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January 14, 2009
More SXSW 2009 Bands Announced
SXSW 2009: the sound of a thousand Babydick jokes cracking. Full list, with arbitrarily bolded highlights, below.
News
February 13, 2007
Can't Anyone Here Learn to Drive?
In Hevesi's wake, new charges of free car rides for a government spouse at the taxpayer's expense—this time, the wife of former comptroller Carl McCall
News
May 2, 2000
A Kinder, Gentler Rudy?
How Rudy Prepared for His Bad-News Press Briefing
News
June 8, 1999
Jazz Listings
Compiled by Ginger Adams Otis
Art
March 21, 2000
Lucidity on Fire
Compiled by Ginger Adams Otis
News
July 16, 2002
Working Vacations
Where Does the Art World Go in the Summer?
Books
June 15, 2004
Plum Loco
Jonathan Ames's romp is more than a tip of the top hat to the master (no, not Henry James!)
Dining
September 11, 2007
The Frying Game
Extending the deep-fat frontiers on Carmine Street
Dance
January 1, 2008
Images on the Move For Dance on Camera 2008
Dancers on toe, hanging from hooks, blooming in deserts
News
June 13, 2006
Letters
Dancers on toe, hanging from hooks, blooming in deserts
Blogs
August 20, 2009
Battle of the Cheap Potato Chips: Wise vs. Lay's
The gloves are on, the dukes are up! The battle of the cheapskate chips is joined. No potato product is more characteristically American than potato chips. They were invented in Saratoga Springs, New York in 1853, and instantly became a hit, especially among folks who valued crispness as a ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2009
Interview: Mike Doughty on The Hell That Was Soul Coughing, The Benefits of Psychedelics, and Fictionally Screwing a Republican
"I get more and more afraid that a Soul Coughing reunion is going to be forced upon me at knifepoint. I don't need money that bad. I swear to God." Mike Doughty's got some staying power. The singer-songwriter first hit the radar with Soul Coughing, that mid-'90s indie-band-with-stand-up-bass resp ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2010
Battle of the Weird-Ass British Potato Chips, Oops! Crisps
Walkers, of Leicester, England, manufactures several oddball flavors of crisps that will be unfamiliar to Americans. Funny how each nation of snackers prefers its own strange potato chip flavors. In America, where the potato chip was invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853, we long ago grew tir ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2010
Q&A: Phantogram On Eyelid Movies, Recording In The Boonies, Dirty Hip-Hop, And Getting Picked Up On The Internet
Doron Gild, tinyhuman.comA phantogram is an optical illusion that makes you woozy; Phantogram is a musical duo that toys with hip-hop beats, sleek vocals, and feral guitars in a way that creates a similar hallucinatory effect. Although Sarah Barthel (keyboards/vocals) and Josh Carter (guitar) ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2010
Racetracks One More Thing Suffering from Incompetent Albany Rule
Those of us who selfishly thought of the Aqueduct racino mess merely as a political scandal should be ashamed. The death of the AEG bid for the video slots franchise now leaves a gaping hole, not only in the state's coffers, but in those of the New York Racing Association, which runs Aqueduct and ot ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 11, 2010
Phantogram+Light Pollution
Those of us who selfishly thought of the Aqueduct racino mess merely as a political scandal should be ashamed. The death of the AEG bid for the video slots franchise now leaves a gaping hole, not only in the state's coffers, but in those of the New York Racing Association, which runs Aqueduct and ot ... More >>
News
May 25, 2010
Summer Guide: Hit the Arts Road!
Weekend trips to cultured places
Blogs
August 12, 2010
The New York Observer vs. New York's $100M Cult: The Top 10 Lines
Have you read this week's New York Observer cover story, entitled 'Poor Little Rich Girls: The Ballad of Sara and Clare Bronfman'? No? You should. It's about: Absurdly rich young heiresses. Absurdly rich young heiresses to the Seagram's Gin fortune -- among other fortunes -- who lost $10 ... More >>
Music
June 6, 2000
Music
Have you read this week's New York Observer cover story, entitled 'Poor Little Rich Girls: The Ballad of Sara and Clare Bronfman'? No? You should. It's about: Absurdly rich young heiresses. Absurdly rich young heiresses to the Seagram's Gin fortune -- among other fortunes -- who lost $10 ... More >>
Specials
January 5, 1999
Letters
Have you read this week's New York Observer cover story, entitled 'Poor Little Rich Girls: The Ballad of Sara and Clare Bronfman'? No? You should. It's about: Absurdly rich young heiresses. Absurdly rich young heiresses to the Seagram's Gin fortune -- among other fortunes -- who lost $10 ... More >>
Blogs
December 16, 2010
The Best Local Music Of 2010: Our Annual Mixtape Starring Sweet Bulbs, Marnie Stern, Sharon Van Etten, and Special Guest Hannibal Buress
Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. This is a compilation of 2010's best local music, lovingly curated by YIMBY columnist Christopher R. Weingarten. See last year's tape here. R.I.P. Chris Weingarten's old blue trucker hat. Photo by Rebecca ... More >>