Young Manhattanite

2009

2008

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92y: On Saturday, Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, and Jeremy Ben-Ami, the executive...
Nov 25th
"If this soundtrack were a pigeon, I would...
Nov 25th
Welcome to the back channel, NVC.
Nov 25th

JEWS AND OSTRICH FEATHERS

I’ve wanted to get this book for several months, and maybe I’ll finally splurge now that...
Nov 24th
Bolting down I-95. No resting on laurels, no rest stops in...
Nov 24th
Warch Watch
“And sympathy is only friendship’s whore, you know.”
Nov 24th
eastofeden: 1) Don’t tell a stranger anything you wouldn’t tell a cop. 2) Don’t do anything...
Nov 24th

Don't Look Behind the Curtain

bmichael: Are you the author of the Gawker post, the author of the katiebakes Tumblr log, Phyllis...
Nov 23rd
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madeupmemories: Lykke Li - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? If The Internet is asking then the...
Nov 23rd
"Video commentary by Keith Gessen on how...
Nov 23rd
My uncle passed away on Friday and while I’ll remember...
Nov 23rd
New Thing: Tumblrzine
Nov 23rd
caro: marsbot: Foursquare pins. Who wants one? Should...
Nov 20th
Soon Katie Will Take On Birth Notices And She...
Nov 20th
Listen Listen
Golem - “Rumenye” Romanians get a bad rap. Even Romanian Jews from their fellow Jews. A...
Nov 20th
Hebron Fund begins charm offensive by calling...
Nov 20th
fek: One of a few of my favorite “outtake” pictures from...
Nov 20th
natashavc: EXCUSE ME, HAS HARPER’S ALWAYS HAD AN OTTER AS...
Nov 19th
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icanseenewyorkcityfrommyhouse: 92y: Audio: Philip Levine at the 92Y Poetry Center in November...
Nov 19th
What I Didn't Get For Christmas
Nov 19th
disgustingthingsihaveeaten: [image via hipsterrunoff] ...
Nov 19th
Jewish Girls Give Great Head, Right?
Nov 19th
Jeremy Sisto's Twitter account continues to...
Nov 19th

Palin of Settlement

J Street responds to Sarah Palin’s comments on settlements:J Street rejects Sarah Palin’s comments...
Nov 19th
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raptoravatar: integrityintennisshoes: showerbeers:tinctures: jawbreaker - chesterfield king ...
Nov 19th
Be young and shut up The French basically perfected the...
Nov 19th
He got a bigger boat, Foster.
Nov 19th
That wasn’t an eHarmony ad?
Nov 19th
Ohhhhhh, so that is how Tumblr is gonna make money. I “get it” now.
Nov 19th
Zach Baron on that Vice profile of Brooks Headley:Candidly, my first thought when word came that...
Nov 18th

THE DESSERT PSYCHO

vicemag: PUNK DRUMMER TRANSFORMS INTO WORLD-CLASS CHEF WITH ALARMING SWIFTNESS This is Brooks...
Nov 18th
De Niro’s a rabbi?
Nov 18th
“Der pelts unter dem vaybershn boykh iz dos tayerste futerl....”
— Dirty Yiddish
Nov 18th
lock: SPOTTED! Just when the day couldn’t get any weirder...
Nov 18th
Warch Watch
katiebakes: Hands down the best song last night was this one. (This YouTube is from some other...
Nov 18th
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maxsilvestri: andrewti: In case U jerks ain’t herd, Gabe and Max have a new goddamn talk show....
Nov 18th
Tinsley Mortimer and Devorah Rose Teach Us...
Nov 18th
John R. MacArthur: History promises disaster...
Nov 18th
And gay non-Jews use more Yiddish than...
Nov 18th
You won’t see this on Lazy Gawker or similar blog...
Nov 18th
My Viceland Interview!
Nov 18th
Oh, there will be hand-holding.
Nov 17th
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meaghano: John Sellers interviews John Hodgman about Fresca in an Elantra. True fact: I have...
Nov 17th
Hey Andrew, Suck it.
Nov 17th
Dude, Foster, you’ve developed this weird habit lately of posting stuff on YM and then...
Nov 17th
Hm. Which one of these is not like others?
Nov 17th
This Friday, November 20th at 7:00pm Discussion Please join editors and contributors Keith Gessen,...
Nov 17th
"...you people have no idea how to negotiate...
Nov 17th
This thing looks like that thing.
Nov 17th
The feeling is mutual.
Nov 17th
Energizer Bubbe: Who's the Super Race Now?
Nov 17th
Warch Watch
katiebakes: Last night I saw how my reality TV sausage is made, and it was no less traumatizing...
Nov 17th
Looking for a Drinking Buddy?
Nov 17th
“I started realizing, ‘Wow. This is for people who actually have a legitimate problem. This isn’t a...
Nov 17th
ninety9: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Much of it’s true, but they never take into account that we ship all...
Nov 16th
Yeder Table > Algonquin Round Table. Related: Totally see the appeal in the universe breaking...
Nov 16th
Greenest Place in the U.S.? It's Not Where...
Nov 16th
You have two choices for tonight: Guest of a Guest Site Redesign Party or the Algonquin Roundtable...
Nov 16th

