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EMP 2013: A Shadow of Its Former Self

Better Than: Watching two full days of rock docs. 
 At the 12th annual EMP Pop Conference at Tisch School of the Arts on Friday afternoon, Princeton professor Alexandra Vazquez was presenting on Superstorm Sandy, remaining structures of colonialism, and Cuban-American salsa singer La Lupe, also k ... More >>

MOMI Makes a Spectacle of YouTube and MTV's Best

The afterlife of the video star

Are Food Trucks Terrorist Threats? The FDNY Seems to Think So.

We knew the Wafels and Dinges truck was too good to be true!According to a recent PowerPoint presentation obtained by the research group Public Intelligence, the Fire Department of New York has been warning its members to keep their eyes out for food trucks of all shapes and sizes. The reason? Well, ... More >>

Gawker: Paul Ryan Calls Romney "The Stench." Only, He Doesn't. At All

Here's the latest example of lazy journalism leading to blatant inaccuracies and falsehoods in the blogosphere, compliments of our friends at Gawker -- and their incessant crusade to make Mitt Romney look stupid (as if he's not doing a fine job of that on his own): "Paul Ryan's Cute Nickname For His ... More >>

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Sen. Chuck Schumer Goes After the Laaaaasers

Who said the economy was at the top of our national priorities list? Who cares about Iran? The real problem in this country doesn't lie in our deficit or our debt; it's those damn laser pointers we use with our PowerPoints.Senator Chuck Schumer is laying his legislative foot down on the issue of ele ... More >>

Five Musicians Who Could Open Strip Clubs Way More Rock And Roll Than Vince Neil's Girls, Girls, Girls

Just in the nick of time—i.e., right before "Girls, Girls, Girls" dipped below the "20% of all music played in strip clubs everywhere" threshold—the Déjà Vu chain of strip clubs brought Motley Crue's Vince Neil on board to rebrand one of their Las Vegas locations as Vince Neil's Girls, ... More >>

Live: H. Jon Benjamin Goes Electro For The Talent Show At Littlefield

The Talent Show Presents: The Leap Year Show w/H. Jon Benjamin, Jon Glaser, Lady Aye, Ménage à Twang, Patrick Borelli, and others Littlefield Wednesday, February 29 Better than: Staying home to watch Family Guy. (But only slightly better than staying home to watch Archer.) Since the brilliant FX ... More >>

Governor Andrew Cuomo Delivers His State of the State Address [Live Video]

Watch live streaming video from newyorkstateofficeofthegovernor at livestream.com Here is live streaming video of Governor Andrew Cuomo's State of the State address from Albany. 1:45 -- Lt. Governor Bob Duffy (who, the last time we saw him in person, was introducing Governor Cuomo prior to the sign ... More >>

Holiday Guide: Readings to Feed Your Wintertime Fears

Bookshelf cower power

Matthias Poehm, Hero, Establishes Political Party to Destroy PowerPoint

​Everybody hates PowerPoint. There is no disputing this. The only thing anyone has ever learned from a PowerPoint presentation is the fact that PowerPoint is worthless. Most of us just weakly accept that we can't escape Microsoft's juggernaut and continue to live in a world where animated tran ... More >>

The Germ Project: Biggies Small

New Georges tries producing the unproduceable—in little pieces

Bronx Zoo Snake Press Conference, the Live Blog

​We've been watching the Bronx Zoo's press conference concerning the capture of the Egyptian cobra that has been missing for the past week. Below are minute-by-minute updates of this monumental media event.

Space Shuttle Needs a New Home: May We Suggest Us?

