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Starbucks Frappuccino Bottles Become Molotov Cocktails in NYC Bombings (VIDEO)

The molotov cocktail requires little in the way of specialized components. That said, one New York City scumbag has apparently singled out Starbucks Frappuccino bottles as tops when it comes to vessels of arson.

White Ring

The molotov cocktail requires little in the way of specialized components. That said, one New York City scumbag has apparently singled out Starbucks Frappuccino bottles as tops when it comes to vessels of arson.

Bureka's at Gazala's Place in New York

Get Baked is in New York City this week, a sobering task. Choosing among hundreds, if not more possibilities here ain't a pretty prospect - even when you're talking about baked goods. Luckily, my yoga teacher took me to one of her favorite spots in Hell's Kitchen a few years ago and I've been wantin ... More >>

Anamanaguchi

Get Baked is in New York City this week, a sobering task. Choosing among hundreds, if not more possibilities here ain't a pretty prospect - even when you're talking about baked goods. Luckily, my yoga teacher took me to one of her favorite spots in Hell's Kitchen a few years ago and I've been wantin ... More >>

Mister PeePee, Twitter Perv, Embarks on Mission to Masturbate in Every NYC Starbucks

​Setting goals in life is important. I mean if you're going to masturbate in one New York City Starbucks bathroom, why not try to masturbate in all New York City Starbucks bathrooms?

Tell Me About That Song: Jon Spencer, Vocalist of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

​A lot went into writing your favorite song--but how much do you really know about it? This week Jon Spencer, vocalist and guitarist of New York City three-piece The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, delves into the 2000 election, Rolling Stone and giving a musical middle finger. Song: "Talk Abou ... More >>

Heems of Das Racist Flips the Strokes' Too-Hot-for-9/11-America Track "New York City Cops" For Stereogum Tribute Stroked

The Strokes song "New York City Cops" was supposed to come out on the band's brilliantly laconic slack rock debut Is This It, but its chorus of "New York City cops/they ain't too smart" was deemed too insensitive to the city's first responders in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy, and the song was rele ... More >>

A Friendly Plea for a Moratorium on Flash Mobs

​The first time was pretty cool. The year was 2003, the location midtown New York City. Out of nowhere, a hundred people showed up on the ninth floor of Macy's, all gathered around the same piece of merchandise. For anyone asking, the answer was the same: They lived together in a warehouse out ... More >>

Wolf + Lamb vs. Soul Clap

​The first time was pretty cool. The year was 2003, the location midtown New York City. Out of nowhere, a hundred people showed up on the ninth floor of Macy's, all gathered around the same piece of merchandise. For anyone asking, the answer was the same: They lived together in a warehouse out ... More >>

The Drums

​The first time was pretty cool. The year was 2003, the location midtown New York City. Out of nowhere, a hundred people showed up on the ninth floor of Macy's, all gathered around the same piece of merchandise. For anyone asking, the answer was the same: They lived together in a warehouse out ... More >>

Preguntale al Mexicano

​The first time was pretty cool. The year was 2003, the location midtown New York City. Out of nowhere, a hundred people showed up on the ninth floor of Macy's, all gathered around the same piece of merchandise. For anyone asking, the answer was the same: They lived together in a warehouse out ... More >>

Watch John Legend and The Roots Cover Arcade Fire's "Wake Up"

Speaking of the Arcade Fire, here's an unlikely cover of one of their best songs -- in this Spike Lee-directed clip, John Legend and the Roots perform "Wake Up" at New York City's Terminal 5. In their version, the song loses some of its fierce aggression and instead, with Legend pounding on the pi ... More >>

Stonewall Uprising: An Important Event, Awkwardly Remembered

Speaking of the Arcade Fire, here's an unlikely cover of one of their best songs -- in this Spike Lee-directed clip, John Legend and the Roots perform "Wake Up" at New York City's Terminal 5. In their version, the song loses some of its fierce aggression and instead, with Legend pounding on the pi ... More >>

Air 2 A Bird Gets Chirpy via Gabriel Teodros and Amos Miller's Crow Hill

​Artist: Air 2 A Bird Album: Crow Hill Release date: July 22 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy -- you can even name your price Listen: Stream the record via BandCamp Just 72 short hours after leaving the country for a three-month tour reaching Europe, the Middle East and Africa, local rapper ... More >>

May Day Concert at Town Hall

​Artist: Air 2 A Bird Album: Crow Hill Release date: July 22 Rating (Skip, Stream, or Buy): Buy -- you can even name your price Listen: Stream the record via BandCamp Just 72 short hours after leaving the country for a three-month tour reaching Europe, the Middle East and Africa, local rapper ... More >>

A List That Will Blow Your Mind: R&I's Top 100 Independent Restaurants of 2010

​In the world of serious, high-power restaurateurs, there is only one list every year that really matters. They don't care about local favorites, don't pay much attention to run-downs of best burgers or waffles or fish fries. And while the big fish might get a giggle out of things like the Jam ... More >>

