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  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Occupy Wall Street Re-Occupies Foreclosed Home in East New York: A Report From the Scene

    Nick Pinto​Occupy Wall Street organizers ushered in a new phase of their movement yesterday when about 400 people participated in a collaborative takeover to re-occupy a vacant foreclosed home in East New York for a homeless family of four. The afternoon's event, part of a collaborative Nati ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 26, 2011

    Slow Club

    Nick Pinto​Occupy Wall Street organizers ushered in a new phase of their movement yesterday when about 400 people participated in a collaborative takeover to re-occupy a vacant foreclosed home in East New York for a homeless family of four. The afternoon's event, part of a collaborative Nati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Plastic Surgery as Revenge: Cutting Your Nose to Spite Your Ex

    ​The latest trend in getting over your ex is, guess what? Plastic surgery! Because looking good is the best revenge. Even if it means diets, Botox, boob jobs, recovering from surgery, and hardly recognizing yourself in the mirror. Surgery is way easier than loving yourself, take it from those ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2010

    Lost City Rounds Up 2010's Lost Dining Landmarks

    Joining the ranks of the extinct or endangered...​Adding to the list of year-end lists is undoubtedly the most poignant one to date, a remembrance of lost New York landmarks from Lost City's Brooks of Sheffield. "As in every year of the Bloomberg administration, 2010 was a bad one for preserva ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2010

    Lost City Loses Its Lease on Life

    ​Less than a month after the demise of another excellent New York blog, Neither More Nor Less, Brooks of Sheffield is shutting down Lost City.

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2010

    Fultummy's: When Bad Hours Happen to Good Restaurants

    Sarah DiGregorioFultummy's chicken cutlet sandwich.​Back in April, Sarah DiGregorio proclaimed her affection for Fultummys, a new sandwich shop on the Red Hook/Carroll Gardens border. Lost City also enjoyed its "international" sandwiches, which it proclaimed "very good."

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    A Poignant Report From the Last Night at Gino

    Roe Ethridge/The New York TimesLights out.​After 65 years on Lexington Avenue, Gino closed its doors after dinner on Saturday night. Brooks of Sheffield has written up a poignant, cogent account of the evening on Eater, one that makes painfully clear what -- aside from the zebra wallpaper -- w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Brooklyn Beset by More Sandwiches and Burgers

    Yogma/FlickrResistance is futile.​Here's yet more evidence that the hamburger and sandwich takeover is continuing apace throughout the five boroughs.

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2010

    Next Time You're Drinking at the Boat, Leave Your Dimes at Home

    ​The Boat is but one of several low-key, studiously grungy bars lining Smith Street, and apparently the only one whose bartenders don't accept change in smaller denominations than quarters.

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Some Excellent Photos of Vesuvio's Old Ovens

    Chris CallisOne of Vesuvio's coal-fired ovens.​The old Vesuvio Bakery was recently resurrected as the newest outpost of Maury Rubin's Birdbath Bakery, relieving preservationists and carbophiles who'd feared it would mutate into a Chase bank or accessories store. And although Rubin revamped the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2009

    The Flashing Lights Party Turns One

    ​Nick Catchdubs' Flashing Lights party--which the writer-turned-DJ throws monthly with the Rub's DJ Ayres and Brooklyn bass queen Jubilee--turns one this month, and to celebrate, Sheffield dance champion Toddla T is coming through 88 Palace tomorrow night to help mark the occasion. As always, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2009

    'Flashing Lights One Year Anniversary'

    ​Nick Catchdubs' Flashing Lights party--which the writer-turned-DJ throws monthly with the Rub's DJ Ayres and Brooklyn bass queen Jubilee--turns one this month, and to celebrate, Sheffield dance champion Toddla T is coming through 88 Palace tomorrow night to help mark the occasion. As always, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 1, 2009

    ‘Warp 20 Presents Clark & Hudson Mohawke'

    ​Nick Catchdubs' Flashing Lights party--which the writer-turned-DJ throws monthly with the Rub's DJ Ayres and Brooklyn bass queen Jubilee--turns one this month, and to celebrate, Sheffield dance champion Toddla T is coming through 88 Palace tomorrow night to help mark the occasion. As always, ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2009

    Warp Records and the Don't-Call-It-IDM Revolution

    Celebrating 20 years of weird radicalism with a label that didn't quit

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    Culinary Landmarks of Upstate New York

    Not sure what the equation on the side of this broken-down orange panel truck means, but I encountered it on the southern edge of Grand Gorge, New York, in the remote northwestern Catskills (click to fully savour). make the jump for further culinary landmarks 

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    Sheffield to the Mets?

