| | | Bill de Blasio's Elusive City Council Papers Raise More Questions Than They Answer BY GRAHAM RAYMAN  If Democratic primary winner Bill de Blasio is elected New York City's next mayor in November, one of his jobs will be to collect hundreds of millions of dollars in fines from the citizenry. As a New York City councilmember representing Brooklyn from 2002 to 2009, however, de Blasio made a habit of trying to fix tickets for his constituents, repeatedly writing letters to agencies such as the Parking Violations Bureau and the Environmental Control Board throughout his tenure. The revelation emerged in a Village Voice review of de Blasio's City Council papers filed in the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives at LaGuardia Community College—and it comes with a heaping helping of political intr... more >>
| | | | | | | | Rapt.fm: Like Chatroulette Fueled by Hip-Hop, With Significantly Fewer Dicks BY JONAH BROMWICH  You enter the room and they're already there. Some of the names you recognize: Randa the Rhyma (45 wins), Gig@ntic (48 wins), and Novice Raps (53 wins). You've checked the boards obsessively, but you've only ever been here before anonymously, as a guest. This is your first appearance in competition. You're nervous. You signal that you are open to a battle and, before you know it, Unlimited Barzz ... more >> | | | | | | SakaMai Heralds a Rice-Brew Renaissance BY JAMES A. FOLEY  Last May at a Wine & Spirits magazine "Top of the List" event in NYC, attendees swirled Bordeaux and munched on concept-forward small bites, much as they do at similar events around the country. The difference here was that for the first time in the event's history, it allowed food to be paired with sake instead of wine. Sake, which is now included on the Court of Master Sommeliers exam, is a ce... more >> | | | | | | The 51st New York Film Festival Is as Varied as Its Hometown BY AARON HILLIS  Last year's New York Film Festival may have celebrated its golden anniversary, but the 51st edition—launching half a century plus a couple weeks after Lincoln Center's inaugural fest—has distinctively, determinedly expanded in breadth, offering the closest NYFF has come to a something-for-every-cineast saturnalia. Among the bevy of sidebars alone are "Revivals" (11 little-screened re... more >> | | | | | | | | The Propeller Group Take on the Art World's Celebrity Fixation BY CHRISTIAN VIVEROS-FAUNE  "Are celebrities the new art stars?" asked a Newsweek cover story in July. A few months later, certain windy developments (or popcorn farts) that passed for world-shaking events on TMZ and CNN answered in the affirmative. In the wake of Miley Cyrus's art-inspired twerking and Jay Z's bombastic Picasso-grubbing, it appears no better representatives of art's embrace of commodity status exist today ... more >> | | | | | | Runnin' Scared At 12:30 on September 25 in the Year of Our Lord 2013, something amazing happened: 358 New Yorkers got together in Herald Square and broke the world record for the number of people twerking simul... Fork in the Road We've barely closed the door on summer, but we've already spotted holiday-themed commercials--which makes us keen to save a buck or two in anticipation of the spending to come. Here's where to e... Sound of the City On September 30th, 1970, Janis Joplin gave what would be her last interview ever with Village Voice writer Howard Smith. The last time the two were set to speak, Joplin cancelled after Rolling St... After Dark NY Got sexy problems? In this, Naked City's newest feature, I will attempt to help readers figure out matters of the heart and loins such that they might copulate without confusion. Today, we take u... | | | | | | | | | | | | | Coupons >> |
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