The NY Times treats us to a trend piece, sounding off the alarms of a newsflash: ambitious young people subsist on low incomes in NYC! Some choice quotes are sprinkled throughout:“For a little while I only ate grapefruits for my lunch because they have a lot of nutrients and they got me through the day.”“If I shop, I can’t have a social life and I can’t eat.”Before moving from San Francisco last fall, Ms. Werkheiser......

COMEDY: Our favorite duo, Gil Faizon (Nick Kroll) and George St. Geegland (John Mulaney), will be bringing their "Oh Hello" show to UCB. Drop by, even if it's just for their famous Tuna-tina recipe. In addition, there will be NEW drink recipes...and special guests. Photo of the duo, taken at Movable Hype, via Bluejake. Friday // 7pm // UCB Theater [226 W th St] MUSIC: If you got shut out of Band of Horses tonight......

Gothamist was reading the obituary for Jo Foxworth, who wrote the D'Agostino jingle ("Please Mr. D'Agostino...move closer to me") and it got us thinking about jingles that stick in our head. It's a dying art form (just as TV theme songs that explain the title or character situations are practically gone). Jingles tend to be heard on the radio these days, and here are the most notable ones that come to mind: - Intelligent Energy's......

Hey, happy Chinese New Year, everyone! Time to drive out the old spirits of the past year and welcome the good spirits of the new year. The Chinese do this with explosions and fireworks; we'll do it rock-style, with extremely loud noises. Such as: The week starts out with a bang on Monday, with the magically delicious, occasionally unsettling experimental rock of Deerhoof (at left) at Bowery. Instead of traditional opening bands, the show will......

Garrison Keillor noted during his opening speech for last night's National Book Awards that this week is the opening of another Harry Potter film. He said, "Most of us have stood in Barnes & Noble and opened a Harry Potter book, read a few pages and said: 'I could have done that. I could have done that while doing all the other things that I do. Why didn't I?'" An always curmudgeonly and brilliant Norman......