it easy for a crook to get in among the two dozen or so visitors who came in on June 24, and to take one of the Maestro's paintings right off the wall and carry it away. ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 15, 2009

    Alexi Murdoch

    ​ The Nicholas Roerich Museum 319 West 107 Street is one of the city's least-well-known bastions of art, which may have made it easy for a crook to get in among the two dozen or so visitors who came in on June 24, and to take one of the Maestro's paintings right off the wall and carry it away. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2009

    Rich Actually Doing Pretty Well in New Depression

    Ward Harkavy's The Smart Asset got there first, noticing the Times profile of a laid-off $240K/year (base pay!) lawyer and her upcoming world tour assisted by a paid sabbatical and "Lonely Planet travel guides." (Ward observes that, unfortunately for the rest of us, "No such guides exist yet for 'be ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 7, 2009

    Roswell Rudd+the Lafayette Harris Duo

    Ward Harkavy's The Smart Asset got there first, noticing the Times profile of a laid-off $240K/year (base pay!) lawyer and her upcoming world tour assisted by a paid sabbatical and "Lonely Planet travel guides." (Ward observes that, unfortunately for the rest of us, "No such guides exist yet for 'be ... More >>

  • Art

    April 8, 2008

    Class Action: Listings

    Ward Harkavy's The Smart Asset got there first, noticing the Times profile of a laid-off $240K/year (base pay!) lawyer and her upcoming world tour assisted by a paid sabbatical and "Lonely Planet travel guides." (Ward observes that, unfortunately for the rest of us, "No such guides exist yet for 'be ... More >>

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    February 22, 2008

    Clip Job: Village Voice Auto Rally

    Ward Harkavy's The Smart Asset got there first, noticing the Times profile of a laid-off $240K/year (base pay!) lawyer and her upcoming world tour assisted by a paid sabbatical and "Lonely Planet travel guides." (Ward observes that, unfortunately for the rest of us, "No such guides exist yet for 'be ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 25, 2007

    Horoscope

    Ward Harkavy's The Smart Asset got there first, noticing the Times profile of a laid-off $240K/year (base pay!) lawyer and her upcoming world tour assisted by a paid sabbatical and "Lonely Planet travel guides." (Ward observes that, unfortunately for the rest of us, "No such guides exist yet for 'be ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 26, 2006

    Horoscope

    Ward Harkavy's The Smart Asset got there first, noticing the Times profile of a laid-off $240K/year (base pay!) lawyer and her upcoming world tour assisted by a paid sabbatical and "Lonely Planet travel guides." (Ward observes that, unfortunately for the rest of us, "No such guides exist yet for 'be ... More >>

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    January 3, 2006

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    Top ten food finds of 2005

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    November 4, 2005
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    July 12, 2005

    Horoscope

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    July 5, 2005

    'The Warrior'

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    March 29, 2005
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    March 22, 2005

    How to Be an Illegal Alien

    It worked for me! Six steps for crashing George Bush's America in two weeks flat

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    December 28, 2004

    Bizarre Boozin'

    It worked for me! Six steps for crashing George Bush's America in two weeks flat

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    September 21, 2004

    George W. Bush Ain't No Cowboy

    See how the little feller measures up to the Cowboy Code, and you tell me.

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    October 14, 2003

    Heartbreak Houses

    Two female playwrights mop up with pine-scented romance

  • News

    August 19, 2003

    Hello Dalai

    Thousands Of New Yorkers Await The Dalai Lama's First Visit Here Since 1999

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    July 22, 2003

    Eternal Return

    Alan Moore's Supreme Achievement

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    June 4, 2002

    The Great Gadfly

    Alan Moore's Supreme Achievement

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    May 21, 2002

    Horoscope

    Alan Moore's Supreme Achievement

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    October 9, 2001

    Twin Peaks

    The Yin-Yang Glamour Girls of ‘Mulholland Drive’

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    August 21, 2001

    Getting Bourgie in Kathmandu

    The Yin-Yang Glamour Girls of ‘Mulholland Drive’

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    May 8, 2001

    Horoscope

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    October 31, 2000

    Studio Apartment in Late-1960s Building

    The Yin-Yang Glamour Girls of ‘Mulholland Drive’

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    October 12, 1999

    Uni Watch: Mets Concede

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  • Music

    October 13, 1998

    Symphony in Beef Major

    The Yin-Yang Glamour Girls of ‘Mulholland Drive’

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