Long Island

Check Out This Incredibly Deep Wellspring of New York City Hardcore Treasures

Since its inception in the early 1980's, the New York Hardcore scene has always been a tough hog to tie down. Unlike the small yet organized scenes that came from other parts of the country in the same time frame, New York's came from too many different directions--sonically, physically and philosop ... More >>

There's An Alligator Problem -- On Long Island

New Yorkers have a lot of things to worry about -- crime, terrorism, etc. We can now add alligators to the list.For the sixth time in a week, an alligator has been found in New York -- this time on Long Island.About 1:30 a.m. yesterday, authorities in Shirley found a plastic container with a four-fo ... More >>

Mindy Smith+Rosi Golan

I Was A Teenage Jam Band Scenester: Coming Around On The Ominous Seapods And Other Life Lessons

Through a series of maybe not-so-unfortunate events, I was a teenage jam band scenester, which, when properly italicized and luridly capitalized, sounds like a sordid music-crit version of a '50s exploitation paperback. But the truth is, I wasn't seduced by drugs, sex, or anything else until college ... More >>

Dragonfly's Cornelius Gallagher Quotes Bill Cosby, Is Influenced by Gray Kunz

The kitchen is so tiny at Upper East Side newbie Dragonfly that it's a miracle more than one cook can fit--let alone a team pumping out an array of Asian-fusion dishes like cheese stuffed tater tots and Far East inflected ceviche. But Cornelius Gallagher is not new to the challenges on the New York ... More >>

Ravi Coltrane

Whelks Crawl Into the NYC Greenmarkets

The whelks surround the scale, waiting to be purchased (actually, just the shells). Three weeks ago, Fork in the Road welcomed the whelks (a/k/a sea snails) to the menu of newly opened Bowery Diner, which we considered quite a stroke of genius on the restaurant's part. They're served raw, and also ... More >>

Idina Menzel

Long Island Mansion Gives Us Sensory Overload

It's great when people's places of residence have their own names like Grey Gardens or the White House. That's why we were so taken by this quaint colonial home in Long Island called Boulder Beach -- oh yeah, and it's ridiculous. The $12 million Long Island pad featured on CBS's Living Large has be ... More >>

Long Island Serial Killer Suspects Include Two NYPD Officers

​An investigation into the bodies piling up on Long Island's Jones and Gilgo Beaches, at least four of which were women who worked as Craigslist prostitutes and appear to have been killed by the same person, has led to two NYPD cops, one long-resigned and one still on the payroll. Both have be ... More >>

Q&A: Helado Negro's Roberto Carlos Lange on "The Message," Gigantic Floppy Discs, and the Album He's Making with Julianna Barwick

by Andrew Stout ​First there's the owl; then there's the enormous afro. The sight of the two in close proximity means you've likely entered Roberto Carlos Lange's domain, whether it be through the front door of his Brooklyn home or by hearing one of the dozens of sound sculptures and animated ... More >>

The World Is Really Ending This Time!

​I can't stand Chicken Little types who always think the planet is coming to an a tragic end. To me, their whining only adds to the general unpleasantness and their hot air can be detrimental to foliage. But after taking a look at today's headlines, I'm convinced not only that the sky is fa ... More >>

Rep. Peter King Was Mailed a Bloody Pig's Foot

​Long Island Republican Peter King, the congressman behind the disgraceful hearings on the threat of Islamic "radicalization" and a one-time passionate supporter of the I.R.A., was sent a bloody pig's foot in the mail, according to a "Capitol Hill source," NBC is reporting this evening. The pa ... More >>

Today in Bad Ideas: Woman Uses BBQ Grill to Heat Home

​A Long Island woman is being charged with reckless endangerment for accidentally poisoning herself, her husband and three children with carbon monoxide after lighting a barbecue inside her home. The Daily News reports that Marie Claudia-Blaise reverted to the grill after she ran out of heatin ... More >>

Magnolia Sets Up Mission Control in Harlem, Readies for World Domination

Then one day, the cupcakes started eating us.​The cupcake cartel that is Magnolia isn't just opening five new locations around the country. It's priming itself for world domination with a new 5,200-square-foot production facility in Harlem, according to the Wall Street Journal. The new factory ... More >>

Magnolia Gets Its Sticky Fingers on the Upper East Side, Long Island, and New Jersey

zhippo.com​Today in non-shockers, Magnolia Bakery is continuing to replicate like bedbugs in an abandoned sofa: per Eater, the root of all evil cupcakerie is planning to open locations in the Upper East Side Bloomingdale's, Long Island, and in New Jersey's Short Hill mall. We're hard-pressed t ... More >>

Son Of Bazerk And Leaders Of The New School Are Playing The Knitting Factory December 23

