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“…Puns Escaped Unharmed”
April 3, 2008 – 10:38 AM | 3 Comments

‘Tis the season once again for headline fun with the word “bunting” — but while today’s does have a baseball subject, the bunting in question is not the effecting of an infield hit, but the …

Team Supersnack: Kicking AIDS In The Balls
March 21, 2008 – 5:33 PM | No Comment

Once again, Team Supersnack is fixing to thump AIDS in the goolies on the New York City AIDS Walk. We’ve got a hefty fund-raising goal this year — $50,000 — and I myself have taken …

FMK: Quirky Teen-Focused Indies
March 9, 2008 – 11:39 AM | 41 Comments

For those of you not familiar, “FMK” stands for “Fuck, Marry, Kill”; for those of you not familiar with that, it’s like Death Is Not An Option, but with another element added. Like DINAO, you …

Tears in my ears
January 7, 2008 – 7:29 PM | 46 Comments
Tears in my ears

“…Heeeeeeelp!”
(Anyone else remember that song? “I’ve got tears in my ears, from lying on my back, crying over you”?)
I don’t care for Hillary Clinton. I don’t feel as strongly about it as I used to, …

New Year’z Eve
December 31, 2007 – 11:43 AM | 5 Comments

Guyz Nite is on the bill tonight at the Williamsburg Music Hall with Mr. Brownstone; the show starts at 9 PM.
Whatever you find yourself doing to ring in 2008, stay safe, don’t get too draconian …

Zip Code Red
December 21, 2007 – 11:45 AM | 136 Comments

After a 15-minute conversation with Skyrockets the other night in which each of us claimed that our local post office is the worst in Brooklyn — and I’ve gone to his, but mine is Van …

Merry Guyzmas
December 17, 2007 – 8:42 PM | No Comment

And to all a good Nite! GN’s next show is Wednesday, December 19 at Crash Mansion. (It’s not listed on the site, which is irritating, so feel free to email CM HQ to mention that.) …

Monday afternoon round-up
November 5, 2007 – 6:09 PM | 12 Comments

A few short ends here, since I’ve been up to my ears all day…
Thanks to reader Bryan M. for tipping me to an update in the West Memphis Three case. The site has a clickable …

Tomato Dance: The Video
November 5, 2007 – 12:21 AM | 74 Comments

Woo hoo!
Super-thanks to my bro for cutting the footage so fast. Super-non-thanks to my chins for…being myriad, and to myself for not wearing makeup in the morning. Man is that hat unflattering.
The dance itself is …

Sadie The Fire Safety Tomato Says: “Drink!”
November 2, 2007 – 5:54 PM | 12 Comments

Loki Lounge. 5th Ave. and 2nd St. in the BK. Mr. S and the Couch Baron attending. Tomato costume now festooned with cat hair. Your chance to appear in a video montage. Juuuuust sayin’.
“Enough with …