| | | The Gang War that Wasn't BY ALBERT SAMAHA  The bullet hit the young man in the chest. He staggered down the building's dim hallway, stumbling through an apartment door. He collapsed on the floor. Two residents, already roused by the crack of a gunshot in the small hours of the morning, rushed to him. One called 911. The other crouched to hold the young man, pleading with him to keep his eyes open. They knew this kid. Most everybody at the Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway knew Ramel Gittens. His friends called him "Rowdy." The square-jawed 19-year-old had a life-of-the-party way about him. Gittens had been a star running back and point guard at Far Rockaway High School. He carried himself with the confidence of a prom king. It was ... more >>
| | | | | | | | The Graying of Hip-Hop BY CHRIS O'SHEA  Andre Young is 48 years old. Gary Grice is 46, and Shawn Carter? Forty-three. O'Shea Jackson is 44 and Tariq Trotter is 41. Nasir Jones can boast that he's still in his 30s, but whatever pleasure he gathers from that ends September 14. Dr. Dre, Gza, Jay Z, Ice Cube, Black Thought, and Nas aren't the only rappers pushing through midlife, but they represent what is a unique situation for hip-hop: I... more >> | | | | | | Rippers Sets Sail Again After Sandy BY SCARLETT LINDEMAN  Like the Peach Pit, The Max, and Cheers, the perfect hangout spot with good friends, the right soundtrack, and decent chow may be as fictional as the places we've created in our collective cultural imagination. Rippers, a burger shack on the boardwalk at Rockaway Beach, aspires to be that kind of chimerical destination: a spot whose vibe is all hoots, high-fives, and the occasional beer bong. Ri... more >> | | | | | | | | Lake Bell's In a World... Asks: Why Aren't Women Hired for Movie Trailer Voice-Overs? BY AMY NICHOLSON  Lake Bell can do incredible things with her tongue. She can touch her nose, twist it to both sides, and fold it backward as flat as an omelette. In a studio in LA's Silver Lake neighborhood, recording vocal exercise warmups for an online campaign promoting her directorial debut, In a World…--a comedy about cutthroat voiceover artists, which debuted at Sundance and opens August 9--Bell put... more >> | | | | | | | | Abstraction: The Sequel BY R. C. BAKER  Ahhh, the '80s: Reagan was in the White House, Thirtysomething was on the tube, and Julian Schnabel's retrospective was at the Whitney. But the decade wasn't all bad. Early in curator Raphael Rubinstein's insightful essay for this group exhibition, David Reed, one of the included artists, points out, "It amazes me that in New York there's a history that painters know, a street history of paintin... more >> | | | | | | Runnin' Scared Ralph Greer Jr. had a heavy shipment of dope in the truck of his car. It was 1995, more than 15 years before he would begin mediating conflicts at the Redfern Houses in Far Rockaway. Back in the... Fork in the Road It was just March when Slide first opened and brought sliders, cannoli, and boozy milkshakes to the Village under the direction of Madison Cowan, an Iron Chef and Chopped winner, but the spot alr... Sound of the City It's not a bad time to be Pop. 1280. They've released their second full-length--the impressively matured Imps of Perversion yesterday. Their label, the consistently brooding New York staple Sac... 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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