A number of city agencies, including the FDNY, NYPD, and Department of Transportation are on West 17th Street, off 5th Avenue, to inspect a sanitation truck that is stuck in a hole that's reportedly four feet deep. No one is touching the truck because it's leaning on a van that it crushed! more ›

Stellastarr* are somewhat of a staple in the New York music scene. The Brooklynites are about to record their third full-length release this fall -- having steadily put out impressive tunes ever since Mischa Barton declared one of their first, My Coco, a favorite. One new track, The People, can be listened to here. more ›

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Myspace.com/heresthethingcomedy is Sean O'Connor , Nick Maritato , and Andrew Wright . You're going to be hearing those names a lot starting February 6th when their show makes its debut at The People's Improv Theater. They'll lure you in with their line-ups, but it's their hilarious sketches and stand up is what's going to keep you coming back for more. more ›

I first saw Mike Daisey at The People's Improv Theater at a live recording of The Sound of Young America. I didn't know what he was going to talk about, but, in retrospect, it seems like he could talk about anything and it would still be interesting, funny, intelligent, and insightful. His latest monologue Invincible Summer will run at the The Public Theater January 18th through the 28th. more ›

co-authored with his brother Steven Goldman and drawn by Joe Bucco, about a stolen election and the work of activists and a White House insider to expose the federal government's corruption. more ›

. Longer answer: He was "an artist" with "fingers as large as the sausages he stuffed on the spot." Mike the Butcher was a man who "cut oxtails like butter" and who was the "stuff that New York legends are made of" - here he is in 1985. In other words, he was our local neighborhood butcher, and we miss him. more ›

Ali Farahnakian, Comedian more ›

with the issues of delusion and grandeur is the subject at large. Combining elements of Allen’s real life sharing a cubicle with one such ostensibly daft, but possibly brilliant woman, and her fascination with Little Edie Beale of Grey Gardens, Allen embodies that woman you never quite understood but are completely fascinated by. more ›

Image at right from Gotham Gazette's judicial fun game, So You Want To Be A Brooklyn Judge. Check out the suit, The People of NY vs. Gerald Garson (PDF).
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