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This Legendary Bouncer Gives the Best Advice in New York
“When I talk to you, I want you to feel comfortable, and like you are being invited home.”
Eat Like Local with Jordan Trahan
We meet up with professional skateboarder Jordan Trahan, who takes us to some of his favorite haunts around New York City for a day filled with a whole lot of skating.
Hardcore Legend Harley Flanagan Doesn't Regret Anything
The founding member of iconic NYC hardcore act the Cro-Mags talks about his new memoir, hanging out with Warhol and Joe Strummer as a teenager, and why it's improbable that his band will ever reunite.
Hopelessness Springs Eternal and Bambara Are Here to Prove It with "All the Ugly Things"
Watch the New York band's video for "All the Ugly Things" and remember a bygone era of LES rock.
Your Misplaced New York Nostalgia Will Get You Nowhere
Things change around you. The new wave replaces the older wave, and it turns out the older wave is you. But if you've been around, surely you know there are more things to be sad about.
Lurking the Lower East Side with Lurkavelli
Outsiders have taken over the Lower East Side, but according to the rapper Lurkavelli, gentrification hasn't stopped the neighborhood's poverty and crime problems.
Acapulco Gold and Friends
Spring starts next week, and to celebrate the hotly anticipated good weather, I'm premiering my latest skateboarding video, “Acapulco Gold and Friends.”
Dro FE Raps About Life on the Border of Texas and Mexico
For this week's Mahal, I cruised the streets of New York with Dro FE, a Texan rapper who recently released a free self-titled EP exploring his childhood in the Rio Grande Valley, where you either drive a Lambo or live in a shack.
NEWTHINGS and AMO Had a Kickass Fashion Show
I headed down to the grand opening of the Lower East Side AMO Studios art space and NEWTHINGS fashion installation and caught up with the two people behind it, Ana Bezanilla and Edwin Bolta, to learn a little more.
Simon J. Heath Talks About His New Movie 'Ten Men Talk New York'
This week, Lower East Side legend Clayton Patterson invited me to the screening of Simon J. Heath's new film, Ten Men Talk New York. A tale about what New York means to ten of its natives, the film doesn't fall short of its title. I caught up...
The Gonz Goes to Soho
To ring in the New Year, I hit up Soho's snow-covered streets with Mark Gonzales. Whether he's on a bike or a skateboard, the Gonz shreds like no other. This week, I was privileged to shoot a video of him skating in the streets and to ask him some...
Watch the Gonz's New Short Film '08NOBEL80'
A few nights ago, I received a late night phone call from artist and skateboarder Mark Gonzales a.k.a. the Gonz. We made plans to meet at midnight at Astor Place. Over the next few hours, the Gonz shot footage of us riding skateboards and bikes through...