    On Tuesday the Tigers cut 40-year-old Gary Sheffield, and the Times went into valedictory mode, wondering if his 499 home runs would get the presumably finished slugger, best known for days of glory with the Yankees, into the Hall of Fame. Well, maybe he'll get 500 after all with the New York Mets. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses 58: Comet Gain

    On Tuesday the Tigers cut 40-year-old Gary Sheffield, and the Times went into valedictory mode, wondering if his 499 home runs would get the presumably finished slugger, best known for days of glory with the Yankees, into the Hall of Fame. Well, maybe he'll get 500 after all with the New York Mets. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2008

    Carroll Gardeners Tweak Builder, Hit the Beach

    On Tuesday the Tigers cut 40-year-old Gary Sheffield, and the Times went into valedictory mode, wondering if his 499 home runs would get the presumably finished slugger, best known for days of glory with the Yankees, into the Hall of Fame. Well, maybe he'll get 500 after all with the New York Mets. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses #45: Slow Down Tallahassee

    On Tuesday the Tigers cut 40-year-old Gary Sheffield, and the Times went into valedictory mode, wondering if his 499 home runs would get the presumably finished slugger, best known for days of glory with the Yankees, into the Hall of Fame. Well, maybe he'll get 500 after all with the New York Mets. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses #43: Kimya Dawson Plays a Gig

    On Tuesday the Tigers cut 40-year-old Gary Sheffield, and the Times went into valedictory mode, wondering if his 499 home runs would get the presumably finished slugger, best known for days of glory with the Yankees, into the Hall of Fame. Well, maybe he'll get 500 after all with the New York Mets. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2008

    The New Long Blondes Album Kind of Sucks

    On Tuesday the Tigers cut 40-year-old Gary Sheffield, and the Times went into valedictory mode, wondering if his 499 home runs would get the presumably finished slugger, best known for days of glory with the Yankees, into the Hall of Fame. Well, maybe he'll get 500 after all with the New York Mets. ... More >>

  • Music

    May 29, 2007

    The Low Down: Grimness and Misery

    Just in case you thought we were getting too happy up here: featuring the music of Mahogany, the Rustavi Choir, Cabaret Voltaire and Nico

  • Music

    May 22, 2007

    Soundtracks for Imaginary Films (The Sequel): A Compass to Get Lost

    Featuring the music of Remate, Bowerbirds, Lavender Diamond, Ultra Vivid Scene, Lords of Acid, and others.

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2007

    Kathy Diamond's Psychedelic Space-Disco

    Featuring the music of Remate, Bowerbirds, Lavender Diamond, Ultra Vivid Scene, Lords of Acid, and others.

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2007

    The Quarterly Report: Best New Albums

    Featuring the music of Remate, Bowerbirds, Lavender Diamond, Ultra Vivid Scene, Lords of Acid, and others.

  • Music

    January 2, 2007

    Noisepop One: 'Dizzy with Your Disease'

    Featuring the music of Remate, Bowerbirds, Lavender Diamond, Ultra Vivid Scene, Lords of Acid, and others.

  • Music

    December 19, 2006

    After James Brown (1933–2006)

    Featuring the music of Remate, Bowerbirds, Lavender Diamond, Ultra Vivid Scene, Lords of Acid, and others.

  • Film

    November 7, 2006

    'The History Boys'

    Featuring the music of Remate, Bowerbirds, Lavender Diamond, Ultra Vivid Scene, Lords of Acid, and others.

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2006

    Martin Scorsese Loves the Dropkick Murphys

    Featuring the music of Remate, Bowerbirds, Lavender Diamond, Ultra Vivid Scene, Lords of Acid, and others.

  • Music

    June 6, 2006

    Bring on the Backlash

    Flinging poo at the haters with the Arctic Monkeys

  • Books

    February 28, 2006

    Christgau vs. the Contortions: Reynolds's Stirring Postpunk History

    Flinging poo at the haters with the Arctic Monkeys

  • Music

    February 21, 2006

    E-thics

    Morals get fuzzy as biz tries to embrace the blog world

  • Music

    February 14, 2006

    Romance or What

    Dancefloor chic with England's latest and greatest

  • Music

    July 12, 2005

    Swinging Sheffield Couple Smacks Up Bitches

    Dancefloor chic with England's latest and greatest

  • Music

    July 29, 2003

    A Bum Trip Reborn

    Blissed Psychedelic Freaks Bequeath Skykissing Guitars to Industrial Autopsy Aesthetes

  • Music

    April 8, 2003

    Music

    Blissed Psychedelic Freaks Bequeath Skykissing Guitars to Industrial Autopsy Aesthetes

  • Music

    October 15, 2002

    Music

    Blissed Psychedelic Freaks Bequeath Skykissing Guitars to Industrial Autopsy Aesthetes

  • Music

    December 11, 2001

    Got Your Money Shot

    Blissed Psychedelic Freaks Bequeath Skykissing Guitars to Industrial Autopsy Aesthetes

  • News

    July 10, 2001

    Disco Double Take

    New York Parties Like It’s 1975

  • Theater

    October 31, 2000

    The People Choice

    New York Parties Like It’s 1975

  • News

    July 4, 2000

    Gore-Test

    Candidate Challenged to Take On Issue of Affordable Housing

  • Music

    November 23, 1999

    For the Love of Money

    Candidate Challenged to Take On Issue of Affordable Housing

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