Bash Compactor: On The Ropes
Iran Barkley and pals make a comeback at Barney Ross book party
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Author Archive
Bash Compactor: Mars Attacks!
Finding purgatory and more at Mars Bar
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Bank On It
In a race to the bottom, nightclubs such as Element market gimmicks to make a quick buck
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Bash Compactor: Ring My Buell
Bebe Buell (and her daughter Liv Tyler) at Hiro Ballroom
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Inside Cracula’s Castle
In his debut novel, Brantly Martin sends up New York nightlife
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Vera Was a Punk Rocker
Hey ho, let’s go: Dee Dee Ramone’s widow pens memoir of woe
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Bash Compactor: Dork Court
Friday night, my spine tingled as I was rushed past hundreds of giddy nerds lined up outside the Empire Hotel for The Webutante Ball. I was in! The amount of buzz suggested it could go down in aughties annals with bacchanals like Motherfucker and Misshapes. Pay attention so you can lie and say you were
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Bash Compactor: Carr Show
David Carr's paperback launch party
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Bash Compactor: Tee Party
Larry Tee is back, reinventing himself at Webster Hall
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Bash Compactor: Journalists Flock to Tracy Westmoreland’s Manhattans—in Brooklyn
On Friday night, at the grand opening of Manhattans, a new dive bar in Prospect Heights, it looked like the bearded, burly bouncer had a few too many. A tear in his eye, he looked at the tight crowd of revelers and said, “It fucking rocks. I’ve got a lot of fucking good friends and
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