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These Bands Took Fan Landers' Advice: Did It Work?

Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for teen ladies. She is here to help you ... More >>

Vagina Onion Ring Could Be Yours For $9,100

If you look at two onion rings fried together and instantly think "vagina," you've got a problem. If you're willing to cough up more than $9,000 to buy two onion rings fried together that kinda look like a vagina, you've got a disease for which there is no cure: stupidity.For sale on eBay right now ... More >>

Mission Chinese Food Is Auctioning Preview Tickets on eBay

Mission Chinese Food, the scrappy, much-loved San Francisco restaurant with a built-in charity model, recently announced it was bringing its "Americanized Oriental Cuisine" to the Lower East Side. Today, in an admittedly weird move, the team is auctioning tickets to its NY preview party on eBay. Bid ... More >>

Under the Toque: Bagel and Lox Creations, Art Installations

Mario Batali and artist Jim Dine teamed up to make a super fancy, limited-edition cookbook up for auction on eBay with a minimum bid of $1,200 a copy. Proceeds from the sale will go to the Lunchbox Fund. [Eater] For the annual conference of the International Academy of Culinary Professionals, chefs ... More >>

Mega Millions Jackpot Swells to $540 Million: What Not To Do With The Money

The Mega Millions Jackpot has grown to $540 million. If you didn't know, that is a lot of money -- said to be the highest lotto prize awarded ever in a multi-state game. Of course, even if you bought a whole bunch of tickets or joined an office pool to increase your chances of success, you probabl ... More >>

It's Not Too Late to Buy This 6-Foot Rick Perry Chia Head

​Necessity is the mother of invention, and we need a 6-foot terra cotta flower planter that looks extraordinarily like Texas Governor/wannabe presidential nominee Rick Perry. It is for sale on eBay for $4,500 (local pick-up offered in Blanco, Texas). "The outline of his hair is surprisingly ac ... More >>

Brooklyn Photographer William Wadman, Other Artists Pitch In for Vermont Flood

Hey, check out this great Norman Rockwellesque photo illustration by Brooklyn photographer Bill Wadman. He's selling limited editions as part of heART, an art sale to raise funds for victims of the Vermont flood. Go to the eBay page of the fundraiser to see this and other items for sale.

Heidi Knowles, Washington State Mom, Tries To Sell Baby in Taco Bell

​ A mom tried to sell her baby for $500 in a Taco Bell in Vancouver, Washington last week, joining a long tradition of people attempting to sell their children in down-market chains. 36-year-old Heidi Knowles approached a woman at the restaurant and tried to hand her her baby boy, making it clear ... More >>

Before You Die, You See The 0.0: Three Possible Treatments For Pitchfork-Related Thrillers

NB: This is not how bloggers generally dress.​Yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reported that the Duplass brothers—the siblings behind last year's cutesy indie Cyrus—were shopping a script for a thriller in which the mother of a recently deceased indie rocker seeks vengeance on a bl ... More >>

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Get Over a Breakup Quick by Auctioning Off Your Ex's Stuff Nude

​Crying, talking, actual therapy -- all are highly overrated, eye-puffing, and frankly, rather boring. The best way, the 2011 way, to get over a guy? Take sexy photos of yourself auctioning off your dirty ex's stuff, and then set up a website with which to sell those items via eBay. Everyone w ... More >>

Old Staten Island Ferry for Sale on eBay!

​If you've ever wanted to own a piece of Staten Island history, now is your chance! The Herbert H. Lehman ferry boat is now for sale on eBay. It was built in 1965 for a cost of $42 million and the starting bid is only $500,000. What a bargain! It was retired from service 4 years ago and has be ... More >>

Hosni Mubarak For Sale on eBay

​Hosni Mubarak, the embattled Egyptian dictator, is for sale on eBay with bidding still at the low, low price of $90.00 at the moment, with only 12 bids in. From Art Threat comes news of the odd auction, which says that "100% of the final sale price will support Oxfam America."

New York State Made $1.3 Million on eBay

​That's right. Our great state, saddled with debt, started a little business on the side, selling junk on internet auction site eBay, according to a report in the Daily News. The Office of General Services is in charge of the peddling and spokesperson said they are "very pleased with the progr ... More >>

Is Banksy's Identity for Sale on Ebay?

