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April 1, 2012
Sunday Funnies: LRH Gets an Answer from Tricky Dick!
We've shuffled up our schedule a bit here in the underground bunker -- it was either that, or the cats would be dining on our corpse with the klaxons going off for weeks before we were discovered. Now that things are a bit more relaxed, we can take in the past week with a Sunday morning warm beverag ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2012
Scientology Greenery: Commenters of the Week!
Note: We'll have a special St. Patrick's Day report at 1pm this afternoon. Please come back for that after you check out these comments of the week! We went to Mecca and back this week -- Scientology's Mecca that is, the town of Clearwater, Florida to celebrate L. Ron Hubbard's 101st birthday. And ... More >>
Blogs
February 23, 2012
Download: Christopher Paul Stelling's Pastoral "Solar Flares"
Christopher Paul Stelling is a gifted Brookyn songwriter walking an austere, somber, gloriously pastoral line between William Elliott Whitmore-style indie-blues and the ever-emerging new breed of fleet-fingered Faheyesque fingerpicking. Every song on his debut album Songs of Praise and Scorn (just o ... More >>
Theater
January 25, 2012
The Road to Mecca: Karoo for You
Rosemary Harris stars in the Roundabout's Fugard revival
Voice Choices
November 2, 2011
BREAKING GROUND
Celebrating new films from South Asia
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Ten Steps To Shabazz Palaces: Tracing Ishmael Butler's Path Between Digable Planets And The Present
Back in the early '90s, Ishmael Butler came to rap prominence as Butterfly in the group Digable Planets. These days, he's taken on the moniker Palaceer Lazaro and records as the lead voice in Sub Pop's first hip-hop signing, Shabazz Palaces. It's a metamorphosis that Butler has left deliberat ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2011
Zagat Doesn't Think New York Makes the Best Bagels and Pizza. They're Obviously Wrong.
Village VoiceThe supremacy of the New York City bagel has been disputed as of late, with many people believing that Montreal is the bagel capital of the world. Um, hello, Montreal bagels are flimsy and always in need of salt. And now Zagat is positing that New York City might also no longer ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
This Town Isn't Big Enough For Two Frozen Hot Chocolates
Dunkin DonutsFor when you don't want to pay $8.95 for a chocolate drinkFrozen hot chocolate, Serendipity 3's claim to fame (though there, it's spelled Frrrozen, because, it's, like, extra cold) is suddenly at the middle of a controversy now that Dunkin Donuts has come up with a frozen hot cho ... More >>
Blogs
June 9, 2011
Tomorrow: Our 10 Best Bushwick Restaurants
Will this humble taqueria, right off Maria Hernandez Park, make the cut? Convenient to the L, J, and M trains, Bushwick is gradually developing as a dining destination. Tomorrow, we explore its manifold possibilities in Our 10 Best Bushwick Restaurants. But is it merely an eastward extensio ... More >>
Dining
April 20, 2011
Yi Lan Halal Restaurant--on the Lamb in Flushing
We sneak out for some Muslim Chinese
Blogs
March 7, 2011
Q&A: Singer Angela "Mecca" Scott, Star Of Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, On Working With Jay, Big L, And A Real Housewife Of Atlanta
"I was before my time, as the record labels would say." At 17, Angela "Mecca" Scott was beckoned by producer Ski Beatz to fly from her Virginia home up to New York City to sing on a track for an up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper named Jay-Z. Over a beat based around a sample from jazz pianist Ah ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2010
Food Truck Discrimination on the Upper East Side?
prjctns.wordpress.comThings aren't looking too sweet for food trucks There's a rumble in the streets of the Upper East Side, and residents are saying they don't want any food trucks in their hood.
Blogs
December 8, 2010
Junk Food Is Popular? Shocker!
healthnative.comSo tasty The New York Times is at the forefront of trends once again (err, not) with an article that notes--gasp--that junk food restaurants are popular on Capitol Hill.
Blogs
November 17, 2010
Happy Eid al-Adha! A Guide to Where Not to Buy Halal Meat (NSFV - Not Suitable for Vegetarians)
Keeping an eye on Eid ul-FitrHappy Eid ul-Fitr Eid al-Adha! Last night marked the beginning of Eid, the three day festival celebrating the end of the Ramadan month of fasting in the Muslim world celebrating the end of Hajj, pilgrimage to Mecca. We stopped by our local halal market last night ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 22, 2010
MAKE SOME NOISE
A 12-hour workout for your ears
Blogs
April 9, 2010
Open & Closed: Say Hello to Traif; Goodbye to Bushwick's Market Hotel
Restaurants, they come and they go. Here are a few making their debuts and taking their leaves this week. The Market Hotel, a music hall in Bushwick, has been shut down for operating without a license. Promoter Todd Patrick hopes to relocate his events to Monster Island, off Kent Avenue. [Brooklyn ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2010
Ma Peche Stalking; Montreal Food Invasion
This week in food blogs... Eater continued its plywood stalking of Ma Peche, now readying for a mid-April opening. Grub Street found a wienermobile for sale on Craigslist for $12,900. Diner's Journal learned that Colicchio & Sons, which went from prix-fixe to a la carte, is now doing a ton of bus ... More >>
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March 15, 2010
Noruz and the Feasts of Iranian New Year
Jennifer MartineAsh-e-reshteh Long after most of us are done with the holiday season, in Iran they're busy celebrating the New Year, Persian-style. Around the spring equinox, March 20 this year, marks Noruz (also spelled Norooz or Now-Ruz) and the time to cleanse body, mind, and property of l ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2009
Is the Baby Loves Disco Party Finished In New York City?
