| | | Black Hebrew Israelites: New York's Most Obnoxious Prophets BY STEVEN THRASHER  Friday, February 11, will be remembered as the historic day Hosni Mubarak's 30-year regime came to an end in Egypt. But that same day, New Yorkers were lined up for a different reason on 34th Street: The new Jordan 6IX Rings sneakers were going on sale at midnight. By 7 p.m., hundreds of black people were lined up outside a Midtown store despite the temperature hovering around 11 degrees. Corralled behind rope lines and shivering on folding chairs, they waited patiently for the chance to plop down $160 and be among the first to own the newest Air Jordans. From across the street, another black man, swathed in bright colors and not wearing Air Jordans, watched the scene. "Look at those sla... more >>
| | | | | | | | Why Wiz Khalifa Isn't Snoop Dogg BY JESSE SERWER  With his spindly six-foot-four frame and self-estimated $10,000-a-month weed habit, Wiz Khalifa invites easy comparisons to Snoop Dogg. The upstart Pittsburgh rapper, who is reportedly starring alongside Snoop in a Cheech & Chong–style buddy flick called High School, also takes after his Doggfather when it comes to cultivating a diverse following. His "Black & Yellow" topped the Billboard H... more >> | | | | | | | | Sol de Quito Helps You Get High in Bushwick BY ROBERT SIETSEMA  For a first-timer, the best way to explore Ecuadorean food is with one of Sol de Quito's combo platters. The montanero ($13.99) features a thick hank of way-garlicky sausage; a heap of meat chunks fried to super-concentrated porkiness; a bowl of plain brown beans; a pounded and breaded beefsteak; two comical cocktail franks that never saw the inside of a can, quizzically forked at both ends like ... more >> | | | | | | | | Celebrating the Cycle of Life in Le Quattro Volte BY J. HOBERMAN  Grave, beautiful, austerely comic, and casually metempsychotic, Michelangelo Frammartino’s Le Quattro Volte is one of the wiggiest nature documentaries—or almost-documentaries—ever made. Shown at the last New York Film Festival, the 42-year-old Frammartino’s second movie is virtually without dialogue, yet filled with the sounds of the world and intensely communicative. Le Quat... more >> | | | | | | | | Beware: Ray Kelly for Next FBI Director? BY NAT HENTOFF  Our senior senator, to whom President Obama pays considerable heed, is vigorously campaigning for our police commissioner to become the FBI director when the incumbent, Robert Mueller, ends his 10-year term this September. “The country needs him,” Chuck Schumer explains. “Ray Kelly is a world-class choice, and he’s at the head of the list whether it’s fighting terrorism,... more >> | | | | | | | | Best in Show: Mark Morrisroe at Artists Space BY R. C. BAKER  Let's get the bleak backstory out of the way. The photographer Mark Morrisroe was born in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1959, to an unidentified man he sometimes claimed was Albert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler, who was once his alcoholic mother's landlord. Morrisroe worked as a teen prostitute, and in 1976 was shot by one of his johns, leaving him with a permanent limp. He died of AIDS in 1989. Mor... more >> | | | | | | | | Runnin' Scared Bored at work today? Feel like solving a murder? The FBI has resorted to asking the public for help with the open murder case of Ricky McCormick. The body of the 41-year-old was found along Highwa... Fork in the Road It was only a matter of time (and rents) before this happened, but little bits of Queens are starting to look like little bits of Brooklyn. ... La Daily Musto Oscar winner Michael Douglas is playing bejeweled homosexual pianist and frou-frou wearer Liberace (above) in Steven Soderbergh's film of the same name, and considering the pedigree here, it could... Sound of the City Sasha Grey is one of the most famous porn stars of our generation, and perhaps the first to achieve true crossover success, with starring roles in Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience... Corporate For years, VVM publications have produced the nation's best "Best Of" issues, annual guides that help readers find the Best Sushi in Seattle or the Best Martini in Manhattan. Now we're making all... | | | | |
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