Son of Bazerk, back at it.​A certain breed of hip-hop obsessive, steeped in Long Island lore and old-school minutiae, was thrilled beyond measure at the news that Son of Bazerk -- the Public Enemy/Bomb Squad satellite group whose 1991 hip-hop soul excursion Bazerk, Bazerk, Bazerk remains a for ... More >>

What's Happening This Week: Queens Food Fest; Long Island Wine Celebration

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! The Cuisine of Queens & Beyond Food and Wine Gala Astoria World Manor, Tuesday, September 21 at 6 p.m. Join chefs Rocco Sacramone of Trattoria L'incontro in Astoria ... More >>

Dina Lohan's House Recipient of Ancient Egg-Breaking Ritual

via TMZ​Poor Mrs. Lohan, mother of the year, Carvel ice cream lover. Her house in Merrick, Long Island, has been vandalized by ne'er-do-wells not once but twice in the last week, according to TMZ. This is not going to make Lindsay want to move home, now, is it?

Lush Life: Clintons Spotted Stocking Up on New York Wines

photo courtesy of APBottoms up.​This past weekend, Bill and Hillary Clinton, accompanied by Hillary's mother, Dorothy Rodham, and newlyweds Chelsea Clinton and Mark Mezvinsky, were all spotted at Wölffer Estate Vineyard in Long Island wine country.

Download Twin Sister's Uneasily Woozy Daytrotter Session

​Long Island quintet Twin Sister are equally adept at daffy press quotes ("I want to be a demon, I want to have a big knife, and I want to kill a man") and woozy, jittery, rather pleasantly off-putting indie-pop; hailed as a Next Big Thing by such big-shot prognosticators as L Magazine and, uh ... More >>

This Weekend, an Orgy of Oysters on Long Island

Abi Skipp/flickr​Jimmy's No. 43 is doing a nice job of showcasing Long Island oysters every Thursday night, but the faithful can get even closer to the source this weekend at the 26th annual Oyster Festival in the aptly named town of Oyster Bay. The event takes place Saturday and Sunday, and w ... More >>

R.I.P. New York DJ Josh Link

​New York DJ Josh Link died in a tragic accident on Monday afternoon. The 29 year-old from Long Island was riding his Vespa across the Williamsburg Bridge when he was hit by a black sedan and thrown from his bike. Witnesses say that he was wearing a helmet and the accident was caused by the bi ... More >>

1.6 Band Reunite, Play NYC

Uh, wow--the well-beloved-in-very-tiny-circles Long Island post-hardcore quartet 1.6 Band are reuniting to play shows in D.C. and New York. In their two-year, 1991-1993 stint, they played with any number of now canonical Tri-State bands and released a record with Jersey hardcore titans Rorschach (wh ... More >>

Posts of the Week

Hello and welcome to Friday afternoon--here are some of our favorite posts from the week. Go out and get yourself some gelato and pig's feet this weekend. We brought you to foodie events all over the city over the holiday weekend. We suggested that you BYOB a bottle of Gutedel to Zaytoons. We br ... More >>

I, Locavore--Awesome Deal on Local Chardonnay

The crisp chardonnay of Millbrook Vineyards and Winery (click to taste) As a wine enthusiast, you're no doubt familar with the reasonably priced and often good wines of the North Fork of Long Island, and the pricier product of New York's pristine Finger Lakes region. But a lesser known wine reg ... More >>

Clip Job: When the Voice Was the Only Paper in Town

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesDecember 13, 1962, Vol. VIII, No. 8News StrikeThe strike of the New York Typographical Union against the metropolitan dailies continues with both sides adamant and far from agreement. Nine papers have shut down. The printers struck only the Times ... More >>

East Coast Oysters vs. West Coast Oysters, Bout One

The pugilists (clockwise beginning at the lower left): Beaver Tail, Fire Island, Meximoto, Phantom Creek   "In this corner, defending the honor of East Coast oysters," the ringmaster intoned, "are Beaver Tails from Rhode Island, and Fire Islands from Long Island." "And in that corner," h ... More >>

Early Black Friday Reports Mixed: "Rowdy," Hopeful, Lethal

MALT MASTERY

Joe Six-Packs get an education in ales

Spice Girls @ MSG: Tickets On Sale Saturday 12/6 10am

Revolt from Above

A family-run union for security guards ousts its members

Aw, Shucks

A New York oyster story

Lap of Luxury: Where Cheap Brew and Oysters à la Carte Rule

Film

All in the Family

The Hissing of Summer Lawns

Rock: One-Offs

Disappearing Acts

Now They tell Us

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The New Jesus on the Same Ol' LI

Site and Sound

F is also for fright

We got your hip-hop hall of fame

Route 110: The Boulevard of Dreams

Letters

Arcade Pimp #1

Scout Clout

Girl Power vs. Domestic Violence