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Dec 5 - 18, 2007
Vol. 5, No. 24

Books

The Steep Approach to Garbadale
- by Sally Franson

The Musical Illusionist: And Other Tales
- by Adam Bonislawski

Silent Pictures
- by Maggie Frank

Music

Jens Lekman

Night Falls Over Kortedala (Secretly Canadian)
- by Eli Goldfarb

Celebration

The Modern Tribe (4AD)
- by Eli Goldfarb

Old Time Relijun

Old Time Relijun Catharsis in Crisis (K Records)
- by Eli Goldfarb

Fiery Furnaces

Widow City (Thrill Jockey)
- by Armin Rosen

Modeselektor

Happy Birthday! (BpitchControl)
- by Keith Madden

CMJ MUSIC 2007: WHAT TO SEE WHEN

Daily highlights (and lowlights) of this year’s Music Marathon.

Band of Horses

Cease to Begin (Sub Pop)
- by Gretchen Scott

Beirut

The Flying Club Cup (BA DA BING)
- by Gretchen Scott

Film

Gone Baby Gone

Directed by Ben Affleck
- by Mark Asch

Terror's Advocate

Directed by Barbet Schroeder
- by Cullen Gallagher

Wristcutters: A Love Story

Directed by Goran Dukic
- by Eli Goldfarb

Lars and the Real Girl

Directed by Craig Gillespie
- by Steve Bloom

Reservation Road

Directed by Terry George
- by Andrea Rosen

Rendition

Directed by Gavin Hood
- by Eli James

Control

Directed by Anton Corbijn
- by Nicolas Rapold

Things We Lost in the Fire

Directed by Susanne Bier
- by Sam Weisberg

We Own the Night

Directed by James Gray
- by Michael Joshua Rowin

Elizabeth: The Golden Age

Directed by Shekhar Kapur
- by Nicolas Rapold

La Chinoise

Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- by Benjamin Strong

Food & Drink

What Was Your First Concert?
- by Brian Diedrick

One Night in Tribeca
- by Jeff Harris

Why Yes, Trixie, I Would Like Another
- by Edith Zimmerman

Beer Me
- by Annemarie Ahearn

Horoscope

Horoscope
- by Läps Trinity

Theater

The Misanthrope

New York Theatre Workshop, 79 E. 4th St
- by Eli James

Columns

What's Your Favorite Music?
- by Adam Bonislawski

Party Tracker: Mondo
- by Zachary Palmer

Lyrical New York

Five Songs, Five Neighborhoods
- by Kim Scafuro

Don't Fuck Your Boss Ever
- by Audrey Ference

Lost in History, Vol. 41

A Prayer for St. Mary’s
- by Matt Levy

I Made This!

When Celebrities Design
- by Laurel Pinson

As Smart As They Are
- by Paddy Johnson

Bikes, Baguettes and Bloomberg

On the Next Step to Making NYC Bike-Friendly
- by Amanda Park Taylor

Special

THE NAME GAME

News & Features

Penny Papers Tell All

On the Early Days of the NYC Tabloid Wars
- by Matt Levy

Blogs

Cupscake Pahty
- by Edith

Make It Faster
- by Edith

Matt Levy's Lost in History, vol. 45: Lost in China
- by Mark

Blood-Covered Balls
- by Edith

I, the Legend of Bagger Robot
- by Edith

Oh, Movies, How I Hate You
- by Mark

Memories (of What Our Neighborhoods Were Like Before We Moved In)
- by Mark

More Champagne Dreams
- by Edith

A World Always on the Brink of Bursting into Song
- by Mark

On the Assumption That You Have the Memory of a Goldfish...
- by Mark

Waiter, There's Beer In All These Things
- by Edith

Lord of the Food
- by Edith

A Prescription for Laught--uppositories
- by Edith

Dear My Diary
- by Edith

You Extank
- by Edith

Please Join Me At My Tea-cohol Party
- by Edith

Matt Levy's Lost in History, vol. 46: Unsilently Parading through our NY Night
- by Mark

