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French Montana's Excuse My French Listening Party - HiLo - 5/7/13

Better Than: Keeping track of when Excuse My French is finally coming out. French Montana has three glittering chains around his neck (one of which is a jewel-studded Pillsbury Doughboy), a pinkie ring so large and sparkly I consider whether it's been wholly carved out of a giant diamond, and fresh ... More >>

Photos: Here is the Village Voice's #ChoiceStreets Through Instagram

We asked, you photographed. Below is a sampling of our favorite photos from our Choice Streets food truck event last night at Pier 86 of the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum. If for some reason you changed your mind and don't want your photo included here, just drop us a line. Follow the Village Voic ... More >>

?uestlove, Andrew W.K., Kim Gordon More - Masonic Temple - 5/1/13

Better Than: That unimprovised Paisley/Cool J duet. The format, in case you missed the emails, flyers, and Red Bull Music Academy promotional newspapers being handed out around the city, went something like this: One performer took the stage. He or she played for five minutes, at which point anothe ... More >>

We Should Be Less Cynical About Albums That (Want to) Change The World

One of the most talked about songs on Taylor Swift's Speak Now was a ditty called "Mean," which my BFF Theon Weber focused on in-depth in his review for this paper. "It's chipper and funny, because the narrator is predicting escape from someone she dislikes: 'Some day, I'll be living in a big ol' ... More >>

Brooklyn Flea Heading to the Seaport; Dig Inn Opens on Hudson

Xi'an Famous Foods' new Midtown location had a soft opening on Thursday according to Midtown Lunch, which spotted a now-deleted post on the chain's Facebook page. Xi'an wrote, "We are having a soft opening at midtown 24 w. 45th... this message will self destruct in 15 mins..." Customers who couldn't ... More >>

MOMI Makes a Spectacle of YouTube and MTV's Best

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QUIZ: Are These Tweets From Cher or Horse_ebooks?

RiFF RAFF may get all the the love as the King of Incomprehensible Tweets, but the title of Queen goes to Cher. While she may not have Harmony Korine ready to pen a book of tweet interpretations, the near-EGOTer has roughly 1.3 million followers who eagerly await her tweets, which, on any given day, ... More >>

Very Local Seaweed and Fresh Rabbit Blood at Restaurant '13

Can an ingredient be too local? The gelatinous seaweed served at New York's newest pop-up restaurant is scraped each morning from the bottom of the Staten Island Ferry and strewn over sheets of fried kale. It's slippery stuff and it tastes dangerous, like it could kill you. It just might. For the p ... More >>

The Comments on Beyoncé's Instagram in Support of Gay Marriage Are Very Mature

If you've been following Beyoncé on Instagram you know she's gone HARD in support of gay marriage these last couple days, even making the emptiest of gestures the incredibly bold, impossibly brave choice to post the ubiquitous pink equality = on her account (pictured above). It's a big step from t ... More >>

How To Do SXSW Like A Grizzled Old Man

SXSW is in full-swing this week down in Austin, and that means a constant blast of updates in your news feed from your friends and colleagues maxing out their annual diarrhea expense accounts. Many publications are eager to tell you the best ways to enjoy your time at the festival. All of those peop ... More >>

The Week in Music Writing: The Way We Make Hit Songs Now

We present this free compilation of music writing that Voice writers are into this week, all by writers we presume were paid for their efforts. If you have a story you'd like to see here, drop us a line.

Nightingale 9 Opens in Carroll Gardens; Cantine Parisienne Opens in Nolitan Hotel

Num Pang opened its third outpost on Wednesday near Flatiron. This Cambodian-inspired sandwich shop will have a beer and wine license, and a few new items have appeared on the menu: rice bowls with pork or grilled fish, and vermicelli noodle bowls topped with egg, peanuts, and coconut shrimp, pork ... More >>

Why I Hate Social Media! Don't 'Like' This Column!

