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December 14, 2011
U.K. Docs: Cheap Booze Will Kill Us
Public health experts in the U.K. have recently begged the government to ban cheap booze, saying that low-cost alcohol causes 13,000 cases of cancer yearly -- and 25 percent of deaths in young Britons, according to the BBC.
Theater
August 31, 2011
The Edinburgh Festivals: Some Whiskey With Your Program?
A visit to the world’s biggest annual theater bash
Blogs
August 16, 2011
Soggy Weather Could Be Good for French Wine; A Search for Rare Champagne May Have Turned Up E.T. Instead
The greater New York area is the country's second-largest wine region. Explore it, starting with the Wolffer Estate Wine Stand, around the corner from the larger winery on Long Island, then head over to Lenz Winery. [NY Post] The Bruichladdich distillery in Scotland has launched an organic w ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2011
Royal Wedding Forecast: RAIN!
But your hair, your beautiful hair!Bad, horrible, awful, terrible news: The Telegraph reports (in almost 600 words, no less) that heavy showers are forecasted for Friday's royal wedding ceremonies in London. Stay calm, everyone; if we can just have all the commoners climb on each others' shou ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2011
Caorunn Launches in New York with the Big Apple Cocktail Contest
You've gotta pity the gin maker in Scotland. That's kind of like being the person selling sugar-free sweets in Candyland. But Caorunn, a new small-batch gin, hails proudly from the land of Fair Isle sweaters. And it is making its American debut here in New York City. To celebrate, they're ... More >>
Dining
February 9, 2011
Mary Queen of Scots Is Nothing to Lose Your Head Over
Bagpipes optional at a new Lower East Side spot
Blogs
January 18, 2011
Brits Trade in Scotch for Bourbon; Guinness Good For You, Scientists Say
Scientists say that the future of winemaking depends on developing new varieties of grape that are resistant to disease. [BBC] Bottles of whiskey discovered last year from explorer Ernest Shackleton's expedition to the Antarctic in the 1900s are being sent back to Scotland for analysis. [BBC ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2010
The Debate Rages On: Jiggers v. Free-Pour; Eddie Huang's All-You-Can-Drink Four Loko Jam Nixed
Hundreds of patrons gathered for one last drink at Ruby's Bar in Coney Island on Saturday to protest a landlord's decision to shut down the Depression-era dive. [NY Post] The latest wine by Bordeaux's Château Latour is actually a Burgundy, which is rather surprising considering the two regi ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2010
Hot Dogs and Pepto-Bismol Go Hand-in-Hand; Your New Favorite Placenta Recipe
Apparently, the best way to shoot photographs of food is to do it bright sunshine. [NY Times] This year's Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest will be sponsored by Pepto-Bismol. [Wall Street Journal] A new report reveals that nine out of 10 Americans eat too ... More >>
Blogs
June 10, 2010
Taste-Testing Grass-Fed Beef; City Council to Vote on Anti-Food Truck Bill
Hardee's hopes to boost sales with its new Hand-Breaded Chicken Tenders, dipped in a buttermilk and egg batter, rolled in seasoned flour, and fried. The idea was inspired by its Made From Scratch biscuits. [MarketWatch] Scotland is cracking down on food waste with the introduction of special ... More >>
Blogs
June 3, 2010
Whole Foods' In-House Forager; Jean-Georges' Resident Juicer
If you ate just foods advertised on television, you could exceed the government's recommended daily amount of fat by 20 times and sugar by 25 times. [Time] Harvindar Singh is Whole Foods' only full-time food forager, and is based in the Bay Area, where he seeks out little-known, locally made ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 27, 2010
Frightened Rabbit
If you ate just foods advertised on television, you could exceed the government's recommended daily amount of fat by 20 times and sugar by 25 times. [Time] Harvindar Singh is Whole Foods' only full-time food forager, and is based in the Bay Area, where he seeks out little-known, locally made ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2010
Haggis Hounds, Don't Rejoice Just Yet: Reports on Ban Being Lifted Were Incorrect
Haggis still a no-no for now.Rumors that the ban on haggis may soon be lifted were somewhat premature, it appears. The BBC reported that the U.S. government was planning to relax the ban on Scotland's national dish, but as it turns out, this was incorrect. A few days after the original artic ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2009
Second Guilty Plea in NYC-TV Scam
A private film maker stood up in a near-deserted federal courtroom in Manhattan this morning to plead guilty to stealing tens of thousands of dollars in ad revenue that should have gone to the city. Vincent Taylor, 50, pled to a single count of wire fraud before federal District Judge Harold Baer. T ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2009
Former NYC-TV Aide Cops a Plea
Trevor Scotland, former chief operating officer of NYC TV, the city television station so heavily boosted by Mayor Bloomberg, showed up in federal court yesterday to plead guilty to stealing tens of thousands in ad revenue from the station. Scotland, 39, looked every bit as dapper as he did ... More >>
Blogs
October 28, 2009
Guilty Plea Expected By Ex-Bloomberg City TV Exec
A former top exec at the city's television station is expected to plead guilty this afternoon to looting some $60,000 in ad revenues due the city. It's hardly the biggest ripoff by a municipal employee, but what makes Trevor Scotland's appearance today a 'matter of interest' - as the Manhatta ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 8, 2009
Kings of Leon
A former top exec at the city's television station is expected to plead guilty this afternoon to looting some $60,000 in ad revenues due the city. It's hardly the biggest ripoff by a municipal employee, but what makes Trevor Scotland's appearance today a 'matter of interest' - as the Manhatta ... More >>
Blogs
August 10, 2009
What Haggis? Scotland Now Claims Chicken Tikka Masala
CTM in all its glory Forget haggis. Scottish MPs are now claiming that chicken tikka masala, that creamy, junky-good dish found in mediocre curry houses worldwide, was invented at a certain Glasglow restaurant in the 1970s. Not only that, but they are insisting that the European Union to rec ... More >>
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August 4, 2009
Inside the Mayor's Studio: NYC-TV's Secrets of New York
The many scams of Bloomberg's hip TV execs
Blogs
July 28, 2009
Booze News: Harry Potter's Drinking Problem; Does Red Wine Make You Horny?
