Off The Grid: Muddy River Jam

Our resident photographer, Sarah Tamar, went off the grid this past weekend and lived to tell about it.  Here’s her story: When the big white van pulled up in front of my spot in Brooklyn and six of us piled into the back for the three hour ride to the Muddy River Jam Festival (http://www.muddyriverjam.com/) … Continue reading

DIRT: August 1st Block Party

<UPDATED> Guess this map sent out today explains it all. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– The NY Mad Decent Block Party is NOT THIS WEEKEND AT BROOKLYN BOWL. Instead Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will be performing with the Darlings and Arpline. Doors open at 12:00, show start sat 6:00 (better late than never??) Not sure what the mix … Continue reading

PARTY: Heineken Summer Fridays with DJ A-Trak

RSVP to RSVP@TheTasteCrew.com with “DD VIP” in the Subject Line for exclusive access to this event. Half day tomorrow? No work? Hang out with a Heineken in hand, listen to A-Trak get down, play games, get guitar lessons, and chill. 3-7PM tomorrow. Friday, July 30th, 3pm to 7pm 330 West Street at Houston (West Village) … Continue reading

I Went: Off the Grid and Back

Squam Lake, New Hampshire While most people were in the Hamptons or down the shore this weekend I took things a step further and went to New Hampshire.   Sometimes its good to just go off the grid for a while.  Also, in moments of blog silence I recommend you follow me on Twitter to make … Continue reading

Popping Up: The Final Days of Puma City

Puma City – a Wold Cup inspired pop-up down by the South Street Seaport – has been a new addition to the Summer of Fun.  Puma’s been hosting activities all day long and teamed up with hot promoters such as Mad Decent, Meanread, Dance Right, and Famous Friends – to throw hot parties every night.  … Continue reading

Event Listing: JellyNYC Pool Parties Finally Revealed

SUMMER IS OFFICIALLY HERE. It’s not summer until the Pool Parties are here (Thanks Schumer.) I’ve been sitting on this for over a month and today Jelly NYC gave the go-ahead to reveal their famous Pool Party line up.  Check that shit out! Things will be a little different this year – as the stage … Continue reading

Mark it Down: PS1 Warm Up Lineup Announced

Photo via Katie Sokoler (Color Me Katie/Gothamist) Summer is officially here – it’s near 100 degrees out and PS1 released their line up for their Warm Up series.  This year’s ‘exhibit’ also looks super rad. Sucks I am going to miss kick off this weekend, as well as ?uestlove/Treasure Fingers, because I’ll be out of … Continue reading

The Dirt: Sunday Best – Movin to Bushwick

A letter from Justin Carter, Eamon Harkin & Doug Singer: When BKLYN Yard suddenly announced that it was closing its doors, we tried our best to save our home on the canal for the 2010 season. In the end, even though our liquor permitting process was near completion and all the other necessary logistics were sorted, … Continue reading

Shop: Top Shop Pop-up Tour Bus Location and Prizes

Alice +Olivia’s on tour across the country doing cool things and now TOPSHOP going the same route locally.  The TOPSHOP Tour Bus will be traveling around the city from Wednesday, June 23rd to Saturday June 26th, 12 PM  – 7 PM –  entertaining visitors with a series of planned activities, each day giving out special … Continue reading

The Dirt: Win a Northside Fest Badge and iPad!

L Magazine’s Northside Festival June 24-27th It’s that time of year again.  Northside Festival will be taking over Williamsburg and Greenpoint this weekend.  Although I am pissed they didnt ask yours truly to put together a showcase, I guess I will plug the event anyway. The whole line-up is listed HERE and you can check … Continue reading