You may know Bob McClure as "Jed" on The Burg, but off screen he's an integral part of the family biz: McClure's Pickles. They're serious about their spicy garlic dills, which are now available in their two hometowns: Brooklyn and Detroit. We asked Bob a few questions recently about pickle flavors, what drink goes best with a dill, and more. How did you two get in to the pickle business? Lots of bad temp jobs.......

There have been murmurs of Galapagos moving from its current space for a while now. The Burg even did an entire episode about saving it. From that show: "Galapagos is many ways is the heart of Williamsburg, the oldest consistently operating bar in the area, it's been around for seven years - it's historic. And now I hear Clear Channel's trying to buy it." "I hate Clear Channel, first McCarren Park Pool and now this!"......

Every year that tragically hip (used to be Downtown) now-Midtown magazine, Paper, gives us a list of all the beautiful people. Some are famous, most you've never heard of, all of them are pretty on the inside (and/or outside!) and most importantly - they're all doing something cooler than you. Let's take a look at some of this years BPs: • Hayes Peebles is in there, the 14-year old wunderkind that played our last Movable......

The Daily Reel introduces us to "Bodega". "The first video in a new series about life in the Bronx, “Bodega” is a humorous yet searing commentary about the choices confronting people who live in “the poorest urban county in the country.” Casimir Nozkowski and the creative team of Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam, who most recently collaborated on the video “Ghetto Big Mac”...created the video." Check it out. It's kind of like The Burg but......

This is almost like The Burg's baby years! Here's the part one of the pilot of the Columbia University soap opera, The Gates (here's part two and part three). One of the actors told the Columbia Spectator, "I don't think I'm going to have any more friends. I'm scared I'm going to come off as a spectacular douche bag." Can collegiate TV production levels rehabilitate Columbia's image after The Mirror Has Two Faces and......

READING: Head to the NYPL for the Borowitz Report On The Future - "in a totally improvised and spontaneous program, cybersatirist Andy Borowitz will answer the audience's questions about what the future holds for current events, pop culture, sports, business, and Paris Hilton, with the guarantee that he will be at least as accurate as the New York Post," runs the NYPL description. - Krissa Corbett Cavouras 7pm // Humanities and Social Sciences Library [455......

Since The Burg just hosted our Movable Hype show, we've kind of got them on the brain. Luckily, this little clip above magically appeared and satisfied our disaffected soul. It's way better than the Chicken Noodle Soup Dance, too (though we would also like to see them do that).......

The Rogers Sisters were great the other night at our show at Spiegeltent, we're just sorry they had to go on so late! How late? We'd say for every time The Burg's "Jed" and "Early" swear introducing this band, it was about one more minute past midnight. Check out the above clip and see for yourself. Filmed by Autopilot......

Thanks to everyone who came to the amazing Spiegeltent last night for Movable Hype 9.0, and also to the bands, the deejays and of course The Burg. We'll have some video from that soon, but for now - from our 8th show that took place this summer, check out Takka Takka. They play Central Park tonight with Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. So if you like music, nature and beautiful days - head up......

THEATER: The talented Michael Gladis, who theatergoers may recall from the hit 2000 revival of Brecht’s Baal, is currently appearing in ‘nami at The Kirk Theater. This darkly humorous drama is about a suburban woman’s belief that she has uncovered a plot to sell a child of Tsunami-ravaged Indonesia into sex slavery by her neighbors. Sounds heavy, but Martin Denton at nytheatre.com hails ‘nami as “indie theatre at its very best” and the “most exciting......

Movable Hype 9.0 is just around the corner. As mentioned before, this show will be at The Spiegeltent, the 100 year old travelling wooden tent (complete with a beer garden!) that's been set up on Pier 17 until October. The night will include sets by: The Rogers Sisters, The Big Sleep, The Occasion, O'Death. The cast of The Burg will be hosting the event, which we're really looking forward to! And Michael and Mandy......

The time has come again, another Movable Hype show is upon us, the 9th to be exact. We've had every show at the Knitting Factory's main space for almost two years, and we'll go back there right away, but for this one we're taking a bit of a field trip. This show will be at The Spiegeltent, the 100 year old travelling wooden tent (complete with a beer garden!) that's been set up on......

We thought we'd end the weekend with the latest short from The Burg (they are, after all, hosting our next Movable Hype show - final details to come!) Anyway, they've done a short on blog comments, specifically the comments left on their own site by one person. This is what comments sound like. We have...no comment.......

Here's the first of 4 clips we have from the most recent Movable Hype show. Project Jenny/Project Jan started the night out for us with a whole lotta dancin'. (You may recognize this same clip at the end of the most recent episode of The Burg!) The next Movable Hype show is September 27th at Spiegeltent (with the cast of The Burg hosting, some Stellastarr*'s deejaying, and bands - to be announced! - rocking......

As we've mentioned before, this next Movable Hype show will be at the Spiegeltent. The tent is amazing, about 100 years old, has travelled way more than we ever have and comes complete with a stage, beer garden and a whole lotta pretty. Our show will be on September 27th from 10pm to 4am, and will include: - The cast of The Burg hosting - Half of Stellastarr* deejaying - And bands, oh will there......

We honestly didn’t expect to love internet sitcom The Burg as much as we do. “Making fun of hipsters…so original,” we thought. But you know what, it’s a really good show, and it “works” somehow. With music by local bands playing in the background, the show is a great snapshot of Brooklyn (even if it’s a small, hilarious, thumbnail photo). The latest episode (the third one so far) is up now and has the characters......

We just came across a video that's a part of the T-Bird Show (which appears to be a lot of, "What is the deal with Hipsters?") The host ran into Adrian Grenier on the street in Williamsburg and gave him a little impromptu interview, which you can watch above. Best quote from Grenier on how Williamsburg differs from Hollywood, "...no manicured lawns, things are a bit more grimey, a little more real. I was......

If ever there were a hipster sitcom, you know it wouldn't air on regular tv. Hipsters are, like, totally against watching television, at least that's what they say under "tv interests" in their MySpace profiles. So this Sunday when the first "hipster-com", The Burg, airs - it'll be online (at TheBurg.tv). Above is a preview on YouTube. The description on the site totally sold us: The Burg: the hipster world capital where trust fund......