It was just five months ago that we breathlessly blogged David Schwimmer’s move-in, and now a bunch of his stuff is being moved out.
The Ramen Burger (Or, A Ramen Burger) Has Come to The East Village
If you don’t want to cross town for a cronut you can always settle for a dough’ssant in the East Village and now, you…
Craigslist Ad: ‘I Am Looking For a Wingman’
An unidentified bro must have had lousy lucky with the ladies Friday night — at 4:05 a.m. Saturday morning, he posted this Craigslist ad for…
Naked Girls Gave This Man an Award and Will Read From His Book Tonight
It’s hard out there for a first-time novelist, but this one’s naked ambition paid off. Bradley Spinelli recently snagged the Naked Girls Reading Literary Honors…
Watch Sacco Play ‘Carnival Ghost’ and Talk About Their Tour With Cults
John Fredericks and Andy Breihan aren’t anarchists, but that didn’t stop them from naming their band after Sacco & Vanzetti (Fredericks encountered the name while…
LPC Approves Domino Conversion; Check L Train Times From Your Phone
The Landmarks Preservation Committee approved plans to convert the landmarked portion of the Domino Sugar factory into office space with a four-story glass addition on…
No ‘Beastie Boys Square’ On the LES Just Yet: CB Says Get It Together
The quest to have a Lower East Side corner co-named after the Beastie Boys isn’t looking like a “sure shot.”
At This Opening, the Wine, Beer and the Art Is Free
“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…