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May 16, 2012
The Drums, Crocodiles, Hospitality, Bleached, And Nick Waterhouse Confirmed For 4Knots Music Festival
The lineup for this year's 4Knots Music Festival—the Village Voice's free summer-music extravaganza, taking place at the South Street Seaport on July 143is beginning to take shape, and this morning brings news of the first five bands on the all-day affair's docket. Among the artists playi ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 21, 2012
SUGAR & SPICE
Go camping with Cheryl Strayed
Blogs
January 9, 2012
Extinct Giant Tortoises Might Not Be Extinct
Shit just got real in the world of genetics. Like Jurassic Park -bringing-monsters-back-from-extinction real, just without Jeff Goldblum. Scientists have determined that a sub-species of Galapagos Islands tortoise -- long thought to be dead and gone -- might actually still kinda exist.
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December 13, 2011
Where's Lionel? The Search for a Missing Box Turtle
As we've reported, Lionel the Box Turtle escaped from the Inwood Nature Center on December 1st to little fanfare. Poor Lionel. Cobras and peacocks are just flashier than turtles. But the little guy is still missing, out in the urban jungle. We've decided to deepen our investigation into where ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
The Amish Sell Exotic Animals, Are Even More Badass Than You Thought
Alligators! Elk! Kangaroos and kinkajous! Parrots! Poison-arrow frogs! And an "irate African aardvark"! It sounds like an exotic bazaar in some faraway land but it's actually an auction in Amish country, explored in this delightful piece in The Daily. Here at Runnin' Scared we stay up on Amish news, ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
Friday Night In Williamsburg: Male-Female Pairings, Baseball-Related Queries, And Joyous Looping
Debbie AllenIn Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. As New York problems go, this is not a bad one to have: there was so much good stuff going on Friday night that we wished we could clone ourselves. The B ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 18, 2011
Dum Dum Girls (acoustic)
Debbie AllenIn Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. As New York problems go, this is not a bad one to have: there was so much good stuff going on Friday night that we wished we could clone ourselves. The B ... More >>
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April 28, 2011
American Idol Breaks Out Its Copy Of Carole King: Her Greatest Hits
Michael Becker/FOX The same week NBC attempts to take on American Idol by launching the loud, flashy The Voice, Idol makes one of those baffling decisions that only Idol can make: Devoting an entire 90 minutes to saluting the deeply, overwhelmingly annoying singer-songwriter Carole King. I h ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
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.
Music
October 27, 2010
Avey Tare Goes Nightswimming
The Animal Collective screamer delivers a strife-ridden, deeply personal solo album
Blogs
October 27, 2010
Dealing with Canada Geese: Make Lunch, Not Landfills
Bill Allen1/flickrDinner, anyone?This summer, New York State announced a plan to help control its Canada Goose population by eliminating some 170,000 birds through gassing, hunting, and birth control. In Prospect Park, some 400 geese were rounded up and euthanized, their bodies then tossed in ... More >>
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October 26, 2010
Crocodiles, Dum Dum Girls Cancel Their Tours
Alas. Crocodiles (left) had a show at Maxwell's in Hoboken tonight; Dum Dum Girls were set for Music Hall of Williamsburg with Frankie Rose and the Outs on November 1. Both shows/tours have been scrapped entirely, per a family emergency (Brandon Welchez from the Crocs and Dee Dee from the Dum ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 13, 2010
'CMJ: Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500'
Alas. Crocodiles (left) had a show at Maxwell's in Hoboken tonight; Dum Dum Girls were set for Music Hall of Williamsburg with Frankie Rose and the Outs on November 1. Both shows/tours have been scrapped entirely, per a family emergency (Brandon Welchez from the Crocs and Dee Dee from the Dum ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 13, 2010
'Fixed Presents Making Time'
Alas. Crocodiles (left) had a show at Maxwell's in Hoboken tonight; Dum Dum Girls were set for Music Hall of Williamsburg with Frankie Rose and the Outs on November 1. Both shows/tours have been scrapped entirely, per a family emergency (Brandon Welchez from the Crocs and Dee Dee from the Dum ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2010
Baby Crocodile Shows Up in Bushwick
Police were in the Bushwick last night dealing with trees downed from last month's tornado (not to mention the more recent crazy hail) when they made the unexpected discovery of a 28-inch baby crocodile chilling in a resident's backyard on Jefferson Street. One local resident thought the cops ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Did Someone Lose a Crocodile in Soho?
