WCBS is offing Jack FM, the station format it abrubtly switched to two years ago, and turning back the clock to its former oldies format. The 2005 switch upset a lot of listeners, who were outraged both at the loss of a long-beloved source of classics and the abruptness of the change, which occurred with only an hour's notice. It also led to the immediate dismissal of well-liked on air personalities like Cousin Brucie, Don......

MUSIC: Tickets are still available for Daniel Johnston tonight. If you aren't familiar with the music of this Austinite, check out a little of what he has to offer from a recent appearance on the Henry Rollins Show (video here), or in the documentary "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," trailer below: 7pm // Warsaw [ 261 Driggs Ave , Brooklyn] // $18 PARTY: LVHRD is having their "MCFGHT 2 AUDITIONS" tonight. The mysterious bunch of......

Alex Borstein is a familiar face, and voice, to fans of comedy. Known for her five year run as a cast member on Mad TV and her portrayal of Lois on Family Guy, Borstein is also an accomplished comedian who will be making a stop at Comix on May 11th through 12th. How would you compare writing for live action television and writing for cartoons? The very first paid writing job I ever had was......

Every third Saturday, Glennis McMurray and Eliza Skinner join forces as I Eat Pandas, a musical improv group that takes suggestions from audience members and creates musicals - yes, with the singing and the dancing, the drama and the comedy. Before their performance this weekend at Mo Pitkins, we asked them a few questions. Okay, first things first: Why are you called I Eat Pandas? Do pandas seem very tasty to you or something? E:First......

Some comedic acts simply defy description, so before you read this interview with Julie Klausner and Sue Galloway, better known as the over-the-top lesbionic duo Betty and Joan of the mock 70's kids TV show Free to Be Friends, go have a look-see at the title sequence of their show or listen to "Boys and Girls Are Different in the Pants." That's just a taste of what you can expect from two women who sing......

Here at Gothamist theater, we tend to let the weather affect our views on shows to see more than is perhaps logical, though when there’s so much to see, at least it gives us some way of deciding. Anyway, this being the case, naturally outdoor shows have a special place in our heart, and this week one of (if not the absolute) the first outdoor shows is on: the Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre’s The Bass Saxophone,......

Recent news about changes in the format of the SATs had a lot of people reminiscing about good ol’ analogies and fill-in-the-blank reading comprehension questions. Kathleen Tolan’s new play Memory House (which Gothamist saw in previews last Saturday) dredges up another annoying high school rite of passage: the college essay. Katia (Natalia Zvereva, in her NYC debut after graduating from the Fame high school) has to write about what’s in her “memory house” as part......

We like records. True, we like the kind they call LP's that are the format of choice for old jazz recordings, and good white label grooves, but we also like records of the "unsurpassed measurement" type (thank you dictionary.com). The most recent local records of note that were broken according to our local NOAA office in Upton, NY Central Park: May 15, 2004 - A record rainfall of 1.16 inches was recorded breaking the old......