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Blogs
June 11, 2012
Pacquiao Got Robbed
To call Timothy Bradley's split decision over Manny Pacquiao late Saturday night/Sunday morning a bad decision is to miss the point entirely. God knows there have been classic bad decisions in boxing history--the first being the Joe Louis-Jersey Joe Wolcott fight in 1947. Louis was awarded a decis ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2010
The New York City Record Store Year-End Roundup
In 2009, we began the weekly Local Top 10, a series we hoped would prove that New Yorkers were far too stubborn to let the record store go. The series ran until last month, when we literally ran out of stores to cover--not the best sign for the future of music retailing in New York City. Befo ... More >>
Blogs
August 6, 2009
Pittsburgh Shooter George Sodini and his "Dating Young Women" Guru: R. Don Steele
A shock of recognition went down my spine as I watched Pittsburgh gym shooter George Sodini giving a video tour of his house.Now that Sodini has killed three women and himself in Tuesday's horrific shooting, we're all ghoulishly picking over his Internet corpse. The man's diary, for example, reveale ... More >>
Music
December 4, 2007
Tom Terrell, 1951–2007
Friends and colleagues remember one of the music biz's few universally beloved men
Film
April 10, 2007
The Goulden Age
Only in the early '70s could Elliott Gould have been a matinee idol. Since then? The Brooklyn schlemiel's long goodbye.
Columns
May 2, 2006
NY Mirror
Specials
October 18, 2005
Picture This
On the Set, the Street, and at Dinner With 'X' Director Spike Lee
News
June 8, 1999
Jazz Listings
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