Why I Hate Social Networking

This week's column is one of my "Why I Hate..." series, this time about the irritating qualities of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and so on. They're so annoying! My column includes bristling items like: "I communicate every day with dozens of people I've never met. Meanwhile, real friends never c ... More >>

We Need a Young, Sexy Pope With a Great Brand and Killer Social Media Presence

Pope Benedict XVI shocked the world today when he announced that he will be resigning from his post on February 28th. Speaking in Latin to a group of cardinals, he said, "Before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise. ... More >>

New York Fashion Week Kicks Off With a Scavenger Hunt by Band of Outsiders

Don't have an invitation to Fashion Week? No problem. Scott Sternberg, the designer behind Band of Outsiders, has never liked a traditional runway show. He's had models rappelling onto the catwalk like rock climbers and swinging in hammocks on a manmade sandy beach at Milk Studios. Last summer, he p ... More >>

A Water Main Just Broke, 23rd Street Station Evacuated (Updated)

Updated 1:00 p.m.: The DEP has now revealed that the flooding started when a 36" pipe broke beneath 25th and Fifth Avenue. They say they're still investigating why the pipe in question burst, but we're pretty sure we already know the answer -- the thing was from 1915! Apparently 98-year-old pipe is ... More >>

The Week in Privacy Problems: Who's Hacking, Selling, and Manipulating Your Data

This hasn't been a good week for privacy -- but is it ever, these days? Here are the hot messes that dominated the depressing privacy discussion this week. Hacking: Last night, Chinese hackers broke into the Times' computer network and stole every single employee's password, then used the data t ... More >>

The A$AP Rocky Drinking Game

This month buzzier-than-thou rapper A$AP Rocky released his major label debut, Long.Live.A$AP. You may have heard. We've thought long and hard about the album, and want you to have the optimal Rocky listening experience. Among its tracks you'll find several tropes and repetitive aspects. A$AP Rocky ... More >>

Questlove Instagrams Jiro Sushi

Some chefs have placed an informal ban on capturing food porn at their restaurants, said the New York Times earlier this week. Heads from Momofuku Ko, Le Bernadin, and Fat Duck spoke out against diners disrupting dinner service with an incessant need to use flash, tripods, or even stand on their ch ... More >>

Five NSFW-ish Photos From Diplo's Trap Hawk Down Tour

Four cities, four shows and one DJ! Diplo traveled in style via helicopter for his Trap Hawk Down tour Sunday. Starting the night with an early bird special in Baltimore at 6pm, he then flew his way through Philly, Atlantic City and finally New York City at 3:30 am, where he played Westway. Diplo tu ... More >>

High and Dry: Williamsburg's "Hipster Lake" Says Goodbye

Attention Williamsburg: get your sepia-toned Instagram pics of the sepia-toned "Hipster Lake" while you can at McCarren Park. According to the Parks Department, they've started renovating the park, in part, to drain the infamous accidental pond, and expect to finish this summer. According to DNAin ... More >>

Fantasia Gives Critics The "Middle Finger" In New Rant

Just moments ago, we were discussing Fantasia's weird Instgram message about how gays can get married and people can smoke pot, but somehow she gets crucified. The former American Idol singer later explained that all of that was taken out of context and she actually loves the gays. And now comes h ... More >>

Harlem Rapper Vinny Cha$e Does Not Have $10,000 To Loan Strangers From the Internet

Editor's note: In Tweets is Watching, Phillip Mlynar asks local artists questions based solely on the contents of their Twitter timeline. Vinny Cha$e represents the new generation of rappers hailing from Harlem. Building on the buzz of his Golden Army mixtape, Vinny will be strutting the stage at S ... More >>

Instagram Photos That I Have No Problem Giving Away To Corporate America

As you may have heard on the Internet by now, people are very angry about the newly revised Instagram rules of conduct, in which the photo-sharing service announced it will begin to sell away your sepia-toned photography to companies without paying or attributing you. People voiced their frustration ... More >>