Video of the Day, for Your Sunday Viewing Pleasure
- by Mark

I Saw Juno Last Night and It Made Me Really Mad
- by Mark

For the Bible Told Me So
- by Edith

Out Now: The L Magazine's Holiday Survival Guide
- by Mark

This Post Is Basically an Inside Joke, but It Works for Gawker, Right?
- by Mark

Family Therapy
- by Mark

Grace Paley Tribute Tonight!
- by Edith

Avant-garde Aesthetics in "Mike Gravel: Rock" and "Mike Gravel: Fire"
- by Mark

Get Your City Reliquary Benefit RSVPs Here (By Reading This Post, in Which the RSVP Information Is Contained)
- by Mark

A (Multi-Media) Reading (That's Less of a Reading Than a Video, Really)
- by Mark

Malcolm Gladwell
- by Edith

The New Yorker Reader: "Found Objects," by Jennifer Egan
- by Mark

Coffee, Chocolate, and Men Are All Better Young and Attractive
- by Edith

The New Yorker Reader: "The King of Sentences," by Jonathan Lethem
- by Mark

The L Mag Congratulates Literary Upstart Semifinalist Emily Nemens on the Publication of Her First Collection of Stories, and Is in No Way Jealous. Also Go Listen to Her Read.
- by Mark

Caught, a Film by Max Ophüls, Tonight at BAM
- by Mark

Free Live Music With Purchase of Your $10 Ticket of Admission
- by Mark

Street Stories NYC
- by Edith

Yup, Still Hannukah
- by Mark

One Time, at [Noun] Camp...
- by Edith

The Champagne Room
- by Edith

Post-Modern Mondays, There Are a Number of Fine Restaurants Within Walking Distance of the Museum
- by Mark

Spanish Cinema When?
- by Mark

Your Weekend: Thin, Young, Rich
- by Edith

Talk About, Indie-pop Music
- by Mark

I'm A Little Worried Because Now That This Series Is Over What Will I Blog About?
- by Mark

Street Stories NYC
- by Edith

This Weekend's Update Is a Bit Skimpy, But So Is This Weekend
- by Mark

Mistle-don't
- by Edith

A Happy Family Is Always Happy in the Same Way, a Sad Family Is Different
- by Edith

Hello and Welcome to the 342nd Day of the Year
- by Edith

It's a Coat Party
- by Edith

W8ing for the W8kend
- by Edith

Today's Sunday Video of the Day
- by Mark

Jeffrey Eugenides and the Things He Likes
- by Edith

A Reminder...
- by Mark

That's an Unusually Cheap Falafel; I Hope the Quality of Their Ingredients and the Amount of Them I Have Just Eaten Does Not Later Affect My Digestive System, But I Am Sure They Won't
- by Edith

Hey, Are YouTube Embeds Compatible With Our Blogging Software?
- by Mark

Lo$ing Weight$
- by Edith

Actual Shiny Happy Quotes from Shiny Happy Band Websites
- by Mark

Suck It, Yaddo
- by Mark

If It's Friday Afternoon and Our Blog Software Is Working Properly, Then It Must Be Time for a Weekend Update Post
- by Mark

Sate Your Appetite for Intercourse With Spirits
- by Edith

Cheap Oysters: Always Wonderful, Unless There Is Something Wrong With Them
- by Edith

Checkmating
- by Edith

Welcome Back, Fagles
- by Edith

Street Stories NYC: "Christmas is a really important season for children because it’s magic"
- by Edith

A Reading
- by Mark

Oh, Cool
- by Edith

Drawrings
- by Edith

And then there she was, like double cherry pie, yeah there she was, like cake
- by Edith

*
- by Mark

The Union Square Barnes & Noble Is Decadent and Depraved
- by Mark

Once Bitten, Twice Xai Xai
- by Edith

Walking with Val Lewton
- by Mark

Harder, Better, Faster, Spy
- by Edith

If I Can Make It There I Can't Make It Anywhere Else Because It's Imaginary and In That Case I Would Be Imaginary Also
- by Mark

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