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  • Voice Choices

    April 11, 2012

    DANDY RANDY

    The swag comedy of Aziz Ansari

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Matt Taibbi: Vampire Squid Metaphor 'Clearly Getting a Little Old'

    ​In 2009, Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi applied the most apt metaphor for Goldman Sachs that anyone has yet come up with, calling the bank "a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money." The phrase took ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Matt Taibbi on Michele Bachmann in Rolling Stone: Not Quite Plagiarism; PBS Hacked Again

    ​Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone wrote another of his highly entertaining, polarizing, acerbic, hyperbolic and metaphor-laden magazine features, online now, this time about Minnesota politician and presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann, who Taibbi, right out of the gate, calls "almost certainly t ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 15, 2011

    PRAISE IN THE TERMINAL

    Mbalax's finest stops by the Blue Note Jazz Fest

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Lil Wayne Gets In On Slow Jam Thursday With "How To Love"

    ​OK, technically it's Slow Jam Wednesday-Night-To-Thursday, what with Beyoncé debuting her brassy ballad "1 1" on last night's Idol, the Weeknd dropping "Rolling Stone" later in the evening, and this Pusha T remix of Miguel's sinuous, everything-ruling "Sure Thing" dropping this AM. But Lil W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Donald Trump, on Hair

    ​Oooh. Donald Trump's hair secrets are out. The Daily News recaps what our favorite possible presidential contender/businessman/reality television personage (he who has suddenly lost a bit of popularity) has to say about haircare! From a Rolling Stone magazine interview, in which Trump's locks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Ten Hot Famous Fat Chicks

    Sam Zide Dan Weiss is the author of the blog Ask a Guy Who Likes Fat Chicks and he's profiled in our recent feature, "Guys Who Like Fat Chicks." He put together a list of ten hot famous bigger women with the disclaimer that he "tried to mix girls I personally think are pretty with girls you don't ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan Killed Civilians For Sport, Took Photos; Rolling Stone Reveals 'Images Censored by Pentagon'

    ​On Sunday night, Rolling Stone revealed to the world the disturbing existence of a United States "kill team," the members of which actively targeted, killed, mutilated and photographed innocent citizens of Afghanistan. "[A]fter six hard months soldiering in Afghanistan, a group of American in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Justin Vernon Announces New Bon Iver Album

    ​If you had asked us after 2007's For Emma, Forever Ago, or even after 2009's auto-tune adorned EP, Blood Bank, we probably would have told you Bon Iver would be crazy to put out an album during the summer. Justin Vernon had made a name for himself by capitalizing on heartbreak, exorcizing awa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Gaga Is Gaga For Liza

    Rolling Stone​ When Liza Minnelli entered Madison Square Garden for the Lady Gaga concert last night, the little monsters went apeshit.

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Justin Bieber Thinks Being Gay Is a Choice?

    The Canadian mophead told Rolling Stone that it's people's "decision" to be gay or not, and it shouldn't bother anyone. How sweet! But dumb! And the inevitable next question would have to be: "So why did you choose it, ba dum pum?"

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    Lara Logan Covers New York Post Again; Spy Magazine Now Online For Free

    Day 2​If the (little) reporting and (excessive) analysis surrounding Lara Logan's assault in Egypt have taught us anything, it's that most people are somewhat insensitive or otherwise unprepared and unable to talk about rape without offending, and the Internet can be an awful place. Also, expl ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 9, 2011

    KING IS QUEEN

    Guitar master takes the MOMA

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2011

    Rock-Critic Pop Quiz #2: How Many Members Of New Edition Can You Name?

    Left to right: Raphael Saddiq, Luther Vandross, Usher, Gerardo, Masta Killa, and Jimmy Rollins​It's a poorly kept industry secret that rock writers are cheaters, frauds, and goons -- as dependent on Google as a clown is on facepaint. Our ongoing column "Are You Smarter Than a Rock Critic?" pee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Only Four Good Reviews For Nicolas Cage Movie!

    ​When Nicolas Cage makes a piece of caca, he makes sure it's noxious enough to mess up all of civilization. His latest supernatural action-adventure romp, Season of the Witch, got a staggering 67 terrible reviews the other day and only one good one, according to rottentomatoes.com, starting t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2010

    A.J. Weberman Buries Paul McCartney

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 2, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 35 The McCartney Burial: 'His ego was his amigo' By Blair Sabol Maybe it's time for A.J. Weberman to change his script -- or better yet, to get off the stage altogether. Being the foremost Dylanologist, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Live: Bob Dylan Rasps Beautifully At Terminal 5

    Listen, he's Bob Dylan, and I'm honoring this.​Bob Dylan Terminal 5 Monday, November 22 Better Than: That tour he did awhile back with John Mellencamp, probably. You want to know what he looks like, but you already know: dapper, dignified, craggy, with a hat so wide and round and stiff it co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Media Moves: Doree Shafrir to Rolling Stone

    ​Doree Shafrir -- who was responsible for, among other things, being one-half of the author of the blog-to-book phenomenon that was Postcards from Yo Momma and being responsible for the "Hipster Grifter" story during her tenure at the New York Observer in addition to being among the few to sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2010