Watch Guy Fieri Wear Studded Leather and Do Rock of Ages

What a winter Guy Fieri has had. Pete Wells can't stand him. Drake gets to Instagram with him. SNL pressed pause on a sketch about him. But Broadway just wants more of him. Last night the Diners, Drive-ins and Dives host made a guest appearance in Rock of Ages. And someone made a four-minute mini-do ... More >>

After Sandy: Acqua at Peck Slip Opens With Free Wine and Food for All

Acqua at Peck Slip got hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, and like most restaurants near the South Street Seaport, endured thousands of dollars in damages -- over $200,000 -- said manager Nicholas Merni. But tonight, after weeks of construction, Acqua will open tonight at 6 p.m. and as a celebration, w ... More >>

"Krills," "Yams," and "Grizz": Decoding NYC Gangsters' Facebook Faux-Pas

In October, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly publicly announced that he was doubling the size of the Department's Anti-Gang Unit and would be stepping up efforts to bust gangsters using social media websites like Facebook and Twitter -- where gangsters have recently taken their turf wars.New York City's ... More >>

The Winners Of The 2012 Village Voice Web Awards

It's finally here! The 2012 Web Awards winners have been chosen. Check them out after the jump to see if your favorites took home the coveted foam hand trophy. And if they didn't make it? There's always next year (and feel free to complain in the comments section).

See a Photo of Drake Cooking with Guy Fieri

If pictures could talk, would this one explain why rapper Drake spent the weekend in the kitchen with Guy Fieri? The improbable friends look to be extremely focused on proper plating techniques -- because they're fancy, huh-- and not appearing overly studied in front of the camera. The Instagramed ... More >>

Yarn, Bitchery, And Twinks Entertainingly Collided At DragKnit

DragKnit was last night's New York magazine-hosted event at Benetton's pop-up store at 135 Crosby Street, combining stitch work with some pieces of work who are a stitch. Drag star Paige Turner cohosted with LT from Bravo's Pregnant in Heels, serving medleys, trivia contests, giveaways, and some zi ... More >>

Blogger Wore Afro Wig to Fried-Chicken Party

PostBourgie reports on a white woman living in New York who first began wearing an afro wig after a costume party and now blogs regularly about how putting on the wig is changing her life. Michelle Joni covered her long blond hair with the oversize afro before heading to Shake & Bake, the NYCWFF's ... More >>

Kreayshawn On Her New Album and the Worst Assholes on Twitter

When her "Gucci Gucci" video dropped last summer, Kreayshawn found herself in the middle of a maelstrom. Some people thought she was a breath of fresh air and that "Gucci Gucci" was a much-needed middle finger to the label-obsessed materialism that's run unchecked in hip-hop for a very long time. Ot ... More >>

Empire State Building Shooting: Photo From The Scene

The above photo was posted on Instagram by user "RyansTryin." It appears to show at least one person dead at the scene of this morning's shooting outside of the Empire State Building.Details of the shooting are unclear. For now, the tally of those shot stands at 10, the gunman reportedly was killed ... More >>

Live: The Summerland Tour Lets A Decades-Old Sun Shine In At Roseland

Summerland Tour: Everclear, Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms, Lit, Marcy Playground Roseland Ballroom Wednesday, July 18 Better than: Watching Empire Records on basic cable. We make the "remember the '90s" joke around these parts a fair amount, but this week the alt-rock strain of that decade has been stu ... More >>

Your Most Beautiful Instagram Photos From 4Knots

You are so talented. We're not being facetious; we saw your photos from 4Knots and were blown away by them. You've never taken a class? Not even in college? You're kidding! Well, we were so impressed, we've decided to publish our favorite Instagram shots from yesterday's festival at South Street Sea ... More >>

