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Your Guide to Memorial Day Weekend In NYC
Hamptons schmamptons. We're planning on staying in town for this upcoming glorious three-day weekend, and have put together a little guide for our fellow staycationers. Here are a bunch of things to do this weekend…
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A Clothespin Bench + Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron Have a "Golden Shower" Scene in New Movie = Eight Items Or Less
1. Whoa freaky! Check out these amazingly life-like scupltures made of WOOD. [via Laughing Squid]2. We love the new line of espadrilles Mara Hoffman designed for Soludos! [via High Snobette]3. Clever. [via aliensnotbots]4. Make of…
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Allen Katz of New York Distilling Company Talks GoogaMooga and Rock 'n Rye
Not everyone is hating on the (perhaps not so) Great GoogaMooga festival that took place last weekend,to wit, Allen Katz of New York Distilling Company. On Saturday, 600 of their gin-based cocktails sold out in…
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Unlikely Birthday Twins Alert: Maru + Bob Dylan
Hey, Bob Dylan's and web superstar/cat Maru's birthday are both today, May 24th! We wish you all the giant cardboard boxes and tiny pencil mustaches in the world on your special days. …
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Bleep This! Blip Festival Kicks Off Tomorrow
Do NOT leave town this weekend! You don't want to miss the 2012 Blip Festival, do you? It's the sixth edition of the three-day celebration of all things chip music, featuring everything from hack-your-Gameboy seminars…
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Listen to Giovanni James' "Shining" -- A PAPERMAG Premiere!
Performer, member of the Harlem James Gang and general bon vivant about (down)town, Giovanni James -- formerly known as Jelly Jells -- has a new single to accompany the new name, "Shining," and we're psyched…
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Jonathan Boulet's "This Song is Called Ragged" Is Our Music Video of the Day
We'll begin by saying that you need to keep watching today's video, "This Song is Called Ragged," because eventually all of those weird props are going to start exploding. The song is by a…
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The Morning Funnies: Banksy's New Bush + Adam Scott on Rollerblades
Banksy's new bush! [via High Snobiety]Here are some fun shots of Adam Scott filming Walter Mitty in New York sporting some very cool (what appear to be) wooden rollerblades. Go, Adam, go! [via Tall Whitney]In…
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Tips For Today: Beck in L.A. + Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros in Chicago + Beach House in London + Klimt Exhibit Opening in NYC
New YorkOpening of Gustav Klimt: 150th Anniversary Celebration at Neue Galerie Museum for German and Austrian Art [via ArtSlant]Bliss-pop band, Hooray For Earth -- who recently premiered their Twin Shadow-remixed track, "No Love" on PAPERMAG…
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Ben & Jerry's Pint Lock + Whatever Happened to Your Favorite American Idol Contestants? = Eight Items Or Less
1. Precious director Lee Daniels has cast Minka Kelly as Jackie Kennedy in his new film, The Butler, about the life of a longtime White House butler. The impressive cast already includes Forest Whitaker as…
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Ovenly to Open in Greenpoint This Friday
As we mentioned earlier this year, savory sweets/snacks geniuses (and former PAPER beautiful people) Erin Patinkin and Agatha Kulaga of Ovenly are setting up shop in Greenpoint, and they're officially opening their doors at 31…
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A.J. Jacobs On His Quest to Become the Healthiest Man in the World
A few years ago, A.J. Jacobs, a writer and Esquire Editor-At-Large known for his immersive journalism and non-fiction work, discovered his latest topic after admitting a few unflattering truths to himself regarding his health. "I…
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Top of the Pops: Beach House Debuts on the Top 40 + Carly Rae Jepsen Dethrones Gotye
American Idol may be slipping in the TV ratings, but this week one of the shows finalists replaces another at the top of the pop album chart. Yes, Adam Lambert's latest, Trespassing, replaces Carrie Underwood…
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Lady Gaga's Ponytail + The Return of M Magazine in Today's Style Scraps
We are hereby declaring Lady Gaga's Ponytail the new Angelina Jolie's Leg. [via Refinery29]Model Karli Kloss raised $58,025 at this past weekend's AIDS Walk. [via WWD]The guys of perennially cool Saturdays Surf NYC are breaking…
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Prince Charles Drops the Bass in Toronto
Now there's a headline we never thought we'd write. As part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Tour, Prince Charles moseyed over to Toronto (our neighbors to the north are still commonwealth after all!) where he…
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Sleigh Bells' "Demons" Is Our Music Video of the Day
If you haven't seen Sleigh Bells live, their new video for "Demons" should give you a pretty good idea. The track is from their second album, Reign of Terror, and the clip -- shot…
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Trailer Trash: The Great Gatsby
Welcome to Trailer Trash, highlighting the best, worst and so-so in new movie trailers. When The Great Gatsby is released around Christmas, will there also be a "novelization" based on the screenplay? Or maybe…
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The Morning Funnies: @NotTildaSwinton + the Moog Google Doodle Is the Best Google Doodle
@NotTildaSwinton, in which Tilda Swinton is portrayed as a metaphysical alien forest priestess = our favorite new fake celebrity Twitter account. Besides the fact that her bio says she's the mother of a bat named…
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Tips for Today: A Prince Sing-Along in NY + Devendra Banhart in L.A. + Curren$y in Chicago + A Night at the Zoo in London
New York"Guess I shoulda known, by the way she parked her car sideways that it wouldn't last..." Sorry, we were just warming up for the Prince Sing-Along taking place at Union Hall tonight. [via Flavorpill] Spring pieces from Yigal Azrouel and…
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Our 35 Favorite Goths In Honor of World Goth Day
Happy World Goth Day to all our pale-faced, brooding, romantically-inclined friends. If you're going out to celebrate tonight, make sure you have plenty of burgundy lipstick and liquid eyeliner on hand (and, if you're staying…
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