Music

21 Nov 2011

Dance It Out at Toca Tuesdays at Sutra

I’m always looking for ways to work out some energy by hitting the dance floor without paying the price of my first-born child for a drink, and sometimes just dancing around my living room is not enough. So, when I feel the need to get down to some old school

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19 Nov 2011

Today: Queens Thanksgiving Zombie Walk Takes Over Astoria

Ahhh, Thanksgiving time. A time to reflect on what we’re thankful for with those we love, and also sometimes dress up like Zombies and run around Queens. The inaugural edition of the Queens Thanksgiving Zombie Walk will do just that today starting at noon. Complimentary zombie makeovers are provided to

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17 Nov 2011

Vibrate to Moombahtom this Friday!

This Friday night, November 18th, at SF Public Works– get ready to blush. Well, at least the first time I saw this crazy kind of dancing going on, I think I turned bright red. Think of girls with big booties shaking their thing – like in that Mr. Ghetto Wallmart

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16 Nov 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: The Postelles

The Postelles are a band so diversely talented that they can release a Ramones cover on the same EP as a Joe Jones cover and make you unabashedly swing your hips to both. Lead singer Dan Balk, guitarist David Dargahi, bassist John Speyer, and percussionist Billy Cadden met during high school

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14 Nov 2011

Broke-Ass Comedian Interview: Matt Morales (Fri @ Snob Theatre!)

I’m not going to do a big intro. I like to let comedians speak for themselves. Because I don’t want to write a slightly funny intro and then have my thunder stolen with a hilarious interview. Rude. So I’m going to be the bigger person and do nothing even though

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14 Nov 2011

NYC Restaurant Review: Tillman’s

Only in New York City can you pay $14 for a single grilled cheese sandwich, but then at the same establishment hear an intimate concert with Talib Kweli for FREE. Such contradictions make up Tillman’s, where expensive comfort food is balanced out by the pricelessness of your experience. A hidden

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13 Nov 2011

High Voltage, a FREE Reading by Electric Literature

Come to Franklin Park this Monday at 8pm for High Voltage, a FREE reading put on by Electric Literature.  If this is the first you’re hearing of Electric Literature, here’s their beautifully simple mission statement: Electric Literature’s mission is to use new media and innovative distribution to return the short story to

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07 Nov 2011

Broke-Ass Band Interview: Carter Tanton, Show Tuesday at Cameo Gallery

Carter Tanton, formerly known as Tulsa, has been generating quite a bit of critical buzz lately – Rolling Stone dubbed his “indie-seraphim voice… not of this world” and Nylon Mag declared his upcoming album, Freeclouds, an “indie gem.” You’ll be able to get Freeclouds – which feels like the aural

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