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• Two Dogs Have Died After Eating Poison Left on a Cobble Hill Street

  03-12-2015 23:48 via bkmag.com
  
  Beware of what your doggie puts in her mouth, even in your own hood.
  Dog owners, beware: Rat poison left on the sidewalk in Cobble Hill has reportedly caused the deaths of two dogs—and more poison has been found on sidewalks in Prospect Heights—according to the owner of a large Brooklyn dog walking company, Mobile mutts.The owner, Jen Gladysz, was first informed of the rat poison, and of the dogs’ deaths (neither of which were clients of her own) through an email
  
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• Lollapalooza will be a four-day festival in 2016

  03-12-2015 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Lollapalooza 2015 (more by James Richards IV)
  Lollapalooza returns in 2016, but instead of its regular three days it will now be a four-day festival. It takes place in Chicago's Grant Park from Thursday July 28 to Sunday July 31. Founder (and Jane's Addiction frontman) Perry Farrell says:It's our 25th Anniversary and we wanted to do something really special and different for our fans. There's a lot of really great music coming out in 2016; with the abundance of talent that wanted to help
  
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• Jon Stewart, 9/11 responders ask Congress to extend benefits

  03-12-2015 23:15
  
  Jon Stewart, 9/11 responders press Congress to extend expired health benefits
  
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• Tanaz G.'s Review of Studio Arts Florist - Forest Hills (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:06
  
  Nic, the florist is an amazing man and his shop is even more amazing! He's very knowledgeable, helpful and sweet. I highly recommend this place to everyone!!
  
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• S M.'s Review of Ushiwakamaru - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:05
  
  You have to come here at least once in your life. The Omakase is phenomenal. The fish is so fresh and each piece looks like a work of art. Trust me you will love it.
  
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• Paul L.'s Review of Eataly - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:05
  
  I love Italian food, I love Italians, and I know there are better places in the city for both, but I can't turn this place down ~ rooftop bar is also pretty fun. Crowded, but fun with the right…
  
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• Johnny C.'s Review of Pioneers - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:05
  
  Just down the street from the Paul Hotel its all you want from a bar. Lots of beers, some karaoke, some arcade machine, and of course a free foosball table.
  
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• Peter K.'s Review of Beijing Style Barbeque - Flushing (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:04
  
  Awesome Chinese BBQ skewer place! They have a great selection including deer meat. Small inside seating, but at least their is seating compared to the usual BBQ skewer carts around Flushing. Very…
  
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• Paul L.'s Review of Dominique Ansel Bakery - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:04
  
  cronuts were....not worth the early Sunday morning wait, but still glad I tried. Other desserts and sweets are good/better in my opinion, like the toasted marshmallow.
  
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• Paul L.'s Review of Totto Ramen - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:03
  
  good during winter. curry ramen and pork ramen are great.
  
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• DOWNTOWN: Pedestrian in critical condition after Flatbush Ave crash

  03-12-2015 23:03
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillThe Brooklyn PaperA woman is fighting for her life after a driver plowed into her on Flatbush Avenue Extension on Wednesday, authorities said.
  The 34-year-old woman attempted to cross the busy thoroughfare against a red light near Myrtle Avenue at around 11:47 am, when the driver of a Manhattan-bound black Nissan Sentra collided with her, police said.Emergency workers transported the victim to Methodist Hospital where she remains in critical cond
  
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• Caroline B.'s Review of Port Authority Bus Terminal - New York (1/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:03
  
  A necessary evil.Why can't they clean Port Authority up a bit?Sometimes it is necessary to take a bus to/from the city, though I try to avoid it....
  
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• S M.'s Review of Bouley - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:02
  
  Nothing short of outstanding. Travis was sure to explain in depth every dish which only heightened our anticipation. The food is inspired, executed with care and pristine attention to detail. The…
  
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• Paul L.'s Review of Katz's Delicatessen - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:02
  
  good food but can be crowded and expensive. great pastrami though, no doubt.
  
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• Paul L.'s Review of Ippudo NY - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:02
  
  long-ass wait but really great food. buns and ramen ~ yay.
  
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• Ulla K.'s Review of Sip This - Valley Stream (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:01
  
  Love this place. Great place to do work and their desserts are amazing. Also very chic decor.
  
