YANKEES GO HOME

I reckon that not since the Civil War has there been such a strong sense of resentment toward those northern "carpetbaggers."

The Alex awards, anyone?

Forget the Met. Original artwork is now at Blockbuster!

Starlet Johansson

She did it, she will be nude tomorrow in the Vanity Fair Hollywood issue.

The role of Cindy Sheehan

If Cindy Sheehan keeps up her friendship with Hugo Chavez she will be associated with wanting to bring the community down, instead of reforming it from within.

The image of the new New Orleans.

Home for the holidays in December, riding my bicycle through the French Quarter, I passed a man standing on the corner of Royal and Ursuline. Palette in hand, beret on head, he was painting a post-Katrina picture, a Creole cottage with its roof covered by a bright blue tarp.

Now that's not what I call music

A recent USA Today poll finds Americans torn on questions of minutae with regard to the file-sharing phenomenon. Many seem to agree, though, that the majority of the major label music being churned out today is overpriced and terrible.

Lesbian alt media

A roll call of the major players in lesbian print media include GO NYC (local), Curve, Girlfriends, and a few others that for the most, part mimic hetero publications.

Olympic fashion week(s)

Just as New York’s Olympus Fashion week winds down to an end, the start of another fashion showcase will be kicking off over in Italy. I’m talking about the 20th Olympic Winter Games of course.

MPAA is watching you

You are tired of downloading hundreds of mp3 a day? You have just improved your LimeWire skills? And you consider yourself as a rebel against Das Kapital? Become a pirate !

The quick fix

Good news: The makers of MediaMax copy-protection software are removing the destructive bits. Bad news: the copy-protection itself will remain.

Fast Times at Wigmore Hall

Sometimes I wish I were back in London; they have the most brilliant programs there.

Curry and cultural imperialism

To this day, our perceptions of Indian cuisine are defined by classifications imposed by conquerors and outsiders. Curry, synonymous with common notions of Indian food, is actually a British concept.

Sane reactions to those troublesome cartoons

Islamic commentators give “maybe it’s our fault” responses to the ongoing cartoon controversy.

Trend pieces: sexual variance as a novelty

New York Magazine’s latest feature “The Cuddle Puddle of Stuyvesant High School” takes a look at one of the magnet school's cliques whose members are obsessed with sex.

Luxury brands and the sport of shopping

Though it’s easy to love Payless' attempt to bring to truly cute, original, and most importantly, affordable shoes to the market, it’s hard to forget the fiasco that occured when Stella McCartney’s H&M collection hit stores last fall.