    Fired General Stanley McChrystal Gets a New Job at Yale

    ​General Stanley McChrystal has a new high-falutin' academic gig! After that whole whoopsie over the Rolling Stone article in which he was quoted making disparaging comments about President Obama and other White House leaders -- and then fired from his post as commander of the Afghanistan war ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    The Kanye West Spontaneous Office Performance Train Rolls On

    ​One of the many things we loved about Drake's Thank Me Later was the way in which the 23-year-old rapper pulled back the curtain on fame and the industry: he talked honestly and simply about what it felt like to be in the midst of a multi-million dollar album/personality push. At the time, pe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2010

    Cleaning Cleveland: A LeBron James Photo Essay

    Guess what it stands for​Rolling Stone writer and pro shit-talker Matt Taibbi called the ESPN LeBron James special The Decision "a landmark moment in the history of human self-involvement." That's one of the most polite ways anyone has referred to the LBJ week-long free agency spectacle. Every ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2010

    Morning Links: General McChrystal to Face Obama Today; Nikki Haley Wins Republican Nomination for Governor; USA vs. Algeria

    AP​• General Stanley A. McChrystal, top commander in Afganistan, has submitted his resignation over his critical remarks -- including saying Obama appeared "uncomfortable and intimidated" during their first meeting, and dismissing Vice President Biden as "Bite Me" -- in the latest issue of R ... More >>

  • Music

    March 9, 2010

    How to Fix the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    Tips on how to expand its reach—or blow it up entirely

  • Voice Choices

    February 2, 2010

    RADICAL FREQUENCY

    They're mad as hell . . .

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Handicapping the Sure Failure of Rolling Stone's New Restaurant Venture

    ​Reviews of Rolling Stone: Drum King, the videogame brand extention undertaken over the summer by the once venerable rock mag, were not kind. I'm From Rolling Stone, the MTV-sponsored reality TV show, limped through ten episodes in the spring months of 2007, and was promptly cancelled, althoug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Contest: Find the Decapitated Shakira in a Union Square Bookstore

    Image via the decapitator's photostream​The mysterious street artist known only as the Decapitator is in town, decapitating things. The culture jammer caused a huge stir in London last year, after Carrie Bradsaw was seen carrying her own head in a detourned version of a Sex and the City advert ... More >>

  • Columns

    May 20, 2009

    Free Will Astrology: May 20 through 26

    Image via the decapitator's photostream​The mysterious street artist known only as the Decapitator is in town, decapitating things. The culture jammer caused a huge stir in London last year, after Carrie Bradsaw was seen carrying her own head in a detourned version of a Sex and the City advert ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 13, 2009

    FOREVER YOUNG

    Toast Bob Dylan by getting toasted

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2009

    NICKS FIX

    And you see your gypsy, times 1,000

  • Voice Choices

    March 11, 2009

    Eden Espinosa

    And you see your gypsy, times 1,000

  • Music

    September 23, 2008

    ATP Rocks the Catskills

    Reporting live from Kutsher's, starring a loud-as-hell My Bloody Valentine

  • Music

    August 5, 2008

    The Jonas Brothers's Worn Out A Little Bit Longer

    Let the Hit Factory help you out, boys

  • Voice Choices

    July 9, 2008

    I SHOT THAT

    Tod Seelie goes from Vice to solo show

  • pazzandjop

    January 30, 2007

    The Sheep Take a Buffalo Stance

    Critics' polls have evolved and arguably withered lately, but at least we didn't vote for Timbuk 3

  • Music

    January 23, 2007

    Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Cultural Ostracism

    Critics' polls have evolved and arguably withered lately, but at least we didn't vote for Timbuk 3

  • Music

    December 20, 2005

    Country-and-Western Pioneers of Many Stripes Reissued Again at Last

    Critics' polls have evolved and arguably withered lately, but at least we didn't vote for Timbuk 3

  • NYC Life

    November 1, 2005

    Funnier Than Your Funny-Friend

    Drinks with stand-up comedian Aziz Ansari

  • NYC Life

    February 1, 2005

    The Run-Up to Fashion Week: Andy Warhol as Napoleon in Rags

    Drinks with stand-up comedian Aziz Ansari

  • Music

    December 14, 2004

    25 or 6 to 1984

    Bottoms up! OU812! 5150! Hike! Stop! Hammer-on time!

  • NYC Life

    November 23, 2004

    The End of Eminem

    Can Marshall come out and play? On his new album, Em just wants to be unremarkable.

  • Music

    March 9, 2004

    Callow Submarine

    Local punk-funkers score unprecedented low-grade coup

  • Music

    September 16, 2003

    Music

    Local punk-funkers score unprecedented low-grade coup

  • Music

    April 23, 2002

    Replacement Party Tonight!

    Local punk-funkers score unprecedented low-grade coup

  • Music

    September 18, 2001

    Fade to Black

    The End of Frivolity as We Know It

  • Music

    September 26, 2000

    Emotional Rescue

    Sad Emo-Punk Boys Pull on Strings, Unravel Sweaters, Shiver ’Til Spring

  • News

    February 29, 2000

    Rocking Out at the Byte Club

    Can New York Musicians Download Success Off MP3.com?

  • News

    March 30, 1999

    And the Winner Is . . .

    Can New York Musicians Download Success Off MP3.com?

  • News

    February 16, 1999

    Tough Love

    Can New York Musicians Download Success Off MP3.com?

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