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  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Listen To DJ Red Alert's Farewell Mixes For Kiss-FM

    After 30 years of broadcasting at 98.7, Kiss-FM went dark over the weekend, shuttling a few of its personalities to its longtime rival WBLS-FM to make room for ESPN Radio's move to the FM band. To mark the occasion, DJ Red Alert—who served as an ambassador for hip-hop with his weekend mix show ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Manhattan McDonald's Gets Soda Vending Machine

    Lauren BloombergEnough soda options to give you an anxiety attack. Or a sugar high.​If you happen to be strolling into the Fulton Street McDonald's late at night (because that's the only time you eat fast food right?), you may be shocked to discover that the soda fountain is missing. It isn't your ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Spotted At CMJ: Asher Roth, Nick Catchdubs, Fat Tony, And King Krule On Their Survival Strategies

    Asher Roth. ​ With more than a thousand bands in the city for CMJ, there's a strong chance you'll happen to run into a musician on the streets, hanging out after a show, or taking advantage of an open bar at a blog party. We checked in with artists during the festival to see how they handled t ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 28, 2011

    Ducktails

    Asher Roth. ​ With more than a thousand bands in the city for CMJ, there's a strong chance you'll happen to run into a musician on the streets, hanging out after a show, or taking advantage of an open bar at a blog party. We checked in with artists during the festival to see how they handled t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    These Widespread Panic Fans Aren't Sucking On Balloons Because They're Feeling Festive

    ​Saturday night's Widespread Panic show at the Williamsburg Waterfront was capped by fans of the Georgia-based noodlers heading out into the neighborhood streets while sucking on brightly colored balloons—which were apparently filled with nitrous oxide—that they'd purchased from me ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 24, 2011

    Ducktails

    ​Saturday night's Widespread Panic show at the Williamsburg Waterfront was capped by fans of the Georgia-based noodlers heading out into the neighborhood streets while sucking on brightly colored balloons—which were apparently filled with nitrous oxide—that they'd purchased from me ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Win Tickets To See Ciara At A To-Be-Disclosed Location This Thursday

    We are giving away a pair of tickets to see the R&B singer Ciara in New York this Thursday, when she stops here on the Radio Maliboom Boom Tour, sponsored by Malibu Rum. (Recall her fantastic hit "Like A Boy" above; there's more from her on YouTube, too.) To enter, send an email to sotc@villagevoic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    Lil Wayne Gets In On Slow Jam Thursday With "How To Love"

    ​OK, technically it's Slow Jam Wednesday-Night-To-Thursday, what with Beyoncé debuting her brassy ballad "1 1" on last night's Idol, the Weeknd dropping "Rolling Stone" later in the evening, and this Pusha T remix of Miguel's sinuous, everything-ruling "Sure Thing" dropping this AM. But Lil W ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    A Stripper on the Subway Is Pretty Fucking Annoying

    Q: Why are there rarely strippers on the subway, stripping? A: Because strippers on the subway stripping are not fun. Particularly when accompanied by a group of dancing morons shouting "Hey! Hey!" and "Whoo! Whoo!" and jumping up and down...but is that just us? Maybe we're cranky today. No, it's re ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    This Week In The Voice: Greg Tate On Marsha Ambrosius, Sadat X On Wine

    ​This week in the Village Voice: It's the comics issue! We're celebrating by having Ben Westhoff talk about wine with Sadat X, host of YouTube's premier hip-hop-and-wine show True Wine Connoisseurs, and giving Greg Tate the opportunity to dissect Marsha Ambrosius' slightly Stepfordized new alb ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    L.A. School District Bans Jamie Oliver, All Reality TV from Schools; Chick-fil-A Isn't the Only One That's Anti-Gay

    ​The Los Angeles Unified School District has denied a request by Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution to film at a local high school, and has banned all reality TV shows from shooting in schools. [Hollywood Reporter] A Finnish group that calls itself the Food Liberation Army has "kidnapped" a statu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Obama Answers Your YouTube Questions, Even the Ones About Weed

    Obama Girl Not Included​President Obama took to YouTube today and managed not even meet a single troll in the comments section. The interview was pretty dull and completely conflict free. It seemed like a normal speech for Obama, hyping up his Race To Start program and promising eventual aid f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    Funerals: Now on the Internet

    via Funeral Streaming Network​Why would you have a funeral in real life when you could have it online, allowing people to pay their respects without ever having to put on a black outfit or even leave their homes? The New York Times explores our modern state of affairs, let's call it Memorial S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2011