Lost Sholom Aleichem novel published for...

peterfeld: “I Hope They Serve Schnapps In Chelm” Katie Bakes is still a bloodsucking Jew.
Nov 16th
Katie Bakes is a bloodsucking Jew.
Nov 16th

Thought of the day.....

antikris: Tumblr is MAD boring. Congratulations, you’ve graduated to Twitter. See ya at...
Nov 16th

Yet More Help Wanted: Houston & New...

fek: chrismohney: As with Miami, need someone local in Houston and New Orleans to oversee...
Nov 16th
mikehudack: jamesnord: vneckandacardigan: For...
Nov 16th
Listen Listen
The Monorchid - “Sink The West Coast” THIS TOWN’S NO FUN ‘CAUSE THIS...
Nov 16th
Ultra-Orthodox Jews Storm Intel Plant -...
Nov 16th
ninety9: If Ted Leo is music for 35 year-olds, The League is a sit com for some really smaller...
Nov 14th
Billionaire Jew philanthropist Michael Steinhardt is a pompous dick. Let me show you.
Nov 14th
Listen Listen
Sebadoh - “Soul and Fire” “Saying goodbye was so much fun…” Recently...
Nov 14th
fek: “But really, the word douche is just like the story the Times did on it, and the generalized...
Nov 14th
Warch Watch
natashavc: We must all march into the ocean and reclaim otters as our rightful pets. LOOK AT...
Nov 14th
Yeah, like I was gonna say no to this. Hi, I am contacting...
Nov 14th
We’re honoring Hug-A-Jew Day at work. Shabbat Shalom,...
Nov 13th

LETO MY EGO

OK FOSTER, I READ IT AND IT WAS THE BEST THING EVAR™. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to get...
Nov 13th
Carrie Brownstein interviews Thurston Moore
Nov 13th
Nov 13th
Neither did I. And I wrote one of ‘em
Nov 13th

Tkacik on Gladwell and Kamer on Leto:...

I didn’t read either. That’s one, I suppose.
Nov 13th
fek: I was not supposed to meet Jared Leto. I wasn’t...
Nov 13th
92y: Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) Following up our...
Nov 13th
Warch Watch
Ever fall in love with a junkie? You should see my shoes.
Nov 13th
Deleted! That was quick. Wonder how many hands McGlynn has left right now. Hey, look! The...
Nov 12th
gawker: From: Gwkr <gawker@tumblr.com> Date:...
Nov 12th
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92y: New York Times Metro Reporter Jennifer 8. Lee, author of The Fortune Cookie Chronicles, is...
Nov 12th
fek: Despite my many possible contributions to the fray,...
Nov 12th
Not true, boss. Just ask Katie: I write for them.
Nov 12th
fek: The scumsucking sketchfaces at ANIMAL NEW YORK - The...
Nov 12th
Irish priest kidnapped in Philippines...
Nov 12th
That is one helluva junket.
Nov 12th
Anyone else going? It’s for a good cause. People need...
Nov 12th
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Nov 12th
“This of course is the self-prescribed social disposition of a hipster, an aloof—but...
Nov 12th
“You do realize we’re talking about Bill Simmons here, right? On Mediaite. This is like...
Nov 12th
But really, fuck Mad Men.
Nov 12th
Make Great Shit
Nov 12th
Listen Listen
alexbalk: It might not always show Ha. Schwarzenbach auto-reblog.
Nov 12th
Spoiler Alert: for those of you who missed the Gossip Girl threesome, it was Dan, Vanessa, and...
Nov 11th
Lou Dobbs is talking about the game. He is not talking about practice.
Nov 11th

And Now, A Dramatic Transcription.

