Results tagged “secretshow”

• Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a bank robbery on West 52nd St. and Broadway in Manhattan, a double shooting on Fenton Ave. and Boston Rd. in the Bronx, and escaped prisoners on East 163rd St. and Westchester Ave. in the Bronx.
• Curbed looks at the new Red Hook IKEA under construction, which is starting to become recognizable.
• Paul McCartney is playing the Highline Ballroom tomorrow night in a now not-so-secret show.
• Brooklyn's Smith St. is getting its own Pó, which will open Thursday and is related to the former Mario Batali West Village restaurant of the same name.
• “Just when you think the past is consumed, it rears its lovely head,” says an architect quoted in a New York Times' article on the original home of Tiffany & Co. at 15 Union Sq. West.
• Coney Island Lager––the first of a number of sideshow-inspired beers that will be brewed in Brooklyn and sold to benefit non-profit Coney Island USA.
• A cool collection of penny postcard depicting NYC attractions.
• Did the Sopranos finale leave you in the mood for onion rings? Midtown Lunch offers some thoughts on New York standouts and places that should be ashamed of themselves.

Above (right below the sarcastic subject line) is a clip of The Killers performing their, in our opinion, boring new single at the VMA's this year. We admit to enjoying most of the songs off of their last album, "Hot Fuss", but even if Brandon Flowers says this new one is "one of the best albums of the past 20 years", we still aren't rushing to buy tickets to their "secret show" at Webster Hall this Friday. Apparently no one else is either, tickets are still on sale!

- The award for best shot of Tom Cruise from his MI3 tour of NYC goes to Joe S.

Last week I didn't tell you about the show Beck played at Hiro Ballroom Friday night (one night before his appearance on Saturday Night Live). That's because the "secret" show wasn't even announced until Thursday. Beck is known for playing last-minute small-venue shows, and I was lucky enough to score a ticket to this one. Here are the pictures.