What is up with New York wildlife? Following yesterday's reports of a snake on a Bronx toilet, and today's follow-up that it is within the realm of possibility for snakes to slither up to the 19th floor of a building via the plumbing and then lie in wait for you on the toilet, we nearly had a ... More >>
Blogs
September 21, 2010
Snakes Now Enjoying Fine New York City Toilets
Seriously.We didn't include snakes, specifically, in yesterday's run-down of most terrifying urban wildlife, but apparently we should have. Put this in the category of Sewer Lizard and raise the threat level to High, 'cause a man in the Bronx stumbled to his bathroom last night to find a thre ... More >>
Blogs
September 2, 2010
Download: Callers, "You Are An Arc"
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Aaron WojackBrooklyn's Callers make an indescribable, codeine-ready micro-ruckus that straddles some downtown-via-Bedford line between grandiose indie rock gestures, art-jazz slither, dusty folk, an ... More >>
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August 24, 2010
Trends: Freaky Reptile Invasion of New York City
This summer has been weird, punctuated by heat waves and then sudden rains (it's 65 degrees right now, WTF?), emergency-escape-slide-using flight attendants who rise to fame enough to generate impostors, people going batshit for no apparent reason, and...alligators crawling out of sewers. Apo ... More >>
Blogs
August 23, 2010
Morning Links: Egg Recall Now Massive; Miners Trapped Underground in Chile Are Alive; Gator Sighting in Astoria
• Half a billion eggs are now being recalled in 17 states (Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wisconsin) due to a salmonella outbreak traced back to two Iowa egg producers, Hi ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2010
Video: Dog Rides Tortoise; Tortoise Schleps Dog
Hey, it's been a while ... time for some cute and weirdly anthropomorphic animal action.
Blogs
April 20, 2010
Trend Watch: Snakes Are Not Your Playthings, People
There's a recurring theme that keeps popping up on our radar, and we're going to have to go ahead and mention it for all sorts of reasons, but mostly because, after thinking about it long and hard and engaging in a vigorous session of Rock-Paper-Scissors with Foster to finally settle the issu ... More >>
Blogs
March 31, 2010
In Case of Earthquake, Follow That Toad
Something no one ever brings up at cocktail parties is the fact that Manhattan has its fair share of earthquake faults. In 1737 and 1884, the city experienced minor quakes that knocked down chimneys and generated palpable shocks. Scientists say that the "juxtaposition of geological extremes" ... More >>
Blogs
January 5, 2010
2009 Darwin Awards: Crime Down? Criminal Stupidity is Up.
Crime is reportedly down, so does that mean there are fewer criminals? Maybe criminals are just getting more stupid. Two co-winners of the just-announced 2009 Darwin Awards — "Honoring those who improve the species . . . by accidentally removing themselves from it!" — are evidence. U ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 15, 2009
The Horrors
Crime is reportedly down, so does that mean there are fewer criminals? Maybe criminals are just getting more stupid. Two co-winners of the just-announced 2009 Darwin Awards — "Honoring those who improve the species . . . by accidentally removing themselves from it!" — are evidence. U ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 13, 2009
Holy Fuck+A Place to Bury Strangers+Crocodiles
Crime is reportedly down, so does that mean there are fewer criminals? Maybe criminals are just getting more stupid. Two co-winners of the just-announced 2009 Darwin Awards — "Honoring those who improve the species . . . by accidentally removing themselves from it!" — are evidence. U ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 25, 2009
SIAMESE DREAM
A profound discussion into the art of stop-motion animation
Blogs
March 19, 2009
DEC Stings Poachers, Smugglers of Turtles, Snakes, and Salamanders
Today the state department of environmental conservation got to play Elliot Ness, announcing charges against 18 people nabbed in "Operation Shellshock," a sting on illegal poaching, transportation and sales of protected reptiles, specifically turtles, rattlesnakes and salamanders. The Times repo ... More >>
Dining
December 17, 2008
Got Rattlesnake? Ellis Bar Does.
This Fifth Avenue spot brings a mixed bag of real Southwestern food to New York
Blogs
July 29, 2008
Clip Job: Irving, the 10-Foot Female
This Fifth Avenue spot brings a mixed bag of real Southwestern food to New York
Blogs
June 11, 2008
Our Man Sietsema and the Ravioli Brassiere
This Fifth Avenue spot brings a mixed bag of real Southwestern food to New York
Art
December 25, 2007
My Hyena
Photographer Pieter Hugo captures a strange, roving menagerie
Film
October 2, 2007
Brian Springer's Perplexing Documentary
Photographer Pieter Hugo captures a strange, roving menagerie
News
October 31, 2006
Off the Leash
In the exotic pet universe, it's all about whose is weirder than whose.
Dining
January 18, 2005
Letter From Lockhart
Our intrepid reporter returns to Texas to sample the real thing
Music
December 14, 2004
Girls Vs. Boys
Brazilian Girls in heat; Canada's Junior Boys in ecstasy
Music
July 20, 2004
Thoughtful Florida Rapper Knows What the Alligators Know
Brazilian Girls in heat; Canada's Junior Boys in ecstasy
Film
April 27, 2004
It's the Bomb
We're off to see the lizard: World's biggest reptile—and atomic-age metaphor—turns 50
Dance
April 20, 2004
Stylized Violence Misrepresents a Crisis, But Capoeiristas Delight
We're off to see the lizard: World's biggest reptile—and atomic-age metaphor—turns 50
NYC Life
November 19, 2002
One-Bedroom Apartment on Top Floor of House
We're off to see the lizard: World's biggest reptile—and atomic-age metaphor—turns 50

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