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more about #nostalgia more comments → BookishLookish: Oooooooh! more » miss_msry: I see a "Fifth Pavement" in that photo. more » Clarissima: I'm trying not to swoon over Stephen Malkmus like I did when I was 17. Resistance is futile. more » Mike Byhoff: I've known about this for days and I'm STILL giddy. There are no other words: Squeeeeee! more » Asyourattorney: will they be playing with Stone Temple Pilots and Smashing Pumpkins? more » kolacek: Damon Albarn's fascination with all things Pavement is what I credit with making his own band suck salty British balls following the amazing "Modern L... more » Cynical Media Bitch: That stands a good chance of getting some of my entertainment dollars, since "Cut Your Hair" and "Range Life" are in heavy rotation on my iPod. more » EddieTheDane: In 1983, EddieTheDane was a 17 year old, high school senior living at home on the island of Manhattan, the youngest of 3 children born of distracted p... more » SuperBien: This makes me want to experience a Bolivian Marching Powder-induced epidemic lack of clarity while speaking to a girl with a shaved head. Tad Allagash... more » misslinda: Wow, thanks for that! I almost forgot how utterly grubby NYC was back then, and I mean that in the best way possible. The subway! The squeegee men! Th... more » MelitaPolyhymnia: OMG!!! For 25 minutes and 8 seconds I was transported to a NY that I miss very much. Atime where everything was not so conscious of itself and explo... more » Saxon 212: Yes I was there and I saw Madonna do her first live show at Danceteria with a boom box and some dancers. It was dirty but that is so much better than ... more » BxgrlJeri: Oh how I miss it. Even the squeegee guy is better than lawn chairs in Times Square. more » Motoko Kusanagi: "Tourists from Brooklyn." LOL. more » Motoko Kusanagi: Joooools. He looks so nervous in the car, haha. more » -
#indierocklives
Bands Start Up Each and Every Day
Indie-rock progenitors Pavement are getting the band back together for a tour—but no record—next year. Rumors were floated by Brooklyn Vegan a few days ago, but now it's official. Their last show was in 1999. We feel old. -
#nostalgia
The Ghost of New York Nightlife Past
Klaus Nomi at Danceteria, breakdancers at The Roxy, grooving at Paradise Garage! In this 1983 episode of the British television show The Tube the hosts go exploring Manhattan's club scene. Welcome back to dirty New York. -
#jurisprudence
Rita Cosby v. Howard K. Stern: It Doesn't Matter Who Wins, Because We All Lose
Daniel K. Stern (remember him?) sued Rita Cosby (remember her?) for libel back in 2007 over her book about Anna Nicole Smith, and a federal district judge ruled yesterday that much of the suit can go forward. More » -
#hippies
A Retrospective of Woodstock Retrospectives
This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, so it's time once again to remember how great things were, how different things are, and how they'll never be that good again. More » -
#dancingaboutarchitecture
New York's New Ghost Town
Architecturally speaking, what will the bust leave us? Woolworth, Cunard, Standard Oil—their buildings stand even if their companies didn't. What do we get this go-around? Media- and finance-subsidized glass and steel, pretty much. More » -
#obits
The Death of the Beatrice Inn
If the Beatrice Inn were to close forever, rather than just temporarily, what would we say at its funeral? Because we're feeling wistful this afternoon, we're going to attempt something of a eulogy.
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#society
Who's In the Monkey Bar Mural?
Wispily pompadoured Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's new midtown venture Monkey Bar is a bar/restaurant for rich people. There's even a giant mural commemorating some of between-wars New York's bestest richies. So who's in it? More » -
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#scares
Boston High School Is Not, In Fact, Overrun with Vampires
The Boston Latin School (which I trudged through for six long years) has a vampire problem. Kids are spreading rumors that the school is infested with blood-suckers. The headmaster now assures us: It's all lies!! More » -
#thewaywewere
Maer Roshan, the Early Days
Here's a photo, found on Facebook, of Radar founder Maer Roshan in... middle school? Ninth grade maybe? He looks to be about 14 or so. Anyway, just a funny trip back in time. More » -
#gallery
Watchmen's New York
Just in time for New York to revert back to the mean streets of old, the blockbustery film Watchmen comes out offering us a reimagined 1985 cityscape. How does it compare to the real thing? More » -
#thewaywewere
Laurel Touby: The College Years
As we learned that her assistant was laid off today, our attentions were drawn to be-boa-ed Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby. Coincidentally, a tipster directed us to some nostalgic photos from her young, frivolous college years. More » -
#nostalgia
The Stork Club's Secret Hand Signals
Continuous Lean points out a series of Time Life photos detailing the collection of hand signals that Sherman Billingsley, the owner of Old Manhattan institution The Stork Club, used to communicate silently with his staff. More » -
#haveyouseenmychildhood
NeverEnding Story Really Never Gonna End
Hollywood continues to dredge up your beloved childhood memories and cruelly destroy them. The latest victim is The NeverEnding Story. The 1980s German puppet mindfrak may soon be zombified into a crappy new remake. More » -
#nostalgia
Seinfeld Returns To NBC
Oh, hey, look: Flailing NBC executive Ben Silverman just bought a reality TV project from Jerry Seinfeld, marking the 1990s comedian as the ultimate trailing indicator of desperation and creative bankruptcy. More » -
#creativeunderclass
Anna Wintour, Cause Célèbre
Media elites call Anna Wintour's Vogue editorship stale, but after 20 years some in the creative underclass have grown attached. Or maybe, like Wintour, they've learned celebrities sell clothing. More » -
#layoffs
Village Voice Fires 50-Year Writer, Last Black Writer
Even as the New Yorker waxes nostalgic on the glory days of the Village Voice, the weekly is severing more of its legacy, including Nat Hentoff, hired in 1958. More »
