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• Maher: I want a presidential appearance for birthday

  15-01-2016 23:48
  
  HBO host Bill Maher is turning 60, and he has an idea for a present: a visit by President Obama to 'Real Time'
  
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• The Ex played Winter Jazzfest w/ Colin Stetson & Bill Laswell, and Happy Apple (pics); play again tonight

  15-01-2016 23:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Photos by Greg CristmanThe Ex / Colin Stetson @ LPR 1/13/2016Winter Jazzfest is underway in NYC, and among the shows on opening night (2/13) was this eclectic bill of acts with punk and jazz roots at Le Poisson Rouge, headlined by long-running Dutch anarcho collective The Ex. Pictures from the whole night are in this post.The night began with trio Happy Apple, who played a great set of punky free jazz that featured terrific playing by the drummer and saxophonist. Next up was a collaborative
  
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• St. Petersburg's Dali Museum to open show on Disney and Dali

  15-01-2016 23:40
  
  The Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, is opening a show Jan. 23 on Walt Disney and Salvador Dali
  
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• Court: Copyright claim against rapper 50 Cent must be tossed

  15-01-2016 23:22
  
  A New York appeals court says it agrees with a judge who tossed out a copyright lawsuit against rapper 50 Cent on the grounds it was filed too late
  
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• Diana Ross touring in 2016 (NJ & Staten Island included)

  15-01-2016 23:15 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Diana Ross at ACL Live in Austin in 2013 (more by Tim Griffin)
  The legendary Diana Ross is touring in 2016. She'll be playing three NYC-area dates. Two of those are in NJ, in New Brunswick at the State Theater on March 31 and in Atlantic City at the Borgata Event Center on April 1. The other one is on Staten Island, at Saint George Theater on April 12. Tickets for all three shows are on sale now.Check out all tour dates and a video of Diana playing ACL live in 2013 below...
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• ESPN's Chris Mortensen taking break to treat throat cancer

  15-01-2016 23:14
  
  ESPN's Chris Mortensen has throat cancer and will be off the air for treatment
  
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• Peter Dundas makes Cavalli menswear premiere

  15-01-2016 23:10
  
  Peter Dundas' menswear premier at Cavalli features Bowie-inspired rock 'n' roll femininity as the fashion house continues its creative transition
  
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• Kurt Vile, A$AP Rocky & A$AP Ferg among voice actors for new HBO series 'Animals.'

  15-01-2016 23:09 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Created by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano and produced by Duplass Brothers Television, Animals. focuses on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth's least-habitable environment: New York City. Whether it's lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.Quoted above is the new description for new animated HBO series Animals which
  
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• George Clinton offers thoughts on Bowie, playing shows with P-Funk touring, including NYC at B.B. King's (dates)

  15-01-2016 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: George Clinton at the Paramount in 2015 (more by Greg Cristman)
  George Clinton and P-Funk are fueling up the mothership for a couple East Coast dates, including a touchdown in NYC at B.B. King Blues Club on February 9. Tickets for that are on sale now. They've got a few other shows in the spring, too. All dates are listed below.Clinton is one of the many, many folks to eulogize the late David Bowie this week. He talked toBillboard about Bowie's influence on P-Funk:Yeah, that act
  
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• 'Idol' stars sound unconvinced this will be last season

  15-01-2016 23:01
  
  Fox is calling this the farewell season of "American Idol," but stars involved with the singing contest sound unconvinced
  
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• 'Cake Boss' star's restaurant is denied bid for roof sign

  15-01-2016 23:01
  
  The star of TLC's 'Cake Boss' has run into a little trouble promoting his new restaurant in Pennsylvania
  
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• Snoop Dogg & Daz Dillinger stream 'Cuzznz'; 50 Cent, Styles P & more playing NYC shows

  15-01-2016 22:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherSnoop Dogg's recent albums haven't exactly been at the top of his game and even live shows were lackluster, but when he showed up on Dr. Dre's Compton, he suddenly rapped harder than he had in years. At his Doggystyle set at Riot Fest later that same month, he proved when he's dishing out the classics, he's absolutely still got it. So it's good news that he teamed up with his cousin, Tha Dogg Pound's Daz Dillinger (who joined Snoop on both Doggystyle and The Chronic), for the col
  
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• stream The Besnard Lakes' 'A Coliseum Complex Museum'

  15-01-2016 22:38 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisMontreal vets The Besnard Lakes will release their fifth album, A Coliseum Complex Museum, next week (1/22) via Jagjaguwar. Core members Jace Lacek and Olga Goreas had the Besnard Lakes sound honed by the release of 2007's The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse -- widescreen rock with stratospheric harmonies, a massive wall of afterburner guitars, and a mastery of dynamics -- and have continued to refine it since. The new record is another feather in their cap: you know what to expec
  
