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Komplaint Dept. - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's Anna Wintour
"Pink is punk" reveals that the New York fashion industry and its sometime institutional handmaiden, the Costume Institute at the Met, its curators and the tacit captain of both ships, Anna Wintour, wouldn't know what punk is or was if it bit them on...
Fast Food Workers Fight for $15 an Hour
If today's minimum wage had kept pace with the rise in worker productivity since 1968, it would be $21.72, three times the present minimum. That's why about 200 fast-food workers from all over New York City walked off the job Monday, risking their...
Swim On, Cheever
In honor of all the essays that have been written by ninth graders about Holden Caulfield, here’s a little book report about John Cheever’s best story, “The Swimmer.”
Hate in an Elevator
The elevator descended to the third floor and the door clanked open again, giving way to a little 100-year-old Chinese man holding a plastic shopping bag, who promptly entered the elevator and hit at least six different buttons. I watched over his...
The Least Aggressive Fight in New York City
I do not like confrontations in New York City. That being said, the fight I got in about a month ago is a fight I’d get in every day of my life if I could. I’ve been complimented and walked away feeling worse about myself than I did after this fight.
Encounters with Cops in New York City
My routine was smashed when a cop car careened over the curb, onto the sidewalk, and straight at me. The car screeched to a halt and turned a spotlight on me. I threw my back against the front window of the El Sitio Cuban restaurant and instinctively...
Geriatric Nuclear Reactors Could Kill Us All
In America, you need a license to drive, but apparently not to run a nuclear reactor. Entergy Corp. is slated to become the first company in history to operate a reactor without a license this fall. The energy corporation’s rogue reactor is located at...
Go See 'A Woman Under the Influence' on Tuesday Night
For the second feature in our screening series with Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation at Nitehawk cinema, we present a gem from independent maverick John Cassavetes called A Woman Under the Influence.
Learning About Humanity on Public Transportation
An eerie silence fell over the car. We’d gone from grimacing as this family screamed, ruining our collective commute, and now each person was wide eyed, shocked, and unsure of how to react. The teenager turned to her mom. “What do we –"
Joey Bada$$, Pro Era, Bodega Bamz, Va$htie, and Raven Sorvino
In this week's photos, Verena caught up with Joey Bada$$ and Pro Era at Va$htie's birthday party. She shot some photos of Bodega BAMZ rehearsing before Summerjam, at the Livin Proof Party, and in the MTV Jam offices. Later, she brought her camera as LA...
Fleapit: the Movie
It’s true that someone at dinner last night lives in the Chelsea Hotel, and for years, as it happens, I regularly visited a friend there who has an enviably spacious apartment on one of the upper floors. But I have no nostalgia for the Chelsea Hotel. I...
The Taipei Book Release Party Is Tonight
Yesterday Tao told us via email that he has "confirmed probably 15 ppl plan on using it as a chance to get really messed up" and "several ppl have planned to die from drugs that night also."