​As we reported a couple of weeks ago, the space shuttle Discovery is making its final mission. Where it goes after space, however, is still the subject of a fervent debate. The New York Times reports that as many as 21 museums and institutions have submitted proposals to house the shuttle as ... More >>

What You Missed From Andrew Cuomo's State of the State

​New Governor Andrew Cuomo just wrapped up his inaugural State of the State address. Did you miss it? There was a lot of folksy humor and clapping and quasi-inspirational stuff about working together, and trying to make Albany function, and serving the people of New York instead of "special intere ... More >>

The Best Books of 2010

Vocoders, bohos, and a blast of vertigo—Village Voice writers pick their faves of the year

On Odd Future, Rape and Murder, And Why We Sometimes Like the Things That Repel Us

Odd Future and Mos Def in New York, circa two days ago. Photo by Brook Bobbins.​By now you've heard about Odd Future, the polarizing Los Angeles rap collective that got a lot of New York-based critics and labels pretty excited the other night in the basement of Webster Hall. And if you've list ... More >>

Freakonomics Not Exactly the Sum of Its Parts

Live: Deerhunter Close Down The Genius Bar At The Soho Apple Store

Taken with an Apple product out of brand loyalty​Deerhunter Soho Apple Store Tuesday, September 28 Better than: An intro course to GarageBand or whatever the hell ordinarily goes on in here. These Apple in-stores are super-weird. The tech-seminar vibe, the folks politely seated close enough ... More >>

Morning Links: Hef Saves the Day, Goldman Faces Senate, Everyone Hates PowerPoint

​• Today is Ulysses S. Grant's 188th birthday. If you're so inclined, head up to Grant's Tomb for a 21-gun salute and ceremony. • Hugh Hefner gave $900,000 to save L.A.'s iconic Hollywood sign. Thank goodness, because how would anyone know where they were otherwise? "The Hollywood sign r ... More >>

Doc-Making Off the Map: Nikolaus Geyrhalter at Anthology

No explanation necessary. These works speak for themselves.

Congratulations Douchebag Yankee Fans

Lovingly borrowed from Yankees 2000 About the best thing you can say about the Yankees' Series victory is that it's been too long since the last one -- in which they defeated our beloved Mets -- for their fans to have achieved total douchebag status. True, last night they chanted "Who's Your Daddy" ... More >>

Merry Pranksters in The Yes Men Fix the World, Plus (the Not-So-Merry) Bronson

Be the Wolverine of the Photocopier: Studies in Crap Carves Up How to Be a Business Superhero

Each Thursday, 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.​ How to Be a Business Superhero Author: Venture capitalist Sean Wise Date: 2008 Discove ... More >>

Can All-Male High Schools Boost African-American Boys' Graduation Rates?

Imagine That Survives Off Eddie Murphy and Poop Jokes

Mayor's First Campaign Ad Debuts

With busy, vaguely tense music in the distant background, we are confronted with some very counterintuitive images of Mike Bloomberg: First, he's wearing a brown leather jacket and khakis; second, he's standing on neighborhood sidewalks like a regular person; and third, he affects to be listening ... More >>

David Byrne Remains in the Light

A Talking Head indulges old neuroses and gorgeous new hymns at Radio City

When Wall Street Coughs, Business Schools Scramble

How educators are dealing with the crash of '08

Lee Ann Womack's Country-Siren Schizophrenia

Power Point Conspiracy Theories in Stealing America: Vote by Vote

David Byrne: Sonic Architect

The former Talking Head's latest bizarre and brilliant scheme

Wednesday

AUGHT ROCK

Two freewheeling avant-pop acts hit the club

Visions of Grandeur

Standish Lawder opens more doors of perception

Living in a Bedbug State of Mind at a Midtown Hotel

Black Flag Holiday

Celebrate life on the Baltic Sea with the mighty G8

A Level Field

1,500 up-and-coming acts take the music-biz mat in Austin

Film

He Got God: Denzel Gets Even in a Blitz of Christian Retribution

Road To Morocco

Cynthia Hopkins sings her way through memory's labyrinth

The Heavyweight Blues

Wanted: A cheap laptop ready to ramble. Under five pounds, please.

Kinkphobia Alert!

Stealing Butte

Labor's Love Lost

Press Corps

War Journalists Go to Boot Camp, Get Hazed

Hit 'Em Up Style

Mon Amour Tokyo

Pop Goes the Composer

Eve Beglarian and Friends Explore an Audiovisual Vernacular

Riding the Wave

At Rising Tide, Bleeding-Heart Execs Talk Philanthropy, Munch Sushi