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• Director Bay: Benghazi movie steers clear of politics

  15-01-2016 22:38
  
  Director Michael Bay says his Benghazi movie steers clear of politics
  
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• Thursday's GOP debate seen by 11.1 million viewers

  15-01-2016 22:33
  
  Thursday's GOP debate drew 11.1 million viewers to Fox Business Network, according to the Nielsen ratings company
  
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• Former WWE star CM Punk hopeful for UFC debut in July

  15-01-2016 22:32
  
  CM Punk is closer to his UFC debut
  
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• Floetry still reunited, going on another tour this year

  15-01-2016 22:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Neo-soul/hip hop duo Floetry went on a reunion tour last year (ahead of member Marsha Ambrosius' appearance on Dr. Dre's Compton), and now they're set to do it again this year. Like last summer, they'll do a two-night run at NYC's BB King's, this time on April 22 and 24. Tickets for those shows are on sale now.There's also a NJ show, a CT show and more. All dates are listed, with the video for "Say Yes," below...
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• Restaurant Week 2016: These Nine Brooklyn Restaurants Will Serve Cheap Eats Starting Monday

  15-01-2016 22:06 via bkmag.com
  
  Get your three course meals for cheap at French Louie, par example. (French Louie Instagram)
  Hi, gourmands: Monday, January 18 kicks off New York City Restaurant Week 2016, which means you can make reservations for three-course lunches and dinners at hundreds of restaurants throughout the city for $25 and $28. That’s a great deal. I spend more money for two mediocre lunches at Hale and Hearty than it would cost me to get one Restaurant Week three-course lunch, whic
  
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• stream Pissgrave's 'Suicide Euphoria,' see them in NYC with Profanatica & Luminous Vault

  15-01-2016 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Rob Sperry-FrommPissgrave
  For the true believers among us, there's a big, gnarly NYC metal show coming up with venerable local black metal crew Profanatica (they've been around since the early 90s), absolutely punishing Philly death metal outfit Pissgrave, and local doom/death crushers Luminous Vault. That show goes down at Saint Vitus on March 19, and tickets are on sale now. This one should be brutal, if nothing else.Pissgrave released Suicide Euphoria in 2015, and it's a rank, bludgeoning
  
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• New York Is Now Home to a $20 Bacon, Egg, and Cheese Sandwich

  15-01-2016 21:44 via bkmag.com
  
  Would you pay $20 for this?
  photo via Dominique Ansel Kitchen’s Instagram
  So, as it turns out: Maybe Ted Cruz is right to hate New York. Why? Well, because besides being home to a $100 doughnut, we’re now home to a $20 bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich. To quote the subject line of an email I just received about something completely different: Lol what
  Via Grub Street, we just learned that Cronut-inventor Dominique Ansel has partnered up with Wylie Dufresne to release what is surely on
  
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• Nebraska boy presented prosthetic arm by 'Star Wars' group

  15-01-2016 21:26
  Nebraska boy receives 3-D-printed prosthetic delivered by "Star Wars" fan group
  
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• Guerilla Toss ready first LP for DFA (listen to "Diamond Girls"), playing Market Hotel's opening weekend & other shows

  15-01-2016 21:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisGuerilla Toss will release their first album for DFA, titled Eraser Stargazer, on March 4. The band have just shared the album's first single, "Diamond Girls," which is Guerilla Toss in a nutshell: calamitous percussion, rubbery bass, noises from all directions, and the attitude-heavy vocals of Kassie Carlson. If you're into postpunk like Bow Wow Wow, The Slits and Pigbag (and even some of the earliest DFA singles) you should give this a spin. Listen below.Folks in NYC have a few c
  
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• Duchovny, Anderson learn to love their 'X-Files' characters

  15-01-2016 21:02
  
  Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny learn to love their 'X-Files' characters
  
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• 'Grizzly Adams' star Dan Haggerty dies at 74

  15-01-2016 20:24
  
  'Grizzly Adams' star Dan Haggerty has died at 74. He starred in the film and TV series "The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams" as the animal trainer and mountain man
  
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• Frank Turner touring, including acoustic show/Q&A in NYC

  15-01-2016 20:19 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Frank Turner at BV-SXSW 2015 (more by Tim Griffin)
  English singer/songwriter Frank Turner is playing a ton of shows in 2016 behind his 2015 album Positive Songs for Negative People. He has a tour in Europe and Canada and then a run of US dates in March, which includes a stop in NYC at The Concert Hall at New York Society for Ethical Culture on March 15. Tickets are on sale now. The show, billed as "An Evening With Frank Turner," will feature an interview with Noisey/Jaded Punk's Dan Ozzi
  
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• Review: Country duo Brothers Osborne shine on debut album

  15-01-2016 20:16
  
  Music Review: Grammy-nominated country duo Brothers Osborne shine on debut album
  
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• Fox bringing back 'Prison Break,' orders new '24' pilot

  15-01-2016 20:13
  
  Fox is looking to its past in an attempt to rebuild, bringing back its 'Prison Break' series and ordering a new pilot based on '24.'
  
