If you're a Lost fan like Mr NYC, then you might be surprised to find out that the creepy leader of "The Others" is actually a nice guy from New York City. Michael Emerson was a stage actor here for years and I saw him several years ago in Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" on Broadway. Here's an interview he did on the Chanel 11 morning show a while ago.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Astor Place Cub
And talking about Astor Place, if you're ever there, check out the cube. Feel free to give it a spin like this young lady here.
Astor Place Hair
New Yorkers pay a lot for EVERYTHING - housing, food, clothing, entertainment, you name it. Transportation is getting more expensive - those lovely people at the M.T.A. just announced another fair increase (!). We even pay a lot for things that should be free, like water - oh no, can't drink it from the tap, it must be bottled - or cheap, like coffee - as Denis Leary said, you use to pay 50 cents for a cup and it was bottomless; now it's $3 a cup and mostly milk. Naturally getting a reasonably priced haircut in this town ain't easy. You must hunt in the forest.
So Mr NYC is here save you the hunt - and some dough. If you want a cheap, no-frills shear, go to Astor Place Hair at 2 Astor Place in the East Village. It's easy to find with the big great big sign out front and you just go down the stairs into a 9,000 square foot basement. There's barely any wait to get into a chair since there are seem to literally be dozens of them. A good basic haircut will set you back about $14, which is a real deal in this town nowadays. A low-rent, no-frills place, like the New York barber shops of old. They don't have a website and they don't take appointments. It's strictly first come, first served.
Astor Place Hair is an NYC institution. It's been around and owned by the Vezza family since 1940. And it's nice to know that places like this still exist here. But don't take my word for it, see what other folks have to say:
Astor Place Hair on CitySearch
Rickomatic.com
New York Magazine Review
So Mr NYC is here save you the hunt - and some dough. If you want a cheap, no-frills shear, go to Astor Place Hair at 2 Astor Place in the East Village. It's easy to find with the big great big sign out front and you just go down the stairs into a 9,000 square foot basement. There's barely any wait to get into a chair since there are seem to literally be dozens of them. A good basic haircut will set you back about $14, which is a real deal in this town nowadays. A low-rent, no-frills place, like the New York barber shops of old. They don't have a website and they don't take appointments. It's strictly first come, first served.
Astor Place Hair is an NYC institution. It's been around and owned by the Vezza family since 1940. And it's nice to know that places like this still exist here. But don't take my word for it, see what other folks have to say:
Astor Place Hair on CitySearch
Rickomatic.com
New York Magazine Review
Thursday, September 27, 2007
This is very sad ...
I guess some people just need to be the center of attention, no matter who it might hurt.
In a 9/11 Survival Tale, the Pieces Just Don't Fit
In a 9/11 Survival Tale, the Pieces Just Don't Fit
Review: "Dirty Sexy Money"
Okay, I'll admit it: I just wanted to have a blog entry titled "Dirty Sexy Money." With out of the way, here's a review of this, the big new New York City show of the fall.
Basically it's about a good natured lawyer named Nick George (Peter Krause, "that guy" from Sports Night and Six Feet Under) whose dad was the consigliere to an insanely rich family, the Darlings. The Darlings are like a Kennedy/Rockefeller/Hilton nightmare clan, so reckless and irresponsible with their lives that cleaning up after them keeps many people employed. One of them was Nick George's pere, who was devoted to them full time, at the expense his son and (now ex) wife. The show begins with Nick's father having died in a mysterious plane crash and with Nick is determined to find out why. In the meantime, sucked into the Darling orbit, he agrees to take his father's place. Hilarity doth ensues.
I'll let you watch this show to decide if it's any good but I enjoyed it for what it is: entertaining fluff. Krause is great and Donald Sutherland is a commanding presence as the family patriarch. The rest of the cast is good, especially William Baldwin as the oldest son, the New York Attorney General/transvestite hooker patron.
This show is a throwback to the nighttime soaps of decade yon: Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, etc. And it's a great show if you like shows and movies of fantasy-land New York: big offices, big apartments, no traffic, disposable income, and gorgeous weather. Dirty Sexy Money is a Tiffany catalog brought to life, the kind of New York that doesn't exist but we all wish did. And ain't that reason enough to watch?
Basically it's about a good natured lawyer named Nick George (Peter Krause, "that guy" from Sports Night and Six Feet Under) whose dad was the consigliere to an insanely rich family, the Darlings. The Darlings are like a Kennedy/Rockefeller/Hilton nightmare clan, so reckless and irresponsible with their lives that cleaning up after them keeps many people employed. One of them was Nick George's pere, who was devoted to them full time, at the expense his son and (now ex) wife. The show begins with Nick's father having died in a mysterious plane crash and with Nick is determined to find out why. In the meantime, sucked into the Darling orbit, he agrees to take his father's place. Hilarity doth ensues.
I'll let you watch this show to decide if it's any good but I enjoyed it for what it is: entertaining fluff. Krause is great and Donald Sutherland is a commanding presence as the family patriarch. The rest of the cast is good, especially William Baldwin as the oldest son, the New York Attorney General/transvestite hooker patron.
This show is a throwback to the nighttime soaps of decade yon: Dallas, Dynasty, Falcon Crest, etc. And it's a great show if you like shows and movies of fantasy-land New York: big offices, big apartments, no traffic, disposable income, and gorgeous weather. Dirty Sexy Money is a Tiffany catalog brought to life, the kind of New York that doesn't exist but we all wish did. And ain't that reason enough to watch?
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Yes, it's been 25 years ....
... since Howard Stern hit the airways here in NYC. September 19, 1982, is when he signed on at the now defunct WNBC and radio - and media - has never been the same since. His quarter century of outrageousness has brought the fringe into the mainstream, brought the weird into the ordinary. Love him (as many do) or hate him (as lots do), he's one of the most important people in broadcasting history.
Before he was the King of All Media, a movie star, a bestselling author, and now a satellite radio entrepreneur, he was just a local afternoon DJ at a music station. But this Channel 2 News story about Howard from the early 1980's, however, shows just how much he was shaking things back then.
Before he was the King of All Media, a movie star, a bestselling author, and now a satellite radio entrepreneur, he was just a local afternoon DJ at a music station. But this Channel 2 News story about Howard from the early 1980's, however, shows just how much he was shaking things back then.
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