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March 3, 2009
Wallace and Gromit Bake Bread
I'm sure many of you are not as dorkish as I am, but if you happen to be a Wallace and Gromit fan, I'd like to point out that their latest adventure is called A Matter of Loaf and Death. In it, the duo opens a bakery (for which Gromit does all the work, of course), and solves the crime of the Cerea ... More >>
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April 3, 2009
Is Topshop Just For Tops?
David Wentworth The Topshop just opened in SoHo and I wasn't invited, even though I'm exclusively a top! Shouldn't this place be for tops only? If not, it's false advertising and the clothing store chain should be sent back to the UK from whence it came. On either continent, shouldn't they ban anyo ... More >>
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April 28, 2009
Booze News--A New Beefeater Gin & Mezcal's Cult Following
A new study suggests that patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who drink wine before their diagnosis have a reduced risk of relapse or death. The five-year survival rate was 70 percent for wine drinkers and 65 percent for non-wine drinkers. [US News via Alcademics] Randall Grahm, the winemaker at Bon ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Reverend Billy Campaign Update: Recuperates from "Palpitations," As Mayor Will Fire Ray Kelly
Photo by Brennan Cavanaugh We caught up with Reverend Billy, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of New York we interviewed in April, and asked how the campaign was going. We're in the third act of this drama. The opening act was orientation -- the whole world of politics, a steep learning cur ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 1, 2009
Noose
Photo by Brennan Cavanaugh We caught up with Reverend Billy, the Green Party candidate for Mayor of New York we interviewed in April, and asked how the campaign was going. We're in the third act of this drama. The opening act was orientation -- the whole world of politics, a steep learning cur ... More >>
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September 18, 2009
The Unibrow Is Becoming Obsolete!
In the UK, anyway. According to this article, there's been a steep rise in the number of Brit males who are putting down their crumpets and going in for "threading," the intricate hair removal process that makes your face look far less like an Edward Scissorhands topiary.
Film
October 6, 2009
Boarding School Remake St. Trinian's Is High School Musical with Posher Accents
In the UK, anyway. According to this article, there's been a steep rise in the number of Brit males who are putting down their crumpets and going in for "threading," the intricate hair removal process that makes your face look far less like an Edward Scissorhands topiary.
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November 5, 2009
Boulud Continues Worldwide Expansion; Blumenthal Moves on from Bad Fish Fiasco
Just weeks after announcing a Singaporean outpost of DB Bistro Moderne, Daniel Boulud reveals plans to open a Bar Boulud in London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park next spring. Bloomberg reports that Gilles Verot, known for his charcuterie in Paris, will helm the kitchen. Boulud said in a statem ... More >>
Film
November 10, 2009
Pirate Radio Gets a Tame U.S. Release, but We Still Love Rock 'n' Roll
Just weeks after announcing a Singaporean outpost of DB Bistro Moderne, Daniel Boulud reveals plans to open a Bar Boulud in London's Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park next spring. Bloomberg reports that Gilles Verot, known for his charcuterie in Paris, will helm the kitchen. Boulud said in a statem ... More >>
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February 10, 2010
Umami, Now in Tube Form
Now in squeezable form.After a recent study confirmed its existence, it was only a matter of time before someone came up with a way to market straight-up umami to the masses. And what better way to do that than by stuffing it in a tube?
