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May 18, 2012
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries In Rhode Island Could Be Open By Fall. New York Still Weighing The "Risks"
The Rhode Island House of Representatives passed a revised bill yesterday that paves the way for the opening of three medical marijuana dispensaries that likely will be open by fall. Governor Andrew Cuomo's "progressive" New York, however, is still assessing the "risks" of legalizing prescription po ... More >>
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April 7, 2012
Midtown Jewelry Maker's Showroom For Bunnies, Bunny-Lovers
It's Easter weekend, which means it is time for bunny-related news. The New York Daily News today draws our attention to Sequin, a jewelry showroom-cum-bunny home, in Midtown. Dottie, Biggles, Badger, Lollie and Fanny hop around in the showroom along with four rescued kitties. The owners of Sequin a ... More >>
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March 28, 2012
Alleged Serial Groper Felt Up Four Teens In Two Hours; Told Victims "God Bless You"
There's good news: an alleged serial groper who felt up four teenage girls in about two hours last week in Inwood has been arrested. Believe it or not, the suspect's a convicted sex offender who's currently wanted in Rhode Island.Danis Pelaez, 35, was arrested last week after the alleged March 22 ... More >>
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March 9, 2012
Speedy Romeo Dishes Up Some Yummy Baked Bivalves
Speedy Romeo (376 Classon Avenue, 718-230-0061) opened up recently on the border of Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill, offering a menu of wood-fired pizzas, steaks, and grilled seafood in a cozy setting. The spot, which is named after one of the chef's family's racehorses, offers a selection of inventive p ... More >>
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March 2, 2012
Live: Pilgrim Plant The Doom Metal Flag At Public Assembly
Pilgrim Public Assembly Thursday, March 1 Better than: Seeing what new lows The Office has sunk to. A few things you should know about Pilgrim before we even get started. The band members are named The Wizard, Count Elric the Soothsayer and, perhaps most awesomely, Krolg Splinterfist, Slayer of Ma ... More >>
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December 29, 2011
Photo Memories: What Was I Thinking?
I mean, the zippered suede cape with the floral motif, the tugboat-shaped cowboy sombrero the size of Rhode Island, the swatch of chiffon shit around my neck, and the imperious-socialite-with-a-gastrointestinal-disorder facial expression. WTF? And more importantly ...
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November 11, 2011
Back Forty Stages an Oyster Showdown. Slurpers Mark Calendar.
ChefMattRockWellfleets will try their damnedest. There have been numerous East Coast-West Coast feuds: Biggie vs. Tupac, David Chang's "Fig-Gate," and now a bicoastal oyster rivalry. The country's bivalve bookends will go head-to-head at Alphabet City's Back Forty on November 19 from 3 p.m. t ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
STILL CRAZY
Deer Tick’s boys will be boys
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July 26, 2011
Most College Students Sext, But Only 10 Percent Are the Ones You Should Worry About
Sexting! How many college kids are doing it? If you thought most, you would be right. But rely not on your assumptions, because there are now actual numbers to put with the sex-texts. A 200-person survey from the University of Rhode Island found that 78% of students had gotten "sexually sugge ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
The Olivia Tremor Control Will Play Le Poisson Rouge This September
This just in: Athens pop outfit the Olivia Tremor Control, members of the sprawling Elephant 6 collective and experts at blending the outlandishly pop with the brain-twistingly not, will tour this fall on a jaunt that includes a September 21 stop at Le Poisson Rouge. Ticket info is on the way ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
The Brooklyn Flea Will Bestow Briny Bivalves Upon the Borough
Good news for bivalve freaks: when the Brooklyn Flea's outdoor incarnation returns on April 2, it will add oysters to its menu. Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch reports that the oysters will come courtesy of Oystergirl, a spin-off of Brooklyn Fish Camp. Priced around $3 apiece, they'll be sourc ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Bobo Chef Patrick Connolly Is Getting Excited for Ramp Season: Interview Part 2
Adrienne GrunwaldPatrick Connolly: bad at school, good at cooking. Yesterday we celebrated St. Patrick's Day with Bobo chef Patrick Connolly. Today we shift gears back to the American heartland as he tells us about seasonally driven, local cooking.
