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  The Roots Live at the Highline
  The Roots, perhaps hip-hop's most deified live act, have confined their tour bus route to the lonely 100 miles or so between Philly and New York City, having tied their future success and viability to Jimmy Fallon's Late Night show. Somehow that still leaves room for performances, as they...
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  Red Bull Party
  Red Bull threw a blowout party at South by Southwest with Monotonix and an appearance by DJ Diabetic a/k/a Shepard Fairey.
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  Bacon Takedown
  On Sunday, March 29, Williamsburg's Radegast Hall & Beer Garden hosted the Bacon Takedown, a fierce competition that saw bacon cupcakes, bacon wedding cakes, bacon tamales, bacon ice cream, cured bacon, rolled bacon, baked bacon and various other permutations of pig spread out on tables, eaten,...
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  Topshop's Manic Opening
  The line starting at the intersection of Broadway and Broome appeared to be at least several hundred shoppers deep. Leading the fist-pumping cheers was a skinny spokeswoman with a thick British accent on a microphone. "We have Topshop!" screamed the woman. "We have Topshop!" the crowd screamed...
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  Ring of Honor
  Ring of Honor, the professional wrestling company that orchestrated many of the most memorable scenes in The Wrestler, recently rolled its motley crew of beefy, Spandex-wearing men (plus a couple of super-tough ladies) into Hammerstein Ballroom. Earlier, we asked five questions to The...
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  March 2009 in Photos (NSFW)
  From South by Southwest to the a moustache competition to a gay pool party, welcome back our honored tradition of month in photos!
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  Choice Cunts March 2009
  On the last Saturday night of every month, Choice Cunts—a "raw party for rare queers"—takes place. Our intrepid photographer Maro documented the party last month at the Kalli Lounge in Williamsburg.
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  Perez Hilton Party
  The gossip gangster threw a Texan shindig during South by Southwest, featuring performances by Kanye West, Beyonce's sister Solange Knowles, electro-cutie Little Boots, and Natalie Portman's Shaved Head.
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  Best of SXSW 2009
  What seemed like 30,000 bands, endless free booze, and warm weather—just another fantastic year at Austin's annual music hoedown. Our entire SXSW coverage here.
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  Fader Fort at SXSW
  At this year's Fort, there was a whole "blogger room" full of computers, a DJ booth taller than many of Austin's buildings, multiple art installations, a huge bank of Port-a-Johns, an XBox corner, and the usual bewildering-fashion-based gawking potential. More about the Fader Fort here.
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  IHEARTCOMIX! at SXSW
  Franki Chan's record label threw an Austin showcase, starring such tour-warrior party-starters as Ninjasonik, Drop the Lime, Toxic Avenger, and Heartsrevolution. Photos by Nate "Igor" Smith.
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  2009 Armory Show
  Pier 94 on the Hudson River featured an international cadre of contemporary artists and one rad lady named Kim Gordon.
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