Steven Vincent, Murdered In Iraq, E. Village Legend

In the roaring 1990’s, when kohl-eyed bohemians still roamed the streets of lower Manhattan, the writer Steven Vincent cut a dramatic figure, even by the East Village’s flamboyant standards. A well-known art critic and member of the fetish scene, he wandered Alphabet City with his nose in a book, sometimes sporting a top hat, like Read More

Steven Vincent, Murdered In Iraq, E. Village Legend

In the roaring 1990’s, when kohl-eyed bohemians still roamed the streets of lower Manhattan, the writer Steven Vincent cut a dramatic figure, even by the East Village’s flamboyant standards. A well-known art critic and member of the fetish scene, he wandered Alphabet City with his nose in a book, sometimes sporting a top hat, like Read More

Basra Hotel Blast Sounded Like God’s Bedroom Set Fell

BAGHDAD-Compared to Baghdad’s in-front-of-a-hotel bombing on Wednesday, March 17, Basra’s in-front-of-a-hotel bombing on Thursday, March 18-three Iraqi civilians killed, minimal damage-was no big news.

At the time, however, it was not without interest.

“They stabbed him with knives; they stepped on him,” recounted Fouad Hassan, 19. It was about 20 minutes after a Read More