WE TALKING ABOUT PRACTICE. NOT A GAME. NOT THE GAME THAT I GO OUT THERE AND DIE FOR AND PLAY EVERY...
Nov 11th
PRACTICE?
Nov 11th
Fly High, AltaBird
Nov 11th
Your media startup with inevitably end up fucking the dog. At least these people walk the walk.
Nov 11th
Mickey, you’re next, mothafucka.
Nov 11th
BREAKING: Jews Use Twitter. They Have Really...
Nov 11th
Did We Mention Katie Has The Penis?
Nov 11th

GAMECHANGER FOR REAL THOUGH

Nov 11th
The Game, It Has Been Changed
Nov 11th
GPOYW?W.* Gratuitous Picture of Yourself...
Nov 11th
By request: What do you think I ate first, the chicken or...
Nov 11th
Warch Watch
Andrew’s been learning a lot at his “Beginner’s Hebrew” class at the Y.
Nov 11th
Heh. Junketeer! I’m okay with that. Mr. Mikus, can we get some work done on this? Also,...
Nov 11th
Did you think I said Bran Channel?
Nov 11th
McCann’s Oatmeal (the real kind) w/fresh cranberries and cream. Stumptown Coffee. Yes, those...
Nov 11th
Yay, the return of the Yumblr! Does Lockhart have clawback privileges if we break the covenant?...
Nov 11th
Be jealous, bitches. I just had Peanut Butter Granola for breakfast. Junkety till I die,...
Nov 11th
fek: Dinner at Dovetail last night ended when they gave us...
Nov 11th
katiebakes: Why do people LIVE in Manhattan when we could...
Nov 11th
Nov 11, 7pm, Housing Works, FREE: To coincide with...
Nov 11th
ppls: puot:bedscenes:(via fouroneoh) This is for my...
Nov 10th
Bet you didn’t see that one coming, Katie.
Nov 10th
6h057: I just realized how old Young Manhattanite is. We...
Nov 10th
matthewgallaway: I saw Unwound at Under Acme in 199_, and though I can’t say I was ever...
Nov 10th
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Unwound - “Dragnalus” P(ug)et Sounds.
Nov 10th

If you don't believe me, look it up

6h057: fuiru: David Duchovny once slapped a child “for being Welsh”. The child grew up to...
Nov 9th
I refuse to link to it but a line was crossed earlier. For the sake of all parties involved, and...
Nov 9th
Fuck the Mets. Seriously.
Nov 9th
rendit: Did they time this whole rollout around Jonathan Safran Foer’s vegetarianism book so as to...
Nov 9th
n+1, the small leftwing literary magazine produced from post-industrial DUMBO, has gentrification on...
Nov 9th
So I guess The Diarrhea of Anne Frank, a musical concocted by 99 over bitter herbs at the YM Seder,...
Nov 9th
If Alanis Morissette (I don’t know how to spell it and I’m not looking it up) ever does...
Nov 9th
Not that this needs the #Fuckin’Jews tag, but yeah: if this doesn’t get me a postcard...
Nov 9th
ninety9: My cousin was reading The Outsiders for class....
Nov 9th
anastasiafriscia: My roommate is starting a meatball shop, which is like a meatball truck but...
Nov 9th
“But what Portuguese gave me that nothing else could...
Nov 9th
Riding the food truck craze, I tried to start a rumor about one with meatballs (who doesn’t...
Nov 9th
Now I “get it.”
Nov 8th
Listen Listen
Jonathan Fire*Eater - “Station Coffee” This song is cocaine. It should be called Station Cocaine....
Nov 8th
fek: Nice, Bucky. I assume that unlocks the...
Nov 7th
6h057: Talk about a Young Manhattanite. It’s a...
Nov 7th
Shabbat Shalom Recovery Project: They wouldn’t let me...
Nov 6th
Never forget.
Nov 6th
Since I couldn’t find the baby-shopping-cart-head thing, I just replaced it with the old...
Nov 6th
Oh, come on, you GUYS. It’s PARADE DAY. WHEEEEEEE!!!!!
Nov 6th
Fix this shit, Foster.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 6th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
YANKEES. 2010.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
YANKEES 2010.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
nudawn: youngmanhattanite: YANKEES 2010 OH MY GOD YES WE GET IT Desired effect:...
Nov 5th
YANKEES 2010
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
YANKEES 2010.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
BRO. BRO.
Nov 5th
FOYM Trace Crutchfield writes: “Me, Gibby Haynes & Alex Kilgore + bands and beer. If that...
Nov 5th
YANKEES 2010.
Nov 5th
ninety9: This just occurred to me: aside from being absolutely counter-intuitive, aren’t...
Nov 5th
Warch Watch
92y: Frank Bruni on Jeffrey Chodorow, anonymity and much more. He regrets not reviewing...
Nov 5th
What the? Have you increased the frequency to every half-hour? DONG DONG DONG DONG.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
Warch Watch
I’m like Sinatra at the Opera.
Nov 5th
Unsportsmanlike conduct, Katie. Your bench has been warned.
Nov 5th
Nice try, Bakes.
Nov 5th
METS 2010.
Nov 5th
So. James. Did she cry?
Nov 5th