    YouTube Stoners Calling For Obama To Answer "Burning" Questions

    Ya dig?​YouTube is now taking submissions for its second annual "Ask Obama" online town hall meeting. Naturally, marijuana legalization advocates have spammed the YouTube channel with questions about their favorite pastime and the "world saving herb." On Thursday, at 2:30 p.m., some of the top ... More >>

  • Music

    January 19, 2011

    Justin Bieber, Twitter Casanova

    The Most Popular Boy in the World rules the only voting bloc that matters: pre-teen girls

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    So Lady Gaga Crashed the Plaza Hotel's Oak Room Last Night

    Twitpic via @oakroomny​Lady Gaga superfans would be advised to just generally stake out the Oak Room on Wednesday nights during months that the fame monster is not on tour--after guesting during pal Brian Newman's residency there back in September, she reprised the cameo last night, surprising ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    The Most Fabulous Video I've Ever Done

    ​Please indulge my Norma Desmond-like obsession with the past just one more time -- today -- and watch this YouTube classic, filmed at the notorious Limelight club by Nelson Sullivan sometime in the carefree '80s. It has me in a glorious gown and stunning red braid, doing an impression of Ann ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    Barbara Eden at Disco 2000

    ​OMG. This just went up on YouTube. It's a clip of I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden receiving a "Nightlife Achievement award" from yours truly, dressed as a gay genie, while drag star Lahoma Van Zandt twirls around with a contagious glee.

  • Blogs

    October 4, 2010

    "Jazzercise--Move Your Boogie Body 1982"

    ​Whoever Judi Sheppard Misset is, she's resurfaced as the star of a YouTube classic, wearing very tight blues and whites--and backed by two gal pals in the very same--as she shakes her body around and urges you to follow every gyration. Judi's yelps, encouragements, and chastisements, peppere ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Tyler Clementi's Suicide and What Dan Savage Is Doing About It

    Tyler Clementi​The death of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, who appears to have committed suicide after his roommate allegedly broadcast a video of him having a sexual encounter with a man, is a sad event that can't help but shine a light on Dan Savage's new YouTube project, "It Gets Better." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Cher, Tina Turner, And Kate Smith Doing a Beatles Medley!

    I am speechless, people.

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2010

    Cheer Up, You Might Still Get a Valentine!

    Try Central Park! Or go to YouTube, leave Molly of Rocketboom a comment or video response, and she may just send you a homemade card. The odds are long, as over a hundred lonely souls have commented since she put this up about an hour ago. But love always finds a way.

  • Columns

    January 5, 2010

    A Classic Mexican Column to Start 2010

    Try Central Park! Or go to YouTube, leave Molly of Rocketboom a comment or video response, and she may just send you a homemade card. The odds are long, as over a hundred lonely souls have commented since she put this up about an hour ago. But love always finds a way.

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2009

    The Review of Phantom Menace You Didn't Even Know You Were Waiting For

    Finally, a reason for the existence of George Lucas -- so that he and his horrible film, The Phantom Menace, could be taken apart so entertainingly in this genius series of videos posted to YouTube by a man in Milwaukee. Just hit play on that first one -- we guarantee you won't be able to keep fro ... More >>

  • Columns

    November 24, 2009

    Free Will Astrology: November 25 to December 1

    Finally, a reason for the existence of George Lucas -- so that he and his horrible film, The Phantom Menace, could be taken apart so entertainingly in this genius series of videos posted to YouTube by a man in Milwaukee. Just hit play on that first one -- we guarantee you won't be able to keep fro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Stream the New Them Crooked Vultures Record

    ​The nice thing about being John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl, and Josh Homme is that you're not exactly waiting anxiously for royalty checks off your new goofy side-project band--in fact, some days, you might just say 'fuck it' and give the whole thing away for free. Today, for instance. The trio's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Tonight! The Long Winters, TMBG, The Wrens (Well, One Of 'Em), and The Long Count

    So if the idea of Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar singing songs inspired by a Jack Kerouac novel fills you with delight, than by all means, hit Webster Hall tonight. If you're hostile or indifferent, though, go anyway: The Long Winters are opening. John Roderick is perhaps the finest purveyor of sensit ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 20, 2009

    The xx

    So if the idea of Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar singing songs inspired by a Jack Kerouac novel fills you with delight, than by all means, hit Webster Hall tonight. If you're hostile or indifferent, though, go anyway: The Long Winters are opening. John Roderick is perhaps the finest purveyor of sensit ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 29, 2009

    A STATELY AFFAIR

    Rarities and unseen footage from a sketch comedy favorite

  • Voice Choices

    September 22, 2009

    Matt Wilson Quartet

    Rarities and unseen footage from a sketch comedy favorite

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2009

    William Shatner Interprets Sarah Palin Resignation Speech

    The latest Hollywood attack on the Divine Sarah comes from the Conan O'Brien Show, where the treasonous Irishman unleashed liberal media's secret weapon, William Shatner, to read a section of her resignation speech as jazz poetry, which their apparatchiks have disseminated on YouTube. Palin's den ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Post Your Favorite YouTube Clip!