Election Night '09: New York's New DA is Ex-Seattleite

​Seattle picked a new city attorney yesterday and so did New York - overwhelmingly electing former longtime Seattle attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr. In NYC he's called the district attorney of course, and while many TV-watching Americans thought the Big Apple's DA was Sam Waterston - a.k.a. Jack McC ... More >>

What are all Those Seniors Doing in the Safeway Parking Lot? Heading for the Craps Table

​My 90-year-old aunt used to have a ritual in the New York City apartment complex where she lives. Every so often, she'd take an early morning bus provided by casinos in New Jersey, which would deposit her back at her building later that day, her wallet usually a little lighter. I hadn't rea ... More >>

Kevin Devine

Thursday, May 21

Ron Artest: Brandon Roy "the Best Player I've Played Against"

The zany Houston defensive stopper tells TNT that Seattle native Brandon Roy is better offensively than either Kobe Bryant or LeBron James -- but not as good as one of his NYC playground homeys who got locked up at the age of 16.

Transit-Oriented Communities Bill Wouldn't Require Upzone at Mt. Baker Station

Little Manhattan As we noted yesterday, House Bill 1490 has encountered a lot of opposition from people who think it will turn their neighborhoods into little Manhattans. The bill would mandate net densities of 50 units per acre in the half-mile radius around transit stations and would also elimin ... More >>

Eddie Vedder, Paul McCartney and Others Rock Out For Transcendental Meditation

Eddie Vedder, who we all know loves a good cause, announced today that he and rockers Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Paul Horn, and Moby, will be playing a benefit show in New York City for, of all things, the David Lynch Foundation. You'd think any foundation that David Lynch is behind ... More >>

The Drowsy Chaperone

Eddie Vedder, who we all know loves a good cause, announced today that he and rockers Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Paul Horn, and Moby, will be playing a benefit show in New York City for, of all things, the David Lynch Foundation. You'd think any foundation that David Lynch is behind ... More >>

Springsteen and Joel to play for Obama

Eddie Vedder, who we all know loves a good cause, announced today that he and rockers Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Paul Horn, and Moby, will be playing a benefit show in New York City for, of all things, the David Lynch Foundation. You'd think any foundation that David Lynch is behind ... More >>

This American (Financial) Life: A Primer

Eddie Vedder, who we all know loves a good cause, announced today that he and rockers Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Paul Horn, and Moby, will be playing a benefit show in New York City for, of all things, the David Lynch Foundation. You'd think any foundation that David Lynch is behind ... More >>

Farewell, Mr. Ayers

Eddie Vedder, who we all know loves a good cause, announced today that he and rockers Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Paul Horn, and Moby, will be playing a benefit show in New York City for, of all things, the David Lynch Foundation. You'd think any foundation that David Lynch is behind ... More >>

I Couldn't Have Said It Better

Eddie Vedder, who we all know loves a good cause, announced today that he and rockers Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Paul Horn, and Moby, will be playing a benefit show in New York City for, of all things, the David Lynch Foundation. You'd think any foundation that David Lynch is behind ... More >>

Rawstock

Eddie Vedder, who we all know loves a good cause, announced today that he and rockers Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Paul Horn, and Moby, will be playing a benefit show in New York City for, of all things, the David Lynch Foundation. You'd think any foundation that David Lynch is behind ... More >>

Live Music Tonight: Gutter Twins, British Sea Power, and More

Eddie Vedder, who we all know loves a good cause, announced today that he and rockers Paul McCartney, Sheryl Crow, Donovan, Paul Horn, and Moby, will be playing a benefit show in New York City for, of all things, the David Lynch Foundation. You'd think any foundation that David Lynch is behind ... More >>

Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players

Saturday, December 8

Man Man + Love as Laughter + Wild Orchid Children

Tuesday, October 30

What It's Really Like Behind the Scenes at Your Favorite Restaurant

Tuesday, October 30

Hilly Kristal Found Dead

Tuesday, October 30

House of the Unholy

Burlesque

Patti Smith

Saturday, August 11

Condo Dwellers' Bill of Rights

Saturday, August 11

Trans Fat Ban on the Table in King County

Saturday, August 11

Alibi Loses View, Gains Pot Roast: All Good

Cozy vibe is more N.Y.C. than PNW.

Mooneys Tonight at El Corazon

Cozy vibe is more N.Y.C. than PNW.

Boner Juice

Cozy vibe is more N.Y.C. than PNW.

East-er

Cozy vibe is more N.Y.C. than PNW.

Hull Yeah!

The Epochs' secluded electronica.

Gay Sex in the 70s

Showing at Varsity, Fri., March 10–Thurs., March 16. Not rated. 72 minutes.

CMJ's Music Marathon at Lincoln Center

Showing at Varsity, Fri., March 10–Thurs., March 16. Not rated. 72 minutes.

Late Night Stops

Showing at Varsity, Fri., March 10–Thurs., March 16. Not rated. 72 minutes.

(Not) Strictly Rhythm

The Rapture does the truffle shuffle in too-tight pants.

Party for One

Upper West Side dining in a downtown boîte de nuit.