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The Rules of Getting Laid, According to World's Worst Self-Help Book

Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. The Rules for Getting Laid Author: David Graff & Ray Schwartz Date: 1999 Publisher: Drill Press, Madison, Wisconsin Discovered at: The Second Best Thrift Shop, A ... More >>

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Sandra Bernhard Turned Down Sex and the City

On Howard Stern's show, mouthy comic Sandra Bernhard admitted that she turned down the role of Miranda on Sex and the City. Batshit crazy? No, hold on people, hear out her reasons. For one thing, she says, the script was absolutely horrible.

100 Most Powerless New Yorkers

A 'power list' for the rest of us

Download: The Beets' Damaged Pop Gem "Doing As I Do"

The Beets have been a YIMBY obsession since the summer of 2009, when we dubbed them "one of the most underappreciated bands in New York"—a demented rapture-strum on the very cusp of the peachy, beachy, kiwicore explosion of Captured Tracks. Two years later, these hand-scribbled mischief-makers ... More >>

Lisa Lampanelli Talks About Taking on the Westboro Baptist Church

​When comedienne Lisa Lampanelli was preparing for a concert last Saturday in Topeka, Kansas, she quickly learned she'd have some unusual attendees showing up. In addition to her normal flock of gay fans, her show attracted protestors from Fred Phelps's Westboro Baptist Church, who didn't like ... More >>

Ten Famous Guys Who Like Fat Chicks

Dan Weiss is the author of the blog Ask a Guy Who Likes Fat Chicks and he's profiled in this week's feature, "Guys Who Like Fat Chicks." He put together a list of ten males who appreciate larger ladies in Western mass culture because, frankly, there aren't all that many. Fat Admirers do exist, and ... More >>

Howard Stern Questions A Former Scientology Private Eye

Chaupetta, left, with male and female employees he uses to tempt targets into cheating. (What a guy!)​While we wait for reports on tonight's drama in Beverly Hills -- where Tom Cruise will be receiving a Humanitarian Award from the Simon Wiesenthal Center for all his years hunting down disembo ... More >>

Q&A: Insane Clown Posse's Violent J on the Great Juggalo Return to New York City

"Encyclopedias of rock, rap--I see them all the time at the bookstore. Like, when you look at the 'I's and you get to the 'In's and you see 'Incubus,' just to see our name included in there would be so cool." Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope. . . on a boat. It's been since six months a certain Village ... More >>

Bacon Brassiere and Nine Other Things You Can Make With Pork Products Without Eating Them

cutothepaste.blogspot.com1. A smoked pork butt, a bow tie, and a couple of gherkins is all you need to make Mr. & Mrs. Ham​When you were a kid, your mother probably told you not to play with your food. But like all contrary kids, you played with it anyway, and maybe got a rap across the knuck ... More >>

Huffington Post Folds AOL Sites, Hires a Few More; Howard Stern Sues Sirius Radio

Boss​Arianna Huffington's website, recently joined with (bought by) Tim Armstrong's AOL in an attempt to usurp the internet content throne together, has been making all sorts of media news headlines early in this 2011, and up to this point, they have fit into one of two categories. First, ther ... More >>

Howard Stern Was So Over Twitter, Briefly

via​We've already come out as not-fans of Howard Stern's Twitter account or radio show, but we never said the guy should quit. In fact, his extremely loyal followers seem to love it, and even Twitter executives were into it when Stern live-tweeted his own movie, Private Parts. But this morning ... More >>

Howard Stern Is Really Bad at Twitter

​Howard Stern joined Twitter last week, probably at the behest of his manager or boss because his account is wholly uninspired. As the self-proclaimed "King of All Media" (seriously, it's in his bio) and the recipient of a $500 million five-year contract with Sirius Radio -- not to mention the ... More >>

Suicidal Jumper Saved by Landing on Garbage; Arkansas Birds Fall From Sky; Facebook Now Worth $50 Billion

​Good morning, happy back-to-work Monday, and welcome to 2011! Today is Joe Coscarelli's first day of weekday blogging on Runnin' Scared, which we are very excited about. Please join me in heckling him as much as possible. In other morning news... • Yesterday in New York a suicidal man jump ... More >>

Bruce's "Baker to the Stars" Bakery Migrating From Long Island to Manhattan

​The ex-Wai Café spot on Sixth Avenue and 17th Street will soon be inhabited by Bruce's, a Long Island bakery that bills itself as "Baker to the Stars." Jeremiah Moss noticed the storefront signage, which advises passersby that the "GRAND OPENING" will come "soon."

