Results tagged “tokill”

Craig Ferguson, host of CBS's The Late Late Show, is coming to Comix to perform stand up and, while he's in town, will make a Letterman appearance and will promote the paperback edition of his book, Between the Bridge and the River. Gothamist sat down to discuss his Scottish upbringing, his take on comedy, and why bullies seem to ruin everything.

Kiefer Sutherland has taken some time off from being Jack Bauer and has focused a bit on his independent record label act (yeah, we didn't know either), Rocco DeLuca & the Burden. Despite the band name, the music actually isn't bad (take a listen at their MySpace).

Well, it's unclear whether or not it's the most haunted house of Queens, but 141-36 222nd Street seems that way. The NY Times has a big feature about the Victorian home that has fallen into disrepair, puzzling and captivating neighbors. There are a bunch of theories about who owns the house, and questions about whether or not someone is living there (maybe, though there's no electricity - but there is a bunker...maybe). The Times tried to do some investigating, contacting the Adult Protective Services (a caseworker couldn't get in), Department of Buildings, Department of Finance (the taxes are paid in cash!), to no resolution, though someone with the same name as the remaining son of the last seen owners works for the NYC Transit Authority. The house's mystique makes us think of Boo Radley from To Kill A Mockingbird, what with stories of infirm parents, an unseen son who doesn't want any part of the public eye.

- The two teenage girls who died on East Houston Street a week and a half ago died of heroin-and-cocaine overdoses

Gregory Peck died at age 87 last night. He will always be the dashing writer, Joe Bradley, or the father we all wished we had, Atticus Finch, in Gothamist's heart.