My ibook G4 power cord  burned out last night in a blaze of sparks, glory and the odor of melted plastic.  Thankfully I was home at the time because the sparks that thing shot off could have very easily burned down my house.

We’ve all seen footage of bulls tearing through Pamplona in pursuit of drunken American tourists and others who thrill at the thought of telling almost-got-gored stories to chicks at the bar later that night. Las Ramblas, the West Village tapas spot is celebrating this legendary event this week with 8

Tonight, yet again, South Street Seaport’s Pier 17 is the spot for dope live music.  In this week’s installment of the Seaport Music Festival  Brooklyn’s  Here We Go Magic headlines with openers Bachelorette from New Zealand. A friend of mine had been talking about them for a while and I’d

This past CMJ season I had the chance to attend a show at one of the most hateful and awful musical venues this side of Terminal 5 at a little place called Santos Party House.  The floor space was cold and weird with its white concrete walls, huge plaster columns

The big summer holiday weekend approaches, folks and in the interest of planning ahead and maximizing fundage before Friday I am taking a three-pronged approach to this post.  First things first…

The Bryant Park Film Festival is great for chilling outside, enjoying great weather and checking people out. It’s not so great, however, if you’re actually really interested in hearing the films dialogue. Fortunately this week’s selection  should be long on visual impact so even if the noise of the city

Do you want to experience the weirdness of Burning Man, but want none of the mud, questionable sex, or, any actual burning “man”?  If you answered yes, then, get your hippie hipster ass to The Bklyn Yard for The Love Canal party on, duh, the Gowanus Canal, for what seems