Syracuse

Meet Sophistafunk, Guy Fieri's Favorite Band

It all started with a phone call. Shortly after Adam Gold's restaurant -- Syracuse's Funk-N-Waffles, a casual joint that offers exactly what it promises in both music and eats -- was featured on the Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, he got a call from the show's host, Guy Fieri. Fieri ... More >>

West Village Bar Recreates Beloved Rochester 'Garbage Plate'

This is Daddy-O's cheeseburger version of the famed Rochester garbage plate. Buffalo has its chicken wings and beef on weck, Syracuse its salt potatoes and barbecue, but what does Rochester have? Something called a garbage plate. First served at a bar called Nick Tahou's - which has trademarked th ... More >>

Ra Ra Riot

Bloomberg Gets Political: Mayor's SuperPAC Spends Millions On House Races

With his quasi-endorsement of President Obama yesterday, it's evident that Bloomberg is not afraid of stepping into the political boxing ring when he feels like it (even if he says Obama and Romney's economic plans aren't real). And, as we know, he has the funds to freely do so: just last week, we r ... More >>

3 Good Things: Cereal Mascots

1 Mike Boon's Breakfast Mascot Alphabet, a poster inspired by cereal box mascots. Can you recognize all of them? (I had to cheat.) [Laughing Squid] 2 Grape breeder Bruce Reisch is taking suggestions from the public for two new wine grape varieties (currently just called NY76.0844.24 and NY95.0301.0 ... More >>

Download: Doe Paoro's Untethered, Spectral "Born Whole"

Brooklyn singer-songwriter Doe Paoro is a wild mixture of contemporary sounds and ancient techniques. Her single "Born Whole," taken from her debut Slow to Love (out last month), has the spectral fervor of Zola Jesus's haunted house swirl, Adele's retromaniacal bombast and ghostly traces of James Bl ... More >>

My 5 Favorite NYC Hot Dogs

​At Shake Shack, our own approximation of the Chicago dog. Whether you call them frankfurters, wieners, tube steaks, or floaters, New York City is the hot dog capital of the world. And here are my five favorite local evocations of the silky sausage that came here from Frankfurt or Vienna, d ... More >>

ESPN: World Wide Leader in Cover-Up

When is a scandal connected to sports not a scandal? Apparently when ESPN decides not to report on it. There is one huge missing piece in the Syracuse-Bernie Fine sex abuse scandal that the media seems to have agreed not to investigate, namely, who at ESPN knew what and why didn't they do somethin ... More >>

Religious People are Excited for Same-Sex Sunday Weddings, Too

​With self proclaimed religious values groups like the National Organization for Marriage and Westboro Baptist Church protesting this Sunday, as well as Focus on the Family going before the Senate to hail the Defense of Marriage Act yesterday, it may seem like religious people are universally ... More >>

Democratic Rebels Stage New State Senate Breakaway

​ The new Albany legislative session opens this morning with yet another rebellion in the ranks. This one comes from a quartet of Democratic state senators who announced this morning, with plenty of tough words, that they're moving away from their party's minority to form an "independent caucu ... More >>

Body Found in NY Might Be Missing Student (UPDATE: Ex-Boyfriend Charged With Murder)

​Jenni-Lyn Watson's family members will be shown a body found on Saturday in Clay, New York, to determine if it is the missing student, last seen on November 19, according to the New York Post. A search party 100-strong has been examining the area north of Syracuse hoping to find Watson, a jun ... More >>

Mayor Bloomberg Reports His Daughter Is "Fine" After Fall from Horse

​Following her recent accident during an equestrian competition, Georgina Bloomberg is in stable condition, the New York Daily News reports . During a show-jumping event in Syracuse this past Saturday, the mayor's 27-year-old daughter had tumbled from her horse, suffering a concussion and mino ... More >>

Bloomberg's Daughter Hurt in Horse Accident

​Georgina Bloomberg, the 27-year-old daughter of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, fractured her spine and suffered a concussion after falling from her horse during an equestrian event in Syracuse, My Fox NY is reporting. The Associated Press reported that Bloomberg's "saddle unexpectedly came loose an ... More >>

Inside Carl Paladino's Fevered Mind: This Time, He Was a Hostage Negotiator

​Carl Paladino says he remembers the sixties, but apparently he wasn't there. That's what several people told the Syracuse Post-Standard's Paul Riede when he tried to track down Paladino's claims to have faced down a mob of crazed student rioters. In an interview about his law student days at ... More >>

