We spent an hour listening to today’s episode of Alec Baldwin’s Here’s the Thing so you don’t have to.
Disclaimer: All quotes from Thom Yorke were spoken in a British accent. We advise the use of your imagination.
What a Muenster!
A 34-year old Illinois man was arrested Monday on the New Jersey Turnpike. His crime? Selling 42,000 pounds of stolen cheese at a Bergen County rest area.
We kid you not: Veniamin Balika was arrested trying to traffic 1,135 cases of cheese allegedly pilfered from Pasture Pride Cheese in Wisconsin, valued at $200,000. Read More
Big things are happening at D.A.’s office. This spring, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes will be starring in a new six-part series on CBS, aptly titled “Brooklyn D.A.”
A press release acquired by the Daily News said the show follows “hard-charging prosecutors (with) larger-than-life personalities both inside the courtroom and out. They’re eccentric and Read More
He’s no gouda!
A 51-year old man with $55 worth of cheese hidden in his pants was arrested last week in a Brooklyn supermarket after a store clerk tried to stop him, according to the Brooklyn Paper.
The man was stopped in a market in the heart of Williamsburg (Broadway between Hooper and Keap) at Read More
There was plenty of eye candy at the School of American Ballet’s annual Winter Ball, held last week in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. Jaw-dropping dames lounged beside palm trees, plucking instruments’ strings. Models posed for the shutterbugs, blinged out in Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry. But the Transom had eyes for Read More
Now you can really know before you go.
Introducing Toilets of New York, a Tumblr devoted the the peculiar artistry of the dive bar toilet. (Finally!) The site features dozens of photographs of the gross, the graffitied, the ugly—and in some rare occasions, the clean.
The blog is the brainchild of Ian MacAllen and largely features Read More
When Chris Noth invites you out on Valentine’s Day weekend, you don’t say no. At least that was the Transom’s theory as we set out Sunday night, looking to get friendly with the actor best known for his role as Mr. Big on Sex and the City—and, oh yeah, with the rain forests—at a benefit Read More
A snowy Friday night on the Lower East Side kicked off with a gathering of bodies looking for warmth at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema, where The Cinema Society and Artistry were hosting a screening of the hip zombie flick Warm Bodies. Although director and screenwriter Jonathan Levine managed to roll through with most of the Read More
Earlier this week, parents and students of the renowned Broadway Dance Center, located at 322 West 45th Street, were up in arms after learning that as many as three sex offenders were registered as living at a homeless shelter just across the street.
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeless Services informed The Observer, Read More
The New York City Council passed a bill today that prohibits employers from considering an applicant’s current employment status when making hiring decisions.
The bill would also put an end to job ads that say applicants must be currently employed. Under this measure, New York would be the first city in the country providing people Read More
