| | | The Ballad of Donovan Drayton BY GRAHAM RAYMAN  On the morning of October 1, 2007, Donovan Drayton was a 19-year-old kid with serious ambitions of following his father, Ronny, into the music business. The elder Drayton was an accomplished guitarist who has performed with the likes of Parliament Funkadelic, the Chambers Brothers, and Wilson Pickett. Donovan was brought up in a Jamaica, Queens, house crammed with instruments and the constant hum of creativity. Though he attended three high schools without earning a degree, Donovan had landed a coveted internship with Bad Boy Records, the label founded by Sean "P. Diddy" Combs. "That opportunity would have catapulted me into the future," he says. "I was trying to follow in my father's ... more >>
| | | | | | | | Life Advice From Alice in Chains BY KATHERINE TURMAN  "When it comes down to Jerry [Cantrell] and I, everything operates friends-first, just like the band always did," says Alice in Chains drummer Sean Kinney. "You gotta like what you're doing and enjoy each other. There's no reason to be out there riding around with someone you don't like." That's no small feat, especially as Alice in Chains has been a band for longer than some of their fans h... more >> | | | | | | The Upper East Side Hosts a Conclave of Superlative Sushi Restaurants BY ZACHARY FELDMAN  With wild bluefin as controversial and rarefied as blood diamonds, good sushi is doomed to be a pursuit of the affluent, and the occasional treat for everyone else. And so it makes sense that the Upper East Side, a zip code with incomes larger than Kanye West's ego, would play host to the greatest concentration of well-above-average sushi restaurants. In a 20-block radius, there are six sushi de... more >> | | | | | | The Gorgeous Ain't Them Bodies Saints Goes Deep in the Heart of Texans BY CHUCK WILSON  In David Lowery's sublime new film, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Bob Muldoon (Casey Affleck), who's serving 25 to life for armed robbery and wounding a cop during a shootout, frequently puts pencil to parchment paper and writes love letters to his girlfriend, Ruth (Rooney Mara). Bob's aching, lovelorn voice can be heard in voiceover throughout the film, reading those letters, setting the tone for a... more >> | | | | | | | | The Whitney Finds the Good Thing About the '80s BY CHRISTIAN VIVEROS-FAUNé  Like time spent staring at roof pigeons, the summer doldrums in New York are good for stocktaking. A recent lunch with an uptown museum curator led to some, as we debated a type of show popular with local institutions since 2008: the historical survey of engagé art (think of White Columns' "Activism, Art, and the AIDS Crisis, 1987-1993"). Afterward, I strolled a few blocks to the Whitney ... more >> | | | | | | Runnin' Scared American immigration policy can be complex and subjective. So much so that a Queens man spent 49 months in detention because immigration officials may have misinterpreted the law. Gerald Nwozuzu,... Fork in the Road No. 51: Chocolate gelato from Stella 34 Trattoria ... Sound of the City Better than: The silly Katy Perry/Lady Gaga feud. "She's gonna find her way back home," sings Holly and Jess, the lead singers of the Brooklyn-bred band Lucius, in perfect unison on the aptly tit... 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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