    Here's your chance to be a curator of all things silly yet profound. I'm giving you the wondrous opportunity to be a guest blogger and throw up (I mean put up) your favorite all-time YouTube clip for all of us to share and regurgitate to. It can be something gorgeous and life changing or overwhelmin ... More >>

  • Music

    July 1, 2009

    An Evening With the Brain Trust Behind 'Auto-Tune the News'

    Here's your chance to be a curator of all things silly yet profound. I'm giving you the wondrous opportunity to be a guest blogger and throw up (I mean put up) your favorite all-time YouTube clip for all of us to share and regurgitate to. It can be something gorgeous and life changing or overwhelmin ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 6, 2009

    'Abandon Ship Showcase'

    Here's your chance to be a curator of all things silly yet profound. I'm giving you the wondrous opportunity to be a guest blogger and throw up (I mean put up) your favorite all-time YouTube clip for all of us to share and regurgitate to. It can be something gorgeous and life changing or overwhelmin ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2009

    Lady Gaga

    Here's your chance to be a curator of all things silly yet profound. I'm giving you the wondrous opportunity to be a guest blogger and throw up (I mean put up) your favorite all-time YouTube clip for all of us to share and regurgitate to. It can be something gorgeous and life changing or overwhelmin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Domino's Grossout Kids Face Arrest; TV Chefs on the Naughty List & Bruni Begs: Eat At Restaurants!

    "Michael" and "Kristy" from the grossout YouTube video in which two Domino's Pizza employees defile pizza toppings before allegedly serving them to customers face felony charges and, possibly, a civil suit. [FOXNews] Don't do as they say or as they do--TV chefs are spreading their bad habits to vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    More Talent From Stairway To Stardom!

    Here's another YouTube treasure from the '80s public access crapathon called Stairway To Stardom. In this clip, the low-rent (no, FREE rent) talent show featured Melissa Ann Ledwon, a game but rather mechanical young girl in too many spangles, who, after some dazzling air piano, tapdances to the b ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 25, 2009

    SING FOR YOUR SYRUP

    Here's to the ladies (and men) who brunch

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2009

    Phelps Bong Pix a Matter of Widespread, Fake Concern

    Michael Phelps was pictured in the News of the World using a bong, and gave a standard-issue apology for "behavior which was regrettable." The IOC

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2009

    YouTube Delight: Joey Heatherton Kicks and Twirls

    I can stake a tiny little claim to pop culture history, which is that when John Waters was looking for '60s singer-dancer-actress Joey Heatherton to put in his movie Cry-Baby in 1990, I was able to provide him with her contact information. I know people in high places! And looking at this YouTube ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Indescribable YouTube Treasure!

    I can stake a tiny little claim to pop culture history, which is that when John Waters was looking for '60s singer-dancer-actress Joey Heatherton to put in his movie Cry-Baby in 1990, I was able to provide him with her contact information. I know people in high places! And looking at this YouTube ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2008

    Loftstel Reaches Out to the Young and Broke

    I can stake a tiny little claim to pop culture history, which is that when John Waters was looking for '60s singer-dancer-actress Joey Heatherton to put in his movie Cry-Baby in 1990, I was able to provide him with her contact information. I know people in high places! And looking at this YouTube ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 17, 2008

    Hi-C

    Bash’d   beats down opera hata’s

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2008

    From the Video Vaults: Lena Horne's Tree Grows in YouTube

    Bash’d   beats down opera hata’s

  • Unknown

    January 15, 2008

    The Black-Rock Revolution, and How We Rebooted It

    Using YouTube to beat back critical malaise and bullshit race-baiting arguments

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2007

    Music Videos Get Small

    Using YouTube to beat back critical malaise and bullshit race-baiting arguments

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2007

    Transformers get gully

    Using YouTube to beat back critical malaise and bullshit race-baiting arguments

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2006

    The Year's Best Music Videos

    Using YouTube to beat back critical malaise and bullshit race-baiting arguments

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2006

    Obsessive Guide to Saturday Night Live Needs You

    Using YouTube to beat back critical malaise and bullshit race-baiting arguments

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2006

    Music Videos: Epic Once Again

    Using YouTube to beat back critical malaise and bullshit race-baiting arguments

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