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Cheap Jazz: Hot Five at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola
I mostly go to the Time Warner Center because it’s fancy. Not fancy in a “Oh gawd I wish I knew how to match my clothes” but more fancy than most public spaces in NYC in that it’s extremely clean, there are often free hors d’oeuvres thanks to samples at
BYOB'n in Brooklyn: Palmyra Restaurant
BYOB is a broke-ass’s best friend. It seemed like you could find a BYOB place anywhere in the city, especially with new restaurants waiting to get their liquor license, and luring in new clientele with the promise of unlimited booze. But the city has recently cracked down, and now new
East River Bar: Getting Williamsburg Properly Drunk
While the original use for this huge bar was a paint factory, the only things currently being produced here are very drunk people. With the exception of me that is. Every time I come here I’m already too drunk. In fact, the first time I was here was when my
FREE Blonde Redhead Listening Party at Le Poisson Rouge
If you’re sitting on your couch thinking “There just isn’t enough indie rock made by Italian twins and a Japanese woman,” tomorrow is your day. Blonde Redhead‘s new album, Penny Sparkle, is officially released, and there’s a FREE listening party in the gallery at Le Poisson Rouge. Based on the
Welcome to the Johnsons: $2 PBR and Remorse
Regretful decisions I have made at Welcome to the Johnsons: there are so many! Talking to a guy in a bandana, using the bathroom, ordering a seventh vodka-soda-orange juice’ the list goes on. But I will love Welcome to the Johnsons forever for its chill atmosphere and super cheap drinks.
Get Cultured with Free Tenement Talks
Some of us are here because we can stay up until the same hour our parents get up for work, some of us are here for Momofuku Compost Cookies, and some of us are here because we are nerdy. (Ed: In this story, and most of my life, I mean
“Old Enough to Know Better, Young Enough to Pretend†at the K&K Opens Today
Forthcoming Facebook biopic aside, there is no doubt a significant void between art and the average social network. There are few who would see much of inspiration in the online friend network, and even fewer would would be able to convert any extant inspiration into something artistic or worthwhile. George Underwood is