Wonton Soup: Avoid the Delivery Spills and Make It at Home

[See More Recipes: Sriracha Ice Cream Shake: With Booze! | Marijuana Brownies: The Best Way To Make Them | Creamy Vegetable Chowder from Tocqueville] Wonton soup is a love/hate kind of soup. Sloppy in a good way, filling, cheap, feels like a healthier choice than pork fried rice--it seems to be a g ... More >>

The Leap Second Will Destroy Your Social Media

And we were scared of a measly heat wave.At midnight Saturday, while the ConEd officials were facing off against its workers, the Earth's timekeepers (they exist!) held back the world's atomic time for exactly one second to keep it in line with the planet's rotation. The Network TIme ... More >>

The Heat Wave Will Destroy Your Social Media

Yesterday night, while we were blasting the A/C indoors, catching up on the second season of Breaking Bad via Netflix, we noticed that the reliable video service was down. So we decided to snap a picture of the screen, add a Hudson filter and upload it to Instagram. But that wasn't working ... More >>

I Just Realized The Best Use For Instagram (Though It's A Little Macabre)!

Remember how in the old days, whenever you (not me--you) hooked up with someone from a hot line, you'd leave your friend a message saying, "His name is supposedly Jerry and he lives at 924 W. 12th Street and he says he has big dogs. If you don't hear from me for three days, call the police"? And of ... More >>

President Obama Coins New Twit-Term: "Twoosh"

Have you ever really nailed a tweet? After typing your message, you know you used those 140 characters to the best of your ability? Then you just wait for the RTs to start pouring in (if you don't use Twitter, we apologize in advance for this entire post).Well, the commander-in-chief has a new term ... More >>

Five Things You Can Do to Buy NYC's Million-Dollar Parking Spot

Recession? What recession?This morning, the Post reported that the city's most expensive parking spot is now on sale at 66 E. 11th Street in a tiny private garage. The location lies within a $38.8 million loft owned by developer Moran Fareed and includes a shower that shoots vitamin-C-and-aloe infus ... More >>

Instagram NYC Hosts First-Ever Exhibition in Times Square

When Facebook bought Instagram, the photo app that makes images look vintage yet picture perfect, for $1 billion, the tech world was stunned. Not because Instagram is a two-year-old startup, but because no one realized that this young app—which simply consists of taking pictures and that surely ... More >>

Obama's Comedy Routine; Apple Avoids Billions in Taxes; DSK Blames Sarkozy

Good morning! Start your Sunday off with some comedy, courtesy of your commander-in-chief. Last night was the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner, which gave President Obama an opportunity to poke fun at himself, Donald Trump, the Secret Service, and of course, his rival Mitt Romne ... More >>

Asshattery In 140 Characters Or Less: Which Musicians Are The Biggest Klouchebags?

If you're on the Internet you might have heard of Klout, a pseudo-scientific way for measuring the slippery ideal of "online influence." Taking into consideration a variety of factors, it has (despite its often being utterly gameable and as a result off the mark) turned into a way for people online ... More >>

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A Beginner's Guide To Funkmaster Flex's Instagram Account

Those familiar with Funkmaster Flex, Hot 97's nighttime DJ and the one man Jay-Z and Kanye West trusted to break Watch the Throne lead single "Otis," know that on top his love for boom bap and muscle cars, Flex is something of a tech dork, fiending for the newest tablets and phones, blogging at infl ... More >>

The 'Hipster'-est Words in NPR's Definitive Piece About Hipsters

You know it's over when you're an NPR article. Or a costume.​Yesterday NPR posted an article called "The Hipsterification of America." We are momentarily lifting our ban on the word hipster to address it, because it is, indeed, something special, and should be publicly recognized. Never in the ... More >>

Chick Beer Might Be For the Ladies, But Dr. Pepper Ten Sure Isn't

Girls, go drink your diet soda​Seems like just the other day women were getting their panties in a bunch about Chick Beer, the brew whose six-pack has been fashioned to look like a purse and which is low-cal and low-carb because it was a beer that was "exclusively for the ladies." Well, now c ... More >>