Last night’s sold out 10th Anniversary celebration for the cult comedy Wet Hot American Summer was a fan’s wet hot American dream come true. Hosted by Stella (David Wain, Michael Showalter, Michael Ian Black) who also starred in, wrote and directed the movie, the night included archived video audition footage, a sweater fondling contest and appearances from […]
Brookland, Oregon
Turns out Brooklyn hipsters aren’t as unique as they’d like to believe. This week’s Observer features an article by Adrianne Jeffries comparing and criticizing Brooklyn and its ever growing DIY, organic-living lifestyle as being a carbon copy of the Northwest hipster haven Portland, Oregon. Jeffries notes that the similarities between the two areas include local […]
Williamsburg Bridge Acrobat Charged
Since performing her high-flying antics atop the Williamsburg Bridge on Tuesday, 24 year old acrobat Seanna Sharpe, has her feet firmly planted on the ground and her wrists locked in handcuffs. Sharpe was arrested for her impromptu performance and charged with a felony for reckless endangerment. In an interview with the New York Post she […]
Cults Base First Music Video on a Real Cult
Befitting their name, the video for Cults’s “Go Outside” centers around the story of the People’s Temple cult lead by Jim Jones in the 1970’s. It features both kitschy and haunting original footage from daily life in the cult before the infamous 1978 Jonestown Massacre. Already in heavy rotation on our summer playlist, after seeing […]
Joe Jonas Hit with Balls at House of Vans Show
Joe Jonas may have won over your preteen sister, but Williamsburg hipsters are not impressed. Last Wednesday Jonas opened for Swizz Beatz at PAPER Magazine’s “See No More” party at the House of Vans. According to a report from the Daily News, “Jonas did not encounter very much love from the hard-core Williamsburg crowd in […]
Meatball Shop Opens Next Week
Alright carnivores, start working up your appetites. Meatball Shop, currently at 84 Stanton Street on the Lower East Side, is expanding and opening up a new location in Williamsburg next week. If you’re not familiar with the restaurant, they are a meat lovers dream, serving a wide variety of meatballs, with five different kinds of house-ground balls and […]
The Strokes- "Taken For A Fool"
What’s better than The Strokes? Multiple Strokes! In the video for “Taken for A Fool,” the band’s new single, numerous images of Julian, Albert, Nick, Nikolai and Fab appear simultaneously at the center of a spinning hologram. As the camera does 360 degree pans, the band rocks out while Julian mugs for the camera and […]
Seaside Summer Concert Series
Even though the Siren Music Festival has ended, you can still see free shows on Coney Island this summer curteosy of the 33rd annual Seaside Summer Concert Series. Located at West 21st Street and Surf Avenue, the concerts start July 14 and continue every Thursday night through August 18 with classic rock headliners like Joan Jett and […]
"Williamsburg Street Fashion"
Opportunities to make fun of hipsters never cease, but this video may be overkill. Posing as representatives from Brooklyn Vegan (the site denied their involvement in the making of the video), a group called Million Dollar Extreme took to the streets of Williamsburg to check out the local fashion. The crew interviewed numerous guys with […]
New Of Montreal Video- "L'age D'or"
For you non-french speakers, the title of Of Montreal’s new song, “L’age d’or,” translates to “The Golden Age.” Though it’s not clear what the first single off the band’s thecontrollersphere EP is referring to, if it’s the amount of glitter used in their videos and live shows, then that sounds about right. Their new video, […]