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Megaconglomerate chipmaker Samsung has upped the capacity of its moviNAND flash memory chip to 16gb by the end of the quarter. Wait, what the FUCK is NAND flash memory? Well, if you pry the case off your iPoor you will find a few mysterious little black scabs that hold all your Justin Timberlake and Black Eyed […]

There are many reasons why David Lynch is the best guy. In addition to creating the best T.V. show ever, he made all these amazing films, has adorable quirks like always buttoning his top shirt button no matter how uncomfortable it looks, and, in general, he just seems like a really nice, pleasant and caring […]

While I’m a fan of Pleasure Forever and their previous incarnations The VSS and Slaves, did this band really warrant a B-sides record?
They only released two studio albums and were around merely a few years as Pleasure Forever after changing their name from Slaves. Their brand of sonic debauchery is pleasant during autumn months, […]

And you probably should, too. It is not every Monday post-2 a.m. when the North Jerz Ho actually expounds her love for another region. Actually it is often not ever the case. So this is special. (Forget the fact that I have fam there. I didn’t even see his ass. Who goes to fraternity formals […]

 
According to the Guardian, legendary fake/real british band Spinal Tap will be reforming for English leg of the Al Gore organized Live Earth festival.  All considerations of the carbon footprint of high powered amplifiers aside, this could be a major step in uniting the treehugger/hessian demographic. Rob Reiner is also re-releasing the seminal rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap […]

Here are some musical high and lowlights for this weekend:
FRIDAY 4/27
6:00 PM
Lightning Bolt, The Sun Ra Arkestra
Pratt Lawn, free
Yes, I know you are “eclectic” because you like noise AND jazz, and I know you want to see Sun Ra play his organ with his teeth or something, but it’s simply too fucking disgusting out […]

Upon hearing that previously-unnamed Little West 12th street hotspot Revel was reopening, now with a moniker and also (gasp) a phone so you can actually make reservations, I secured a plus-one to the open-bar shindig courtesy of a ladyfriend. (It doesn’t matter what her name is, she’s my fucking ladyfriend!) Before braving the opening crowd, […]

The Village Voice has been getting slammed really hard these past few months, but with its new editor on board, it seems like it’s already getting better. I mean, they’re still digging up eccentric stories like this week’s piece on a guy named David who cuts off his own body parts, and LOVES it.
That’s right, David […]

Sub Pop’s Oxford Collapse headline tonight’s benefit for the Waterfront Preservation Alliance of Greenpoint and Williamsburg at Galapagos on N. 6th Street in Brooklyn.
Supporting them are Dischord’s Antelope and French Kiss’s Rahim, formerly known as Radio Raheem when they recorded a 7″ on my ancient record label, Pony Collision Recordings.
Rahim used to remind me […]

Even though this has been on newsstands for about a week, here’s a really good article from the Voice about Elliott Gould. It explains why he never reached super-stardom in the 1970s like DeNiro and Pacino, even though his career was at one point headed on a similar track. I think I manifested this story […]

This agoraphobic creep is this week’s Twin Peaks Freak of the Week for a few reasons:
1. He is the protector of Laura Palmer’s diary, the most important text since the Bible. Therein contains explicit details of Laura blowing half of Twin Peaks and all of the cocaine in the Pacific Northwest. He is in charge […]

We’ve only been doing Stay Cold for a few weeks, and somehow we already have two posts about Jimmy Kimmel. Who would have guessed? Anyway, chances are most of you missed his show this past Friday with Morrissey as musical guest. But lucky for you, some of us are Morrissey-obsessed weirdos with nothing better to do on a Friday night […]

For the second week in a row, much of the media attention normally paid to political happenings has been gobbled up by an extraordinary event. Last week it was the Imus and Al saga and this week the Virginia Tech massacre. But if you’re curious about what’s going on in Poli-land, Stay Cold’s political correspondent gives us a round-up: […]

This is the first of a weekly comics series detailing odd-slash-obscure-slash-boring new york city history. First up is some details of old Abe Lincoln in the city, next week look for Staten Island’s greatest cultural export: Ol’ Dirty Bastard. New Pages every thursday.

Man, what were we thinking when we named this blog Stay Cold!? We didn’t want it to literally stay cold, but nevertheless, Old Man Winter has taunted us all month long with his frigid-ass, sub-40-degree wind-chills and disgusting Gnar’Easters. Seriously, we were drinking rooftop beers and wearing short sleeves and flip flops towards the end […]

A recent debate among friends centered on an issue we all know is in the back of every man’s brain: shooting a wad on a woman’s face. Let me clear some things up for the bros out there. There’s a fine line between women who like to feel they’re in a porno, and those who […]

Welsh post-punk stalwarts Young Marble Giants are reuniting for a performance on May 27 at the Hay Festival, after a 27-year hiatus. This probably doesn’t mean much to those reading in New York, as this festival will cost you a million spacebucks to get to.

Basically, any pub that’s gotten Abraham Lincoln, Woodie Guthrie and John Lennon drunk is cool with us. Throw in a wood-burning stove, sawdust-speckled floor, hot mustard, cheese, crackers, and tasty home brews that are no-nonsense and uncomplicated (light or dark, $4.50 for two mugs, case closed), and you have yourself any number of superlatives.
We at […]

Word on the street is that the special guest is Fucked Up. I’d pay $12 just to see if the band playing at Studio B might be them. That’s how much I love Fucked Up and why some of us at Stay Cold consider them the only band that matters right now. Art Brut sounds […]

Stay Cold’s resident M.I.A. correspondent, North Jerz Ho, points us to this bit of info from M.I.A.’s MySpace page: “Tune in to Zane Lowe’s show on Radio 1 in the UK on April 24. Zane will be exclusively spinning M.I.A.’s new track “Boyz” this coming Tuesday, April 24th, between 7:15 and 7:45 pm UK time. […]