Raphie Frank,
Interview Retrospective...

One of Gothamist's addictions, Project Runway, aired its finale last night, allowing us to sleep better knowing that evil (and ugly) and good (and boring) were soundly defeated by the fun, crazy and exciting! Jay McCarroll, giving little towns in Pennsylvania a good name, beat Kara Saun, the poised costume designer, and Wendy Pepper, the "mom from Virginia" and villainess of the show, and Gothamist couldn't be happier. Jay's runway collection was an explosion of......

You may have noticed some familiar names posting interviews lately, and indeed, Gothamist finally figured out what to do with the interview section: After a wonderful few months of having a number of people guest interview for us, we're lucky to have recruited seven intrepid people on board, helping find interesting perspectives about life and our city for us to look forward to every (week) day: Nichelle Stephens, Aaron Dobbs & Lily Oei, Rachel Kramer......

Sam Seder, Director / Writer / Comedian / Co-Host, "The Majority Report"...

Adam Shore, General Manager, VICE Records...

Reverend Billy, Street Preacher, The Church of Stop Shopping...

This week, our guest interviewers for the Gothamist Interview are two of the city's more prolific gadflies about town: Our favorite Bond girl, Mindy Bond, and Raphie Frank: Hailing from the land of presidential hopefuls, Brookline, MA, Mindy Bond blew into the big city in the early nineties. She spent the decade learning about swedish furniture, people's gambling habits and making others forget the Valdez. Then she had a cultural epiphany, thus beginning her ascent......

Priscilla Grim, Membership & Advocacy Director AIVF...

Lots of news at Casa de Gothamist this week, so let's just jump into it: 1. Andrew Krucoff has filed a petition to break the indefinite, involuntary servitude contract we signed him to at the beginning of the year, and for humanitarian reasons, we have seen fit to grant his request. Krucoff has made a tremendous contribution to Gothamist - his 100+ interviews will stand as a testament to his wit, intelligence, and kind-heartedness for......

As I mentioned earlier, Gothamist is rolling out some new features. Today, we're launching the beta version of the Gothamist Events feed, a listing of concerts, shows, happenings, pow-wows, drunken posses, and other occurances that we feel may interest you, our surly, panda-obsessed readership. The events listing is being edited by a new member of the Gothamist family - Mindy Bond, of late a contributor to Flavorpill and a fully qualified expert about things going......