J-Notes From New Paltz

Paris Hilton says that she never wears clothing more than once, she auctions it off and gives the proceeds to charities. Well, she's be...

As I was watching my usual late night TV, channel surfing, I came across ‘The Tonight Show’ with Jay Leno. Normally I happen to be a David ...

Country Singer Mindy McCready tried to commit suicide on Wednesday. She’s been in and out of jail several times and had many drug problems o...

The Entourage actor Jeremy Piven is pulling out of the Broadway play “Speed-the-Plow” due to mercury poisoning . The playwright, David Mamet...

So the man with the Iron Jaw is back. Kanye West is out to show the world that not only is he a rapper, but the man can flat out sing, sort...

Open in select theatres as we speak, Frost Nixon will be released nation wide December 25th. Taking us back through time to make us take a...

I know that we all waited a really, really, really long time for the new (and somewhat disappointing) GNR album, but Kevin Cogill just cou...

On Sunday, President Bush held his final press conference in Iraq before he is escorted out of office in January. During the press conferenc...

Artists and twins Doug and Mike Starn have been working on their latest work at the South Ferry station and will be opened to the public in...

At my retail summer job in the mall, we're allowed to play our own music as long as its "customer friendly." Mostly people put...

It's argued that it wasn't nice, and it's argued that it was humorous. I'll remain neutral but I will say this ... One man...

In a New Yorker article written by Lauren Collins, she describes the rise of shoppers using brown recyclable bags rather than flashy name br...

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- An American anti-kidnapping consultant was kidnapped in Mexico, according to the Houston-based security firm h...

As we all know, yawning is contagious but what we may not have known (until now) is that yawning during a conversation may mean so much more...

There's a new kind of music festival in town. For the first time on December 12, The New York Eye and Ear Festival was held at Vanishin...

I really wanted to let everyone know about my friend Jason Carpino's upcoming art show. It's a little bit of a drive and an adventu...

I chose to post this article because, first off the title " Suffering Souls : the search for the roots of psychopathy", and second...

Well respected writer of the New Yorker Sasha Frere-Jones just released his short piece titled " The Best Recordings of 2008, " an...

Everyone imagined drama and gossip to be over after middle school or high school, but women today are having drama over book clubs! The New ...

The release of The Dark Knight and Horton Hears a Who came out on DVD yesterday. The Dark Knight  was released in theaters July 18 and set...

For first two years of my college career The Chance in Poughkeepsie, New York has been a great venue to catch very talented alternative rock...

Ludacris, Rapper/Actor, has dropped a new album, Theatre of the Mind , and this album steers away from his past productions with him taking ...

Whether it's good or bad I usually don't pay attention to the crime stories which typically appear on newspapers like the New York P...

At the end of my last post I said I was anxious for CNN's "Planet in Peril: Battle Lines," which premiers this Thursday at 9:...

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