The Barnes & Noble at Union Square was packed to the gills last night, with a line already forming on 17th Street long before Patti Smith…
Richard Hell Is Not Interested in Ideology, ‘Punk’ or Otherwise
Most downtown Doc Marten stompers probably connote the name Richard Hell with his former bands—Television, the Heartbreakers, Richard Hell and the Voidoids—but for the last…
Hey! Ho! Let’s Dough! This Book’ll School Your Tot About the Glory Days of Punk
Brooklyn-based publishing house Akashic Books has done their not-for-children viral children’s book Go the F*ck to Sleep one better: a specifically-for-children book that parents might want…
Did Hipsters Really Kill Williamsburg Burlesque? It’s Back in a Big Way This Weekend
Calamity Chang, once a fixture at the old Galapagos with the Beatles Burlesque show she produced, rarely performs in Brooklyn these days. But she makes…
Author Joshua Mohr Hopes San Francisco Gets Destroyed by a Radioactive Lizard
While New Yorkers can be blind to events in other cities, there are many reasons to sympathize with San Franciscans in Joshua Mohr’s new novel…
Trying to Get Preggers? Catch This Tribute to Kate Bush and Roxy Music
“What might have happened if Kate Bush and Roxy Music combined forces for a night? Went on a date and let us eavesdrop?”
Chris Stein of Blondie: ‘Miley Cyrus at Her Craziest is Not Really Dangerous’
Few people personify the downtown New York aesthetic like Chris Stein. As the guitarist of Blondie, he’s helped to define—and defy—what people talk about when…
Mediocrity Is the New Black: Penny Arcade On Making It in ‘The Big Cupcake’
The performance artist Penny Arcade called us back after getting out of a show that ran late. So, even in the midst of her own…
Papercut Press: ‘There’s Definitely a Literary Something Happening in Bushwick’
Papercut Press’ Fall showcase at Radio Bushwick last week was surprisingly well attended considering it was on Rosh Hoshanah. A host of folks came out…
Williamsburg Will Have to Wait a Bit Longer For McNally Jackson
Since the story broke in the Times, Williamsburg has been waiting for its very own outpost of the Soho bookstore McNally Jackson. Sadly, it’ll have…