Eye Spy
Wendy James Is Back
At 16, Wendy James began a musical odyssey that brought her international stardom as the lead singer of Transvision Vamp, a pop-punk band that went on to record several top-10 hits in England in the…
Read Full Story
Drew Barrymore Had a Baby + Rooftop Fish in Brooklyn = 8 Items Or Less
1) Drew Barrymore had a baby girl named Olive, which we think falls within the "sweet and respectable" range of the "Celebrities Who Name Their Children After Food" spectrum. Congrats! [UsWeekly]2) The 83rd Volume of…
Read Full Story
Artist Ai Weiwei Still Can't Travel Outside of China.
The Chinese government continues to show no mercy in its campaign to silence Ai Weiwei. Even after lifting his bail conditions, and a year after he was released from prison, they continue to prevent him…
Read Full Story
Remembering Etan Patz, Still Missing 33 Years Later
The name Etan Patz still sends a chill down my spine some 33 years after he famously disappeared one morning, the first time the six year old was allowed to walk to school on his…
Read Full Story
Mike D'Antoni Is Out, Long Live the Knicks!
I hate change, so I'm sad to see Mike D'Antoni depart as the Knicks' coach. My first reaction was to blame Knicks' owner James Dolan, who's been meddling with the general manager and coaching decisions…
Read Full Story
Anna Wintour and Clint Eastwood Anger Republicans
Things are going so well for the Democrats and Barack Obama that the Republicans are now finding cause to complain about Anna Wintour and Clint Eastwood.Vogue editor Wintour, a known Democrat fund raiser, has come…
Read Full Story
Etta James RIP
Just last week I was listening to Etta James because I was taken by a sample from Flo-Rida's "Good Feelings" (below) and wanted to know more about the amazing voice that carries the infectious…
Read Full Story
@DaveNavarro Is Now Following @CallMeJuno (Juno Temple). More Followers Follow...
On of our favorite features of Twitter these days is the "Activity" tab. Here you can find out what your followers are doing -- who's favoriting whom and even more fun, who's following whom. For…
Read Full Story
David's Art Basel Highlights
Paper editor David Hershkovits was down in Miami last week for Art Basel and snapped a handful of photos for us. Here are a few highlights from his adventures out and about.…
Read Full Story
High Line Co-Founder Robert Hammond on the Park's Gayness and His Nostalgia for a Grittier NYC
In the few short years since the High Line opened in 2009, it has become an iconic part of the New York City landscape and a rallying cry for urban developers everywhere. In High Line:…
Read Full Story
Will Hermes On His New Chronicle of NYC Music in the '70s and Why Bruce Springsteen Is More Punk Than You Think
Will Hermes is a boy from Queens who loved to rock so much he went on to become a senior critic at Rolling Stone and is the author of the new music book Love…
Read Full Story
Policing Occupy Wall Street
With the Occupy Wall Street movement spreading to Los Angeles, Boston, Washington, D.C., Seattle and many other cities (even countries like Ireland), it's time for the police to come to grips with the legitimacy of…
Read Full Story
This Week in Mainstreaming of Marijuana News...
Perhaps nothing reflects the mainstreaming of marijuana as two recent examples that have caught my eye. The first comes via the New York Times, touting the Wispr, a sleek vaporizer that goes for $270. Now…
Read Full Story
Thank You, Steve.
The accolades and tributes continue to pour in for the late Steve Jobs, the "visionary" who went on to build a digital products company that created game-changing devices from the Apple computer to iTunes, the…
Read Full Story
Entourage, I'll Miss You.
Entourage has been one of my guilty pleasures over the eight years it's been on. Last season was my favorite: Vince's (Adrian Grenier) decline into coke and sex addiction with his girlfriend Sasha Grey, the…
Read Full Story
Emerging from Hurricane Irene
With the news of Hurricane Irene making its way to the New York area, I was confronted with the choice of staying in the East Village within blocks of the danger zone or going…
Read Full Story
Checking In With Urban Theorist Richard Florida, Who Says NYC Is Doing Just Fine
Richard Florida is walking through the Modern, Danny Meyer's new restaurant at the MoMA, wondering why its patrons have transformed from business-y and middle-aged to a casual crowd in its 30s in the few hours…
Read Full Story
Digging the 7th Season of Weeds
It's hard to know what to make of Weeds, a show that has grown frustratingly bizarre but retains a loyal viewership. Here in its 7th season, the stoner comedy follows a single mom pot dealer…
Read Full Story
Deitch Promises "Art in the Streets" Will Come to NYC.
Three cheers for Jeffrey Deitch. Say what you want about him -- and people have -- he gets it done without fear of consequences. While the Brooklyn Museum, buckling under political pressure, cancels the much…
Read Full Story
No Street Art for Brooklyn
Bad news for New Yorkers. The blockbuster exhibit "Art in the Streets," Jeffrey Deitch's show at the MoCA in Los Angeles, will not be coming to the Brooklyn Museum as previously announced. Brooklyn Museum director…
Read Full Story