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• Paul L.'s Review of The Halal Guys - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:01
  
  this place is perfect. you just have to go. go easy on the hot sauce if you can't handle spice.
  
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• Lou R.'s Review of Vivaldi Ristorante - Bayside (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:01
  
  Great for corporate events!
  I was given the task of arranging a lunch for 30 nurses for my company. I went to Vivaldi's and I have to say was impressed with the personal service I was given. I asked…
  
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• Caroline B.'s Review of Plaza Hotel - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:01
  
  Quintessential Old New York while keeping up with modern times, The Plaza is a classic.I have fond memories of celebrating my dad's birthday here years back, and welcome any opportunity to visit to…
  
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• Astrid S.'s Review of Ecb Hair - Queens (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:01
  
  Ive had this hair for over a year now! By far the best quality hair ive EVER had!!! This is my 3rd install and ive dyed it twice... It still has its nice luster to it. Doesnt shed or mat up when…
  
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• Paul L.'s Review of Midwood Flats - Prospect Lefferts Gardens (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:00
  
  best neighborhood bar there is. get their appetizers and the burger (or duck torta).
  
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• Michelle S.'s Review of Push Fitness Club - New Hyde Park (1/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:00
  
  Service is horrible...unfortunately you do not have a zero star policy cause you would have zero stars!
  Instead of closing the gym off during the summer, they left it open with all of the construction…
  
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• Liz C.'s Review of Pye Boat Noodle - Astoria (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:00
  
  I've been on a search for unconventional and authentic Thai food and this place is great for it. When you order their boat noodles, don't expect your standard pad thai or fried noodles. Instead,…
  
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• Esther K.'s Review of Little Neck Veterinary Clinic - Little Neck (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:00
  
  By Far the Best Vet Service Experience Ever!
  My parents and I took my dog today because my dog was experiencing swelling on his face. After inspecting his face, they told us the cause of the swelling,…
  
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• Eboni D.'s Review of Joes Crab Shack - East Bronx (3/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 23:00
  
  This place brings back memories.I used to work in the area and found myself frequenting here after my shifts. Always at the bar.The bartenders were always friendly, the drinks were perfect, and…
  
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• Randy C.'s Review of Nuchas - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 22:59
  
  Favorite empanada spot on the go. Fairly priced 3-4 bucks a pop and always fresh. You gotta try the sweet croissants warm they are delicious!!!!!
  
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• Paul L.'s Review of Refinery Rooftop - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 22:59
  
  cool spot
  
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• Amber N.'s Review of The Pleasure Chest - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 22:59
  
  My partner and I went into the store looking for advise and expertise on a product. We received excellent information from Lex and felt incredibly comfortable being in the store and being able to…
  
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• Alexa F.'s Review of Louie's Oyster Bar & Grille - Port Washington (5/5) on Yelp

  03-12-2015 22:59
  
  Classic seafood restaurant on the water in Port Washington. Great lobster rolls and a delicious filet mignon!
  
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• Thom Yorke says Youtube is like Nazi Germany; Morrissey compares TSA to ISIS, wins "Bad Sex in Fiction" award

  03-12-2015 22:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Morrissey at MSG in June (more by P Squared)
  Thom Yorke and Morrissey, while pretty indisputably great British artists, also have a shared tendency to get cranky and then say things. Yorke, in his ongoing war of words with various streaming services, recently compared Youtube to Nazi Germany in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica. They're making money with the work of loads of artists who don't get any benefit from it. People continue to say that this is an era where mus
  
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• Cloud Cult releasing new LP/film 'The Seeker,' share "No Hell," touring in 2016 (dates)

  03-12-2015 22:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Minnesota art pop ensemble Cloud Cult will release The Seeker on February 12. It is an album and a movie, the latter of which was written by Cloud Cult songwriter Craig Minowa and stars Josh Radnor of How I Met Your Mother fame. The film has no dialogue and tells its story through the album's songs, each one being a "chapter." The Seeker is both Cloud Cult's 10th album and third film. Preorders of the new album receive a digital download of a new chapter/song every week till its release. You can
  
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• Coldplay playing the Super Bowl halftime show, Beyonce may appear too (listen to their new collaborative song)

