There seems to be a growing consensus that conventional pharmaceuticals are not so great, as Cat Marnell makes clear in her recently published memoir, How…
Fight Your LCD Soundsystem FOMO With Four Horsemen’s Late-Night Yakitori
What? You thought the biggest news coming out of James Murphy’s world were those LCD Soundsystem shows launching East Williamsburg venue Brooklyn Steel? I mean,…
How a ‘Pansexual Pervert’ Metal Band Ended Up in the Proud Boys’ Crosshairs
If you’ve never been to a Pink Mass show and your idea of BDSMÂ is 50 Shades of Grey, then grab your smelling salts for this…
Feast Your Eyez on the Tupac-Inspired Pop-Up Restaurant, Powamekka Cafe
We haven’t seen hype for something like this since that Gilmore Girls coffee shop. Powamekka Cafe, based on a restaurant concept that Tupac came up…
David Peel Dies at 73; Dog Found in LES Trash Compactor
East Village musician David Peel died yesterday at age 73, days after suffering a massive heart attack last week. [Brooklyn] On March 30, a healthy…
Week in Film: Endless LOLs, an Acid Western, and Great Advice From Russians
i hate myself 🙂 Friday April 7 through Thursday April 13 at Anthology Film Archives: $11 Joanna Arnow’s Bad at Dancing  highly personal, and highly awkward documentary–appropriately…
Alt-Rock Doc Will Explain How Jonathan Lethem Got Involved in Lee Ranaldo’s Next Album
There’s such an abundance of film fests coming up that it’s hard to imagine hopping aboard the plagued NJ Transit and heading to suburban New Jersey for…
Hot Totty Time Machine: Jupiter Disco’s New Happy Hour Traverses Cocktail History
Jupiter Disco is already one of our favorite time warps, what with its Blade Runner-esque lighting, electronics that look like they were pilfered from a…
Ferry Good News: Rockaway Service Launches May 1, East River Fare Drops
Sure, the first boat got stuck in the mud on its way up from the Gulf Coast, but it looks like the city’s new ferry…
Cyclist Hit by Truck in EV; Vans Store to Open in W-Burg
Early yesterday morning, police say a female cyclist, 31, was hospitalized in critical condition after becoming pinned underneath a box truck on First Avenue in…