Copwatch Activists Sue NYPD 
Lumumba Bandele, Dasaw Floyd, and Djibril Toure, as photographed by Cary Conover Three members of the Malcolm X. Grassroot Movement's Copwatch program sued the NYPD yesterday, saying they'd been falsely arrested two years ago while in the act of watching the cops. On February 9, 2005, Lumumba Bandele, Dasaw Floyd, and Djibril Toure showed up to videotape an ongoing bust in Bed-Stuy. As Chanel ...
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Audio: A Guy Who Cuts Off Parts of Himself 
David, as photographed by Nikki Johnson Good news for people who like to cut off their own fingers and toes. David, a New Yorker profiled by Lee Bailey in the print edition of Runnin' Scared, says that these days there's no pain and very little blood involved in the "hobby" of hacking off body parts. Get the goods straight from the man himself, who stopped by for a chat today. We think it giv ...
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Pedicab Smackdown: City Council Defies Bloomberg, Reins in 'Green Transport' 
Pedicabbers rode over the Brooklyn Bridge Friday, April 20. The Council's new law bans them from bike paths on city bridges. Photos by Sarah Ferguson Monday's vote in the City Council to sharply rein in the burgeoning pedicab industry was both predictable and dispiriting, given Mayor Bloomberg’s pledge on Sunday to make New York "the first environmentally sustainable 21st-century city." No ...
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Deerhunter and the Klaxons Straddle the Noise-Pop Divide 
The instruments are crying out, where the sympathy at? I didn't go see Deerhunter last night in Manhattan, and I'm not going to see them tonight in Brooklyn. I'm moving back to Park Slope this weekend, and that means I have to spend all my evenings putting my stuff into boxes. But I wish I could go see Deerhunter. I've been marinating Cryptograms, that band's newish album, for a few months, but ...
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Idol Gives Back: A Running Diary 
Chillin' in my Phantom listening to opera I'm of two minds about last night's extraordinarily hyped-up Idol Gives Back special. On the one hand, it's certainly encouraging to see America's highest-rated TV show going out of its way to remind its millions upon millions of viewers that poverty exists and to raise money to help people who need it. The conditions that we saw in all of last night's v ...
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Gorillaz Break Up 
Ridin' with Bigfoot, Harry and the Hendersons When Damon Albarn went on BBC2 last week and told an interviewer that he wouldn't be making another pop album with the Gorillaz, he only really proved one thing: Damon Albarn is a fucking idiot. I never particularly liked the Gorillaz' two albums, but I had to admire Albarn's unlikely coup. A lot of aging pop stars gradually grow deeply uncomfortable ...
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Our New Favorite Website Might Make us Barf 
Thanks to a post on Chowhound's Food Media & News board, we just came across an ingenious project. Haven't you been amazed at the aesthetic discrepancy between fast food ads and the real life stuff? This site simply documents that humorous/nauseating difference. I don't want that Arby's Beef n' Cheddar sandwich, but I really don't want this one: ...
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It's a Good One: Holla, Halo-Halo! 
You should always require your date to coordinate his outfit to match the dessert, of course. In this case, a lively plaid compliments the bean and jackfruit-filled Filipino treat, halo-halo at the new take-out spot PIstahan on First Avenue just south of 14th Street. Flo Fab wrote the place up last week, and whether she lets Susan Magrino do her reporting, we don't know, but she did pay for he ...
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It's a Weird One: Clamato Chips 
Did everyone know about this but me? When shopping at my favorite discount drug store on 14th Street and First, I snagged the very last bag of Clamato Tortilla Chips ($1.59). At home, it was discovered that the chips are actually even brighter than they appear on the package. They taste distinctly like marinara sauce and citric acid simultaneously, and yes, they contain clam broth. My dog sniffe ...
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Friday Scribbles, Part II: Begging Blueberri Edition 
Whatever this player did to Blueberri, it must've been really, really foul. So foul that poor Blueberri ain't taking his calls, won't answer the door, spits on the flowers he sends to work. So foul that the man decides that the only way he can get her attention is to run down to Manhattan Avenue, trace the steps of her Brooklyn commute along the G Train, and write desperate pleas all along the ...