  03-12-2015 22:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three years after Beyonce played the Super Bowl halftime show, her collaborators Coldplay will do the same, the Wall Street Journal reports. The article points out that Bey is actually in talks to make a guest appearance, "according to people familiar with the matter." Bruno Mars is appearing too. Super Bowl 50 happens February 7 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, CA.Coldplay's new album A Head Full of Dreams will be out at midnight (it won't be on Spotify though), and it features the Beyonce col
  
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• The Loved Ones extend tour, add show with Garrett Klahn at Saint Vitus (where Banquets play their final show)

  03-12-2015 21:51 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Loved Ones (photo by Josh Casuccio)
  Philly punks The Loved Ones are finally playing shows again, and their schedule includes one of the Bouncing Souls holiday shows in Asbury Park (tickets) and the Keep Your Heart 10th anniversary show at NYC's Bowery Ballroom with Cayetana (sold out).Now they added a smaller NYC show to their schedule, happening at Saint Vitus on December 29, the day after their NJ show with the Souls. Opening is Texas is the Reason frontman Garrett Klahn, Make War and Jack
  
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• Prison looms again for Pistorius after murder conviction

  03-12-2015 21:39
  
  South African appeals court convicts Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturns lesser conviction
  
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• Bunk Sandwiches Is a New Contender for Best Sandwiches in Brooklyn

  03-12-2015 21:16 via bkmag.com
  
  Photos by Jane Bruce
  Brooklyn has frequently benefited from regular comparisons to Portland, especially as far as restaurants are concerned; not only do we have easy, widespread access to Stumptown coffee, but the borough has served as second home to Andy Ricker, who’s blessed us with multiple variations of Pok Pok. And now, we’ve factored into the expansion plans of the beloved Oregon chainlet, Bunk Sandwiches, as well—previously included amongst Travel + Leisure’s &ldqu
  
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• Read Russia 2015: Leonid Yuzefovich and the Art of a Documentary Novel

  03-12-2015 21:11
  Tuesday, December 8, 2015 7:00 pmCentral Library, Info Commons LabLeonid Yuzefovich recently published his newest documentary novel "The Winter Road" which focuses on the desperate fight against the Bolshevi
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• Punk, 77: At Home With Alan Vega

  03-12-2015 21:06 via bkmag.com
  
  Photos by Devon Banks
  Alan Vega, New York City punk icon, spent over a decade convinced that no one liked his band. “Suicide was hated by everybody. Everybody! It’s true. You should have seen the night we opened for The Ramones [at CBGBs],” he says. “They were late. Hilly [Kristal, CBCGs owner] was going nuts. So we had to go on… again! You should have heard the fuckin’ ‘Booooooooooooooooo.’ You couldn’t stop it, it was endless. Finally
  
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• UK comedian Daniel Kitson bringing his acclaimed "A Show for Christmas" to NYC (tix on sale)

  03-12-2015 20:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kitson + Christmas makes perfect sense. This standup-cum-solo theatre-maker is our preeminent storyteller - an art form with Christmas overtones. His work is also unapologetically sentimental, and who, bar the severest bah-humbugger, isn't up for dewy eyes at Christmas time?That's exactly what his Show for Christmas delivers - brilliantly, sans schmaltz, with big laughs and a thoughtful, heartful engagement with what Christmas is about. You have to doff your Santa hat to the skill, sensitivity a
  
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• Crowbar's Kirk Windstein will personalize a holiday card for you ++ metal nutcrackers, Metallica bibs & more metal gifts

  03-12-2015 20:53 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kirk Windstein personalizing holiday cards
  As you may have noticed, it's the holiday season, and that might mean you feel the need to make holiday cards for your friends and family. If this seems daunting, fear not, sludge great Kirk Windstein of Down and Crowbar can make you a personalized holiday card this season. For only $10 he'll personalize the card to you or a friend and include a signed photo. What are you waiting for?Looking for other holiday metal gifts? How about heavy metal nutcracke
  
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• Mariah Carey hospitalized for severe flu

  03-12-2015 20:46
  
  Pop star Mariah Carey "doing well" after hospitalization for severe flu
  
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• Sen. Al Franken writing memoir covering 'SNL' to Senate

