Give Me Liberty
Blue
Wall of Lawlessness
The NYPD has a long-standing reputation for
its "excessive" surveillance. Now more than ever.
by Nat
Hentoff
Press Clips
Having Won a Pulitzer for Exposing Data Mining, Times Now Eager
to do its Own Data Mining.
by Keach Hagey
Runnin' Scared
Sharing in the Gory
Already a pariah ex-AsianWeek
columnist, Kenneth Eng goes even lower.
by Chloé A.
Hilliard
Debunkers Strike Out
It's a swing and a miss for the attempts
to tear down a Jackie Robinson moment immortalized in a Brooklyn
statue.
by Allen Barra
The
Conquering Hoard
Sniffing out animal lovers who care too
much.
by Kristen Lombardi
La Dolce Musto
The Year's Artiest Sex Flick
by
Michael Musto
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b>Counter Culture
Tonguing the Devil
East Village
Japanese offers unusual home-style delicacies.
by Robert
Sietsema
Frockstar
Radical Chic
Black berets and leather
coats are out, Ski Iraq tees are in.
by Lynn Yaeger
Liquid City
You can both live in Fort Greene and drink
there. Just ask Owen. And Owen. And Owen.
by Annie Fischer
Last Meal
Ignacio Mattos doesn't want a quickie.
by
Nina Lalli
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FEATURED EVENTS
Downtown
Drive-In Movies in May
If you were born after 1970, you
probably never had the opportunity to take your date to the drive-in and
make out like wild sexual beasts the whole time. Or, at least that's
what we heard it was like back in the day. But don't fret, young bucks;
there's hope. We've found Downtown Drive-In Movies in May in the Staten
Island Ferry parking lot (how romantic). Tonight is the Pixar film
Madagascar at 8:30, followed by The Godfather at midnight.
Saturday is Saturday Night Fever at 8:30 and The Departed
at midnight. Read
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Poop
Culture: How America Is Shaped by Its Grossest National Product
Instead of focusing on all the things that make us different, let's
bond over our similarities, shall we? Like shitting—that's right,
taking a dump; feeding the toilet; lightening the load. Don't be
bashful; shit plays a solid role in each and every one of our lives, and
we should talk about it, dammit. Dave Praeger gets the conversation
rolling with his new book Poop Culture: How America Is Shaped by Its
Grossest National Product. Read
more
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Savage Love
Is sex in Second Life adultery?
by
Dan Savage
Pucker Up
The Cum of Alt Fears
Sexual subcultures leave hetero wankers
hangin.'
by Tristan Taormino
Daily Rockie
Horoscope
by Rockie
Free Will Astrology
by Rob Brezsny
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CHOICES: What to do in New York City, including which shows to
see.
Down in Front
Moving (to the Suburbs) in Stereo
The Fountains of Wayne's
commuter rhapsodies cry out for an alternate route.
by Rob
Harvilla
Fly Life
A
Deluge of Parades
Promoters, DJs, and dancers alike prepare
for some much needed cabaret lawlessness.
by Tricia Romano
Status Ain't Hood
Rancid's Tim
Armstrong still loves ska.
by Tom Breihan
Box Elders
Songs of Free Love and Hate
Glorious moping, whether over
Altamont or poor album sales.
by Michael Hoinski
Singles Going Steady
Gum
-Smacking Escapades
Folkies and avant-gardists chew both Juicy
Fruit and scenery.
by Ray Cummings
No
Limit to Our Love
Wherein rock critics' ongoing bout of
Feistmania is found to be entirely justified.
by Garrett Kamps
Plus:
The Star Spangles;
Miranda Lambert; DJ
Vadim; and much more.
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see.
Spider
Bites
Third time brings harm to the Spidey franchise; Peter
Parker to wear Lanvin ballet flats in 4.
by Nathan Lee
Memory
Loss
Time, life, and Alzheimer's erode a marriage in Sarah
Polley's Away From Her.
by Ella Taylor
Shooting to Kill
Radical docmaker Emile de Antonio put
official history in the crosshairs.
by Rob Nelson
Mazursky, In and Out of Love
Searching for unmisery with
Brooklyn's closet romantic.
by Scott Foundas
Slice of
Life
As her final film act, Adrienne Shelly serves up some
Sweet Indie Romcom Pie.
by Nathan Lee
Plus:
The Treatment;
Paris, Je T'aime; and much more.
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CHOICES: What to do in New York City, including which movies and film
events to attend.
art
A Design of the Times
You're the game-show champion at the
Cooper-Hewitt's clowning triennial.
by Robert Shuster
Plus: The
Half-Boys
Sculptor Elise Siegel's ceramic creep-out
Best in Show
Where
the Mechanical Things Are
R. C. Baker's gallery picks
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CHOICES: What to do in New York City, including which art and photo
shows to attend.
books
Bark Victory
Kera Bolonik reviews Cathleen Shine's The New Yorkers.
No Hoodrat Friend
Carol Cooper reviews William
Jelani Cobb's The Devil & Dave Chappelle.
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CHOICES: What to do in New York City, including which readings to
attend.
Prisoners of the Past
The Brig and Frost/Nixon
use yesterday's nightmares to mirror today's reality.
by Michael
Feingold
The Dish-Monger
The Vineyard Theatre's American Fiesta lights
up a bowl.
by Alexis Soloski
The
House of Stuart
But Anthony Neilson's play is less than regal.
Garrett Eisler reviews Realism
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For
Today I Am a Ship
In Stephen Petronio's work, violent doesn't
mean hostile.
by Deborah Jowitt
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CHOICES: What to do in New York City, including which dance events to
see.
This Modern World
If only Pat Tillman's family didn't
believe in worm dirt. . .
by Tom Tomorrow
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