Tag Archives: NYC

New Clip From Western Queens For Marriage Equality

Western Queens For Marriage Equality sends us their latest clip urging NY state Sen. George Onorato to change his mind on same-sex marriage. Visit their Facebook group. Gov. Paterson has promised to force a vote in the state Senate sometime this month. If you are a constituent of Onorato (or even if you’re not), please consider contacting him via the …

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October 3rd: Lady Gaga To Host NYC Dance-A-Thon Rally For National Equality March

Via Wayne Anderson at World Of Wonder: On Oct. 3rd Lady Gaga will host a dance-a-thon rally in NY for Equality Across America and the upcoming National Equality March on Washington. With music by Peter Rauhofer and a host of other NY nightlife luminaries such as Larry Tee, Honey Dijon, DJ Lina, and Bill Coleman will bring down the house. …

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Wanna Be A Gotti Juror?

The NYC district attorneys’ office is having a hard time finding New Yorkers willing to serve on the jury for the murder trial of notorious mobster John Gotti, Jr. That’s a shocker. The Dapper Don is long dead and three of his brothers are in jail forever – but the name “Gotti” still inspires fear. That’s the long and short …

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Daily Grumble

Well, I thought I would blog a bit about next week’s NYC primary election, so I sat down with the fancy 24-page voter guide (sent by the Campaign Finance Board) to see if any quotes or issue positions jumped out at me. Whoops, the guide I got sent is in Cantonese. According to a note in English on the inside …

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Don’t Steal Bikes, Bro

Gothamist tips us to this clip of two NYC bike messengers confronting a man who was allegedly caught trying to steal their bikes. According to witnesses, the man was spotted in the act of drilling the bikes’ locks. What followed is street justice, NYC-style, and I imagine that the alleged thief might have a case for assault, although I’m unclear …

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Just Call It The Vanilla-Packing District

Remember the amusing flap of last month in which guests of the Meatpacking District’s Standard Hotel were performing sex shows and porn shoots from the floor-to-ceiling windows of rooms overlooking the High Line Park? Remember how the Standard had been encouraging such performances on their Facebook page? Well, it turns out that’s a one-way, hetero-only ride down Vanilla Street. Via …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Saint-At-Large, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to the first gay dance party at Water Taxi Beach on Governor’s Island, where the world famous Freemasons DJ team will perform. The Saint At Large is proud to christen Water Taxi Beach at Governors Island with its first major gay dance party on Sunday, September 20th. FREEMASONS, …

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Broadway Friday

– A revival of Angels In America will come to Off Broadway’s Signature Theater next year as part of their year-long tribute to its Pulitzer-winning playwright, Tony Kushner. – World premiere: A musical version of Green Day’s landmark album, American Idiot, has its first preview at the Roda Theater in Berkeley tonight. Get tickets here. – The annual free Broadway …

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Olbermann Vs. Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck has really, really outdone himself with the crazy. RELATED: The number of advertisers joining the boycott of Beck’s show has “turned into a torrent.” Mercedes-Benz, Capital One, HSBC, Discover and seven other big firms are yanking their ads from Beck’s show, boycott organizers said Wednesday. “We applaud those companies that have recently pulled their support from Beck,” James …

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Morning View – Madison Square Garden

The fourth incarnation of Madison Square Garden sits atop Penn Station in midtown, about a mile and a half from the actual Madison Square, where the first Garden was built in 1879. The current Garden was built in 1968 at the cost of the grand above-ground Beaux Arts portion of Penn Station (which you know if you are watching Mad …

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Train Surfing

I was cracking up yesterday watching the contortions New Yorkers were going through trying not to put their hands on anything on the 6 train. One woman wrapped her leg around the center pole, another used her scarf to hang on to the hand rail. Others tried the surfboard method, riding with legs wide apart, hands flailing for balance. If …

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Morning View – 34th & 7th

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The Vendy Awards Like Gay Ice Cream

NYC’s Big Gay Ice Cream Truck, which I mentioned here in June, is up for a Vendy Award, an honor granted to the best of Gotham’s street vendors. “Doug’s soft serve is anything but vanilla. Big Gay Ice Cream Truck has a unique and always-changing menu of toppings like curried coconut, wasabi pea dust, trix, sea salt and extra virgin …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of Spin Cycle, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is two tickets to A Boy And His Soul, a new play written and performed by Colman Domingo, recently of Passing Strange and LOGO’s Big Gay Sketch Show. Soul is in watching your parents sell the house you grew up in. In the kitchen rotary phone cord your sister stretched out …

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Cruel Summer

New York City just finished one of its coolest and wettest summers in decades, possibly ever. Beach and boardwalk businesses were devastated, of course, as it rained three out of four weekends for each of the last three months. Thanks Bill, thanks Danny. Upside: I only ran my A/C three times.

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80’s Flashback

Diana Ross, Live In Central Park, 1983. Once of the most famous moments in Diana Ross’ career came when a sudden thunderstorm interrupted her free Central Park concert just as it was beginning. Ross shrugged off the downpour and continued singing, despite the request of promoters that she wait. As the storm intensified and the estimated crowd of 800,000 (perhaps …

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“TeddyCare For All”

As Sen. Ted Kennedy was being memorialized in Massachusetts yesterday, about 1000 New Yorkers rallied in his name in Times Square for health care reform. Will Kennedy’s death help move the battle forward? (Via – Gothamist)

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Daily Grumble

If you’re a stand-up comedian opening for Donna Summer in front of 10,000+ New Yorkers, you probably shouldn’t start with jokes about plane crashes. Seriously. When the guy started in on Chesley Sullenberger, the pilot of the “miracle on the Hudson,” things got really (but hilariously), ugly, with Brooklynese chants of “Get off da fuhkin’ stage!” washing across the crowd. …

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Could It Be Magic? Yes, Yes It Could.

Last night DC blogger Jimbo, Dr. Jeff and I made the 90-minute haul out to Coney Island to watch Donna Summer’s free concert at Seaside Park. And holy crap, what an enormous crowd. Easily the largest outdoor show I’ve ever been to. We couldn’t get within a half-mile of the stage and watched much of the show from a sidewalk …

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