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March 11, 2011
How to Throw a Party for 7 Billion People
It's Friday: Let's throw a party for the world's entire population (about 7 billion people). We've made the Facebook invite but spent so much time trying to make it funny (what should the picture be? A cat wearing a party hat? Charlie Sheen?) that we forgot to add a location. How much space w ... More >>
Music
July 6, 2010
Inside the Nitrous Mafia, an East Coast Hippie-Crack Ring
Summer concert season means jamming to the familiar hiss of 'hippie crack'
Voice Choices
March 2, 2010
Math the Band+Peelander Z+Uncle Monsterface
Summer concert season means jamming to the familiar hiss of 'hippie crack'
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February 17, 2010
Tweeting Chefs Are Tricky; More Salami Recalled
Rhode Island-based Daniele International is expanding its recall of salami products due to possible salmonella contamination. Another 115,000 pounds of salami is being recalled following 1 million pounds recalled last month. [AP] Burger King plans to enter the coffee wars by selling Starbuck ... More >>
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December 28, 2009
Locavorism Gone Loco: Rhode Island Chef Certified to Cook Roadkill
Today's local, seasonal special: roadkill.Knowing exactly where your food is from is a source of pride these days. Patrons of a Providence, Rhode Island sportsman's club, however, might prefer to stay in the dark. Richard Bourque, the chef at Smithfield Sportsman's Club, is on the state's Dep ... More >>
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November 18, 2009
Tonight! Javelin, Dylan, Big Star, The Dirty Projectors, And Air Waves
So here we have Rhode Island electro-rap duo Javelin, regaling MOMA patrons alongside some sort of anarchist dance collective with an 8-bit-sounding jam titled "Soda Popinski," named of course after one of the trickier adversaries in Mike Tyson's Punch Out; such a reference is all that's really re ... More >>
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November 3, 2009
'Osso Quartet:Sufjan Stevens' The BQE'
So here we have Rhode Island electro-rap duo Javelin, regaling MOMA patrons alongside some sort of anarchist dance collective with an 8-bit-sounding jam titled "Soda Popinski," named of course after one of the trickier adversaries in Mike Tyson's Punch Out; such a reference is all that's really re ... More >>
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September 2, 2009
Gay Marriage Fights Continue, Sparking Celebrity Nude
As Vermont unites homosexual couples in matrimony for the first time -- celebrated by Ben & Jerry's with limited-edition Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby ice cream -- the fight for marriage equality continues elsewhere. In an attempt to keep gay marriage from claiming all of New England, Rhode Isl ... More >>
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September 1, 2009
Deer Tick
As Vermont unites homosexual couples in matrimony for the first time -- celebrated by Ben & Jerry's with limited-edition Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby ice cream -- the fight for marriage equality continues elsewhere. In an attempt to keep gay marriage from claiming all of New England, Rhode Isl ... More >>
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August 3, 2009
News Roundup: Leonard Cohen, The Decemberists, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guitar Hero
--Tickets for Leonard Cohen's October 23rd gig at Madison Square Garden are now available via Fan Club Pre-Sale: the password is CENTRALPARK. Regular seats for the Garden show go on sale August 10th at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for all the general public schmucks. The 74-year-old legend re ... More >>
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May 20, 2009
Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere
While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>
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May 6, 2009
Gay Marriage Wins in Maine; D.C. Fights to Recognize It
Maine's got gay marriage. Governor John Baldacci signed a marriage equality bill that passed the state legislature this morning. New England is kicking New York's ass. Massachusetts got the ball rolling. New Hampshire's lawmakers have passed a gay marriage law that waits on the governor. Vermont o ... More >>
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April 16, 2009
CDC: New Yorkers' Sadness Only Mediocre
The Centers for Disease Control did a phone survey which they say reveals the state-by-state sadness levels of citizens, and surprise, New York did not win, place, or show. Kentucky -- yes, the home of bourbon and jes' settin' on the porch -- is the winner, with a frequent mental distress (FMD) occ ... More >>
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February 12, 2009
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 >>
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April 11, 2008
Tonight: Pissed Jeans at the Knitting Factory
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 >>
Voice Choices
April 8, 2008
Friday
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 >>
Voice Choices
April 8, 2008
BLUE-COLLAR BABES
It’s shirtless, burly, slamdanceable punk
Blogs
June 6, 2007
Last Meal: Watermelon/Feta Salad Recipe for You!
It’s shirtless, burly, slamdanceable punk
NYC Life
May 29, 2007
Patrick Vaccariello's last meal
. . .requires watermelon and feta
NYC Life
August 22, 2006
"Ruff, Ruff"
The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week
Music
August 15, 2006
Breathy Heartbreak, Clever But Never Snide
The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week
Film
October 11, 2005
'After Innocence'
The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week
News
September 13, 2005
Marriage Equality, State by State
The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week
Theater
June 28, 2005
Jump the Shark
Summer gets off to a swimming start at Second Stage Uptown
Film
March 22, 2005
Division Streets
Up close and political: Israeli foundation's series shows complexity on both sides of the fence
Film
March 22, 2005
Timid Script Stifles Bernie Mac in Race-Reversed Remake
Up close and political: Israeli foundation's series shows complexity on both sides of the fence
Film
October 5, 2004
Film
Up close and political: Israeli foundation's series shows complexity on both sides of the fence
Specials
December 23, 2003
Letters
Up close and political: Israeli foundation's series shows complexity on both sides of the fence
Music
December 16, 2003
Complex personality matched with personality complex
Up close and political: Israeli foundation's series shows complexity on both sides of the fence
Film
December 9, 2003
Connect the Dolts
Of human bondage: The Farrelly brothers attempt incredible two-headed genre transplant
News
September 2, 2003
The Meter's Running
To Pay for the Meters' Not Running
NYC Life
March 18, 2003
Stop The Violence
To Pay for the Meters' Not Running
News
March 18, 2003
Sports
To Pay for the Meters' Not Running
Music
March 4, 2003
Mome Raths Outgrabe
Outsider Rockers Come Inside With Vorpal Swords in Hand and God in Their Din
News
February 25, 2003
Disco Inferno
New York Nightclubs Fend Off Conflagration
News
November 27, 2001
On Edge
Aggressive Skaters Have to Choose Between a Living and a Life
Columns
August 14, 2001
Me, My Panties, and the Mayor
Aggressive Skaters Have to Choose Between a Living and a Life
News
March 13, 2001
Lawmakers Call for New Pollution Limits
Abandoned by Prez, Republicans on Hill Push Curbs
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