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• Swedish synthpunks PAPER released 'We Design The Future' (watch the video for "American Bible")

  15-01-2016 20:12 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisStockholm synthpunks PAPER offered up their third dystopian vision, We Design The Future, last fall, which features their patented slashing guitars, relentless motorik rhythms and detached, gloomy vocalizing. The band, which shares members with Les Big Byrd and other Stockholm groups, have just shared a video for that album's "American Bible." Directed and shot by Jacob Frössén, the video creates a rotating vision set against cardboard dioramas -- a flimsy world that ma
  
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• Army cites deep flaws at biodefense lab

  15-01-2016 20:04
  
  An Army report says a one-star general and 11 others face potential disciplinary action for failures that led indirectly to the mistaken shipment of live anthrax
  
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• Lil Uzi Vert making NYC debut with Yams Day & Santos show (listen to his 'LUV Is Rage' mixtape & more)

  15-01-2016 19:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacher'LUV Is Rage' artwork
  Philly rapper Lil Uzi Vert had a pretty promising 2015, and he's set to kick off 2016 with a few shows, including his first-ever dates in NYC. The first is the sold-out Yams Day at Terminal 5 (1/18) with A$AP Rocky, A$AP Mob, Joey Bada$$, Flatbush Zombies and A$ton Matthews. Then he headlines his own show the next day at Santos Party House (1/19). Tickets for Santos are on sale now. All dates are listed below.Early last year, Uzi hopped on DJ Carnage's posse
  
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• A photographic tribute to David Bowie in all his Ziggy Stardust-Era glory

  15-01-2016 19:55
  
  Photo by Mick Rock Photo of the photo: David Chiu
  I will always remember where I was when I found out that David Bowie had died. It was around 3am on Monday morning and I woke up, recovering after working a grueling overnight shift. In an insomniac reflex, I checked my phone for messages and came across a friend’s Facebook post praising Bowie. I initially thought, ‘Oh, that’s sweet and thoughtful.’ But then my sleepy-eyed expression turned into shock and disbel
  
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• SHEEPSHEAD BAY: Sands of grime: Markowitz’s 40-year-old prediction about Plumb Beach never came true

  15-01-2016 19:41
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyHe thought it was a shore thing!Locals recently sounded off on the sorry state of Jamaica Bay after a storm loosened debris lodged in Plumb Beach, inundating Shell Bank Creek boats with a deluge of garbage. Former borough president and then-state senator Marty Markowitz bet in the late 1970s that the Belt Parkway-bisected beach could be a recreation destination with a little tender love and care,
  
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• HBO's 'Vinyl' soundtrack features Sturgill Simpson, Iggy Pop, David Johansen, Julian Casablancas, The Arcs & more

  15-01-2016 19:36 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisHBO's ambitious new series Vinyl, created by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese and Sopranos producer Terrence Winter, debuts on February 14. With the '70s rock n' roll music biz at the heart of the show, it should be no surprise that it's filled with songs from the era. Randall Poster, who works on all of Wes Anderson's films, is the music supervisor (along with Meghan Currier) for Vinyl and the show has a whopping $1 million music budget per episode.They will be aggressively pushing th
  
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• Lycus streaming new album 'Chasms' (listen)

  15-01-2016 19:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Rob Sperry-FrommBay area funeral doom band Lycus have released their new full-length, which is called Chasms, and is out now via Relapse. Chasms is a very strong record. Lycus tinge their heavy, slow doom with a lot of elements that end up making them sound more diverse sonically than other funeral bands. In fact, the mix is downright airy for an album like this, with clean guitars chiming in by the end of the first song right alongside crunching low-end, choral backing vocals and guttural ho
  
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• Post-Divorce Miranda Lambert Is Not Giving Up On Family, Hear “Sweet By And By”

  15-01-2016 19:20 via bkmag.com
  
  Miranda Lambert just got divorced from her moderately annoying former husband Blake Shelton (okay, probably more than moderately to most of you but I still love “Neon Light” so much that I’m giving him more slack than you are), but that hasn’t dimmed her view on the bright light that is family by any means. “Sweet by And By” is Miranda’s contribution to hot-tipped country producer Dave Cobb’s new compilation album Southern Family which is out 3/18
  
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• Janet Jackson announces rescheduled tour dates

  15-01-2016 19:19
  
  Janet Jackson announces rescheduled tour dates following unspecified surgical procedure
  
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• Review: 2 guitars, spiritual feel to Charles Lloyd's latest

  15-01-2016 19:13
  
  Guitars flanking saxophonist Charles Lloyd on latest CD nudge him in more spiritual direction
  