"A Serious Man" Prequel

Desperate for market share, NY1 guns for at least 12 regular viewers of The Jewish Channel. My...
Nov 5th
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perpetua: “He’s lame, he’s not attractive, he has really no musical gift to give to the...
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
Listen Listen
Rashanim - “Zemanim” Related: ProgJews
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
Other people who also got book deals who we are crazy-proud of: FOYM Sheila McClear, with FOYM Soft...
Nov 5th
We got a book deal.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th

Listen to the bell, Grossbard. It tolls...

Foster has turned YM into the superdick version of the Big Ben Twitter.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
YANKEES
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
YANKEES.
Nov 5th
Go team.
Nov 5th

:(

Nov 5th
Breaking: Jones v. Minkin Dismissed!!!
Nov 4th
Excluding us and yourself, who would you most like to see quit the Internet?
Nov 4th
SPEAKERS — EMILIO AZCÁRRAGA, Grupo Televisa; DENNIS CROWLEY, Foursquare; BARRY DILLER, IAC;...
Nov 4th
The sex life of seahorses
Nov 4th
Trend Alert: Brits fascinated with American crime. Guardian: How Detroit, the Motor City, turned...
Nov 4th

Homicide on Lorimer St

ryanbrown: …what is Neighborhoodr actually supposed to be? This is a blatant rip-off of the...
Nov 3rd
92y: Patrick Phillips interviews The New Yorker’s Ken...
Nov 3rd
Pitch it to Deadspin.
Nov 3rd
I feel like you could also make a case for Brandchannel.
Nov 3rd
damn
Nov 3rd

If You're Going To Pitch A Story About...

Here are some venues you might want to try: - Mediaite - Guest of a Guest - ASSME -...
Nov 3rd
Warch Watch
Here’s the MAD-Batman segment from last night’s show. Footage c/o Sieradski, who also...
Nov 3rd
Vote!
Nov 3rd
Nov 3rd
Nov 3rd
Lawsuit of the Day: Jones v. Minkin
Nov 3rd
6h057: John Carney’s ‘Don’t Vote’ advice is severely diluting his ‘College Isn’t For Everyone’...
Nov 3rd
There are a few benefits to following YM.
Nov 3rd
Update: Wear a keffiyeh to tonight’s show and I’ll cover your ticket purchase.
Nov 2nd
Time to say to you, my child Your name is wild And if you...
Nov 2nd
Nick Denton: Alex, you know how I love your rants — even when I disagree with the conclusion....
Nov 2nd
"Literally Any Human Being Not Named Michael...
Nov 2nd
Tonight: "Eli Valley vs the Sway Machinery in...
Nov 2nd
Well, isn’t that pretty? Related.
Nov 2nd
For an alternate take on the Vice party, check out the Titus Andronicus blog. As Sasha Frere-Jones...
Nov 2nd
dpstyles: Broadway @ 8th Street.  I walked under this 2x...
Nov 2nd
Columnist Quits After Newsday Starts Charging...
Nov 2nd
While we’re on the Berco-tip, there’s also...
Nov 2nd
Did you hang out with a former NBA player dressed as Gunnar...
Nov 2nd
ninety9: ryanbrown: related: has anyone seen my cell...
Nov 2nd
Well looky here, FOYM Jeff Bercovici with a new McSweeney’s List on Actuarial Tables. What are...
Nov 1st
ericmortensen: soupsoup: sarahb: My friends Alicia,...
Nov 1st
Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: When Your Wedding...
Nov 1st
dpstyles: “There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman...
Nov 1st
Get the feeling Hillary half-assed her Halloween costume?
Nov 1st
Led Nepotism: Jann Wenner and Steven...
Nov 1st
Freed from both immediate motive and the...
Nov 1st
katiebakes: I WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY. You really should...
Nov 1st

You Can't Spell Jewelry Without...

Ariel Kaminer goes Cash4Golding and perhaps the most impressive feat is her refrain from using...
Nov 1st
But seriously, did anyone see a Roman Polanski costume last night? Maybe at the Vice party?...
Nov 1st
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Jawbreaker - “Jinx Removing” We’re too smart to watch TV, we’re too dumb...
Nov 1st