Young Manhattanite: Archive

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OMFG Danny Gans is dead! Truthfully, I never saw Gans in Vegas. I’ve seen every Vegas...

May 1st

Totally transparent I-Want-A-Book-Deal blogs, but one we can get behind. Personally, I like this,...

May 1st

Has Molly written about this yet? I’m behind in my reading.

May 1st

Can I chime in with the best part of last night? In conversation with Rex (which, fuck, Nic,...

May 1st

ninety9: Last night is going to put a lot of pressure on Banks’ birthday; someone is going have to...

May 1st

ninety9: rins: youngmanhattanite: Best part of last night: Rex flitting about and saying,...

May 1st

Actually, actually, the best part of the night was when I fell in love with a doner kebab plate at...

May 1st

Actually, best part of the night was when someone’s ladyfriend said (about the assembled...

May 1st

Best part of last night: Rex flitting about and saying, “All I want to do is talk about the...

May 1st

Clues.

alexbalk: ninety9: Secret note to @everyone: I’m in the kitchen, making out with @girlfriend,...

May 1st

From New York mag’s 21 Questions with David Wain: Who’s your favorite New Yorker,...

May 1st

JTA’s 100 Most Influential Jewish Twitterers

May 1st

Say what you want but we’re going to geek out and...

May 1st

nycthe: From the Print vs Blog panel RT @92YTribeca: “From what I understand from talking to...

May 1st

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c/o New Voices. See you Sunday.

May 1st

Such a snake.

May 1st

Such a dog.

May 1st

FOYM (and CO one member of YM) Michael Weiss: “The Jewish subtheme of comic books is of...

May 1st

Such a fox.

May 1st

rins: Krucki picked up a few traits from his nemesis. ...

May 1st

Congrats to Marshall on winning best doc for Racing Dreams. It was a great movie.

May 1st

AJ: it’s what’s for breakfast.

May 1st

This Looks Thingy

Let’s see, Post link here, followed by a Daily News, and then Daily News again for good...

May 1st

Farmers claim to be stewards of the...

May 1st

beff is back

beff: so. can i start by saying that taking the stage is one of the best shows on television? it...

May 1st

How Did I Wind Up Playing The Role Of...

johncarney: I just realized that this VF Emily Gould-Keith Gessen thing characterizes me as “n+1...

Apr 30th

From the mailbag: Dear Andrew, Mayor Bloomberg wants you to know how much he appreciates your time...

Apr 30th

rins: fimoculous: 4square Turf Wars Bitch, get off my...

Apr 30th

And that was my impression of the people...

rachellehruska: Just got this email from Foster Kamer. I have a feeling that a lot of friends...

Apr 30th

Katie Deedy featured in NY Times story

Apr 30th

Try not to over think it. We realize you shit...

Apr 30th

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pre-durst: Poe: “Angry Johnny” I hadn’t thought about this song in so long, and then somebody...

Apr 30th

Guys, good news: your taxpayer dollars have paid for me to get a second computer monitor installed...

Apr 30th

There was once a time when people thought that things like this were from people they knew, but then...

Apr 30th

Anyone else check out Nashville week on This Recording? Right.

Apr 30th

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GHHMCYSPNMTVVT*. Katie was in 4th Grade, I was in 3rd. Deal with it. *Gratuitous I Haven’t...

Apr 30th

fimoculous: Fuck. I just fell for that FBstarter thing. So who’d I spam? We wouldn’t put it...

Apr 30th

Blog Posts I Won’t Bother Pitching Chris On Because I Know He’ll Say No: “How To...

Apr 30th

Great Journalism Stories

negevrockcity: First, a bit of background: Gideon Levy is one of Israel’s most well known...

Apr 30th

dumbmanhattanite: nickmcglynn: Sipping NYC tap with...

Apr 30th

Meanwhile, print vs blog tonight! Village Voice Publisher Michael Cohen, Voice editor-in-chief Tony...

Apr 30th

I’ve been meaning to ask this for awhile, are we on the 2nd or 3rd wave of electroclash now?...

Apr 30th

I'm sorry, this just bored me to tears

Apr 30th

GessenGouldGate gets the Vanity Fair treatment. We look forward to hearing your opinion on the...

Apr 30th

As spoken by FOYM, The SOM Empire: Jon deserves a break. ...

Apr 30th

Today I had pineapple slices for lunch. There was a slight breeze coming off the veranda and the...