  03-12-2015 20:36
  
  Memoir by Sen. Al Franken, covering career from 'SNL' to the Senate, is coming in 2017
  
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• Delta Spirit's Matthew Logan Vasquez announces debut LP & NYC show; Deer Tick side project Happiness playing NYC too

  03-12-2015 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Back in October, Delta Spirit frontman Matthew Logan Vasquez kicked off his solo career with the rocking "Everything I Do Is Out" single that ended up on his The Austin EP last month. Now he's set to release his debut full length, Solicitor Returns, on February 9. That's the artwork above. No music released from the album yet, but you can check out the video for "Everything I Do Is Out" below.MLV will play a release show for the album in Brooklyn at Baby's All Right (2/9) the day it comes out. T
  
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• Sundance Film Festival announces 2016 lineup of in-competition films

  03-12-2015 20:23 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The lineup has been announced for 2016 Sundance Film Festival, which happens January 21-31 in Park City, Utah. As usual, the lineup of in-competition films ranges from extremely serious and topical (not one but two films about the on-air suicide of news reporter Christine Chubbuck), to the extremely silly (a movie about frat-bro revenge starring Nick Jonas, a Kevin Smith/Jonny Depp movie called Yoga Hosers). There's also We Are X, about Japanese melodic metal band X Japan, that is part of the of
  
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• With release of 'Hitchcock/Truffaut,' 5 essential film books

  03-12-2015 20:19
  
  With release of the documentary 'Hitchcock/Truffaut,' 5 other essential film books
  
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• In 'Hitchcock/Truffaut,' a tete-a-tete between two titans

  03-12-2015 20:09
  
  In 'Hitchcock/Truffaut,' a tete-a-tete between two titans of cinema
  
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• Mike Birbiglia will have a new 1-man show this winter

  03-12-2015 20:04
  
  Mike Birbiglia will have a new 1-man show this winter, 'Thank God For Jokes'
  
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• warm yourself by the glow of Nick Offerman's 'Yule Log'

  03-12-2015 20:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisThe TV "yule log" -- a live broadcast of a fireplace -- is a holiday tradition that started here in NYC in 1966 on station WPIX. Others have copied the concept since but leave it to Nick Offerman to take it to new, Offermanian heights. Ostensibly an ad for Lagavulin, the Nick Offerman 'Yule Log' is 45 minutes of the comedian sitting in a big leather chair, by a fire, drinking scotch whiskey. Short of him eating a giant porterhouse while doing so, this is about as Nick Offerman as i
  
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• Tonight, You Can Tell Scott Stringer Everything That’s Wrong In Your Life

  03-12-2015 19:34 via bkmag.com
  Big news, Brooklyn: Your City Comptroller, Scott Stringer, is holding a Town Hall meeting tonight in your home borough.Starting at 7pm at the Brooklyn Music School in Fort Greene, Stringer will open the floor to questions and dialog, according to a press release, “about the daily challenges New Yorkers are facing,” for his first general-topic Town Hall in Brooklyn. Indeed, that could cover quite a bit of ground, so it was wise of the release to followup, “The event will b
  
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• Into It. Over It., Their/They're/There, Lifted Bells members form Recreational Drugs (listen to "A Song For Cats")

  03-12-2015 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherRecreational Drugs is a new Chicago duo with some familiar faces: guitarist Matthew Frank (who plays with Mike Kinsella and Evan Weiss in Their/They're/There and with Bob Nanna in Lifted Bells) and drummer Josh Sparks (who plays with Evan in Into It. Over It.). They're instrumental, and if you've listened to their other projects you might have an idea of what to expect. We're premiering lead single "A Song For Cats," which is all clean, mathy guitar parts and busy, nimble drummin
  
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• Spanish band Hinds talk debut LP, the Madrid scene, opening for The Libertines, and more (in a BV interview)

  03-12-2015 19:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Tatiana TenreyroMadrid garage rock band Hinds' singers/guitarists Carlotta Cosials and Ana García Perrote initially started out as a duo in 2011. They eventually started recording, posting tracks like "Bamboo" and "Trippy Gum" under the name Deers which attracted international attention. They became a quartet in 2014, adding bassist Ade Martín and drummer Amber Grimbergen. Soon after, they were forced by Canadian band The Dears to change their name. They
  
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