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Christians, Jews, Muslims... c'mon guys, you all worship the same dude in the sky.
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Look backward before you can look forward.
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Seriously, what's next... Socialist institutions like the Post Office?
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John Mackey is pissed at how much his fat employees are costing him.
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Tags: News, Whole Foods, John Mackey, Health care, Libertarianism, Randianism, Dumbism, Health insurance, Fat people, discrimination, BMI
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Street artist Specter is warning locals about the imminent "Caucasian Invasion" detailed in MoCADA's new exhibition.
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And other very, very important questions.
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Concerning long-lost cinematic curios, and the Orson Welles of home movies.
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We didn't say it, the Wall Street Journal did.
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Because after four days of drinking from 1pm to 3am, why wouldn't you want to drive directly to Mexico for three more days of it?
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What about the film's portrayal of homosexuality?
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This post contains no photos of men and women wearing creepy penis masks, we promise.
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The city's On The House program will give you a second ticket for every one you purchase to 26 shows (including some really good, expensive ones).
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Tags: Theater, Off-Broadway, nyc theater, Sam Shepard, Ethan Hawke, 20at20, On The House, cheap tickets, ticket discounts, Avenue Q, STOMP, Clybourne Park, A Lie of the Mind
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Moby also looks like that British guy, Toby, who sometimes appears on Top Chef.
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Tonight's Open City Dialogue at Pete's Candy Store is all about the Bedford Avenue bike lane fiasco.
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Thank god for weird dudes and the chickens they love. It's called PERSPECTIVE people.
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The Conscientious Objector is mad as hell about those wallpapered dumpsters.
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Tags: Art, Politics, Conscientious Objector, rage, open letters, garbage, waste, trash, public art, street art, nyc art, brooklyn art, Christine Finley, Finley, dumpsters, Wallpapered Dumpsters
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Because why not? It's free. It's taking place on Fat Tuesday. It's, um, a Tuesday in February. And there's a parade leading up to the show! Really!
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Bad news! Good news! I don't know what to think!
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And it wasn't very good at all, now was it? No, it wasn't.
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In which we don't review a great new play that we were specifically told not to review.
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Or are we just looking for an excuse to post photos of Evan Dando? Either way, tonight!
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Though judging by this trailer, it might be really annoying, which might be exactly how you feel about Banksy already.
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George Condo designed some grotesque monster masks for an unusual Adam Kimmel show last week.
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Seriously, stop that. You're adults.
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Sometime within the next 72 hours, someone involved in this blog post will pay money to see Legion.
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Much ado about something as thief punches the Oscar-winner and makes off with Martha Plimpton's purse.
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Or possibly some other places you would never, ever, in a million years be caught dead.
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Watch out birds of the rich, Flight 1539 is coming for you...
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Somebody's running against the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad Marty Golden for the first time in almost a decade. Let's support him.
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This can only mean one thing: END TIMES.
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Now that we've switched over to digital signals, the aliens may never know how Lost ends.
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Introducing your Scott Brown action figure! (Comes with penis.)
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The single-serving typography blog 300&65 Ampersands gives you a beautiful new ampersand every day.
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The M, subway line of haters, is no more. (The Z is back, long live the "Jay Z line"!)
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The Aging Queen of the North didn't like Obama's speech. Or at least that's what Sean's telling her.
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Susan Boyle, Miley Cyrus, Jon Bon Jovi, other people you don't like cover the R.E.M. classic.
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Which, pretty as the plans look, is a bit much, no?
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And between now and February 7 you can catch low- to high-brow shows at a fraction the normal ticket price.
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Tags: Theater, nyc theater, Off-Broadway, Emperor Jones, Ages of the Moon, Atlantic Theater, Soho Playhouse, Sam Shepard, Fuerzabruta, 20at20, cheap tickets, ticket discounts
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The intertwined life and work and myth of postwar America's refusenik transcendentalist.
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A (very) small part of us wants the Republicans back in power, because it's easier to make jokes.
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Tropical diseases are bad news for devastated tropical countries.
