After orchestrating a historic meeting of the minds between Steve Buscemi, Janeane Garofalo, and Anthony Weiner, actor, musician and occasional Greenpoint activist Kevin Corrigan is…
Goodbye, Blue Monday to Say Goodnight; Neighbors Not-So-Sweet on Sweet Chick
Bushwick concert space Goodbye, Blue Monday is begging for a buyer, otherwise it will close this month. [The Brooklyn Paper] Meanwhile, the property at 37…
Channel Your Inner Doug E. Fresh at La MaMa’s Beatboxing Festival
Be still my beatboxing heart–10 p.m. is go time for La MaMa’s fourth annual American Human Beatbox Festival. Veteran vocal percussionist Kid Lucky, the festival’s co-founder, will…
Mr. Throwback Stuck His Finger in His Dunk-a-roo Icing (Let’s Face It – Who Didn’t?)
This week, we asked Mr. Throwback what his childhood snack of choice was. Gushers? Fruit Roll-Ups? Fun Dip? Bugles? Damn, the ’90s had good snacks. Yes,…
Cultfever Likes to Get ‘A Little Manic’ On Stage
At Baby’s All Right, Cultfever played an energetic set for an enthusiastic hometown crowd before setting off to SXSW. The Williamsburg venue’s backdrop, a mosaic…
Slothrust’s Frontwoman Was Into Sloths Before They Were Cool
At the Sailor Jerry Gypsy Lounge event in East Austin, Slothrust opened their set with the same song they always open with. Simply titled “Intro,”…
A Fact-Checking Note for This Bar-Hating Graffitist
One curmudgeonly graffiti artist is not on board with the watering hole set to open at 151 Avenue C. The artist should note that Nublu,…
Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon Are Playing The Stone (Not Together, Sorry)
The saga of Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon has been back in the news lately (and by “the news,” we mean Pitchfork and…
The Lineup For the William S. Burroughs 100, From Laurie Anderson to Nick Zedd
The WSB100, a month-long celebration of William S. Burroughs’s centenary, just announced that Cinema of Transgression pioneer Nick Zedd has joined a lineup that already…
Exclusive First Look: Amy Sedaris Guest-Stars on Broad City Next Week
For this Wednesday night’s episode of Broad City, the script called for a belligerent realtor with a neck brace and a penchant for creepy crafts. Comedy Central…