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• Brothers Osborne Affirm America’s Small Town Soul On Pawn Shop

  15-01-2016 19:04 via bkmag.com
  
  Maybe I’m being presumptuous, but it seems like this year is shaping up to be one of the best years for country music in a while. Between the lazily grouped yet critically adored real country trifecta of Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, and Chris Stapleton and the surge of support for fiery female voices to get some play in Nashville’s notorious boys’ club, country has that critical something that makes music more appealing and valuable to people: It has the feeling of a moveme
  
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• Bowie's 'Blackstar' takes top spot on UK album chart

  15-01-2016 18:43
  
  David Bowie's final album "Blackstar," released 2 days before his death, takes top spot on UK album chart
  
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• Contest: Let us treat you to a wine-filled weekend

  15-01-2016 18:24
  
  Break up the long gray of winter with a foodie weekend in February, on us. We’ve teamed up with some great partners to treat one lucky reader to a pair of tickets to the NYC Winter Wine Festival on Feb. 6. We’ll whisk you to and from the festival in an Uber, set you up with a hotel room for the day, then take you out to dinner at Lincoln Square Steak. And, you’ll get a six-month subscription to the Jamesport Vineyards Wine Club, so you’ll start each month, through the sum
  
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• In the Widening Gyre: Seaborne Opens Tonight in Red Hook

  15-01-2016 18:23 via bkmag.com
  
  Red Hook
  Cocktails are everywhere in New York City. But the extent to which some border on art is thanks to the legacy of Sasha Petraske, founder of Milk & Honey, the game-changing speakeasy he opened in 1999. Petraske, whose cocktail empire included Little Branch, Dutch Kills, and Middle Branch, among others, was in the thick of many new projects when he died last August. One of them, now-called Seaborne, was slated to open in Red Hook; tonight it finally
  
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• The Truth About Bay-ghazi: 13 Hours

  15-01-2016 18:00 via bkmag.com
  
  13 HoursDirected by Michael BayOpens January 15
  Orson Welles famously referred to studio filmmaking as the “biggest electric train set a boy ever had.” In those terms, it becomes easier to understand Michael Bay—even when he’s not literally making movies about toys. The past decade of Bay’s filmography is majority Transformers movies, and that past-decade ratio will jump to five out of seven once the next one comes lumbering along in 2017. But despite the time he s
  
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• Miss Washington USA resigns title after not disclosing DUI

  15-01-2016 17:53
  
  Pageant officials say Miss Washington USA Stormy Keffeler has resigned her title after she failed to disclose a DUI conviction
  
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• As trial looms, baseball fans already won in MLB TV dispute

  15-01-2016 17:18
  
  Major League Baseball is letting fans buy single-team television packages for its games this year for the first time after a consumer lawsuit pushed the issue
  
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• US rapper Mos Def arrested at South African airport

  15-01-2016 16:51
  
  South Africa says American rapper Mos Def has been arrested for traveling with fraudulent documents
  
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• A Partial List of New York Values, Ranked

  15-01-2016 16:15 via bkmag.com
  
  photo by Dominique Stewart
  “Everyone understands that the values in New York City are socially liberal or pro-abortion or pro- gay-marriage, focus around money and the media.” —Ted Cruz
  22) Social liberalism
  21)Pro-choice
  20) Pro-gay-marriage
  19) Probably the dollar slice
  18) Not the Cronut
  17) Knowing that a regular coffee means two sugars and milk
  16) Mocking New Jersey
  15) Barely tolerating Long Island
  14) Ignoring Westchester until a New York Times Real Estate pie
  
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• Sean Penn tells '60 Minutes' his 'El Chapo' mission 'failed'

  15-01-2016 16:06
  
  Sean Penn tells '60 Minutes' his 'El Chapo' mission 'failed'
  
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• Carter says he was 'trying to enjoy vacation' before arrest

  15-01-2016 15:58
  
  Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter says he was just trying to enjoy a vacation when he was arrested outside a Florida Keys bar
  
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• Jim Jarmusch, Celluloid Fetishism and Cuban and Argentine Ghost Towns at First Look, Week Two

  15-01-2016 15:00 via bkmag.com
  
  Behind Jim Jarmusch
  This is the second of three dispatches on the Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look, a series of formally forward-thinking world cinema that runs on the weekends through January 24. Read about the first weekend here.
  Somewhere near the middle of Ozoners, a short documentary screening Saturday night at the fifth-annual First Look, a drive-in projectionist tells of the time he found a mouse inside his 35mm projector, blocking the movie from reaching the screen. Welcome
  
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• Pull up a chair for season 2 of 'Ellen's Design Challenge'

  15-01-2016 14:59
  
  'Ellen's Design Challenge' returns to HGTV for season 2 of competition among creators of new furniture designs
  
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