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Paul Verhoeven's much-reviled invisible man movie skews America's Clinton-era sexual hypocrisy.
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And yes, Neko is on it.
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Add D.C. to the list of places now doing better than we are with pretty basic stuff.
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Honestly, when you think about it, the 9/11 Trial in Manhattan would be an expensive pain in the ass.
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"Guys, let's try a little less with the whole 'chopping off ears' thing..."
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Tags: News, Taliban, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, PR, Lizzie Grubman, Jeff Jarvis, Image consciousness, branding, rebranding, the absurdity of modern existence forces us to joke about very serious things, Scott Brown
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Your half-hearted Grammys recap.
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Jeffrey Deitch has three great shows lined up before he leaves for L.A.
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Tags: Art, Deitch Projects, Deitch Studios, nyc art, Soho art, Shepard Fairey, Josh Smith, art stars, gallery closing, Rosson Crow, murals
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Stalking us in deadly silence, electric cars might no longer be able to sneak up and kill us.
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We've always thought of ourselves as a cross between Harper's and a cat calendar.
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Gloriously batshit weekend rep film pick, part two.
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You hate being naked, and you get sad when there's no poetry in your life. WE ARE HERE TO HELP.
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Will share hosting duties with his supergroup, Ocean's 7 (which, surprisingly, has nothing to do with George Clooney, Frank Sinatra, or superheroes).
- by Benjamin Sutton
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Tags: Music, TV, Media, Nelly, Usher, Trey Songz, talk shows, The View, The Ugly Truth, Ocean's 7, The Man Show
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Sutton relishes pigs' feet, but Stewart is a pickier eater.
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And this is just the beginning. Soon every site will come with kittens, right?
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But only because you didn't hear that Bruce Springsteen record that came out this year maybe.
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As French prankster Remi Gaillard proves in his latest video.
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In which your savvy president channels populist discontent.
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Answer: fewer than 400 people, on average.
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Back in the 80s, thieves used to break into apartments and steal the rotary phones.
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And for some crazy reason, "Texas Never Whispers" does not appear to be on it.
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And they don't even count illegal downloads!
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The crazy things people do to their vehicles will keep you entertained for at least a few minutes.
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Jeff Bridges Daniels returns to the Tony-winning play...in a new role!
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Ian McKellen weighs in on the crummy plight of gay professional athletes—and it's still crummy.
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Oh, yeah, it's a fucking triple album now.
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The L Magazine genuinely wants your short fiction (to read).
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As what? "National Grid Field"? Ugh.
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Oh, and an Off-Off-Broadway extension!
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Tags: Theater, nyc theater, Broadway, musicals, New York Broadway shows, Million Dollar Quartet, Lear, The 39 Steps, The Pitman Painters, transfers, Manhattan Theater Club, Broadway news
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The transfer from London stars Alfred Molina as the American abstract painter.
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This is a very, very bad idea. Let us explain why.
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Probably like this minimalist, avant-garde, interpretive dance piece scored by Philip Glass from the first season of South Park.
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Kings Plaza 6 the latest in a long line of shuttered picturehouses.
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Super good song, though.
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In other news, I shot myself in the hand and felt nothing.
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Reconciliation came up in August as the only way health reform would happen. Well, guess what...
- by Jonny Diamond
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Tags: Politics, Health care reform, Nancy Pelosi, Senate, Congress, Reconciliation, Changes, Democrats, Harry Reid, We could be heroes, Video
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Hey, movies! You don't like movies, right?
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Not that Clipse videos are ever that special, but this one for "Freedom" is la-zy.
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After one too many chardonnays (possibly), some woman tripped into a painting, Clouseau-style.
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Just because someone throws the green label on a cool little gizmo doesn't mean you're actually saving the planet.
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Which sucks because no more El-P albums for now, but is nice because no more Cage albums for now, maybe ever.
- by Benjamin Sutton
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Tags: Music, Definitive Jux, El-P, indie rap, rap, hip-hop, Del, Mr. Lif, RJD2, Murs, Video
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If anyone, anywhere is denied the right to marriage, then no one can be truly married. Or something.
