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November 10, 2011
Literally Minuscule Shoebox Apartment Still Costs $1K a Month
via StreeteasyAvailable for rent. Curbed has rounded up some of the tiniest, shittiest little apartments in America. One of them is in New York City -- who would have thought? The apartment is on West 71st Street and is about 100 square feet. And it still costs a grand per month. At least the ... More >>
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November 13, 2011
Milk Bottles and Cartons: Do They Have To Be Boring?
inspirationfeed.comDesigned by Lisa Ellerin, Alicia Prentice, Olivia Duval, Chris Yoon, Amy Ross, Blake Sanders | Country: United States When you go to the bodega or supermarket to buy milk, the packaging is invisible -- you reach for the product without really looking at it, dump the bott ... More >>
Theater
November 16, 2011
How Much Is Enough? Our Values in Question—Is There Importance in Being Earnest?
The Foundry founders a bit this go-round
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November 17, 2011
California Supreme Court Grants Standing in Prop 8 Case to Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage
The California Supreme Court ruled today that opponents who sued to appeal U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's 2010 ruling, which found Prop 8 to be unconstitutional, have "standing" to do so. Walker's ruling in the case Perry v. Schwarzenegger would have, effectively, allowed same-sex marri ... More >>
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November 27, 2011
Tonight is the Last Night Ever To Enjoy The Current Nevada Smiths
via Nevada Smith's FacebookGrown people excited about balls at Nevada SmithsIt's been known that Nevada Smiths, that lovable East Village soccer bar where grown men went at six am to watch mostly scoreless games, would have to vacate its current Third Avenue home. And as EV Grieve recently noted, th ... More >>
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December 1, 2011
Mother Trucker! Tractor-Trailer Rule Could Up Food Costs
Something that could keep you from dying in a gruesome, fiery auto accident could also make your groceries more expensive.
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December 4, 2011
This Football Sunday, Please Don't Videotape Your Child Crying
Sundays in America are the best Sundays in the world--that's why God gave U.S. citizens the day off when he wrote us the Bible. There's nothing better for a family to do today than get together on the couch, microwave up some cheese dip, and watch eleven hours of football. These are great tim ... More >>
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December 5, 2011
Gas Station Sandwiches Can Kill You
If you eat pre-made sandwiches from gas stations, you now have something to worry about besides your apparent lack of sophistication.
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December 6, 2011
R.I.P., New Jersey Bears
Baby bears = considerably less threatening.Yesterday marked the first day of New Jersey's infamous bear hunt, which annually disturbs both people and bears. Jersey wildlife officials have announced that 257 black bears have been killed already. The first was a 166-pound female shot by a man f ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Finally, It Is 'Seasonably Chilly' (And It Might Snow)
WTF, weather? For days we've been sashaying about complaining and/or rejoicing (whether we're feeling glass-half-empty or glass-half-full) about the bizarre temperate weather. Our actual winter coat has only been worn, like, twice! But today, in weird conjunction with the MTA's announcement t ... More >>
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December 9, 2011
Report: Food Stamps Boost Economy
About one third of the people who can get food stamps do not, meaning many U.S. states have lost out on a steady source of cash, Bloomberg reports. According to the news service, people on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, spend about $64 billion per year.
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December 11, 2011
World's Oldest Mattress Found, Free of Bed Bugs
New mattress technology, not inspired by ancient mattress.Archaeologists in South Africa have discovered what they believe is the world's oldest mattress, and they didn't even find it on Craigslist. National Geographic reports a team of researchers at the Sibudu Cave site came across bedding ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Time Magazine Names 'The Protester' Person of the Year
For Time's annual "Person of the Year" issue, they've chosen "The Protester." The Awl announces, "Okay, yay, we won!" The spread features simple portraits of and interviews with protesters from around the world -- Tunisia, Egypt, Greece, Spain, and right here in the U.S. The attached cover ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
Poll: More Than Half of New Yorkers Disapprove of Bloomberg's Handling of OWS
A new Quinnipiac poll shows that fifty-one percent of New Yorkers disapprove of the way the mayor has handled Occupy Wall Street. Despite this, Bloomberg has a steady overall approval rating of 49 percent. Sixty-two percent like the man personally, and 52 percent approve of "most of his polic ... More >>
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December 19, 2011
Snow Unlikely for You This Christmas
No Frosty this year. Recall, if you will, last Christmas-time in New York City. Aside from the gifts you did or didn't give or receive, there was ever so much white stuff, blanketing the ground, preventing you from flying home from wherever you happened to be, forcing you to stay with your fa ... More >>
Film
December 21, 2011
The Year in Film: J. Hoberman's Personal Best
His 10 favorite of the year, plus 2
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December 22, 2011
Around the World in New Year's Traditions
erikCom / FlickrOh yeah, we heard it through the grapevine...that California raisins are the snack du jour this NYE.When the ball drops (on New Years Eve that is) where will you be? You could be crammed into Times Square, with a million other people and one porta potty. There's a chance that ... More >>
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December 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich and Gov. Rick Perry Fail To Qualify For Virginia Primary
Last night, the Republican Party of Virginia announced on their Twitter account that Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry did not submit the required 10,000 signatures they needed to qualify for the VA primary. In response to the news, the Gingrich campaign says that Virginia has "a failed system." V ... More >>
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December 24, 2011
White People On Reddit Wonder Why They Have Never Been Stopped And Frisked
This morning a white "normal" New Yorker woke up, walked over to his computer, and asked his fellow members of the online community Reddit, "Any white "normal" looking nyers that have ever been stopped and frisked by cops?" Although terribly phrased and pretty racist, the question is kind of ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
Wendy's To Sell $16 Foie Gras Burgers in Japan
Apparently, a smear of fatty duck liver now makes for an "old fashioned" hamburger. Two years after saying "sayonara" to Japan, Wendy's has decided to return to the island nation, and will try to crack the marketplace by selling $16 foie gras burgers, according to Bloomberg. The flagship ... 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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January 3, 2012
Rick Perry: There is Not One Non-White Person in America. (Also, Rick Santorum is a Pig!)
