In New Orleans, the Saints Are Marching In Again
Just as Hitler and Stalin couldn't ban jazz, Hurricane Katrina can't keep it and New Orleans down.
by Nat Hentoff
New York's Most Obnoxious Lawyer
Do we have to pick just one? Kenny Heller won't admit it, but he could make a case for the title if he hadn't been disbarred-for obnoxious behavior.
by Sean Gardiner
Press Clips
Another Imus in the Mourning?
CBS comes very near replacing a barnacle with a Barnicle.
Keach Hagey
Runnin' Scared
Slumlord Showdown
Mayoral wannabe Chris Quinn treads cautiously in housing fight.
by Tom Robbins
Life Support
Scenes from a rescue mission.
by Kristen Lombardi
'I Live on Seaman, Just After Cumming'
Pervy streets at Manhattan's dirty northern end.
by Mara Altman
La Dolce Musto
Did Clooney Really Romance Teri Hatcher?
by Michael Musto
Counter Culture
Bean There, Done That
Easter stew and other delights at Sunnyside Ecuadorian café.
by Robert Sietsema
Liquid City
The Art of Drinking
by Annie Fischer
FrockStar
Market Value
Setting out to discover if Manhattan's fleas really bite
by Lynn Yaeger
Inside the Guide: music; art; events; activism; video games; free; and more.
FEATURED EVENTS
Slam IX: Michael Jackson vs. Prince
Ever since 1982's Thriller, Michael Jackson's King of Pop crown has had Prince fans grumbling under their breath. Tonight, MJ diehards and enthusiasts of the Revolution settle the score at Slam IX: Michael Jackson vs. Prince musical throw-down. . . . .read more
Taste of Chinatown
The third annual Taste of Chinatown festival is the best way to get your Asian food fix on. Restaurants take to the sidewalks offering native treats like dim sum, noodles, bubble teas, and other delectables for one to two bucks a pop. . . . .read more
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Savage Love
He's Into Ballbusting. So's She.
by Dan Savage
Fly Life
The Birthday Party
Reminisces on last night's, last year's, and the last half-decade's parties as Fly Life turns five.
by Tricia Romano
Daily Rockie Horoscope
by Rockie
Free Will Astrology
by Rob Brezsny
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Status Ain't Hood
Jay-Z and Timbaland, Together Again
by Tom Breihan
Interval
Hip-Hop Is Dead to Him
Hypocrisy and lack of flow defeat Marsalis's attack on "safari seekers" and "thug-life coons".
by Francis Davis
Gang of New Jersey
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists mingle rampant Europhilia with "American Girl".
by John Nova Lomax
Saw'd Off
Dancehall's First Lady flaunts both lyrical nuance and a dazzling pum-pum grip.
Makkada B. Selah on Lady Saw's Walk Out
Roky's Inferno
The unlikeliest (and wildest) of comebacks roars improbably on.
by Jason Gross
Plus: Mark Ronson;
Blonde Redhead; and much more.
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The Goulden Age
Only in the early '70s could Elliott Gould have been a matinee idol. Since then? The Brooklyn schlemiel's long goodbye.
by J. Hoberman
Arresting Development
Shaun of the Dead guys spoof your guilty pleasures. Yes, you, with the Bad Boys DVD.
Robert Wilonsky reviews Hot Fuzz
(Non)Sense Memory
Riffing on his parents' lives before he was born, Weerasethakul makes the beautiful inscrutable
J. Hoberman reviews Syndromes and a Century
Full Nelson
With grip and control, Ryan Gosling's done it again in this smart legal thriller.
Scott Foundas reviews Fracture
Plus: In the Land of Women; Pathfinder; and much more.
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art
The Vanishing
orture, execution, disappearance-grappling with the horrors of totalitarianism at El Museo del Barrio
by Leslie Camhi
Plus: Hospital Iraq
Photos of medics at war
Best in Show
Spanish Bombs
R. C. Baker's gallery picks
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books
The Stall of Fame
In his gonzo media memoir, Glasgow Phillips watches himself turn into an asshole.
Nathan Lee on Glasgow Phillips's The Royal Nonesuch: Or, What Will I Do When I Grow Up?
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Lie, the Beloved Country
Two revivals of classic dramas show America's knack for denying the truth.
Michael Feingold reviews Inherit the Wind ; A Moon for the Misbegotten
'Jews Fleeing Nazis? No Thank You.'
The Accomplices implicates America in the WWII genocide.
Alexis Soloski reviews The Accomplices
Lost in 3D Space
3-Legged Dog's Optical-Illusion WTC Elegy.
Alexis Soloski reviews Losing Something
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O Fortuna!
With Carmina Burana, it's out of the cloister and into the fire.
Deborah Jowitt on Carmina Burana
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Sutton Impact
What Happened to Ward Sutton and his Sutton Impact Comic Strip?
by Ward Sutton
This Modern World
Then and Now: Vietnam Versus Iraq
by Tom Tomorrow
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