Funny Pages: Tribeca Docs Plumb the Humor of the New Yorker and National Lampoon
So, yes, under William Shawn the New Yorker displayed a “very, very strong bias toward the sort of mild and the benign,” as Mankoff put it during the panel discussion. … …parody featuring Second City players like Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, and Harold Ramis), and then, of course, into movies with Animal House .
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Shows this Week: Icons of Noise Do the Supergroup + Knockdown Stays Nasty
I juuuust bought it yesterday.” Escape this passive aggressive world by way of one of the most aggressive (sounding) shows around. … Enter all these nasty punk and hardcore bands ( Narcoleptics and the unofficial house band Subversive Rite ) that are gonna poof some of that trademark stank into the walls at Matchless— ew?
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Shows: Slackgaze Sounds and Welcoming The Return of Urine Soaked Pants
That show happened yesterday, but given the actually exciting things being done by Composers right now, we’re confident what’s left of the fest (happening tonight and tomorrow) will be of similar quality. … …business of scaring people — well, not intentionally — but get ready for some house music brought to you by Trak Joy , though with just enough of an R&B twist that it’s impossible not to move to this.
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A Designer Boutique and Espresso Bar Brings a Little Bit of Barney’s to Bed-Stuy
And yes, the designer clothing and furniture boutique, which doubles as a coffee shop, is actually being quite sincere with a few price tags upwards of $1,000 and a slick minimal white, grey, and glass interior. … Granted, several $50 T-shirts hang on the racks, but there are also a number of more interesting mid-range items, many of which are from Sincerely, Tommy’s own in-house line.
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