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Reaganomics is now such conventional wisdom that it feels weird calling bullshit on it, even though, you know, it's fundamentally bunk.
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At long last, New York City can stop holding its breath: the best bodega in the city is in Windsor Terrace.
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Alex Hammond takes us on a whirlwind 30-second trip through Paris from the floating perspective of the Google cam.
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Just because your ratings are better than The Jay Leno Show doesn't mean you get to stay on the air.
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In Logorama, cops are Michelin men, kids are Bic ballpoint pen logos, and Bentley logo birds fly overhead.
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"Kafka was a slightly strange man."
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As Martin Amis gets older, he's starting to call for the death of old people. WTF?
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Vote for the subject of his next documentary here! (Note: voting has no effect on the subject of his next documentary.)
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Today's rep film pick is something of a turning point for Wiseman's immersions in the private lives of the public sphere.
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So stop watching 500 Days of Summer for, like, three minutes and give it a listen.
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Twas a fine, bonny night, though twas missing neeps, and that one gaffer was a thrawn auld bugger.
- by Sarah Shanfield
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Tags: Special Events, Burns Night, Robert Burns, Iona, Parties, Haggis, Whiskey, Drambuie, Drunkeness, Fun, Slideshow
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Uh oh. Looks like things are getting pretty expensive at the for-profit Tea Party National Convention. THAT'S YOUR FREE MARKET AT WORK.
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Yup, a stabbing in the kitchen of the Algonquin Hotel has inspired me to write a poem.
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What a documentary about sheep and the hired hands who graze them says about America in the 21st century. (A mostly serious post.)
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Can we freshen up that cup with some salmon cream cheese? Or maybe some peanut butter and jelly?
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There's only so much you can ignore from blowhard conservative demagogues. Fuck you Rush Limbaugh.
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Because the little sliver of toxic land across the river from Philly used to be a tiny island kingdom. Seriously.
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Sure, six more weeks of winter, and Obama isn't really Jesus, but HOLD ON! There are very good things happening.
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People are dying in Haiti minute by minute. They shouldn't be.
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In which the Conscientious Objector convinces you parsnips are good.
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All across America, hunters are making jokes about "white meat."
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Wouldn't it be cool if we could redraw the Senatorial map? Yeah, it would be.
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In which we say goodbye to our beloved, archaic travelogue, and all its ten million pageviews.
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Because sometimes, when the present seems lame and boring, it's totally fine to live in the past.
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Sure, he might've been a little crazy, but isn't madness the only honest response to living in this world?
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His mustache too, presumably.
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In which we're outraged that the hipster rap star isn't more clever when he's really stoned.
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In name only, maybe, but Thomas Edison III still plans to electrocute an elephant in celebration.
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Take pictures of hunky firefighters for a calendar you're putting together, also see a rock show.
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Hm... A pop-up in Midtown, video walls in the Village, or TV in Gowanus?
- by Benjamin Sutton
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Tags: Art, nyc art, brooklyn art, art parties, openings, receptions, Heist Gallery, Cabinet, Mountain Fold Gallery, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, Gavin Brown Enterprises
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Lena Gieseke's video flight through the Modern masterpiece might help you discover some new details.
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In which we offer up a very compelling movie pitch to Hollywood, where they make movies.
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And voila, just like that, you kinda want to go to the fucking Lilith Fair, right?
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Pretty much everyone but Sally ought to be considered expendable, if this show is going to stay this good.
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Watch this video over and over and over again.
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A strange, strange weekend of repertory film continues with the most notorious movie ever made about angora sweaters.
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So don't worry about still not knowing how to pronounce their name.
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Casual choreography and colorful clothes overwhelm an otherwise only-okay Mia Doi Todd song.
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When are we going to learn that they are here to kill us and irritate us?
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Stock photos are weird. Here's proof.
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Sadly, all the shitty emo bands they inspired are still kicking.
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The president of Mongolia realizes it's wrong for a state to murder its own citizens in cold blood.
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Parents on parenting blogs to attack other parents on parenting blogs. Childless people to comment also.
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Much more to follow.