Apr 29th

Happy Propaganda Day, Israel!

Apr 29th

“Later, get seduced and betrayed by New Yorker writer Janet Malcolm as she discusses her new...

Apr 29th

For Katie: this makes me sad.

Apr 29th

The King of Kong

Apr 29th

Had a dream last night that I was finishing a semester at Yale and I was failing everything. A...

Apr 29th

Tumblr Late Nite is like watching Taxicab Confessions of the blogeratti.

Apr 29th

May we recommend for FOITR Joe Budden some, uh, Chantix? Related.

Apr 29th

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Ah, yes, you’re listening to the sweet sounds of YM Late Nite. This ditty goes out to all the...

Apr 29th

If someone asks you who your favorite actor is, and you say Tom Hanks, how do they react?

Apr 29th

The Awl is good. But how will they grow their audience?

Apr 29th

Oh, har har.

Apr 29th

Has anyone done the lucha libre surgical mask thing yet? Right.

Apr 28th

(via katiebakes) Penny Pinche’n?

Apr 28th

Teen hiker lost for 3 nights in NH is found...

Apr 28th

One can only speculate as to how jealous David Remnick must be of Keith Gessen these days.

Apr 28th

If this isn’t the best writing of it’s kind you’ve read in the last seven days,...

Apr 28th

You will link to this and refer to one or more people...

Apr 28th

The Dream of Zion

Israel: Paradise for Jewish Women on Boats, Paradise for Jewish Men on Seesaws.

Apr 28th

YM is a philanthropy blog, right? Welp, here ya go! Apparently, Ashton Kutcher ‘did this all’ in...

Apr 28th

Ian Svenonius interviews Stephen Malkmus!

Apr 28th

So…who’s going on the AIDS walk?

Apr 28th

Speaking of which, I tried to educate the readers of a certain website about Salinger-backpocketing...

Apr 28th

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maxsilvestri: I am starting to get sick so have been distracting myself today with this very...

Apr 28th

Hey, Jewish Federation? Maybe an article about Madoff...

Apr 28th

Did you hear Bea Arthur got kidnapped by Somali pirates after getting the swine flu from the...

Apr 27th

Ferdinand Pecora, a nation turns its lonely eyes to you

Apr 27th

Talk about the call coming from inside the house, I learned that Emily Gould will be on a girl talk...

Apr 27th

spiers: Guess they’re not dead? Oh, they’re dead...

Apr 27th

Alana Newhouse! JJ Goldberg! Phillip Weiss! Dan Sieradski! Eli Valley! (Yes, that one.) Just some of...

Apr 27th

The Awl goes with a straight white male to do their sports column. WHAT’S SO HIGH BROW ABOUT...

Apr 27th

Katie and BV will “like” this one.

Apr 27th

This is all David Simon and The Wire’s fault. I’d make a joke about them moving Internal...

Apr 27th

We’re giving this one a second run even though you...

Apr 27th

“Kanye West hasn’t really done anything worthwhile—except maybe musically, I...

Apr 27th

It’s benefit/gala season, plan accordingly. The Brighter Futures Society presents: ROYALE....

Apr 27th

Entitlement Reform: Christopher Buckley

Apr 27th

Things the Spam Filter Missed Dept.: “Marking Israel’s 61st Independence Day -...

Apr 27th

madeupmemories: I make myself laugh. This is actually...

Apr 27th

Have you ever checked in on Foursquare but hid your whereabouts? You might be an asshole trying to...

Apr 27th

Have you ever checked in on Foursquare but hid your whereabouts? You might be an asshole.

Apr 27th

spiers: youngmanhattanite: Relax, people. We still, and will always, have John Carney. Which you...

Apr 27th

Relax, people. We still, and will always, have John Carney.

Apr 27th

I for one am sad about this.

peterfeld: Portfolio’s Jeff Bercovici mnookins the obituary, minus references to sex in 1969....

Apr 27th

West Bank Settler Logic

negevrockcity: According to an ultra-right wing settler columnist at Yedioth, the creation of a...

Apr 27th

You wish Obama was a secret Socialist. Sadly, he is not. Barack Obama has squandered his presidency....

Apr 27th

We look forward to reading the obituaries on the timely demise of Portfolio. Our (ie my) view: it...

Apr 27th

rins: Krucoff warms up so that he won’t tear a...

Apr 27th

portfolio dead, reports the Awl.

Apr 27th

Nicely done, Max Silvestri, nicely done.

