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 Ingram, Bob Shannon, and Harry Harrison, who were replaced with a pre-recorded voiceover that nattered slogans and one-liners. more ›

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: more ›

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. more ›

E:First of all, it sounds pretty impressive. Eating a panda? Well, that's something isn't it? more ›

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Grand Army Plaza Memorial Arch // Prospect Park, Brooklyn // through June 25, Sat. 2 & 7pm, Sun. 2 & 5pm // free, but you can pay for reserved seats at Smarttix more ›

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 of her application to an unnamed college. It’s a much harder task for her than it would be for most people, because, as the play reveals over the course of its humorous, often touching hour and a half, Katia has a rather complicated past. more ›

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 more ›