I was bummed to hear that Baby Loves Disco, the infant-friendly dance-party empire run by Heather Murphy and Andy Hurwitz, will be slowing down considerably. I myself don't have a baby, but these toddler-themed events have gone so far beyond your typical hipster-parent cliches that you can't ... More >>
Blogs
August 24, 2009
The Top 10 Records Sold This Month at Fat Beats on Sixth Avenue
In 2009, the traditional practice of exchanging physical copies of records for money is a trade that might best be called quixotic. But New Yorkers are stubborn people, and the record store is not dead. Below, the top ten records that sold in the last week at a store near you. Fat Beats photo via t ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2009
Mr. Cutlets Likes DBGB, But Where's the Sausage Porn?
Ok, likes is an understatement. The Feedbag lurves the newly opened DBGB, declaring it a sausage Mecca. ("The DiFara of sausage," no less.) But where's the sausage porn--or the burger porn--for that matter, Mr. Cutlets? Not being professional food pornographers, we have only these humble snackshot ... More >>
Columns
May 6, 2009
Free Will Astrology: May 6 through 12
Ok, likes is an understatement. The Feedbag lurves the newly opened DBGB, declaring it a sausage Mecca. ("The DiFara of sausage," no less.) But where's the sausage porn--or the burger porn--for that matter, Mr. Cutlets? Not being professional food pornographers, we have only these humble snackshot ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2009
"A Splendid Prolongation": Studies in Crap Visits Mallorca, the Land of the Gilded Run-On
Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. Mallorca: English Edition Author: Antonion Campana and Juan Puig-Ferran Publisher: Postales Color ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2009
Rightbloggers Angry Iowa is Making Them Get Gay-Married
Gay people are supposed to know about show tunes, so they'll understand when we say: There's nothing halfway about the Iowa way to treat you. The Iowa Supreme Court has unanimously said a ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. New York and California have not done so much for the cause of mar ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2009
What's for Dinner?
What's For Dinner? In which we ask random New Yorkers about their food lives.Names: David and Miok.Occupations: Editor and Financial Analyst, respectively.Location: Brooklyn Trader Joe's. Live: Married with two kids in Park Slope.What are you planning to do for dinner?David: Beet salad with arugula ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2008
Clip Job: Where the 'Hipnicks' Live
What's For Dinner? In which we ask random New Yorkers about their food lives.Names: David and Miok.Occupations: Editor and Financial Analyst, respectively.Location: Brooklyn Trader Joe's. Live: Married with two kids in Park Slope.What are you planning to do for dinner?David: Beet salad with arugula ... More >>
Music
March 4, 2008
Pete Rock's NY's Finest
An East Coast legend hits harder with horns than Uzis
Columns
October 16, 2007
Public Vulgarity and Claire Danes
And other whore stories in post-crackdown clubs. Then, suddenly, a Pygmalion-like transformation.
Columns
September 18, 2007
Free Will Astrology
And other whore stories in post-crackdown clubs. Then, suddenly, a Pygmalion-like transformation.
Theater
August 28, 2007
The Day After
No news is bad news in another 9/11 play
Blogs
November 16, 2006
Paola's Little Sister is Huge!
No news is bad news in another 9/11 play
Blogs
October 17, 2006
Fat Tuesday: Yakitori Totto Edition
No news is bad news in another 9/11 play
NYC Life
August 29, 2006
Festival Frenzy
Try a little of everything at fall dance smorgasbords
News
June 6, 2006
Pearl of the Antilles
The elephant in Guantanamo's living room gets 4,200 calories a day and a Koran
Music
June 6, 2006
Half-Truth Serum
Multitasking roots icon disappears in the spotlight
News
February 14, 2006
The Cartoons Conspiracy
The story behind the story of the furor over the Muhammad cartoons
Specials
October 18, 2005
The Birth of the 'Voice': 1955–1965
From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .
Specials
October 18, 2005
'Run, Beatniks, Run!' To Mecca, 1960
From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .
Specials
October 18, 2005
Hipniks: Where Do They Bed-Down When the Sun Comes Up
From the Beats to Civil Rights, Lenny Bruce to Warhol's Factory . . .
Film
March 15, 2005
In This World
Rappers in Cuba, pilgrims in Mecca, killer fish in Tanzania, James Carville in Bolivia
Dance
September 21, 2004
Backed by a Jazz Quintet, Tap Master Is as Big as All Outdoors
Rappers in Cuba, pilgrims in Mecca, killer fish in Tanzania, James Carville in Bolivia
News
August 10, 2004
Machine Age
Rappers in Cuba, pilgrims in Mecca, killer fish in Tanzania, James Carville in Bolivia
Film
June 1, 2004
Quadruple-Nerd Score: Scrabble Nuts' National Smackdown
Rappers in Cuba, pilgrims in Mecca, killer fish in Tanzania, James Carville in Bolivia
Art
December 16, 2003
Act Up
Pushing the modernist ideal further than it could go
Columns
August 5, 2003
Horoscope
Pushing the modernist ideal further than it could go
News
July 30, 2002
Palestine 101
A Short Take on a Long History
NYC Life
January 9, 2001
Listings
A Short Take on a Long History
News
July 11, 2000
Playing Through
Achieving Par and Other Goals at the Eastern Amputee Golf Association Tournament
Music
February 16, 1999
Beats Below the Street
Achieving Par and Other Goals at the Eastern Amputee Golf Association Tournament
News
January 5, 1999
Bother From Another Planet
Aliens Invade New York
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