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CMJ Takes a Bite out of Williamsburger.
Photos courtesy of Rob Loud.
Pink spandex pants. Unfortunately, these are seen often enough to become normal, if not passe. Whatever their status, the singer from Sleighbells got on stage and did some uhs and ohs sporting these trendy slacks....
“The Corridor.” A deconstruction of Reality TV…
In a day and age where we always complain about reality TV shows and how dumb some of the reality stars are, are we even aware that it is our own faults that these people reach the level of...
Black Diamond- from pure love!
The satiric comedy in Black Dynamite comes from a place of pure love, which is why it is destined to develop a cult following among genre geeks and regular movie-goers alike. Writer / lead actor Michael Jai White and...
Scallywag hangs out with Clive OWEN.
Cinema 1 on 3rd Avenue between 59th and 60th street is not your likely venue for a red carpet event. In fact, the carpet was maroon, with geometric shapes piercing the diluted palette to the point of psychedelic nausea....
‘The Burning Plain.’ An Interview with Charlize Theron.
The red carpet, rolled out for the premiere of The Burning Plain at the newly renovated Sunshine Cinema, buzzed with anxious energy as the press and public waited for the celebrities to arrive.
The Burning Plain is the directorial debut...
‘Killsonic,’ one late evening in Los Angeles.
It’s one a.m., and anyone who’s anybody is rooftop on Fire Station number twenty-three. The essence of oblivion cascades from this relic, and I am one with the city, and all is well. We, those of us...
Notes for New Actors; The Brutal Truth.
From the outside it looks so glamorous. The conservatory training, infinite passion, creative collaboration - not to mention the beautiful bone structures and svelte bodies - the life of a young actor seems an artistically idyllic little world on...
TAKE Dance Company; World Premiere of Passionate, Physical Rants.
On the stage, enshrouded in a fold of dark blue lights, the elegant bodies of two dancers extend expertly as the onlookers stare breathlessly. The olive-skinned, thin-bodied woman twisting her leg into a turn wears a stunningly simple, violently...
Izzy Gold: Cultural Provocateur?
The last time I checked Izzy had been holed up in his studios for the last 26 hours, what he was doing was anyone’s guess but at any rate I finally got Izzy to answer his phone. As I...
I Don’t Need You to Feel the Same.
An interview with artist Ety Fefer
Parents sometimes tell their children not to stare at strangers. No one ever told this to Ety Fefer. So as a small child, Ety looked. Then she drew what she saw into small characters...
Rachael Sage- Lightness preceded by darkness.
On the face of securing a new recording label, MPress records we sat down and talked about the journey as singer, song writer, fatalist, romantic and diva. If there’s one thing one could conjure up with Ms.Sage is that...
A laughing matter…
Ladies who Laugh, the sold out comedy-slash-networking night put on by New York Women in Communications, Inc., managed to make a four (!) hour estrogen-heavy standup show into a highly enjoyable evening. Well played, ladies.
Perhaps I’ve already betrayed my...
Izzy Gold; Kneel Before Zod.
Picture the scene: us, me and you clutching for dear life in the back of some 60 foot love machine called “Izzy’s Fuck Machine,” and the rambunctious clatter of faux but brilliant glamour parading and swooning in front of...
Danielle Staub; Vixen, Glitter and Star..
(click here to see preview pics of Danielle's sex tape)
Danielle Staub, ‘Real Housewives of NJ’ star implicated in sex tape.
The Real Housewives series, produced by Bravo, has traveled the most affluent of enclaves throughout United States in search...
The Grateful Matisyahu.
Leaving the Matisyahu concert, I walked through a bent and broken path of Central Park where an erstwhile businessman sold nitrous oxide balloons to suburban teenagers. This breathless, brainless masses sat on the park benches, oblivious to potential police...