Hot Dog Sluts Now Here to Encourage Procrastination, Bemusement

​Some 23 hours ago, the Internet witnessed the birth of another meme that has absolutely no function besides that of making slightly prurient, food-oriented workday procrastination that much easier. It is called Hot Dog Sluts, and is comprised entirely of photos of celebrities, politicians, an ... More >>

Racist Rant Against Whoopi Goldberg

​Steppin' Out editor Chaunce Hayden usually rants against Howard Stern, and I reprinted some of those columns here until realizing they stem from a deep-seated agenda that involves him being banned from Stern's show. Well, this week, he named Whoopi Goldberg "Asshole of the week" for her "pro ... More >>

My 10 Most Commented Posts of All Time

​Not the most trafficked, necessarily, but the ones that made you leap to your fingers and tap out your thoughts in the largest anonymous gangs. These topics clearly spoke to you and you talked back at the top of your mental lungs. Try to deduce some telling trends from this list of the most ... More >>

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Tiger Woods May Get Back in the Game in Two Weeks: Post

​It took years -- including 18 months in prison -- before disgraced Olympic runner Marion Jones returned to sports as a member of the WNBA's Tulsa Shock. But Tiger Woods may be on a faster track: He's hired former Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer -- who also worked with semi-disgraced ballpl ... More >>

Joan Rivers's Date Drops Dead at Le Cirque

​Eater has it that Joan Rivers made an appearance on the Howard Stern show in which the comedian revealed that, seven months ago, her elderly date dropped dead at Le Cirque. Tasteless but funny: Rivers noted that her salmon dish was totally ruined by the incident, and speculated that he had ke ... More >>

This Week's Voice: tUnE-yArDs, Lil Wayne's Rebirth, Alan Lomax in Haiti, Steve McQueen, the Red Riding Triptych, and More

tUnE-yArDs, now proudly R-rated. Photo by Chrissy Piper.​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla conducts an occasionally embarrassing chat with one-woman feral folk sensation tUnE-yArDs (contains sex talk!), Brandon Soderberg catches up with Howard Stern's favorite headbanger, Richard Chri ... More >>

Artie Lange Stabbed Himself Nine Times: Post

Earlier this week Howard Stern announced on his show that his sidekick, Artie Lange, had been hospitalized, and bade his fans think of him. Stern didn't say why Lange was in the hospital, but mentioned that "we all have our demons." Today, from the Post's Page Six (!), we learn what he meant: Lan ... More >>

SEASON'S HEEBINGS

Two events to cure any Jew's Christmas blues

Times Walks Memory Lane with Penny Crone

​Nostalgia isn't what it was. "A World Series without Penny Crone on television from Yankee Stadium?" sighs the New York Times. Yes, they're actually affecting to miss the tiny Fox reporter, whom they say "made a career of making the hysteria even more deliciously hysterical," which is one way ... More >>

Q&A: Francine Spiegel, "Goop and Gore" Artist at Deitch

​ Goop, mother, goop! All images by Francine Spiegel. Artist Francine Spiegel likes goop and gore. She needs about 10 pounds of grits, five jugs of pancake syrup, 20 cans of whipped cream, Fruit Loops, fake arms, and some blood, just to get started. That's the material she used for "Mud & ... More >>

Charlize Has OCD! Crack Out The Purell!

​Oscar winner Charlize Theron is the latest boldface name to admit she suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder, an anxiety ailment which plagues so many people that I'm starting to worry about it! Most celebrities stress out about things in closets, but Charlize says she frets about stuff ... More >>

A Somewhat Rueful Live Report From Twestival, As In "Twitter Festival," Which Went About As Well As You'd Suspect It Would

Pic by Puja Patel​NYC's Twestival (Twitter festival, get it?) went down Saturday at Brooklyn Bowl, raising money for Bronx-based charity Camp Interactive, which means there was at least one good thing about it.

Sirius Debt May Bankrupt Satellite Radio Company

Many citizens facing a worsening recession are looking at their car dashboards and thinking, "why am I paying for radio?" So Sirius XM, home to Howard Stern and a bunch of other v/o celebs, is facing bankruptcy. The Times says it has $175 million in debt payments due at the end of the month and is ... More >>

Madoff Sucker List Released

Bernie Madoff's liquidators have released a list of his official victims, which the Post obligingly makes public as a large pdf file. Look for your friends! Interestingly, a few people who'd previously told us they were Madoff victims don't appear on it. But Mets owner Fred Wilpon, and his company S ... More >>

Victory, Death, Celebrities at the NYC Marathon

"Thriller" Dance Record Attempt in Times Square Today

Stern Stooge Arrest Provides Excuse for Stupid Web Clip

Going South

The Mexican thinks he’s Dan Savage all of a sudden

The Pinky Swear

Benefits of prostate stimulation and the rise of bend-over boyfriends

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Sirius Doubts

Even with hours of Howard, Sirius and it's portable aren't an easy sell

The Rebound of Internet Radio

Sound Logic Now

What follows Clear Channel, file-sharing, podcasting, and satellite radio? Online alt-promotion

Bleep This!

Howard Stern, rule-breaker, heads for the land of no rules

Take Them Out With Sex

Open Season

Two one-world bands converge for 2004's protest summer

Gorn With the Wind!

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Infectious Disease

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Lap Dancing in Queens?

A pretty girl is like a melody

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