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By John S.W. MacDonald 9/10/08 10:15pm

Hot Tickets: Hanson, Vampire Weekend, Tom Verlaine

The Bowery is bigger than New York. Marking the indomitable concert promoter’s first venture outside N.Y.C., Bowery Presents will soon host a steady stream of rock, pop and blues acts at Montclair, N.J.’s Wellmont Theatre—an 86-year-old movie palace recently refurbished by the Rosen Group. And guess who scored the opening night honors ... It's Hanson! Read More

By Joe Pompeo 2/08/08 7:17pm

PBR Gets Arty at the Knitting Factory

Dennis Hopper said it best in Blue Velvet: “Heineken? Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!” Yes, PBR—that dirt-cheap potable that is the favorite cocktail of trust-fund hipsters, bike punks and struggling editorial assistants alike—does more for its drinkers than leave them with the sort of debilitating hangover that only a 50-cent beer can induce. It Read More