A Fan's Take on Lou Reed's "Walk On the Wild Side"
I thought about "Walk On the Wild Side" last week -- because David Bowie produced it -- but there was never an "official" Lou Reed video. Yesterday I found this "fan" version that includes lots of...
View ArticleThe Trailer for G.B.F. Is Here and Is Great
Here's the official G.B.F., a new teen comedy about an unpopular high school guy who comes out and then basks in the glory -- yes, glory! -- of it. In this high school, having a "gay best friend" is a...
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10 Etsy Finds: Crowd-Surfing Dogs and Vegan Leather
1. Picasso Cats ScarfThis 3ft. x 3ft. silk chiffon scarf printed with a Picasso illustration of god's favorite animal, cats, is beautiful!2. Crowd Surfing Guitar PickThis guitar pick with a picture of...
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Designer to Watch: Rejina Pyo
Rejina Pyo is a designer we'll be keeping our eye on. In two years, the Korean-born Central Saint Martins grad has already been an assistant designer at Roksanda Ilincic, collaborated with...
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Portrait of the Artist as Don Draper
Mad Men's season premiere left many of us gasping, wondering what happened to Don Draper and what happened to Matt Weiner, the mad genius behind one of television's most talked and written about show....
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The Best, Worst and Weirdest of the Week
Best Revenge of the Week: Rapper RiFF RaFF is set to play a role on One Life to Live as "Jamie Franko," probably in retaliation to James Franco playing a character based off of him in Spring Breakers....
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Dictator Chic: The Playlist
In this weekly column, MC/DJ Hesta Prynn pairs pop culture stories with an original playlist. With the specter of global nuclear annihilation hanging over us, I thought this was an appropriate time to...
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Veep Met the Real Veep
1. Veep met the Vice President: Julia Louis Dreyfus met Joe Biden. [via Hyper Vocal]2. Mykki Blanco is on the cover of Village Voice. [via Kenneth in the 212] 3. For those who love Foosball and...
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Coachella Chatz: IO Echo
Welcome to Coachella Chatz, in which we ask musicians at Coachella to answer our version of the Proust questionnaire. (That is, if Proust had fallen asleep in the sun for five hours outside the Gobi...
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Coachella Chatz: Tegan and Sara
Welcome to Coachella Chatz, in which we ask musicians at Coachella to answer our version of the Proust questionnaire. (That is, if Proust had fallen asleep in the sun for five hours outside the Gobi...
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Coachella Chatz: Danny Brown
Welcome to Coachella Chatz, in which we ask musicians at Coachella to answer our version of the Proust questionnaire. (That is, if Proust had fallen asleep in the sun for five hours outside the Gobi...
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Coachella Chatz: Bat For Lashes
Welcome to Coachella Chatz, in which we ask musicians at Coachella to answer our version of the Proust questionnaire. (That is, if Proust had fallen asleep in the sun for five hours outside the Gobi...
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Aubrey Plaza's Weird Will Ferrell Stage Crash
Aubrey Plaza tried to crash Will Ferrell 's MTV Movie Awards speech last night and it was maybe not planned but probably planned? She seems genuinely horrified when she goes back to her seat, and MTV...
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Nashville's Catbird Seat Guys Tell Us Where They Grab Banh Mis and Spam...
Josh Habiger (left) and Erik Anderson (right)Each week in our new Off Duty series, we'll talk to some of our favorite chefs and industry folk around the country to find out their secret late-night...
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Mark Kamins' Memorial Party at Santos Party House
There's a big memorial/party coming up for DJ and downtown music scene mainstay Mark Kamins on April 17. But before we get into the details, a brief explanation is in order. When I got the news that...
View ArticleDaft Punk and Pharrell Get Lucky
Daft Punk is back with a new album, Random Access Memories, and a new record label, Columbia, on May 21st. Yippee! They aired this short video "teaser" over the weekend at Coachella -- and also on...
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Recapping the Mad Men Recaps: Episode 3, "The Collaborators"
Each week PAPER will help you sort through your feelings about Mad Men by rounding up the best and brightest of the MM recaps. Read below so you can compare, contrast, and think real hard about it...
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Alison Brie Takes on Internet Memes
Here's Alison Brie acting out some of our favorite memes of the moment. Obviously Brie doing Grumpy Cat is the best. [via Gawker]90210 vet Ian Ziering just made a deal with the Las Vegas Chippendales,...
View ArticleVampire Weekend's Hilarious Promo Video with Steve Buscemi
So it turns out that Steve Buscemi will continue to grace Vampire Weekend with his presence. Buscemi will direct the webcast of their Roseland Ballroom performance in NYC (you can buy tickets for said...
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Speck Mountain's Incantatory Drone "Lies"
Chicago-based Speck Mountain released Badwater, their third album of Marie-Claire Balabanian's incantatory drawl and Carl Briedrick's droning jangle, in January on Carrot Top Records. We're happy to...
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