Usually, the advisors of even the most aging white male Republican candidate will pay some crude lip service to the idea of a multi-culti America. Not Rick Perry, though; we've watched his latest video "America is Caling" through a couple of times, and from what we can see, there is not one non-whit ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
Food Industry Wants to Keep Dioxins in Your Dinner: Report
It's always good to know that the people who raise the nation's livestock and sow the country's crops really want to put health first. Or not. A group of top U.S. food producers has recently protested the Food and Drug Administration's upcoming demands for tougher dioxin limits in nutrition ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 4, 2012
REGIFTING
Givers warm things up
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January 10, 2012
Politics Aside, Redistricting Advocates Release 'Unity Map' to Support Minority Voters
As the political games of redistricting heat up this week, civil rights groups are staying focused on the prize: good maps. A coalition of advocacy groups teamed up yesterday and released what they call the "Unity Map," which contains specific recommendations for Senate, Assembly, and Congres ... More >>
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January 10, 2012
Doomsday Clock, Still a Total Buzz Kill, Predicts Disaster
The Doomsday Clock, a very appropriately named metaphorical timepiece that predicts the possibility of nuclear apocalypse, says that the world is a figurative minute closer to radioactive catastrophe than it was in 2010, the Los Angeles Times reports. The clock, run by the Science and Secur ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
DJ Spooky Spinning Tonight for the OWS People's Librarians, Who Are Number 34 on the Voice's "100 Most Powerless New Yorkers"
Caleb FergusonAs the Voice's Nick Pinto was reporting last night, Zuccotti Park re-opened after Brookfield Properties emoved the barricades surrounding the plaza. One of the first elements to re-assert Occupy Wall Street's presence was the People's Library. The librarians and were a constant ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
Mike Bloomberg Is Out to 'Fix' Our Drinking Problem
You know how our dear Mayor Bloomberg went after our soda-chugging habit, and how, on the occasion, we enjoy delicious trans-fat-full French fries, and how much salt is in our food? He also made us stop smoking in public places, one after the next, and installed giant calorie counts on the me ... More >>
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January 11, 2012
This Week in the Voice: The 100 Most Powerless New Yorkers
This week in the Voice, out today: Steven Thrasher's listing of the 100 most powerless New Yorkers. Among them: weed-delivery guys and the transgendered sex workers of Hunts Point. Maura Johnston notes the many aesthetic links between David Lee Roth and Kanye West.
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January 12, 2012
The TSA Has $400,000 of America's Hard-Earned Spare Change in Its Clutches
Have a bunch of spare change that you've left in your drawer or in a bag under your bed, waiting for that rainy day (or a clear, sunny day, because that would be better for transportation purposes) in which you are so bored that you decide to lug it to a CoinStar machine and get real, spendab ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 4, 2012
BOXERS OR BRIEFS?
You might want to wear  clean underwear today
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January 13, 2012
There Are No Cabs In NYC!
As a result of my recent foot surgeries, I haven't been able to ride my beloved bike while recuperating, so I've had to resort to the transportation mode that lots of other New Yorkers rely on: Cabs! But there aren't any!
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January 14, 2012
Enjoy Looking At Subway Rats? Play 'Rate My Rat'
viaDid you enjoy looking at that picture of the giant rat in the Bronx Foot Locker? Yes? First, ew, and second, we've got the perfect quest for you. As part of their "New Yorkers Deserve A Rat-Free Subway" campaign, the city's Transport Workers Union has started a "Rate My Rat" contest.