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March 1, 2010
Eating Animals Harder to Swallow Overseas
Eating Animals isn't so bad in Europe.Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals makes a great case for giving up meat. Or at least it does here in America, where industrial farming dominates. As the Wall Street Journal reports, publishers of the U.K. edition of the bestselling book were forced to ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
It's Raining Meatballs in Manhattan; Finally, a Return to Real Salsa
Denny's, with its "Grand Slam for a Year" promotion, is just one of the fast-food chains with food prizes. Subway, Krispy Kreme, and KFC also give away, respectively, foot-long subs, doughnuts, and popcorn chicken to loyal, lucky customers. [Wall Street Journal] New York is meatball mad thes ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 24, 2010
Manchester Orchestra+Biffy Clyro
Denny's, with its "Grand Slam for a Year" promotion, is just one of the fast-food chains with food prizes. Subway, Krispy Kreme, and KFC also give away, respectively, foot-long subs, doughnuts, and popcorn chicken to loyal, lucky customers. [Wall Street Journal] New York is meatball mad thes ... More >>
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April 19, 2010
Eyjafjallajokull Continues to Piss Off Everybody Except Icelanders
Remember that movie Joe Versus the Volcano? It wasn't very good, but it featured a young(er) Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan before her lips got all Howard-the-Duck, and it was about a guy who thinks he's dying and offers to jump into a live volcano to appease the volcano gods. And even though that mo ... More >>
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May 25, 2010
Things We Don't Need at All: High Heels for Men
The perennial fashion question -- "Should I wear heels or flats with these pants?" -- isn't just for women anymore, reports the Daily News. Oh yay. (Is that really the perennial fashion question? We always thought it was "Does my butt look fat in these jeans?" But moving on to the horror in q ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
What Kind of Sherbet Can't Be Eaten in a Cone or a Cup? Sherbet Fountain
The Sherbet Fountain is not a fountain at all, nor is it sherbet as we know it. We all know what sherbet is, right? Here in the States, it's often cheesy cheap ice cream sold in one-gallon plastic tubs in supermarkets, featuring a range of dishearteningly artificial pastel colors in a single ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Soccer Betting: In U.S. vs. England World Cup Match, A Steak is at Stake
Balls to the walls, indeed.As one of the things "white people like," it comes as little surprise that World Cup has become increasingly popular in gentrified New York neighborhoods. This weekend, not only will every soccer bar in the city be packed (with many patrons who have probably never w ... More >>
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June 12, 2010
USA vs. England World Cup Match Set to Dominate the Day; BP Subplot Boiling Under
In June, 1950, at the World Cup in Brazil, the American team beat England 1-0. It was the last time the two teams met in the Cup and is still thought of as "the greatest upset in the history of World Cup soccer." The defeat humiliated the proud England team and crushed a nation. In America, a ... More >>
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June 15, 2010
SLICE IT
Play ping-pong for free in Bryant Park
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June 18, 2010
Smarties Versus M&M's: An England-USA Rematch
Now that its been decided who has the better goalkeeper (if nothing else!), it's time for England and America to go head-to-head in the candy-covered chocolate division.
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July 12, 2010
Study: British Pansies Freaked Out By Foursquare, Obviously Aren't Using It Correctly
The New York-bred phenomenon known as Foursquare -- which is basically the Bros Icing Bros of Social Media -- has made its way across the Atlantic, where British people who clearly don't "get it" are currently being scared out of their "knickers" or whatever by it.
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July 17, 2010
Legal "Designer Drugs" Killing in Europe, Story Floundering in Wall Street Journal
The Chinese are getting tricky and creative, plus probably rich, while Europeans are experiencing the bodily benefits and sometimes... the deadly consequences. It sounds like a 20/20 special doesn't it? It comes from the Wall Street Journal report today on "designer drugs." Are you up on this ... More >>
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July 28, 2010
Study: Boozing Will Help With Your Aches and Pains
Warding off rheumatoid arthritis, and brain cells.Yep, you kinda knew this already, but it's scientifically proven now: Drinking alcohol may help reduce the severity of rheumatoid arthritis. Not only that, it may cut your risk of getting arthritis in the first place! According to a study at t ... More >>
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August 18, 2010
This Week's Voice: Camu Tao, Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor, Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, and More
Camu Tao: Doing good, even if he's not here to see it. Photo by TONE.In this week's Village Voice, Phillip Mlynar remembers the departed underground rapper Camu Tao, Francis Davis reviews spectacular new works from Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor, Mikael Wood hangs with Bruno Mars out in Los A ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Download British Sea Power's New "Zeus," And Hope They Show Up Here Soon
Of all the grandiose, erudite U.K. rocker types to darken our doorstep in the past, oh, 10 years, British Sea Power are definitely the weirdest and probably the best, penning romantic and swooning and overwhelming epics about glaciers or nuclear power plant meltdowns or other such environment ... More >>
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October 14, 2010
A Profile of John DeLucie: Media Whore; Bad Food on Planes Now Blamed on White Noise
John DeLucie is one of the hottest chefs of the moment in New York. But is he just a media whore? [NY Post] Cayuga Pure Organics in upstate New York grows all the trendiest exotic grains and legumes, like freekeh, polenta, and navy beans. [NY Times] A harsh look at the health department tri ... More >>
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December 6, 2010
Britain's Smaller Wine Bottles Won't Curb Drinking
free-extras.com A supermarket chain in Britain is beginning to sell smaller wine bottles to encourage people to drink less at home. Which seems like the stupidest idea ever.