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Friday Scribbles, Part I: A Confession 
This bathroom confession reminds us PostSecret, the Maryland blog/book series that invites strangers to submit their secrets anonymously on postcards. What makes this latrinalia admission especially poetic is the handwriting style — deliberate, but not necessarily contrite — and the adjective "revoltingly." This person must be a sneaky ho! PAST SCRIBBLES Week 10: Tonic Toilet Edition Week 9 ...
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Thursday Exit: Ya Down Wit O.O.P.? 
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Operation Fairy Dust This Weekend! 
by Staci Schwartz If you're not familiar with Operation Fairy Dust's Prom Dress Giveaway, check out Staci Schwartz's awesome photo gallery from the event last year. The Fairy Godmothers who volunteer at this annual event help high school seniors (with valid ID) peruse thousands of donated dresses to find a gently used prom gown, which is free. This year's Giveaway takes place Saturday from noon ...
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Spring Shopping: The Manhattan Vintage Clothing Show 
(From here) Spring's finally here. And with the warm weather comes the very important question: What will your spring look be? If your answer falls on the boring side, don't fret—the Manhattan Vintage Clothing show will more than inspire. Our fashion expert Lynn Yaeger writes: This multi-dealer show (over 80 vendors are expected) provides such a vast array of delectable fashions, dati ...
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Built By Wendy Shopping Party 
Built By Wendy wants to get you tipsy and give you 20% off. Sounds like a hot date to us! ...
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Taking Pix While Getting Your Ass Kicked: Lightning Bolt, Aa, Dan Deacon @ Studio B 
DAN DEACON Aa xBxRx LIGHTNING BOLT ...
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This Week's Burrito Placemat: Arctic Monkeys, Tommie Sunshine, Guitar Hero 
From this gentleman's blog. DOWN IN FRONT by Rob Harvilla A story in which the (Guitar) Hero fingers a plastic axe and tries to crush his enemies. The results are inconclusive. LOUISIANA REPORT by Larry Blumenfeld Second-line parades are endangered in New Orleans. ACLU to the rescue. CRED SHEET by Rob Harvilla A veritable Feist feast! Feistmas! The Feistgeist! SINGLES GOING STEADY by Mike Po ...
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Flier of the Week: We Ragazzi Reunites 
Click me and I grow. We Ragazzi Also on the Bill: These Are Powers, Matteah Baim Venue: Union Pool Date: Tuesday, April 24 What To Expect Based Solely on the Flier: Serpents. Tongue wars. Nearly fatal hugs. Background, Part I: Matteah Baim is half the "white-bearded metal-lullaby band" Metallic Falcons with CocoRosie's Sierra Casady. Background, Part II: We Ragazzi broke up, reunited, broke up ...
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Voice Lessons 
Lady of Lee-sure: Young Jean Lee This week in the Village Voice Theater Section: Michael Feingold faintly praises John Fugelsang’s All the Wrong Reasons, writing, “The event runs about 90 minutes, contains some mild laughs and some mild stimuli for the cerebral cells, and does no particular harm if you have the 90 minutes to spare.” I profiled provocative playwright Young Jean lee as she ...
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8 Plays a Week 
Our Leading Blog A few double-headers this weekend. Tomorrow I'm off to a work in progress showing of Target Margin's The Dinner Party and then I'll shoot over to MTC for Our Leading Lady. The next day, I'll leave the delights of the cherry blossom festival for Smoke and Mirrors at the Flea and then The Fall and Rise of the Rising Fallen at P.S.122. On Tuesday I'll swivel over to the hula-centri ...
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Dream Play: Pam MacKinnon 
She Bangs: Pam MacKinnon Welcome to the world of reverie and Dali-esque sequence we refer to as Dream Play, in which we ask directors what they might stage were money, space, and rights not an issue. This week we feature the captivating Pam MacKinnon. Ms. MacKinnon is currently represented at currently running at NYTW John Fugelsang's All the Wrong Reasons and with Naked Angels through the 22nd ...
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