“I’ve always done the kind of art where people look at it and say, ‘That looks like ovaries,’ said Carla Avruch, who is giving away…
Do You Know More About The Pixies Than the Shitty Pixies Do?
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Ezra Selove, Jesse Ministero, Evan Flath, Lisha Nadkarni of The Shitty Pixies (photo: Frank Grecco)[/caption]
An instrumental factor in the success of any cover band (aside from their ability to actually sound like the artists they’re emulating) is their name, and no cover band name is quite as spectacular as The Shitty Pixies. As a bonus, they’re not even shitty! The product of a Pixies obsession shared between friends Evan Flath and Ezra Selove (who take the roles of Shitty Black Francis and Shitty Joey Santiago, respectively), the group is rounded out with Lisha Nadkarni as Shitty Kim Deal and Jesse Ministero as Shitty David Lovering.
Michael Ian Cummings of SKATERS Loves Pizza, and Has the Tattoo to Prove It
Welcome to the first installment of Why That Tat?, in which we bring you the origin stories of the best/strangest/most hilarious/bizarre tattoos we encounter. This…
Jerry’s Newsstand Reopens; Tenement Museum Expands; Domino Refinery Gets Artsy
With a little help from Mayor de Blasio, Jerry Delakas is back at his Astor Place newsstand after the Department of Consumer of affairs dropped…
Police Say This Man Raped a Woman in Her East Village Apartment [Updated]
Police say the man in the above video forced his way into a woman’s East Village apartment and raped her.
This Week: Activist Nuns, a Music-Video Battle and ’70s Performance Artists
In conjunction with the Whitney Museum’s Rituals of Rented Island, Anthology Film Archives is presenting Further Rituals of Rented Island. During the 1970s performance art…
Max Fish Bartenders: Where Are They Now?
Many of us are still mourning the loss of Max Fish, hopelessly wandering the gentrified streets of the Lower East Side for a watering hole…
Jena Friedman and Elna Baker On Girls: ‘My Daddy Issues Are That I Love My Dad Too Much’
Welcome to Girls Talk, in which two of our favorite New Yorkers share the text messages they sent during this week’s episode of Girls. The…
Here’s How Hannah’s Neighbors Feel About the New Season of Girls
If the streets of the East Village seemed eerily deserted last night, it’s because everyone was packed into Professor Thom’s to watch the season premiere…
House of Yes Finds New Space; Coco 66 Reopens
De Blasio says finding Menachem Stark’s killer is a high priority. [DNA Info] The House of Yes has found a new space in Bushwick. It’ll…