Apr 27th

This is New York, too.

Apr 27th

This is New York.

Apr 27th

KEITH GESSEN, who was arrested in Sochi today, was released two hours later. Gessen’s friend...

Apr 27th

Found this dream journal while searching for Foursquare press/blog mentions. Good to know it’s...

Apr 27th

What were you doing while Keith Gessen was working a story...

Apr 26th

The great WASP cash-in continues.

Apr 26th

As I handed her a pair that were tucked inside one of the...

Apr 25th

Cool find. But Stuart the Turtle would like to point out that by “The path once connected...

Apr 25th

Sylvia’s. I guess you could say I treated myself....

Apr 25th

Someone was fixing up a garden in Harlem. While you were blogging — about it.

Apr 25th

Can’t lie. Feels pretty good.

Apr 25th

Hands On New York Day in Harlem. Wish you were here

Apr 25th

Reggie on Fallon last night.

Apr 25th

News Flash: Ladies, no matter how much you think you relate to her, you are not like Liz Lemon. Not...

Apr 25th

Hey, Oh, This Fek Is On Fire

- “I’m sorry, are you a journalist or something?…Honey, you need to stop writing...

Apr 24th

For Members Only: Glimpsing A Manhattan...

From American Heritage Magazine December 1954: In 1936 in New York City there occured the 100th...

Apr 24th

One gets the feeling that Chris Lehmann has been working for...

Apr 24th

The Taliban makes further inroads in Jerusalem.

Apr 24th

I Want To Upoc You

With all the talk about OMGICU, does this ring a bell? Stalking made easy Have your attempts at...

Apr 24th

Hey, ever notice that a map of Manhattan looks like a big ol’ dick? It’s kinda crazy if...

Apr 24th

Gothamist Interview: Rachel Maddow

Apr 24th

Tomorrow the weather will be amazing. Act the same. You can still volunteer for Hands On New York...

Apr 24th

Life, it’s about the little things. (Back to you,...

Apr 24th

Overhead in YM: “Julia is a real bottomfeeder. At least Cheney was doing something...

Apr 24th

Until she decided to throw her mealticket under the bus.

Apr 23rd

Those were the days, eh?

Apr 23rd

What did you do for Take Your Child to Work Day? We showed local high school kids our design studio....

Apr 23rd

The Recession Is A Boon For New Media...

Apr 23rd

“Pathetic” and “disgust(ing).” Sounds about right.

Apr 23rd

ninety9: fek: This is what a desperate blogger looks like. Consider it an experiment. Let’s see...

Apr 23rd

Dahr?

Apr 23rd

fek: This is what a desperate blogger looks like. Consider it an experiment. Let’s see if it...

Apr 23rd

Hilltop Rock

Think of it as Phish for Phascists.

Apr 23rd

david: Breakthrough. This will be big. It already is.* *We hear.

Apr 23rd

Look at lil’ Katie gettin’ all hip-hoppity. Aw. [Related.]

Apr 23rd

A Prediction In Re Harman For Your...

Harman’s strategy will be one of misdirection. She will try to turn this into an issue of...

Apr 23rd

Whoa, just checked Facebook. Other birthdays today: Maccers and Gene DeRose! (Rob Sterling might be...

Apr 23rd

spiers: My lovely @boyfriend turns 40 today. Happy...

Apr 23rd

That whole Red State/Blue State thing? Total Black Ops.

Apr 23rd

The trick is knowing what’s ticking louder: your Biological or Doomsday Clock.

Apr 23rd

If Tumblr is still blocked at work...

frangry: I’m quitting. I will do anything to get it unblocked, you hear that IT guy? ANYTHING. If...

Apr 23rd

“The Hearsts and the Orson Welles of the new medium are...

Apr 23rd

Pitching a Tent City Story

We almost got our man on the ground in Sacramento to put his ear to it but he took the YM way, the...

Apr 23rd

Three Observations In re Harman For Your...

1. The target of the NSA tap was a U.S. citizen who was an alleged “double agent”, in...

Apr 23rd

Releasing the memos was a fine symbolic gesture, but the decision may very well end up being...

Apr 23rd

I imagine this has been linked all over the place but if you...

Apr 23rd

“Who is Rex?”

Apr 23rd

Someone keep an eye on The Awl’s commenter numbering (I guess Brian Van since he asked) and...

Apr 23rd

Caroline's Cancer

Apr 23rd

I mean, really: you guys want a Butterfinger Buzz, right? Right? The single-ad strategy is strangely...