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December 29, 2010
Plan B
free-extras.com A supermarket chain in Britain is beginning to sell smaller wine bottles to encourage people to drink less at home. Which seems like the stupidest idea ever.
Blogs
January 5, 2011
Crabs and Bees Are Dying All Over the Place Now, Too
via Daily MailWhat was that thing about "portents"? After birds started the trend of showing up dead, fish followed, and now 40,000 velvet or "devil" crabs have washed up on the shores of Britain, reports the Daily Mail. It's thought they died of hypothermia after the coldest December in 120 ... More >>
Theater
January 19, 2011
Romulus Linney (1931-2011)
The theater loses a true American playwright
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January 20, 2011
Dine and Dash Not Just Popular in NYC
physicslessons.comRun!A few weeks ago we mentioned that dining and dashing (i.e., skipping out on one's restaurant bill) had become popular in New York City, with a 20 percent increase in incidents over last year. Guess what? Gothamites aren't the only ones down on their luck, as the trend ha ... More >>
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January 20, 2011
Chinese Toilet Restaurant Is Full of Shit
Orange UKThe crappiest table in town. Literally. A restaurant in Kunming, Yunnan province, called Modern Toilet is all the rage, reports Orange UK.
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January 31, 2011
The Box Is Opening In London
Yes, oversized vaginas are dancing their way all the way to the UK! Simon Hammerstein's The Box -- the Chrystie Street haunt filled with vaudeville acts, sometimes even onstage -- is branching out to London's Soho district, where transsexuals will faux-pee on real celebrities just like here.
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January 29, 2011
Twenty-Nine-Year-Old Becomes U.K.'s Youngest Grandfather
A 29-year-old man in South Wales has become the United Kingdom's youngest grandfather after his 14-year-old daughter gave birth. Everyone in the family had kids young, so there are six generations alive at once. "I don't feel like a grandad -- I've not got grey hair and my hearing is top notc ... More >>
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February 7, 2011
London Candy Company Coming to the Upper East Side
candyaddict.comWhile some may say that its cheap chocolate isn't as good as our cheap chocolate, Britain certainly has the edge where the names of their cheap chocolate are concerned. Who wouldn't want to buy something called a Percy Pig, Curly Wurly, or Aero? Or a Malteaser or a Crunchie?
