Every year, I worry my Midwestern parents by telling them I am spending the entire weekend in the dank basement of a Gristedes in Chelsea, drinking cheap beer until I either run out of money or I fall asleep. I try to explain that it’s all to see stars and

When forced to work late at an office in Time Square sometimes there is nothing better to do than to carry out all the things from which you have been holding back. To do those bold acts, finally, while you privately rue the day you decided to throw your family’s

Ever been watching stand up and thought, “Hey this is funny, and I’m glad there’s no drink minimum. I just wish someone would give me a cookie?” Well, Thursday is your lucky day. Lee Camp is doing an encore of Chaos for The Weary to record footage for his new

Guys its once again time for this blogs very favorite regularly occurring comedy show. We love it for a lot of reasons and it’s the only thing that can drag us into the smoky recesses of that hookah place on 1st avenue. This week, sweetening the already-pretty-sweet pot is Matt

If you’ve never tried your hand at improv, you should just go for the pure schadenfreude–  it’s kind of like being in a reality show in real life (as bizarrely incongruous as that is), in that you have somehow stumbled into a room entirely consisting of absolute nutcases.  Aside from

So it was spring and now it’s cold again and gross and what the fuck is up with the hail/sleet bullshit this morning?  Even so it’s Friday! Glorious, buttery, golden and delicious Friday which even the wicked death rattle of  Old Man Winter’s icy bones won’t keep us from enjoying.

Via the great folks over at Gothamlist: “Come pay tribute to the life of the ultimate 1980’s teen heartthrob, Corey Haim. The Knitting Factory will be celebrating his film work with Brooklyn-based comedy group, the Raspberry Brothers. We’ll be toasting the Haim with drink specials (Corey Haim was Canadian-born, so