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Xanax

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Weed Wackiness: Here Are Common Drugs More Dangerous Than Marijuana

    As the debate over medical marijuana continues in New York and the rest of the U.S., there's bound to be a lot of conflicting information out there. Opponents of medical marijuana tend to argue that it is dangerous and has no therapeutic qualities. We're not medical experts, so we're not going to d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2012

    This Weekend In New York: Wild Yaks, The Death Set, Woods, And Crystal Stilts Get No Sleep In Brooklyn

    In Waste Of Paint, our writer/artist team of Jamie Peck and Debbie Allen will review goings-on about town in words and images. This weekend, Waste Of Paint caught four rather different bands united by their status as beloved standbys of the Brooklyn DIY scene. It also marked the beginning of uncomf ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 25, 2012

    WORKING FOR 

THE WEEKND

    Bowery Ballroom gets dark

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Whitney Had a Third Nostril!

    As with so many longtime cocaine users, Whitney Houston had a perforation in her nose as a result of the coke literally burning through her. It basically created a third (internal) nostril, burrowing through her flesh due to constant intake. At least we know she wasn't lying when she said she wish ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2012

    New York's Taxi of Tomorrow: What's Missing from The Cab of The Future

    New York has supposedly stepped into the future with high-tech taxis which, sadly, are nothing like the vehicles in The Fifth Element. Anyway, the City will soon have a new official fleet of Nissan NV200 cabs, which will feature amenities such as sliding doors, skylights, USB cell phone chargers, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    Your Modern-Day Thanksgiving Guide to Getting Through the Holiday With Only Slightly Less Dignity Than You Started With

    This is not your grandmother's "How to Survive Thanksgiving" guide. It's not even your spinster aunt's. This is far more about you and the troubles a modern-day busy and productive person with a job and responsibilities and a life, for the love of God -- even if that life is just DVRing TV shows you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    Uptight Moms Don't Like Schweddy Balls, Clearly Need Xanax to Calm Down

    ​Of all the world's problems, you'd think moms would focus their energies on, oh, improving literacy rates or fixing kids' school lunches, but no. For mothers -- at least those who belong to One Million Moms, a branch of the conservative Christian nonprofit organization American Family Associ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    The Weeknd Put Out A Mixtape Called Thursday Last Night

    ​ Late last night the Canadian R&B outfit The Weeknd (a.k.a. Drake pal Abel Tesfaye) released its second mixtape. Called Thursday, its release is clogging the official site's servers, although Google can help you find the back door. The basic facts: It's nine tracks, there's a Drake collab (ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2011

    Judy and Joseph Del Galdo, Mother and Son Team, Stole $16 Million, Splurged on iTunes

    ​Mother and son Judy, 66, and Joseph del Galdo, 46, have been charged with stealing more than $16 million from a textile business where Judy worked for over 20 years, according to the Manhattan DA's office. Judy forged the signature of the company's president on hundreds of checks that were de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2011

    Gigi Jordan, Millionaire Who Allegedly Killed Her 8-Year-Old Son, Asks for House Arrest 'Like Dominique Strauss-Kahn'

    ​If you'll recall, back in early 2010 a woman named Gigi Jordan, who also happened to be a millionaire/socialite/former pharmaceutical company executive, was found in a $2,300 per night suite at the Penninsula Hotel in New York City, "foaming at the mouth" and "babbling incoherently" as her de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Sleeping Pills: Which Are The Best?

    ​Lunesta, Ambien Halcion, Sonata... No, they're not the seven dwarves. They're popular sleeping pills that enable you to get your beauty rest and wake up a supermodel. I'm lucky I have no problem sleeping without help. In fact, it's my favorite thing to do and I'm really good at it! But ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 19, 2011

    Free Will Astrology: January 19 through 25, 2011

    ​Lunesta, Ambien Halcion, Sonata... No, they're not the seven dwarves. They're popular sleeping pills that enable you to get your beauty rest and wake up a supermodel. I'm lucky I have no problem sleeping without help. In fact, it's my favorite thing to do and I'm really good at it! But ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2011

    Class Action Listings

    ​Lunesta, Ambien Halcion, Sonata... No, they're not the seven dwarves. They're popular sleeping pills that enable you to get your beauty rest and wake up a supermodel. I'm lucky I have no problem sleeping without help. In fact, it's my favorite thing to do and I'm really good at it! But ... More >>

  • Film

    June 15, 2010

    Our Town, 45365

    Midwestern life intimately observed

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Download: itsnotyouitsme, "Vanity Stays My Hand"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. ​New York's rumbling violin and guitar duo itsnotyouitsme create a doleful soundtrack for rainy days and crumbling cities. With just two men and an army of pedals, they cull the transcendent-yet-tang ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Drug-addled Model Driver Gypsy Porfirio Sued by Family of Jogger She Killed

    Gypsy PorfirioAging wannabe model Gypsy Porfirio, who mowed down a Staten Island jogger in January on Hylan Boulevard while she was blitzed on Xanax, Ambien, and Percocet, has now been sued by the dead man's family. Teacher Daniel Kelley, 23, was killed when Porfirio's vehicle smacked into him. His ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2010

    Video: How To Dress Well, "Decisions"

    The visual accompaniment to the audio we posted last week. Himanshu goes with "Maxwell on Xanax-esque"; Tom Krell, How To Dress Well's sole constant member, says keep the rap and R&B comparisons coming--The-Dream, Kanye, Wayne, he'll take it. Love how much care these dudes take with their entire a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2010

    Staten Island teacher struck by stoned model dies in hospital

    ​Daniel Kelley, the special education teacher who was struck Tuesday by a car driven by a Brooklyn woman under the influence of painkillers, an anti-anxiety drug and a sleeping pill, died this morning in Staten Island University Hospital. He was 23 years old.