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April 29, 2011
Academic Journal Deems the Term "Pets" Derogatory
The Journal of Animal Ethics, a publication edited and compiled by a group of university professors from America and Great Britain, has stated that "pets" is not an acceptable moniker for domesticated animals. The Telegraph reports that words such as "owners" and "wildlife" are also determine ... More >>
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May 28, 2011
Free MetroCards; Gil Scott-Heron Dead at 62; Brooklyn Boy Mauled By Pit Bull
Free MetroCards at Prospect Park and the Red Hook Park baseball fields today! Free shitty single rides, that is. Call me when someone will pay for my monthly unlimited. Oh, and a bunch of subway lines will be all messed up this weekend. [Gothamist] Spoken-word artist, poet, and musician Gil Scot ... More >>
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August 9, 2011
London Looters Brag About It on Twitter; the Twitterverse Fights Back
Via Reddit, here's an example of What Not to Do times two: Don't loot. And don't take to social media afterward to brag or make jokes about it. The woman (or person pretending to be this woman, because it's so grotesque it may well be a hoax or troll account) who tweeted the following has since canc ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
Rightbloggers Find the Cause of England's Riots: Gun Control and Black People
Riots broke out in London and other parts of England last week. The evident catalyst was the controversial killing by police of Mark Duggan; but, as with the Rodney King beating that sparked the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, it's unlikely that one small event could have caused so much fury and violence. ... More >>
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August 17, 2011
New York Has Lost Its Spot as the World Fashion Capital Because of Kate Middleton
A number of confusing metrics have been recalculated and re-algorithmed (sp?) and numbers have been crunched and lo and behold, New York has lost its spot as the number one fashion city in the world -- to London. London! And it's all because of Kate Middleton's unprecedented popularity. The G ... More >>
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September 1, 2011
For Peels' Shuna Lydon, Baking Consistently Is Only a Small Part of the Job
Shuna Lydon When we spoke with Shuna Lydon last week, the Peels pastry chef was in the midst of planning her Thanksgiving menus. Premature as that might sound to those outside her profession, Lydon told us that dedicated bakeries - as opposed to restaurants that happen to sell baked goods - ... More >>
Theater
August 24, 2011
All's Fare in Bluebird
Simon Russell Beale drives Simon Stephens's play at the Atlantic
Voice Choices
August 24, 2011
Aloe Blacc
Simon Russell Beale drives Simon Stephens's play at the Atlantic
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November 7, 2011
Junoon's John Filby On Indian Cocktails, Unruly Customers and New York's Drinking Scene v. London's
Junoon's John FilbyIf you thought fancy cocktails were something to be sipped only with housemade charcuterie, local cheese and other dressed-up bar bites, you were sorely mistaken. Junoon, the nouveau Indian that opened off Madison Square Park last December, has just re-launched its bar as a ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
Alcoholics Are Bad Parents: Study
Turns out, drunks have unhappy, unstable children, a new study from the U.K. has found.
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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.
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December 15, 2011
Hooray, Here Is A New Sleigh Bells Song Called "Born To Lose"
The distorto-pop duo Sleigh Bells' second album Reign Of Terror will be out next year, and the first single has dropped: It's called "Born To Lose," it veers between being absolutely pummeling and losing itself in dream-pop chime, and it has a blown-out guitar solo that sounds like a chorus o ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
100 & Single: Can Katy Perry Turn The States' Post-Christmas No. 1 Race Into Something UKrazy?
Thanks to her husband, Katy Perry considers herself as an honorary Brit. But as the most frequent current inhabitant of the Billboard charts, she must wish we were all anglophiles. If only America had a Christmas No. 1 competition as rabid and media-fueled as Old Blighty's! Katy would have t ... More >>
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December 20, 2011
Underwhelmed And Overstimulated, Part II: PJ Harvey, Jessie J, And The Post-Pop Character Landscape
Sound of the City's year-end roundtable, with contributions from Tom Ewing, Eric Harvey, Maura Johnston, Nick Murray, and Katherine St. Asaph, continues. Follow along here. Thanks Maura! And hello Nick, Katherine and Eric. Post-megasales megastars? Beyoncé and Gaga fit the bill, for certa ... More >>
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January 3, 2012
Q&A: Rock And Roll Tedium's Craig Hamilton On Mick Jagger Browsing The Frozen-Food Aisle And Other Ways Stars Are Just Like Us
Not a picture of Mick Jagger at the grocery store. Most people have a story about meeting someone famous—and most of those stories are dull. So why is an entire Tumblr site devoted to the most banal ones—"Did I ever tell you about the time... ?" is the header, but it's better know ... More >>
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