The History of Brad Pitt's Hair: A New Wave Playlist
In this weekly column, MC/DJ Hesta Prynn pairs pop culture stories with an original playlist. Once upon a time -- before Channing Tatum danced to "Pony" and Ryan Gosling uttered "Hey Girl" -- we had...
View ArticleThe Best, Worst and Weirdest of the Week
Best Budweiser Commercial That Made Us Cryyyyyyyy: See above. God dammit, Budweiser! -- Elizabeth ThompsonBiggest Musical Losses of the Week: Ohio Players singer/guitarist Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner,...
View ArticleGIFs of the Week: R.I.P. 30 Rock
Welcome to GIFs of the week. Please watch all GIFs in their entirety. [TheFrogman] First, something totally unimportant: Kitten vs. Potato. [PleatedJeans] OK. What happened this week. Well, 30 Rock...
View ArticleMATTE's Black Ft. Matthew Dear and The Virgins
New York City MATTE, are hosting a big event called "BLACK" -- "the color that defines New York" -- on Thursday, February 21st at Capitale (130 Bowery) with live performances by Mathew Dear and The...
View ArticleBeyonce Is the Light, the Truth and the Way
All hail Queen Bey. [ImWithKanye] Last night, we were all Shaq passionately lip-syncing "Halo" at the Superbowl. She had a baby. Like not that long ago. [EatlikeTheresNoEnd]Beyonce flashed the...
View ArticleL.A. Chef Sang Yoon Goes For Pig's Blood Soup At Ruen Pair
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 spots where they like to grab a bite and a pint...
View ArticleGirls Recap: A Tale of Two Dinners
Episode 4 of the second season of Girls revolves around one major theme: mistakes. The characters, tortured by the consequences of their poor judgement, struggle to determine where they stand with each...
View Article"You Said You Knew Elton John, and That Was a Lie"
Twins delivered in different decades -- Amelia on December 31, 1989 and Pat on January 1, 1990 -- London's bentcousin deal in deadpan bubblegum phrasings that might remind you of the Moldy Peaches or...
View ArticleAdam Levine's Perfume Bottles Aren't Shaped Like His Torso, Regrettably
Adam Levine -- who, if you recall, tweeted in 2011 "I also would like to put an official ban on celebrity fragrances. Punishable by death from this point forward." -- officially has his own fragrances...
View ArticleLights Lights Baby: Vanilla Ice's New Lighting Line
Stop, collaborate and listen, Ice is back with a brand new ....collection of chandeliers and wall lamps in collaboration with New Jersey-based company Capitol Lighting. Whaa? According to Dezeen,...
View ArticleFlying CGI Dolphins and Bears in E4RTH's "Goo Get It"
The latest video from E4RTH (a.k.a. Alan Astor, also of PUNCHES) was made low-budget with open-source software and freely available 3D models. It looks like something out of a '90s Playstation game,...
View ArticleSurf Legend Herbie Fletcher Turns Wreckage Into Art
Herbie Fletcher, Pipeline Wrecktangle XI, 2012Artist and surf maestro Herbie Fletcher is bringing six pieces from his Wrecktangle series to The Hole for a new exhibit opening this Saturday, February 9....
View ArticleBush Tetras Span Time at the Echo
Led by singer/provacateur Cynthia Sley and guitarist Pat Place, Bush Tetras rose to prominence in early-'80s New York alongside Liquid Liquid and other punk-funk outfits. Deprived of late original...
View ArticleInternet, Meet Your Latest Local News Interview Hero
Internet, meet the latest addition to the Local News Interviews With a Well-Meaning But Insane Person Hall of Fame: Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker. In the video above, you'll hear about how Kai...
View ArticleHBO's "Phil Spector:" So Many Wigs
The wig industry is having a banner year thanks to HBO's upcoming Liberace and Phil Spector biopics. Here's the trailer for the latter, starring Al Pacino as the deeply disturbed originator of "the...
View ArticleSwim Deep Go to the Mall
From Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'" to the New Radicals' "You Get What You Give" and now to Swim Deep's "The Sea" -- there's a history of mid-tempo feel-good rock songs with music videos set in malls. The...
View ArticleAndré Leon Talley May Get His Own Talk Show
Everybody freak out: André Leon Talley is in talks to get his own late night talk show! [via Fashionista]Idris Elba looks like the way we wish we felt right now on the cover of British GQ. Sigh. [via...
View ArticleRiff Raff Talks About Inspiring James Franco
We can't wait for Harmony Korine's awesomely demented new movie Spring Breakers to come out for many reasons but at the top of our list is the chance to see James Franco in corn rows. It's pretty...
View ArticleSuperchief Gallery Infiltrates the Lower East Side
"We don't really like boring art shows," says Superchief Magazine's 23-year-old co-editor William Dunleavy. He's explaining the ambition behind the 65-piece group show that inaugurated Superchief's...
View ArticleBeach House Head Outdoors For New Short Film
Ethereal, dream-pop group Beach House has created a beautiful short film with Pitchfork that has them performing in the wilds of Texas amongst deserted highways and horses from the early dawn and into...
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