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November 9, 2011
R. Kelly's Memoir Soula Coaster Is Not Coming Out Next Week. And Maybe Not At All? (Updated)
The mysterious case of Soula Coaster's disappearance This isn't a surprising development, but it's an unfortunate one. There seems to be some unexplained drama with the R. Kelly life-changer Soula Coaster: Diary of Me, the cover of which made the rounds this morning. Online bookseller Indigo has th ... More >>
Film
May 18, 2011
A Gangsta's Paradise of Cliches in Cost of a Soul
The mysterious case of Soula Coaster's disappearance This isn't a surprising development, but it's an unfortunate one. There seems to be some unexplained drama with the R. Kelly life-changer Soula Coaster: Diary of Me, the cover of which made the rounds this morning. Online bookseller Indigo has th ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2011
Beyond Robocop: Build These Statues Now, America!
Half man, half machine, all statuePatrick Cassels wrote an impassioned plea to the city of Detroit in Slate, imploring them to seriously consider the plan to build a Robocop statue. He says that the public arts work is worthy, as it depicts "a character who represents triumph over this sad la ... More >>
Film
December 1, 2010
Night Catches Us Takes a Brutally Honest Look at Black Power
Half man, half machine, all statuePatrick Cassels wrote an impassioned plea to the city of Detroit in Slate, imploring them to seriously consider the plan to build a Robocop statue. He says that the public arts work is worthy, as it depicts "a character who represents triumph over this sad la ... More >>
Blogs
September 26, 2010
Unexpected Pairings: Lorrie Moore on The Wire
This weekend in things you never thought you'd read: the writer Lorrie Moore, best known for her sad short stories about sad people, delivers an essay in the latest New York Review of Books on HBO's The Wire, based around two books about the show, The Wire: Urban Decay and American Television ... More >>
Music
September 8, 2010
Live from Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Juggalos
Revenge of the losers! Or, what it's like at a four-day reunion of 'the most misunderstood people of all time'
Voice Choices
September 8, 2010
NO MAN’S LAND
Navigating the trenches with Kubrick
Blogs
August 28, 2010
Michael Cera's Must-See List: Real or Fake? (UPDATE: Seems Real! Photo Proof Inside)
Going viral this weekend is a handwritten sheet, allegedly penned by movie cutie/h-word poster child Michael Cera, recommending his favorite movies to a young Londoner he met in a coffeeshop. The cafe buddy's cousin got his hands on a scan of the list and posted it to his Tumblr, where it has ... More >>
Film
August 18, 2010
Bow Wow Strikes It Rich in Ghetto Fabulous Lottery Ticket
Going viral this weekend is a handwritten sheet, allegedly penned by movie cutie/h-word poster child Michael Cera, recommending his favorite movies to a young Londoner he met in a coffeeshop. The cafe buddy's cousin got his hands on a scan of the list and posted it to his Tumblr, where it has ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2010
Treme Character Works for The Village Voice, Is Accurate, Awesome
The Wire creator David Simon's new show Treme has been called both "TV that viewers ask for but rarely get" and by another: "Boring." Most of us here, however, think it's pretty wonderful. Especially since the show now features a character who works at the Village Voice on it!
Blogs
May 2, 2010
Just How Inane Was This Weekend in Washington D.C.? Unbelievably So!
Political Powerhouses Jessica Simpson and Jimmy FallonNo one with any sense of perspective believes that Real America -- most of the nation, fly-over country, everywhere but the coastal cities, whatever you want to call it -- gives a quarter of a shit about the White House Correspondents Dinner. ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2010
On Treme's (Possibly Redeemable) Annoying Characters And Fraught Quest For "Musical Authenticity"
Don't write Steve Zahn off yet, folksDavid Simon's Treme is, as has been mentioned far and wide, clearly not going to be The Wire. Sure, it's dealing with rampant corruption in a major American city and the frustration of human beings forced to deal with that corruption, doing so with an unca ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2010
Here's A Handy New Orleans Reference Guide To The Awesome Pilot Episode Of Treme You Watched Last Night
So David Simon's post-Katrina New Orleans drama Treme premiered last night on HBO -- our comprehensive, local's-eye-view feature is here -- and though it might not be perfect (agree with this, for starters), it must be said that this is a music lover's dream: Wendell "Bunk" Pierce playing trombone ... More >>
Music
March 30, 2010
How Treme Can Get It Right
David Simon's new HBO series uses fiction to honor New Orleans' surreal, heart-breaking fact
Dining
February 23, 2010
Choptank's Maryland
A new restaurant tries to whisk you away to Baltimore
Voice Choices
August 5, 2008
MARGIN NOTES
Broadway’s Top Girl, a folk singer, and her folks
News
December 18, 2007
Likes Rudy, Likes Booty
Another of Giuliani's lovable cronies comes to the ex-mayor's defense in a time of need
NYC Life
March 20, 2007
The Gropes of Wrath
The NYPD loves touching black men—writer Nicholas Powers on being a stop-and-frisk virgin
Film
February 13, 2007
'Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls'
The NYPD loves touching black men—writer Nicholas Powers on being a stop-and-frisk virgin
Books
September 12, 2006
Method Man
Greil Marcus follows lost highways in search of the American spirit
Screens
December 13, 2005
Screen Gems
Tivo alerts, anchors aweigh: Favorite moments from the year when TV went topsy-turvy
Screens
March 8, 2005
Shadow of Guilt
Director Raoul Peck reflects on making a drama about Rwanda without cheap tears
Art
November 30, 2004
Screen Gems
The year in TV: Another season, a smattering of reasons for tuning in amid all the mediocrity
Music
October 26, 2004
Our Oldest New Waver
The eternal hustler works his gloomy-gus shtick and leaves the hipsters wanting more
Art
September 7, 2004
Remote Patrol
The eternal hustler works his gloomy-gus shtick and leaves the hipsters wanting more
Art
December 23, 2003
The Pleasure Channel
The Year in TV

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