Apr 22nd

Allow me to get serious for a second. My mom is going through a rough crisis at the moment and needs...

Apr 22nd

I just told a co-worker to suck my...

tylercoates: It was in a hilarious, friendly way, but still: I need to get out of this office now...

Apr 22nd

“Outsourcing” is a word used by white collar types to describe what they used referred to more...

Apr 22nd

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rins: andrearosen: Polaris - Hey Sandy Filter ran a really amazing feature on Pete &...

Apr 22nd

whatcriscilikes: juliaallison: Mary & I are in this...

Apr 22nd

Did you know Rachel Maddow is “practically New York’s mascot these days”? Now you do.

Apr 22nd

“Y’all act like you’ve never seen a white person before. And...”
— The opening shot from...

Apr 22nd

We’re putting Norwood on Deathwatch.

Apr 22nd

“Y’all act like you’ve never seen a white person before. And...”
— The opening shot from...

Apr 22nd

Found In Williamsburg: The Official Hipster...

Apr 22nd

@boyfriend turns four-oh tomorrow

spiers: … and Rachel Sklar wants you to buy him a drink. [Charitini] Proceeds go to the Curious...

Apr 22nd

Headcase is the funniest show on TV right now. Parks and Recreation, not so much.

Apr 22nd

We’d like to borrow the The Awl Photoshop intern when...

Apr 22nd

(Close your eyes, Mohney) Foster, be an intern for The Awl and we’ll pay your rent, beer...

Apr 22nd

Hello down there.

Apr 22nd

What I Did Yesterday

I know there’s a whole tired and worn genre of this type of blogging but I especially like...

Apr 22nd

Pfaffism: What concerns me in this article is something else. It is the fact that the mass of agents...

Apr 22nd

Weaksauce

Curt: It was me [with the posting of the Dungeons & Dragons modules]. AK: Garbage, dude....

Apr 22nd

Vloggers, where are they now?

Apr 22nd

We’re the poor man’s Slick Rick album. On that note: Lodi Dodi. We don’t cause...

Apr 22nd

Hell yeah: that floater from Chopin’s Awakening. Lesson learned: annoying kids? Kill yourself.

Apr 22nd

Out: Caroline McCarthy In: Rachel Sterne You heard it here first.

Apr 22nd

How much is that protest in the window? The Gallatin Open House was briefly interrupted tonight when...

Apr 22nd

Rachel Maddow’s ALL CAPS voice sounds like a Muppet. She could be on Sesame Street. (Note:...

Apr 22nd

Is there any woman in the history of literature worth emulating (other than the one who got her...

Apr 22nd

Are you down with Michelle Obama’s Fresh Food Revolution? The woman is ON HER KNEES pleading...

Apr 22nd

lilyb: fimoculous: youngmanhattanite: Please stop it with the referring to legitimate New York...

Apr 22nd

NYC Battles Chicago and L.A. in Tap Water...

Apr 21st

nycthe: Guess whos guest blogging @ Clusterstock on Thurs?...

Apr 21st

I think the Awl is a poor man's Young...

peterfeld: jgh: Or YM is a poor man’s Awl. Discuss. The latter, right? Let’s be...

Apr 21st

But only one 99.

Apr 21st

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Ah, yes. The end of a long day. We sit back, reflect upon the work done, the work to do tomorrow,...

Apr 21st

Potato, potahhhto: Lehmann: “Sherman may claim possession of the piece’s byline (a...

Apr 21st

Thursday is gonna be tough. There’s the Zeek mag Spring ‘09 launch with a talk on Jewish...

Apr 21st

This thing looks like that thing. (That other thing didn’t get the memo.)

Apr 21st

You win some, you lose some

Emily Gould: “I feel like the internet had a really good day today for the first time in...

Apr 21st

Lesley nails it on Slate.

Apr 21st

Then there’s this.

Apr 21st

Jews + Beyonce (the way God intended)

rins: Phillip K. Dick’s “The Man in the High Castle” failed to imagine a world in which Beyonce...

Apr 21st

(via ninety9) But does it BUZZ?!?!??!

Apr 21st

I like.

Apr 21st

fek: Brilliant moments in graphic design (by which I mean: the selection of a graphic for a blog...

Apr 21st

“Oh, wow, America!”

Apr 21st

Sometimes I love what we do on YM, sometimes I hate it. I guess mostly I hate it.

Apr 21st