​"If you win this auction I will mail you a piece of paper revealing the true identity of "Banksy": This according to Ebay seller daigroandujo, who leaves us public folk only six more days to elbow our way to the prize of an English man's privacy. Perhaps the morning trudge from bed to bathroo ... More >>

Vitaly Borker, Thuggish Russia-Born Brooklynite, Stars in Sunday's New York Times

Michael Falco for The New York Times​This weekend's best story comes courtesy of the New York Times, whose Sunday business section features the jaw-dropping story of Vitaly Borker, a resident of Sheepshead Bay, and his online eyeglass store DecorMyEyes. What makes Borker special is his blatant ... More >>

The 9 Most Hideous Thanksgiving-Themed Tchotchkes

​Happy Thanksgiving! Time to be thankful you don't own any of these items. Here, we've identified the 9 Thanksgiving-themed tchotchkes that frighten us the most. (Sorry to the creators of said items, but we are thankful that you possess the genius and home craftsmanship/manufacturing prowess t ... More >>

Greg Boehm Talks Japanese Barware, Prohibition Style Overload & New York's Illicit Booze Underground

seriouseatsGreg Boehm: Your gateway to New York's booze underground.​Fork in the Road's weekly Behind the Bar interview usually features a bartender, sommelier or self-professed (eye roll) mixologiste. But many a craft bartender in the city would be hard pressed to do their job without the ser ... More >>

Your Big, Honking Guide to Haiti Benefits and Valiantly Intentioned Fundraising Efforts, Non-Wyclef Musical Edition

If this doesn't say it all, don't know what does Wyclef's Yele charity has recently drawn a firestorm of criticism, but he's not the only musical figure trying to mobilize folks and funds on behalf of Haiti. There's also an impressive number of benefit concerts and music events happening in the cit ... More >>

Rachael Ray in the Nude, Floating in the River Evoo

​ It's no Paula Deen pot roast doll, but this classical (and classy!) nude painting of Rachael Ray by Alex Gardega is up there with foodie gift idea no-nos.

Own a Piece of Your Favorite Chef: Slow Food NYC Auctions Tools of the Trade

What would you give for this man's jacket?​ Some people throw their underwear onstage at Tom Jones (or Guy Fieri). Others stand in line for hours to get a copy of their favorite cookbook signed. If you're a die-hard fan of some of the chefs this city has produced, now's your chance to own a pi ... More >>

Mastering the Art of French Bidding

​Mastering the Art of French Cooking, it was reported earlier this week, has hit the bestseller list for the first time since it was published 48 years ago. Thanks largely to Julie & Julia fans who've rushed straight from the multiplex to the bookstore, Julia Child is acquainting a new gen ... More >>

PBA Cards Auctioned Online for Mythic Ticket-Repelling Powers

​Perusers of eBay may from time to time find an auction of cards signifying membership in the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. No seller seems to be stupid enough to say the cards are for getting special treatment from the police, and some offer warnings like, "These cards sh ... More >>

OMG Are You Ready For the Michael Jackson Memorial?

The Staples Center mayhem -- allegedly featuring the remains of the deceased -- is just hours away! The New York Post does some fine journalistic double-dipping, proclaiming "JACKO GHOULS EYE PROFITS OF DOOM" while announcing you can watch the memorial on their web site! Charles Foster Kane would ... More >>

Breaking! iPhone Nude App Disabled

The Washington Post -- who, we must admit, has been all over this story -- now tells us that the Hottest Girls nude iPhone app, which we reviewed earlier, has been pulled off, so to speak, the market. "In our tests, we could still locate the app via the iTunes link," they say, "but were unable to pu ... More >>

Crash of '08 Memorabilia Now Bolstering Economy

The recently fashionable practice of hawking disgraced ponzi-meister Bernie Madoff items on eBay has spread to most of the other firms which have tanked in recent months.Why people would want items commemorating vast, endemic fraud and even worse bumbling is beyond us. But, we did a search, and, hey ... More >>

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For fans in general and collectors in particular, a crucial social locus enters the virtual age

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Stash the rocker belts, it's time to go Bohemian

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U.K. slut site makes the supposedly open-minded U.S. look like a puritanical Allahcracy

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