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Oh how I wish I was going to be in town for this. The lineup is AMAZING!
UPDATE: The folks over at vLES are being extra cool and allowing me to post the RSVP info. You’ll need to be on ze list as it’s a closed event.
vLES Presents
Matt & Kim
The Virgins
Cakeshop
Sunday 9/2, 10 pm
open bar 10:30-11:30
rsvp: […]

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Hearst Tower Escalators Offer Unexpected View of Employees — New York Magazine
The cascading glass escalators in the lobby of Norman Foster’s new Hearst Tower, which carry the ladies of Cosmopolitan, Town & Country, and Harper’s […]

My friend Joc mocked up these images (she had to take Topanga out of the first shot) and I LOLed. The though of Shia LaBeouf and Zac Efron taking on the roles of Corey and Shawn is AWESOME.

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To quote her original email:
Will the real Corey and Shawn stand up?
I’m just sayin… am I the ONLY […]

NY1: Staff Profiles
Pat Kiernan rocks!
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CBGB Founder Hilly Kristal Dead At 75 - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
Club owner died of complications from lung cancer on Tuesday.
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ohnotheydidnt: Britney loses one contact and shows her ass
Cover your eyes!
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Apartment Therapy - Hotel Fox: Copenhagen
AT has looked at hotels in […]

POP CULTURE / Hipster takes time out for parenting
There’s a concerted effort to re-create what was fun about our youth and adapt it so our kids can enjoy it as well.
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Two Years Later, a Street Still Waits for Its Promised Gentrification - New York Times
Continuing construction, a sense of geographic isolation and waning […]

Have you heard of this? My friend Josh just sent me this link to a discussion board talking about how if you sync up certain songs on “Kid A” with one copy delayed for 17 seconds you get a completely new song/album experience that some fans claim Thom Yorke has said is “intentional”. Some have […]

Um… so is it wrong that I’m becoming obsessed with Zac Efron? I just watch the majority of High School Musical 2 last night and I was struggling to figure out if he was gay or not the entire movie. I’d go back and forth… it’s kinda a toss up.
Oh, and according to a recent […]

So when I’m on vacation, the last thing I want to do is go do work. Apparently Luke Pritchard of the Kooks does not have the same work ethic as I do, because this past Sunday he performed an semi-impromptu acoustic show at Soundfix in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, despite the fact that he’s in town “on […]

Like the Virgins - New York Times
Until last year, they had no label, no shows and no record, so knowledge about this cool New York band was strictly by hipster word of mouth.
Sexual Preference - New York Times
There are women who dress for themselves, and women who don’t.

Thanks for making the first ever After the Jump Festival a major success!
Official After the Jump Cards

Ra Ra Riot packed the house, then brought it down.

The Virgins strutted their stuff.

Official t-shirts of the festival…in a variety of colors!

Locksley made the ladies swoon. (Myself included.)