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Drug-addled Wannabe Model Who Mowed Down Staten Island Joggers Sobs in Court

    Gypsy, striking a typically vacuous model pose.Aging wannabe model Gypsy Porfirio, who ran down two Staten Island joggers on Tuesday, will likely need even more of the Xanax, Ambien, and Percocet that she took before the crash and were found on her afterwards. The Daily News reports that she sobbed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    What's Your Favorite Antidepressant or Anti-Anxiety Med?

    ​No one has to go through life with angst anymore, unless you're disturbed by co-pays, side effects, and an over-reliance on artifical highs. And I am, honey! A few years ago, I tried Zoloft and almost jumped out a window. It gave me aching fingers, headaches, dizzy spells, spasms, and no re ... More >>

  • Film

    September 1, 2009

    Mike Judge Sides with Management in Extract

    ​No one has to go through life with angst anymore, unless you're disturbed by co-pays, side effects, and an over-reliance on artifical highs. And I am, honey! A few years ago, I tried Zoloft and almost jumped out a window. It gave me aching fingers, headaches, dizzy spells, spasms, and no re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2009

    3 Staten Island Youths Beat, Bat Off-Duty Cop, Are Arrested

    ​Ah, Staten Island. On Saturday three young men -- allegedly Matthew Catanese, John T. Lafrancesca, and Wayne Laborante -- left a party in Rossville (whether by choice or force remains a matter of dispute) and went wandering the streets with voices raised, whether in song or rage we don't know ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2009

    Non+Prurient+Cold Cave

    ​Ah, Staten Island. On Saturday three young men -- allegedly Matthew Catanese, John T. Lafrancesca, and Wayne Laborante -- left a party in Rossville (whether by choice or force remains a matter of dispute) and went wandering the streets with voices raised, whether in song or rage we don't know ... More >>

  • Theater

    July 28, 2009

    Ghosts and Spirits Roam the British Summer Stage

    ​Ah, Staten Island. On Saturday three young men -- allegedly Matthew Catanese, John T. Lafrancesca, and Wayne Laborante -- left a party in Rossville (whether by choice or force remains a matter of dispute) and went wandering the streets with voices raised, whether in song or rage we don't know ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    We know how you feel, kid. Via Craftser via urlesque. We suspect Obama got that Iranian-American reporter released, and he's certainly trying to help refugees and rescue us from financial criminals. But does he get credit? No -- because he he laughed at Wanda Sykes, just like all the newly-reclas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2009

    Why Chimps Attack Humans

    The big story last week was the one about that captive Connecticut chimp Travis going batty on a human lady, leading to her severe mauling, his own death at the hands of coppers, and most tragically of all, a bad New York Post cartoon. But can we at least learn from this horrid interspecies incide ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Celebrity Chimp Goes on Rampage, Is Shot Dead

    The oddest story of the week, perhaps the month, is that of Travis, a chimpanzee who was unaccountably kept as a pet by a couple in Stamford, Connecticut. In 2003 he was riding in a car with his owners when, enraged by a young man who threw something at him, unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Indie Cribz 3: Amazing Baby's Will Roan Shows You His Greenpoint Apartment

    The oddest story of the week, perhaps the month, is that of Travis, a chimpanzee who was unaccountably kept as a pet by a couple in Stamford, Connecticut. In 2003 he was riding in a car with his owners when, enraged by a young man who threw something at him, unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the c ... More >>

  • Theater

    October 15, 2008
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    July 31, 2008
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    April 16, 2008
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    February 6, 2008
  • Film

    June 6, 2006

    'The Lake House'

    Mom's the word

  • Columns

    April 25, 2006

    Horoscope

    Mom's the word

  • Theater

    January 10, 2006

    Wintry Mix

    Cold weather, warm hearts: Romantic vignettes from a town that's too nice—almost

  • Screens

    October 11, 2005

    Zombies, Monsters, and Steven Colbert

    Cold weather, warm hearts: Romantic vignettes from a town that's too nice—almost

  • Screens

    October 4, 2005

    Sports Game Ushers In the Apocalypse

    Cold weather, warm hearts: Romantic vignettes from a town that's too nice—almost

  • Books

    May 31, 2005

    Page-Burners

    Getting hot and bothered on the 'pork chop' of Manhattan and beyond

  • Music

    March 15, 2005

    Maneuvers in the Dark

    Minor major artist serves up his long-awaited two-CD complimentary hospitality suite

  • Screens

    March 8, 2005

    How I Learned to Love Deadwood—Cocksuckers, Whores, and All

    Minor major artist serves up his long-awaited two-CD complimentary hospitality suite

  • Music

    June 22, 2004

    Music

    Minor major artist serves up his long-awaited two-CD complimentary hospitality suite

  • News

    October 14, 2003

    Go E-Mail the Doctor

    Online Pharmacies Offer Relief to the Uninsured, Vulnerable, and Desperate

  • News

    June 24, 2003

    Against His Will

    Notes on the New Gay Predator

  • NYC Life

    June 24, 2003

    Listings

    Notes on the New Gay Predator

  • News

    March 18, 2003

    Last Bus to Baghdad

    Peace Tourists and Profiteers on the Road to the War

  • Music

    May 7, 2002

    October Symphonies

    Peace Tourists and Profiteers on the Road to the War

  • News

    March 13, 2001

    Spirit Lifters

    Peace Tourists and Profiteers on the Road to the War

  • Books

    January 5, 1999

    Fashion Victims

    Peace Tourists and Profiteers on the Road to the War

  • News

    August 25, 1998

    Treat me in St. Louis

    Peace Tourists and Profiteers on the Road to the War

  • Theater

    February 17, 1998

    Home of the Moan

    'The Vagina Monologues' Seizes the Means of Production

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