In a Brooklyn subway station one April morning, as commuters waited for a G train, a 44-year-old man named Daniel Auster was found unconscious on a platform after a drug overdose. He was brought to the Brooklyn Hospital Center, where he died six days later, after being taken off life support. A D.J. and photographer…
Amazon Someone can have the strongest pajama game around, then be absolutely crippled when a heatwave strikes. Fashion-wise, the fact of the matter is the category is overwhelmingly won by menswear-inspired sets, long sleeves and pants, or really fantastic sweatsuits—all stuff that looks great on but isn’t meant for hot temps. With the dog days…
An upbeat lead single ready for radio. An album title and release date with plenty of notice. A magazine cover story, followed by a personal mission statement, a fresh social media account, a detailed track list and a merchandise pre-sale. For most musicians, these are time-honored bullet points in the playbook for introducing a major…
When she has the time to get to the airport early, Anne Marie Mitchell, a communications professor in Chicago, will treat herself to a few hours in the airport lounge, either using a free pass from her airline credit card or paying a day-use fee. “You get access to a bar, a nice clean bathroom,…
Tyler Joe Gather your friends, family, and whoever else you hold dear (read: credit cards), Nordstrom’s 2022 Anniversary Sale is here. The annual shopping event officially made its triumphant return, opening up to everyone who’s keen to shop. Perhaps you’ve already gotten a head start as a lucky Nordstrom card holder, shopping earlier this month.…
A funny story that B.J. Novak likes to tell from the making of his new movie is about the day he thought he was having a stroke. Are you chuckling yet? At the start of 2020, Novak, a writer, comedian and alumnus of “The Office,” had finally gotten the green light to make “Vengeance,” a…
When Lies Turn Into Prophecies A very drunk man won’t stop telling me about trains. The Cape Town summer is hot, the night sticky, my drink warm. This gay bar will surely sink, given the number of heaving bodies shoved inside it. I nod at the train-talker, plotting an escape, and you appear. Your accent…
Courtesy of retailers So, you’ve found yourself with an overflowing social calendar. It comes as no surprise, given that 2022 is more or less the year of weddings and other special occasions. With so many events and gatherings to look forward to, you’re probably wondering what to wear for each one. Perhaps you already have…
Lea DeLaria, the actress-comedian, surveyed the crowd that had gathered on a recent Sunday evening at the Damrosch Park band shell at Lincoln Center. “A drag queen, three different religious leaders, Broadway stars, the mayor and one loudmouth butch dyke,” she said from the park’s stage to hundreds of people. “Kids, that’s very New York.”…
The Cock is a low-ceilinged, pitch-dark East Village dive that has been described by one website as “the last filthy gay bar in New York.” It shuns publicity, having been frequently raided by police back in the 1990s during the Giuliani administration, and is infamous for its cruisy sex scene. For those reasons, it seems…