July 2009
49 posts
"Hey Shithead, wanna buy me a drink?!?!"
…Because DJ VIKING THRUST will be playing the finest punk rock party platters this side of “Bummer Bitch” in the beer garden at Roberta’s all afternoon this Saturday.
As seen in the New Yorker (no shit!):
The “I Have Fun In Brooklyn” end of tour party:
Saturday August 1 from 3 - 6 PM
SPACE LIBERATON ARMY (featuring: Mike Edison, Jon Spencer, Hollis...
Are Restaurants the New Nightlife? An Existential... →
Here is a link to a highly recommended article that is well worth your time on the transition within the nightlife world from clubs we’d never dare patronize to restaurants we can’t afford to eat in. One of the best points—and one within our price range—came from a spam comment for Taco Bell’s border-jumping cousin Baja Fresh. Unfortunately since we don’t use...
Cold Stone Creamery chain introduced a new ice... →
If this ice cream is anything like the Red Bull I spilled in the cup holder of my cousin’s Volvo station wagon that congealed to the consistency of rubber cement then this is nothing you’d want to put into your body.
Where are bad bars to meet abnormal,... →
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"Could be, ah, ah, neighbors, could be friends...
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— Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, indicted for black market organ dealing.
When he says “shmear” I just assume the good rebbe is talking about bagels for shabbos kiddush and not something a bit more sinister.
What Sank The Shank? | NY Press →
[link via andrearosen]
Great article from the NY Press on the rise and fall of The Shank which includes this very poignant line:
Prerequisite hedonisms aside, the vast, windowless space seemed to radiate depravity from its very walls, from its unmarked entrance to the plank patrons had to traverse over murky waters to get to the much-abused bathrooms.
Depravity is right. When we were part of...
Dozens Arrested in New Jersey Corruption Probe
Hey remember that time when we were coming to you live from the outdoor seating area at Benny Tudino’s back in June en route to the Mummies show at Maxwell’s as the polls were closing on election day? Well it turns out we were actually unwittingly witnessing some classic NJ corrupt politics in action. Crazy, right? Let’s hope none of those trafficked kidneys and human livers...
Food Blog Porn
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Meaghan and I were a little obsessed with the KFC and El Pollo Loco chicken wars this summer, when KFC introduced its new grilled chicken and sponsored a giveaway that failed on a monumental scale—Oprah offered a downloadable coupon for a free meal, and (predictably) when people went in to local chains en masse to claim their free chicken they were told it had run out,...
Inhuman Eating Machine: IEM Session #11- I Don't... →
Part II of the Ethnic Sandwich Trilogy has been posted at Inhuman Eating Machine. This time with special guest Mitch Cardwell, a guy who can put em away better than you. If you were wondering where the best deli sandwich in the East Bay is then fret no longer.
Up next: TORTAS!
Thursday nite we'll be playing the bongos at the...
disgustingmakeouts:
Tomorrow nite one of us will be sitting in on the bongos with our dear friend and colleague Mike Edison as he reads selections from his lurid memoir I Have Fun Everywhere I Go: Savage Tales of Pot, Porn, Punk Rock, Pro Wrestling, Talking Apes, Evil Bosses, Dirty Blues, American Heroes, and the Most Notorious Magazines in the World as part of the In The Flesh Erotic Reading...