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The New Yorker Magazine
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District

4 Times Sq Bsmt C1B
New York, NY 10036

Li M. writes: I admit it.

I sometimes pull out a New Yorker on the train just to make myself look smart.

But all I really do is browse through the 'toons. The funniest one I've read is the one with the penguins in the snow...a bunch of them are gathered for a…

The Week Magazine
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Murray Hill

55 W 39th St
New York, NY 10018

Srini V. writes: Now I have often asked myself why a week would have to comprise seven days. Why not six? With a two or three-day weekend, ofcourse.

Be that as it may, The Week does a fantastic job of summarizing the week past. Now if that sounds boring, imagine…

Franchia Teahouse & Restaurant
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Murray Hill

12 Park Ave
New York, NY 10016

laura b. writes: Okay, Korean people love two things:

1) Shared hatred of all other races.
2) Dead Barbecued Animal.

Am I right or am I RIGHT?! They love to eat tofu soup with squid and beef in it and talk shit about the Taiwanese. When I ate meat, I most identified…

Sirius Satellite Radio
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan/Theater District

1221 Ave of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

Laura L. writes: Lord, how did I survive without satellite radio for so long? As a commuter sirius is a complete lifesaver. Although I was at first tortured at the thought that I wouldn't have KBCO (local Boulder radio station) anymore and hear Brett's honeyed words…

WFMU

Jersey City, NJ 07302

reg t. writes: Radio doesn't get any better than WFMU.
Got turned onto them in the 80s and they still are the best for hearing little known gems and for shows devoted to your favourite (and soon to be fave) genres.

No-one does it better than The Hound: funny…

New York Times
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District

229 W 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036

Dave S. writes: One of my favorite newspapers. I read many different newspapers and each one of them has their stronger points. Although I enjoy the whole paper, I tend to focus more on the world news reporting and the political reporting. The NYT gives a more in…

The Economist
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District

111 W 57th St
New York, NY 10019

Irene F. writes: Drool. Orgasm. Drool. Orgasm. CB is right, this is porn, and my favorite kind - business, finance, economics. This is my life with The Economist. Lordy how I love it. I always have at least one copy on me, if not two or three (yes that would be at…

Food Network
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Meatpacking District, Manhattan/Chelsea

75 9th Ave
New York, NY 10011

Michael D. writes: Rachel Ray is Satan.

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The Daily Show
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Hell's Kitchen

733 11th Ave
New York, NY 10079

Walker S. writes: We went to the taping April 18th. 733 11th Ave. between 51st & 52nd St. We arrived about 3:30pm with a line of about 40 already waiting. The line grew and about 4:30pm we were checked off by name and given a numbered card. About 5:00pm seating…

Goblin Market
Neighborhood: Manhattan/SoHo

199 Prince St
New York, NY 10012

Meryl C. writes: "What's old is also new again with this American bistro. This experience was phenomenal from making reservations to the last good-bye as we walked out the door.

The name comes from Christina Rossetti's nineteenth-century poem "Goblin Market," where…

Vice Magazine Inc
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Fashion District

122 W 27th St Fl 11
New York, NY 10001

Furyk C. writes: Old Vice (before they got taken over by the corporate world and started pairing with the likes of MTV, when they where still available free in about 20 locations in the city, when they where still edgy and raw, when they included stickers and had the…

WNYC Public Radio

820 AM, 93 FM
New York City, NY 10079

Michael D. writes: I thought Soterios Johnson was a black guy. He tricked me. He's a tiny gay Greek man.

Eric Glass makes me want to go beat up on nerds everywhere to keep them down. It's amazing that he can still talk with his head up his own ass.

Why do they give 4…

Bust Magazine

PO Box 1016
Cooper Station
New York, NY 10276

reg t. writes: I remember when BUST was still in its training bra. The first issues gathered everything from hilarious teen-angst memoirs to saucy confessions of oral delights. Its contributors and subject matter consisted of local NYC artists, musicians and…

Mangia

22 W 23rd St Frnt
New York, NY 10010

Ed C. writes: I first found out about Mangia on SEX AND THE CITY when one of the sex-addicted women tells her guy du jour that she's having sandwiches delivered by Mangia.*

*I wasn't really watching, I turn on the syndicated re-runs so they'll lull me to sleep at…

Nylon Magazine
Neighborhood: Manhattan/SoHo

394 W Broadway
New York, NY 10012

Kathleen N. writes: I agree that Nylon can be hard to find in a lot of markets. That is why i strongly suggest getting a subscription.

