Music

29 Dec 2010

The New Ashkon Video: Snowglobe

If you’ve been following the site for awhile you know that we’re big Ashkon fans here (or at least I am).  And because of that we’ve always spotlighted his videos from Hot Tubbin’ to Like a Hula Hoop to his now infamous Don’t Stop Believing (which was apparently the most

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29 Dec 2010

Snob Theater — The Only Time It’s Cool To Be Stuck-up

My best friend in the world is coming up to San Francisco on Thursday.  I always get anxious when my friends from other cities come and visit; what if they leave and tell everyone how much cooler their town is than San Francisco?  Well, thanks to Trader Joe’s (specifically Two-Buck

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29 Dec 2010

Union Hall: Go for the Bocce, Stay for the Bathrooms

I am unfortunately not in NYC right now for the shit ton of snow and to punch people who use the word “snowpocalypse,”  but agree that it looks like father winter was super drunk and got carried away with the whole weather thing. I know for a while I’d be

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28 Dec 2010

Rock n’ Roll Circus Puts Clowns in Your Tunes

The circus isn’t exactly built for people of age. While the wonders of elephants and aerialists might wow and dazzle the tween-and-under set, us jaded adults or “adults” tend to find different outlets for inducing wonder (drink specials!). So in lieu of busting the bank on some bears riding tricycles

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27 Dec 2010

NYC’s Best Snow Sledding + Fireside Jazz TONIGHT!

Mayor Bloomberg says we should stay inside. Which would be a great idea if we had his billions to spend on all the post-holiday online sales. But we don’t. All we’ve got is each other – and the Census Bureau can verify that people tend to multiply nine months after

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24 Dec 2010

Schmooze This Christmas at Brooklyn Bowl

Somewhere along the line, the folks over at Brooklyn Bowl recognized the Jew’s Christmas hardship. On a day where evergreens and messianic mangers dominate, its easy for the non-Christmas-celebrating-few to feel a bit left out. Which is why Brooklyn’s favorite bowling alley last year launched Matzah Bowl, a winning combination

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23 Dec 2010

FREE Holiday Soul Spectacular Tonight

Dudes, it’s cold outside. I totally get that you are pretty comfortable in your apartment under that electric blanket of yours, but tonight the enigmatic ladies from old-school soul outfit The Sweet Divines are warming things up with their first holiday spectacular at Lincoln Center. They’ve invited special guests Eli “Paperboy”

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18 Dec 2010

No Frills, Just Music at The Stone

Like most cool things in NYC, The Stone is hard to find. Not because it’s the next super swanky “knock three times and wink suggestively while purring like a cat” to get in hot spot (do those really exist, by the way? I haven’t been invited yet…), but because the

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