Imagine if Manhattan apartments belonged to people whose jeans were speckled by paint that they had actually been painting with, as opposed to people in, say, pre-speckled $250 Diesels. This week’s quarterly market reports said the average sales price for Manhattan apartments dropped from $1.67 million to $1.48 million, so there’s still a long way to go before sub-$800,000 lows from 2003 are matched, which means New York is still far from returning to any sort of gritty coolness.

On the plus side, some worthy (but well-compensated) comedy types just bought apartments here. Sarah Allentuch, a former assistant to Woody Allen, and her husband,  read more »

Yo La Tengo, the lovable indie rock band from Jersey, will be getting adventurous with Greg Mottola, the director of Superbad and some episodes of Arrested Development. Pitchfork reports that they'll create the soundtrack for Mr. Mottola's new comedy, Adventureland, starring Ryan Reynolds (Van Wilder, Definitely, Maybe). According to IMDB, Adventureland is "centered around a recent college grad who takes a nowhere job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world." Sounds like familiar territory for Mr. Reynolds. We just hope there's a cute scene involving sleeping bags and b.f.f.'s proclaiming their love for each other. Boop!

Bloody jeans. Boob punches. “These Eyes” by The Guess Who. “Samsies.” “Blow js.” “McLovin.” “What the fuck?” It’s Superbad, this year’s most quotable, and irresistibly charming comedy (by 20-something year olds’ standards) and it comes out on DVD this week.  read more »