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Everyone's favorite married indie rock couple traveled through Asia with a couple of Flip cameras.
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In which Paige and Holly are told that they do, in fact, dress like prostitutes.
- by Paige Tibbetts and Holly McManus
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Tags: Nightlife, Sex in the Cityishness, The Maturity Index, harlots, strumpets, ladies of the night, hookers, prostitutes, tarts, the oldest profession in the world, Fun with tags
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Plus, more off-season romantic comedies you'll regret in the morning.
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And turns in his best single in about five years.
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Meet the new Not Bush, same as the old Not Bush.
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Let's see, two weeks' worth of groceries, or an hour of acoustic indie pop? Your choice.
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A half-decade of unconscionable censorship is heroically brought to an end by Anthony Kennedy (schmuck).
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OntheBoards.tv could be the online performance library that the industry has been waiting for.
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Watch now, before you can't.
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No word yet on the final grade for "hanging on to the absolutely crucial Massachusetts senate seat."
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Or, how sleek interior design only amplifies the essential loneliness of contemporary existence.
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Great. Now Hitchens thinks we should go to war with North Korea.
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A cultish slice of the seedy 60s is this weekend's first rep film pick.
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The dude's been sitting ten feet away from me for months, dreaming up weird shit.
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This weekend of old cult movies continues with a second take on the unfairly maligned Grade-Z maestro.
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Hey, the Apple iPad is here. It has some features, here they are.
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Hey, movies! You like movies, right?
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The L Magazine wants your short fiction.
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Listen up, rockists.
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This record keeps getting better, doesn't it?
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2010 is already so much fucking better than 2009, you guys.
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A guide to the next few days' worth of Haiti benefits.
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Players of "the white game of basketball" are finally getting a league of their own.
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The Brooklyn-based firm that won MoMA's Young Architects Program this year has sexy plans for the PS1 courtyard. UPDATED
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The direct cinema master's Titicut Follies raises questions about what's on screen, as well as how it got there.
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Certain words, once considered benign, are now filthy.
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Only one day left before the beginning of the end.
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There's no talk of vodka in the trailer for Jonze's next short, but lots and lots of saaaaaad robots.
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Conan O'Brien is really showing how goddamn awesome he is and how stupid NBC is.
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But you don't really care for horribly overwrought covers of awesome songs, do you?
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Get the facts; you're in for a sweet surprise. (That is: you have diabetes.)
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The Pentagon needs to hold another screening.
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Everything is so stupid.
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Psychos in Brooklyn will leave you for dead over the slightest offenses, including talking to them.
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No, no, of course we didn't watch it. We saw it on the internet.
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We're not meant to understand his ways.
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In which an airborne eagle carries a Fender Stratocaster.
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Join us in speculating.
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There are many, many ways in which Conan O'Brien can embarrass NBC and Jay Leno.
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The people's historian, Howard Zinn, died yesterday of a heart attack. I am sad and angry.
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It can't be Cuba Gooding Jr, right?
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"If we could all manage in another man's shoes for three weeks, it would look cool."
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"Inside sources" tell Business Insider that the marriage made in hell may soon be over.
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The rare opportunity to see Jimmy Fallon and feel good about yourself doing it.
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You gotta fight... for your right... to Caaaaarlsberg.
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Yeah, we're pretty much poised to dominate the world of modern American poetry.
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Oh my god I so love that painting.
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Album Reviews
In which Beck is described as a "graying Serge-esque scoundrel, hit-making for young, impressionable girls."
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Album Reviews
The Wolf Parade singer goes solo with one-track EP focusing on the marimba.
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Album Reviews
The Norwegian producer is joined here by a pop vocalist, and the results are surprisingly forgettable.
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Album Reviews
After two albums of haunting, hazy mood pieces, the Baltimore duo gives us Teen Dream, a collection of songs that demand, and reward, close listening.
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Album Reviews
"We need more post-coital and less post-rock," says the Welsh band on their new album, Romance is Boring. Ew.
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Album Reviews
Stephen Merritt isn't getting better with age: he's reverting, and not always particularly well.