This review may make me sound like a freak, but I am a HUGE Nylon Magazine fan. Each month when my Nylon issue arrives, I do a little…

Playbill
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District, Manhattan/Fashion District

525 7th Avenue
New York, NY 10018

Gourmet G. writes: Amazingly, I have every Playbill from every Broadway show I've seen. Cartons of them - which accompanied me on my cross-country move twenty-plus years ago - are stored on the uppermost shelves of a walk-in closet, and those I've accumulated since are…

NBC Experience Store
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Midtown East

30 Rockefeller Plaza
49th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues
New York, NY 10112

Colin B. writes: I had a cougars and cubs theme party and bought a Conan O'Brien Pale Force lunch box from this place.

It's worked out nicely.

Village Voice
Neighborhood: Manhattan/East Village

36 Cooper Square
New York, NY 10003

Willis W. writes: Before Time Out...it was always you. I go to your website. I grab you when I can. The sex ads are always funny. Do escorts REALLY look like that? You always have your thumb on the pulse of NYC and I love you. Your restaurant guides always kept…

Anthony Bourdain, Chef, Star and Author

New York, NY 10079

Judith G. writes: Anthony Bourdain, just recently returned from Beirut in one piece, thank God.

Wherever you are, I adore you.

I think you are smart, sexy, sometimes a wise-ass (but a cute one).

And I have watched every one of your episodes, bought everyone of…

sexherald.com

New York, NY 10184

Aly W. writes: My name is Aly, and I am a member of the sex industry.
Seriously.
I write reviews for sexherald.com - and in exchange, I get all sorts of free loot. IN fact, I have a veritable tresure chest of the best you'll ever find from the product gamut. Cuffs…

Domino Magazine
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District

4 Times Sq
New York, NY 10079

Sasha R. writes: I can't remember how, but Lisa C. and I both discovered domino when it was first published and I've loved it ever since. Yes it's put out by Conde Nast, yes they "tell you what to buy" just like their partner in crime Lucky Magazine, but there is…

Consumer Reports

101 Truman Ave
Yonkers, NY 10703

Dave S. writes: This is by far one of my favorite magazines. I read this baby front to back every month. They do not do any advertising. This will not allow any advertisers to influence their ratings.

In the years they have been rating things there are very few…

Trader Monthly
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District, Manhattan/Fashion District

240 West 35th St
11th Floor
New York, NY 10001

Liiisa C. writes: If you are a BSD, this is the magazine for you.

If you don't know what BSD stands for, you need to read Liar's Poker (Which is still my favorite in the genre).

It's the Robb Report for Traders, written in the tone of Maxim.

A magazine for Wall Street…

Vice Magazine
Neighborhood: Brooklyn/Williamsburg - North Side

97 N 10th St
Ste 202
11211

Edward L. writes: THIS MAGAZINE RULES!

The Dos & Don'ts column is always a source of cheap and easy laughter (often at the expense of the unknowing - always a plus!); Vice Records is partly responsible for the success of Death From Above 1979, having released their…

Ron Chereskin Studio
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Murray Hill

420 5th Ave
New York, NY 10018

Kuv S. writes: Studio by Ron Chereskin is the experience of looking behind the big velvet curtain at a 5th avenue design carnival magic show - you're not exactly sure what's going on, but you're intrigued and left wanting more. The blend of color and texture,…

Conde Nast Publications Inc.
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District

4 Times Sq
New York, NY 10036

Irene F. writes: I lurve the Conde Naste magazines. Yeah, I've heard it bashed and referred to as Conde Nasty, but you know what/ Some love for Vogue...for Traveler...for the simple joy of magazines. I hate newspapers, hate the touch of them, but magazines are a…

Asian American Writers Workshop
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Murray Hill

