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March 16, 2017 at 11:59 am

BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 3/13/17

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.  FARFISA COMPACT DELUXE ...

March 7, 2017 at 10:52 am

BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 3/6/17

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.  Hey Folks! Apologies I been ...

February 24, 2017 at 10:00 am

Throwback Review: Final Destination

A group of high schoolers avoid a catastrophic death by getting kicked off a plane when one has a vision of the plane exploding just ...

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February 17, 2017 at 3:28 pm

Throwback Review: Urban Legend

I spent a lot of time with my grandparents growing up, and on both sides there was a general adoration of scary movies. One ...

February 13, 2017 at 4:05 pm

BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 2/13/2017

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.  With Valentines Day upon us ...

February 10, 2017 at 10:00 am

Art Cures: Nasty Women

Art Cures offers a themed list of music, films, books, events and other cool stuff in hopes of supplying you with a sufficient art ...

February 7, 2017 at 12:50 pm

BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 2/5/17

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.  Ok folks this week I got ...

February 6, 2017 at 1:19 pm

Film Review: 20th Century Women

It’s 1979 and the world seems to be at a precipice; Vietnam, Watergate and the Iran Hostage Crisis are behind us and we are at a ...

February 1, 2017 at 2:19 pm

Premiere: Alien Kisses “Galaxy Love”

Jenny Wong from Brooklyn shoegaze project Vivienne Eastwood paired up with actress and humble-creator, Julia Morrison, on their ...

January 31, 2017 at 9:21 pm

BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 1/30/17

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY. FENDER THINLINE 72′ ...

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January 26, 2017 at 12:04 pm

Cool Shit: Jack Kerouac in Oedipus Rex

Eleventh grade was literal hell for me but that statement is true for all of high school. I was 14, going through puberty and ...

January 20, 2017 at 6:30 pm

BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 1/16/17

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY. VINTAGE GIBSON L-48 ARCHTOP ...

January 16, 2017 at 3:13 pm

Ladies Behind Lenses: Emily Kai Bock

Ladies Behind Lenses is a column that explores films directed, produced, and written by women who are kicking ass within the ...

January 15, 2017 at 8:52 pm

BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 1/9/17

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY. 1960 Harmony Rocket – ...

January 4, 2017 at 3:28 pm

BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 1/2/17

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY. Here were are in a new year ...

December 30, 2016 at 5:16 pm

BRIAN’S LIST: WEEK OF 12/26

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY. Holidays can be a wonderful ...

December 20, 2016 at 4:19 am

Staff Picks: Best Films of 2016

Our top picks for 2016! List curated by Tamim and Will.  In all honesty we haven’t watched most of the movies that are on all the ...

December 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm

Lost in 2016: NYC Music Venues

New York used to be the redeeming modicum of American culture but it has slowly turned into a haven for fratty Murray Hill ...

December 15, 2016 at 6:53 pm

Art Cures: Tis The Season!

Art Cures offers a themed list of music, films, books, events and other cool stuff in hopes of supplying you with a sufficient art ...

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December 15, 2016 at 3:00 am

Cool Shit: Lou Reed Loves Lester Bangs

My favorite relationship in music history is between Lester Bangs and Lou Reed. It’s hard to think of any other relationship that ...

December 14, 2016 at 3:43 pm

Brian’s List: Week of 12/12

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY. Hope everyone enjoyed last ...

December 8, 2016 at 8:23 pm

Brian’s List: Week of 12/5

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.  BANJO BONANZA! In an ...

December 6, 2016 at 4:19 am

Brian’s List: Wurlitzer Woes

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.  Deeply apologize folks ...

November 23, 2016 at 6:45 pm

Brian’s List: Week of 11/20

BRIAN’S LIST: SHOWCASING THE BEST DEALS AND INTERESTING FINDS IN MUSICAL EQUIPMENT IN NEW YORK CITY.  Brian’s List came into ...

November 22, 2016 at 7:41 pm

The Nausea and Euphoria of GARP

  Before I headed out on this tour with Foy Vance, I was invited out to the nowhere-land-venue Codfish Hollow for the first ...

November 4, 2016 at 10:22 pm

Ladies Behind Lenses: Alex Prager

Ladies Behind Lenses is a column that explores films directed, produced, and written by women who are kicking ass within the ...

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November 4, 2016 at 10:21 pm

Cool Shit: Richard Hell

Every one needs some sort of reoccurring reminder that they are in fact an imbecile. For me it happens when I read something and ...

July 27, 2016 at 7:26 pm

A Few of Our Favorite Things: Night Helix

Night Helix, aka Ben Ross Davis, is an audio project influenced by dark disco, industrial, and house. From vamp tracks to strong ...

July 20, 2016 at 5:28 pm

10 Movie Soundtracks to Stream Online!

A good soundtrack can make a bad film seem great. A good soundtrack is there to clog holes in a leaky ship. I know we do not like to ...

April 5, 2016 at 4:35 am

Throwback Review: ‘Paris, Texas’

We peer through the camera lens into a vast desert. You can feel the heat as you float above it, blanketed by its loneliness as a ...

January 20, 2016 at 11:16 pm

Sad Girl Cinema Club: Life is Hard

After hitting the unnerving age of 25, I was ambushed by the villainous, ‘quarterlife crisis.’ Among other concerns, I ...

December 23, 2015 at 6:16 pm

A Very GUTR Year

Give Up The Roast is a column that collides delicious caffeine with wild thrashing a la a bi-monthly coffee and punk album ...

December 22, 2015 at 9:03 pm

Shop art prints on altspaceshop.com!

Grace Miceli “HAHA HA HA HA” Print All prints from Take Me Home Tonight, a group show featuring over 50 artists and ...

December 17, 2015 at 9:22 pm

Staff Picks: Top Releases of 2015

Our top picks for 2015! List by Nasa, Hafi, Raf, Tim, Shea, Rich, and Brittany  All year our staff has been reviewing music, going ...