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Entries tagged with 'Hugs'
Posted Apr. 4, 2008,
Bar of the Week: Hugs
By Lauren Harris
Williamsburg's N. 6th doesn't want for drinking holes, particularly the strip between Berry and Wythe. With that fact in mind, the owners of recently-opened establishment Hugs -- whose amenities include Guitar Hero, multiple Skeeball machines and sixteen beers on tap -- have created more of a sedentary carnival for grown-ups than a bar. The low-ceilinged, bunker-like space gives the sensation of being in the basement of a high school friend's house whose parents worked full-time -- an atmosphere built for excess and comfort. Artist Tom Taylor has created a series of collage-murals throughout, with maps and newspaper clippings blooming across the walls of the bar. Plastic-covered sofas and classic leather couches run parallel to the lengthy bar, leading up to a stage that hosts nightly DJs, regular dance parties (including a '90s night), and on Sundays, thematic double features (i.e. Nick Cage classics Raising Arizona and Moonstruck). A few blocks from Hugs, you might have any one of these things in the comfort of your own home -- your favorite beer, Guitar Hero when your roommate isn't using it, Raising Arizona on DVD -- but it's the rare place that can bring all these elements together in concert. It just goes to show, sometimes everyone needs a Hugs. 108 N. 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718) 599-5959
Posted Oct. 2, 2007,
Eight Items or Less: Radiohead Goes Digital, Mo Pitkins Goes Bye-Bye and Cavemen Goes Primetime
By Gari Pini
1. Radiohead has not only upset the music biz applecart, they are also stomping on the apples. The group, whose major label deal recently expired, is selling their new album exclusively as a digital download (via their own website and not iTunes) from October 10 until December 3 and you can pay whatever you want. This has set off a media analysis not seen since the sub-prime mortgage meltdown with everybody from the Wall Street Journal to the New York Post gleefully searching for the last nail in the record industry coffin. An editorial in the LA Times sees the move as "a rare show of faith in fans to pay for the things they value" while biz pundit Bob Lefsetz posts on his blog, "this is the industry's worst nightmare."
2. According to musicnation.com, New York street performer The Naked Cowboy makes $1,000 a day singing in Times Square wearing nothing but tighty whiteys and a cowboy hat. Hopefully the IRS doesn't read musicnation.com.