16 W. 32nd Street
Suite 10A
New York, NY 10001

Grace T. writes: I have been a member of The Asian American Writers' Workshop for close to 14 years now. They are a vital literary center offering readings, workshops, and more by Asian American writers, and welcome to all. Check them out at http://www.aaww.org., and…

Popular Mechanics Magazine
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan/Theater District

810 7th Ave Fl 6
New York, NY 10019

Walker S. writes: You can switch one light bulb for $3 and save $30 each year on your electric bill. Popular Mechanic's (PM) April '07 article "Lab Test: Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs" (CFL) compares the seven leading brands for color of light, brightness and cost.…

Sundance Channel
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District

1633 Broadway
New York, NY 10019

Nancy K. writes: 07.07.07 Live Earth. Bringing together top recording artists for 24 hours of music to bring attention to the world's global climate crisis. 7 Concerts across 7 Continents.

The show has been pretty good so far.
The cause and bringing people…

New York Review of Books
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Theater District

1755 Broadway Fl 5
New York, NY 10019

CB M. writes: If you are an unrepentant old-school liberal intelligentsia type, this is your sourcebook for information.

Famous professors and pundits write reviews, ostensibly about books but in fact about whole topics.

Unlike other publications of its political…

CBS Inc
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Midtown East

51 W 52nd St
New York, NY 10019

Robert L. writes: Columbia Records have signed some of the all time great musicians of our time. The list of them is long and goes back many years. If you do a search on Columbia you will amazed by how many great songwriters that they put out. Many of them stay with…

The L Magazine
Neighborhood: Brooklyn/DUMBO

20 Jay St
Suite 207
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Joolie T. writes: ever since i moved to NY... this has been my bible.

from fashion, theater, art, music, the local scene and quirky interviews... i read this magazine religiously. (hence, the bible statement.) i enjoyed it more when the booklet was thicker and had…

Radio Indie Pop

New York, NY 10079

mandy f. writes: Radio Indie Pop is a fab indie radio station that streams on the World Wide Web. They are truly commerical free...unlike some "commerical free" stations that stop to tell you that this station/company you are listening is commercial free. Artists…

The Nation Magazine
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Gramercy-Flatiron, Manhattan/Union Square

33 Irving Place
New York, NY 10003

John S. writes: I thought long and hard about which five-star review I would write for number 600. Here goes.

Back in 2000, when I had just finished a year as a volunteer in Cleveland, Ohio, I was a little disappointed (and relieved at the same time) to be moving…

Weekend Edition on WNYC
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Civic Center

1 Centre Street
24th Floor
New York, NY 10007

Diana B. writes: Great wake-up show on Saturdays and Sundays: 8-11 AM.

AM 820.

Bust Magazine

New York, NY 10276

Karen K. writes: read it, own it, love it.

WFUV- 90.7 FM
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Upper West Side

113 W 60th St
Fordham University
New York, NY 10462

RoDERICK a. writes: I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of satellite radio. I am actually willing to pay $13 a month to listen to radio, because free radio nowadays is just god awful. Have you heard Z-100 lately?

But if there is one last bastion of good free radio, I would like…

Dorchester Publishing Co.
Neighborhood: Manhattan/Murray Hill

200 Madison Ave
New York, NY 10016

Heath R. writes: Dorchester is a genre publishing house specializing in romance, western, horror, and thriller novels -- but they're most notable for publishing the Hard Case Crime line of noir mysteries.

Edited by Charles Ardai, a dotcom money man with a taste for…

Whoa Oh Records
Neighborhood: Queens/Steinway

21-36 43rd St
3rd Floor
Astoria, NY 11105

Heath R. writes: When you listen to music, do you like a little pop with your punk?

Queens-based label Whoa Oh should be able to satisfy your pop-punk jones, especially if you have a penchant for local bands.

Jonnie Whoa Oh is a firebrand. He goes to shows and supports…

Taxi Insider
Neighborhood: Queens/Long Island City

23-10 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101

Heath R. writes: Published by the Committee for Taxi Safety, this monthly newspaper is aimed at taxi drivers. Written in a very folksy style, the tabloid covers parking ticket blitzes, what to do if you go to TLC court, gas prices, medallion auctions, lower back…

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