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Wine and No-Dine with a co-writer of The Wire
Second book event in a row, but don’t get used to it. I just couldn’t ignore this because The Wire is the best marathon show of all time. Before, it was 24. American’s Next Top’model, designer, whatever, doesn’t even come close and Road Rules was arguably the worst show
Bone up on Slang with Danny Cassidy
Tonight at 6:30 there is a free gathering at Lolita (266 Broome @ Allen) with Irish music and readings from the works of Danny Cassidy. Cassidy was, among other things, a lover of slang and etymology and a lot of his work strives to show the influence the Irish
Le Savy Fav – Noise Pop Finale
from the desk of Monica the Intern With their raucous brand of punch-laden indie rock, Les Savy Fav brought this year’s Noise Pop festival to a sweaty and dramatic finale. Coming on stage wrapped in rags disguised as fake bandages, front man and vocalist Tim Harrington announced:
Get Drunk at Lunch Cheaper
The three-martini lunch used to be a staple of any Ad man or business tycoon worth a damn. Then, in 1976, Jimmy Carter tried to bring the smack down. He didn’t succeed entirely, but the trend of meandering, expensed, business lunches dwindled. There was a brief revival during the stock
Noise Pop Review – Thao Nguyen
by Monica the Intern With her power-packed strum and her even bigger voice, Thao Nguyen emerged as one of the truly deserving headliners on Thursday night at the Swedish American Music Hall. “I went shopping for you guys today. Before today, I only had one dress
All Kinds of Free
by Broke-Ass Stuart I feel bad for those of you that read yesterday’s post about the FREE booze, music and Little Star Pizza at the Diesel store, but didn’t get to go. But don’t trip chocolate chip, you can go tonight instead! Here’s my advice though: try to get there as
Long Distance Drinking & Extended Happy Hours
For the past few weeks Stuart has been defending San Francisco’s Bay To Breakers, a 12k costumed, bipedal shit show, race-ish thingy celebrating freedom of expression and consumption. So when I saw a list-ette of marathon happy hours in this week’s Time Out New York (TONY) I figured I would