The Times asks, "Does Hogwarts have a drinking problem?" The latest Harry Potter movie shows the young wizards coming of age, which includes drinking various potions and going to the pub. [NY Times] An estimated 20,000 protesters marched through Ayrshire and Kilmarnock, where Johnnie Walker ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Siren Festival 2009: Q&A With Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison
"I don't mind rollercoasters, but some of those things that put you in a weird state of velocity are a bit upsetting" Frightened Rabbit started to gain a following after last year's sleeper hit Midnight Organ Fight. With a sound that's relatively reminiscent of the early days of Bright Eyes, the ... More >>
Voice Choices
July 8, 2009
GREAT SCOT
Young pop upstart has a world of tricks in his bag
Blogs
April 24, 2009
Balvenie Encourages You to Make Your Scotch
A group of 40 adults has paid $95 each to deconstruct and reconstruct The Balvenie Signature Batch this evening at Astor Center. As luck would have it, we had the chance to participate in a little preview of the event with drinks makers Shingo Gokan of Angel's Share, Albert Trummer of Apotheke and J ... More >>
Blogs
April 22, 2009
Man Up! NYC-TV Exec Arrested In $60K Rip-Off
Image from NYC-TV's "Uptown" magazine. Why a nice looking fellow with such an obviously brilliant future like Trevor Scotland, a TV producer who served as chief operating officer for the city's NYC-TV station since 2004, would want to scam the city out of a meager $60,000 is beyond us. But there i ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2009
Another Free iTunes Single of the Week: Alela Diane's "Dry Grass & Shadows"
Last week's prediction: I hear the new Animal Collective is pretty good... Nevada City is a Denis Johnson-type Northern California mountain town whose chief economic/cultural export is hippies, more or less: Joanna Newsome, Gary Snyder, Utah Phillips, Terry Riley, and the 25-year-old Adela Diane. ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2009
SXSW's 2009 Partial Performers List: If You Can Afford to Go, You Must Be Running a Ponzi Scheme
Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>
Blogs
October 29, 2008
Daily Flog: Monkey-wrenching the vote -- count on it
Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>
Blogs
September 25, 2008
The Mogwai Drummer Scare: Martin Bulloch Home Safe in Scotland
Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>
Blogs
September 5, 2008
The Traveling Omnivore's 20
Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2008
Daily Flog: Kicking the habit but blindly drunk, hounded by Afghans, woofed at by Hillary
Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>
News
August 12, 2008
Letters 8.13.08
Dark Meat at last year's SXSW, photo by Rebecca Smeyne See, it's totally lame, don't worry, you're not missing a thing South by Southwest just firebombed everybody's inboxes with a partial list of names playing this year's barbecue-and-booze blitz. A quick scan reveals the midsize marquee names to ... More >>
People
May 13, 2008
Do Other Immigrant Populations Mix Languages the Way Mexicans Do?
Plus, Scotch that last complainer
Voice Choices
May 13, 2008
MOMMY DEAREST
A lustful uppercut to the chin from the distant past
Film
March 18, 2008
Doomsday's Junk Food Glut
Descent director Neil Marshall steals everything great
Film
January 22, 2008
Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness
Descent director Neil Marshall steals everything great
Music
January 1, 2008
Back to the Clubs, Everybody
The prime spots for your first big '08 hangover
Music
October 30, 2007
The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
Poppy, erotic, and evenchoral on occasion
Music
June 6, 2006
Scottish Melancholia Rocks the Belles
Poppy, erotic, and evenchoral on occasion
Blogs
September 29, 2005
Morning Report 9/29/05
You Don't Know Jack
Poppy, erotic, and evenchoral on occasion
Dance
January 11, 2005
Scottish Dances Pace Holiday Revel, Delighting With Their Precision
Poppy, erotic, and evenchoral on occasion
Specials
August 3, 2004
Letters
Poppy, erotic, and evenchoral on occasion
Dance
May 11, 2004
Layers Within Layers
Memories and residues—of tunes, words, wars, and dances past—well up in choreography
Theater
April 27, 2004
Engaging The Past
How do you make an old play look brand-new? Merely heighten the oldness with boldness.
NYC Life
October 29, 2002
Listings
How do you make an old play look brand-new? Merely heighten the oldness with boldness.
Film
February 5, 2002
Blood Simple
How do you make an old play look brand-new? Merely heighten the oldness with boldness.
Dance
August 7, 2001
Abbondanza Downtown
Controlled Chaos Rules at FringeNYC
Dining
January 30, 2001
Girls' Day Out
Controlled Chaos Rules at FringeNYC
Dining
October 26, 1999
Georgia on My Mind
Controlled Chaos Rules at FringeNYC
Theater
July 27, 1999
Scotch on the Rocks
Controlled Chaos Rules at FringeNYC
News
June 8, 1999
Clone Alone
Hillary Race Is Textbook Case
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