Megabus Driver Who Killed Four Passengers Was Distracted by GPS

via The Post-Standard​Texting while driving is dangerous, but doing the equivalent of that with dozens of people on board a "mega" vehicle is like playing with fire. The Megabus crash that left four dead and many injured in Syracuse on Saturday occurred because the driver was checking his own ... More >>

Former Drunk Colin Farrell Has the Hots for a Mermaid Lady (in Ondine)

WINNER TAKES ALL

Where to watch the conclusion to one strange NCAA tournament

The Hold Steady Announce New Record: Heaven Is Whenever, Due in May

Judson Baker​Here's to ending the longest drought between Hold Steady albums, ever. In the two years since the Brooklyn band released the hardcore revival moment Stay Positive, the former five piece toured endlessly and, at the tail end of last month, bade farewell to keyboardist and chief mou ... More >>

Robert Christgau Remembers John Lennon, Redux

"In 1971, I wrote something about John and Yoko that they liked a lot, and to show their appreciation they invited me and my girlfriend Dominique to John's 31st birthday party--in Syracuse, where a Yoko Ono retrospective had been mounted. I've never been one to hobnob with the stars, but who could ... More >>

This Is, Apparently, Who We Have To Blow

​ ...or rather, blow away, in the next election. Ladies and gentlemen, the 'No' votes...

Staten Island Congressman Complains of Lack of Federal Money for Cops

​When it looked like the NYPD wasn't going to get any federal stimulus funds, everyone from the Governor on down was upset, so Obama relented and had Homeland Security scrape up $35 million for us. But when the big-money federal COPS Hiring Recovery Program (CHRP) grants came out in late July, ... More >>

Quick Hits

"I met Carla from Bravo's Top Chef -- I was rooting for her the whole season long." Twitpic by drschefcick. Paul McCartney will play Citi Field, which makes sense, since neither he nor the Mets have been any good since the 1980s. The "Bike in Style" Challenge had FIT students "create stylish, p ... More >>

Free Burgers for Cabbies at Ben & Jack's Today

We didn't know Taxi Appreciation Day was a Thing -- we never see cards for it at the Hallmark store -- but it apparently is celebrated yearly on various days in various jurisdictions. For example, the Mayor of Toronto declared one on June 9, 2003; Syracuse had one by mayoral proclamation last June 1 ... More >>

Last Weekend's Hot Dog Hootenanny--Can You Identify These Franks?

Seven sorts of franks were offered for tasting, can you identify them and their point of origin? (click to examine more closely) Last Sunday a Hot Dog Hootenanny was held at Astor Center, sponsored by seriouseats.com. Bruce Kraig, the author of Hot Dog: A World History, offered a hot dog ... More >>

Clip Job: Obies 1963

Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesMay 30, 1963, Vol. VIII, No. 32The Village Voice 'Obies,' 1962-63The Voice handed out its Eighth Annual "Obie" Awards in a somewhat chaotic but spirited ceremony on Saturday afternoon at the Village Gate. Invited theatre people and well-wishers d ... More >>

Doc Fined $20G for Fake Botox

If your botox is making you depressed, maybe it was cut with downers or something. The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety, among others, has been warning us about fake botox for a while now, and Fox News reports that the menace is unabated: an East Syracuse doctor has been fined $20,000 for ... More >>

Kennedy's Tour Not Going So Well

Clip Job: The Voice Shrinks in Size - in 1961

The Express Makes a Footnote into a Legend

New York Has Higher HIV Rates, Best Drinking Water

On the Genius of ZO2

Brooklyn trio is fucking with you, possibly

PASS THE SYRUP

It’s a jam of a different flavor

Earth Crisis Reunites

Live: Dillinger Escape Plan Bring the Spaz

Rainer Maria Breaks Up

Bipolar

Comedy-Rock Is Not Funny

Bloc Party? More Like Suck Party!

The Scam Sham

Hocked hoax hexes hacks and hicks, but who the heck cares?

Hatchet Job

Searching in vain for signs of hardwood in Manhattanville

Moist Plants Downstairs

Up the stairs—a kitchen, a blonde, and no more erectile dysfunction!

What They Left Behind

Suitcases from an insane asylum tell of lives long lost

Uncontrollable Urges

Us Against Who?

Sports

Welcome to the Sex Palaces

Shakespeare Takes the Rap

Palace Walks

On the Road With the Theatre Historical Society

Crash Rash

Learning From the Demolition Derby

Hawaiian Hunch

One-bedroom apartment in tenement building