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January 16, 2012
Brian Lehrer Discusses the Voice's "100 Most Powerless New Yorkers" on WNYC (AUDIO)
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show did a segment on "The 100 Most Powerless New Yorkers" on its Martin Luther King, Jr. day show this morning. Audio of the segment is embedded below. Our segment looked at the silly side of "power lists," and at the serious side of some of those we included on our pow ... More >>
Music
January 18, 2012
California Demise: Tyler, the Creator and EMA Feel the Bad Vibes
WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show did a segment on "The 100 Most Powerless New Yorkers" on its Martin Luther King, Jr. day show this morning. Audio of the segment is embedded below. Our segment looked at the silly side of "power lists," and at the serious side of some of those we included on our pow ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Life in the Pig City: New Yorkers Love Public Dumping
Here's some good news for the giant rats galavanting through our fair city (and bad news for the rest of us who want to avoid disease): Stats show that a decent amount New Yorkers are complete dirtbags who really like to dump their trash in public.
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January 27, 2012
Green Groups Tell Bloomberg: Follow Law, Don't Buy Dangerous Dioxins
And now for something from the "shit that might make you infertile" department. A coalition of environmental, labor, and health groups claims that the mayor's office has lagged in enforcing a law requiring the city to buy less products that release dioxins -- a group of nasty chemicals link ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
MTA Releases New Night-time Version of Subway Map
from the MTA The MTA has released a late-night version of the subway map so that now, on that rare occasion when you're trying to get home drunk on a Thursday night, you will know exactly which trains you should avoid waiting for! Said MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota, "This companion night map wil ... More >>
News
February 1, 2012
The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax
Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend
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February 2, 2012
Mayor's Budget: No Tax Increases and No Layoffs of Teachers, Police Officers, or Firefighters
Sam LevinElected officials and nonprofit groups rallied this morning before the mayor announced his budget.Announcing the city's annual budget today, Mayor Mike Bloomberg said he would not be increasing taxes and he would not be laying off teachers, police officers, or firefighters. He said i ... More >>
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February 3, 2012
On Being Mistaken For a Restaurant Safety Inspector (And Four Crazy Things We Learned About Restaurant Grading)
This morning, we were in a cafe near our home that we go to very infrequently. Walking up to the counter we studied the menu for a moment before ordering a coffee. "False alarm!" the barista (who turned out to also be the owner) barked to his colleague. "What false alarm?" we inquired. " ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Make Ngam Chef Hong Thaimee's Thai Fruit Salad
Photo courtesy Hong ThaimeeWho says you can't have a tasty fruit salad in winter?Hong Thaimee, the chef and owner of Ngam (99 Third Avenue, 212-777-8424), is looking to extend the reach of Thai cuisine into the homes of New Yorkers by offering a series of monthly cooking classes at her East V ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
The Bureau of Unknown Destinations Offers an Outlet for Your Cabin Fever
Even the best New Yorkers can sometimes feel a little antsy after spending too much time in the city. Perhaps this is why rich folks have their summer houses out in the Hamptons, and there is a new 4-story REI in SoHo trying to convince people to give hiking and adventuring a chance. Now, a ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
The Voice Talks to the BBC About Stop-And-Frisk, Powerless New Yorkers, Philip Glass and the Super Bowl [AUDIO]
The Voice was invited to join WWRL's Mark Riley on the BBC's Up All Night this past weekend, to chat with host Dotun Adebayo from across the pond. Every Saturday night, BBC 5 broadcasts live overnight, while checking in with correspondents from around the globe and spending an hour with two N ... More >>
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February 7, 2012
Christine Quinn, Activists Address The Stonewall Inn After Prop 8 Ruling
Marriage equality supporters gather outside of the Stonewall Inn tonight to hail the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that California's Proposition 8 is unconstitutional. There were many of the same people present who were at a rally the first time a federal court ruled the California voter r ... More >>
Columns
February 8, 2012
Remember How to Dance, New York?
You're going to have to learn all over again and join me at xl
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February 8, 2012
Despite Fears Of People Marrying Bacon, Washington State Legislature Passes Marriage Equality Bill
It's turning out to be a very, very gay week for marriage. After the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that California's Prop 8 is unconstitutional, the House of Representatives of the State of Washington just passed a bill allowing same-sex marriage equality, 55 yay to 43 nay. Governor C ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
New Yorkers Think Ray Kelly Is a Great Guy, Like to Shame One Another Publicly: Poll
New Yorkers think that Ray Kelly is just swell and really like to embarrass one another, according to a new poll. Indeed, the stats suggest that many city-dwellers are a strange bunch. Even though Kelly appeared in an Islamophobic vid used for cop training, most New Yorkers don't think the ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
BitTorrent-Based Internet Piracy Does Not Hurt U.S. Movie Sales: Study
As the movie and music industries continue to bemoan internet piracy -- and push for internet-censoring laws like SOPA, PIPA, and the TPP to curb illegal file sharing -- a new academic study has come out that debunks a major belief about piracy and profit loss. In "Reel Piracy: The Effect o ... More >>
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