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Poetry
"I'm stuck on an N ready to tunnel under the river. Train delays on this of all days."
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Poetry
"So we said "fuck it" and got the jalapeno poppers with cream cheese and American."
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Poetry
"I closed my eyes and ten thousand people died while I was sleeping. I wake up and there are more."
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Film Reviews
France's own Tawana Brawley affair is the subject of André Téchiné's uneven The Girl on the Train.
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Film Reviews
In Creation, the great naturalist needs a good cry before he can write Origin of Species.
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Film Reviews
A Room and a Half uses Joseph Brodsky to explore the Russian heart in exile.
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Film Reviews
The Paranoids understands its artistic/autistic hero well enough to make fun of him.
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Because James Cameron can afford it.
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Film Reviews
Extraordinary Measures explains and endorses America's medical industry.
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Film Reviews
North Face joins the hallowed ranks of movies about Aryan mountaineers.
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Film Reviews
Word Is Out, an invaluable document of the post-Stonewall, pre-AIDS gay movement.
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Film Reviews
When in Rome, don't give your mismatched leads the least chance to generate any sparks.
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Film Reviews
Mel Gibson will have his vengeance, again, in Edge of Darkness.
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Tips for Tips
We were born a "regular."
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Restaurant Reviews
Sue Perette's new French on Smith Street is perfectly unfussy.
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Bar Reviews
Not too fratty, not too snooty, Amity Hall is a hipster's worst nightmare.
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Features
Now you can tell people you ate somewhere posh without actually spending lots of money.
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Features
You're drunk, you're hungry, it's late... WHERE DO YOU GO.
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Features
Should food actually be this cheap?
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Features
It's there, hidden in the back of New York's delis, bodegas and groceries. Cheap, delicious food.
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Bar Reviews
You take one bar out, you put another bar in... The Roebling Inn is just ok, for now.
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Aristocratic English women were cutting up photos long before the Dadaists thought of it.
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Art in New York should NOT be the sole province of the rich.
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The artist's latest installation is a throwback to the work of radical women artists (herself included) of the 70s.
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Theater Reviews
The Assember Dilator is a successful experiment to concoct a thrilling theatrical trip.
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Theater Reviews
The playwright's latest, Ages of the Moon, is a portrait of his archetypal alpha male as an old man.
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Theater Reviews
Sam Mendes' As You Like It at BAM finds superb Shakespeare wandering the wilderness.
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Theater Reviews
"The things that are great about King Lear I'm never going to be able to compete with or replicate, and it would be stupid to try."
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Imre Kertesz tells a tale of revolution and malaise... all in one paragraph.
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Sam Shepherd takes short, sharp shots to America's midsection.
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A case study in just how good it can get at the city's most (in)famous book sale racks.
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Talking to the Brooklyn author about his weighty, Beckettian second novel, The Unnamed.
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The collapse of a Long Island family through the lives of three generations of girls and women.
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Sex With the Natural Redhead
Getting comfortable with your own parts is really pretty important.
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Fare is Fair
You should always tip well. It's good for the soul.
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Fashionville
Will discount designer style save fashion or destroy it?
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The Conscientious Objector
Here's the challenge: each week head to your local greenmarket and make an entire meal only with what you buy there.
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Sex With the Natural Redhead
In which the Natural Redhead gets a little exasperated with your poor communication skills.
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The Power of My Proven System
Once a symbol of respect, our nation's football coaches are doing very bad things (to themselves and others).
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Art Fag City
A new exhibition, "Vertically Integrated Manufacturing," is a little more miss than hit.
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General
You're broke. We're broke. That go over there looks pretty broke. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T ALL HAVE FUN IN NEW YORK.
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Features
If you did all of these things it'd cost, like, $90 (do we look like math wizards?)
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Features
How is it you can walk into any Russian barbershop in New York and the same three guys are there every time.
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Features
Are you getting dumber? Maybe it's time to go back to school.
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Features
Lectures, talks, and other evenings out that won't destroy your brain cells.
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Features
Just because you have no money doesn't mean you have to dress fugly. Put some effort into it and maybe we'll profile your look.
