The Food Bank for New York City held their 5th Annual Can-Do Awards Dinner and fund raiser last night at Chelsea Piers. For the past 25 years, the Food Bank has worked to end hunger by giving low-income New Yorkers access to affordable and healthy food. Last night's dinner was hosted by classy actor Stanley Tucci and attended by celebrities like Michael Stipe, Gwyneth Paltrow and Mike D; musical performances were by Angela McCluskey, Jill......

Before the Beastie Boys’ concert at McCarren Park Pool last night, Gothamist attended a press conference with the 3 MC’s and verified an interesting bit of trivia: Despite having formed in Brooklyn, rehearsed often at Adam Yauch’s parent’s crib downtown, and associated themselves with the borough constantly over the decades, the band itself had not yet performed in Kings County. Mike D broke it down like so, “When we came up none of the......

Yes, yes...Last week was Volume 18. We had some counting...issues. Apologies. Human Giant's MTV Takeover A Success Not only did the Human Giant crew blow past their goal of one million page views well before the 24 hour mark that they were on the air, but for one day they returned MTV to its irreverent, enjoyable and, well, musical roots. The comedy trio aired videos we didn't think MTV still knew existed (Aphex Twin, Stone......

Sometimes, fate just works so that the randomly assigned tickets in the 226 section of the Beastie Boys show at Madison Square turn into the best seats in the house. For the first song of their encore, Mike D, MCA and Adrock appeared right behind Gothamist and everyone around us lost it. People climbed over seats to get closer as the Beastie Boys sang Intergalactic. One poster to the Beastie Boys Message Board notedThe......

So, yesterday's news that the Beastie Boys would be performing on 53rd Street and Broadway for the Late Show was anti-climactic according to commenters: "What we got was an hour and a half standing in the heat for 15 seconds of the Beastie Boys rapping a capella to inaudible backing tracks as they raced down the sidewalk before heading back inside." Another said "that was the weakest sh*t." Yes, it was all set-up for......

Updated: Reader Meatstreets emails a photo of the Beasties performing (well, it's Mike D and MCA) for tonight's Letterman. Tuesday is the big album release day, and the Beastie Boys are celebrating their new album, To the Five Boroughs, with a live performance at 53rd and Broadway this afternoon. The performance will air on the Late Show with David Letterman, but since the show is taped, BeastieBoys.com suggests getting there around 5PM to "Check It......

The perfect book (or gift, loyal readers) for me, the obsessive-compulsive movie fiend: The New York Times Guide to the Best 1000 Movies Ever Made with reviews from Times critics up till Janet Maslin. (For your fix of current Times critics, go to the New York Times.) And there are lists. I love lists of movies, even if Mike D'Angelo is "aw shucks" about them. And someday, Jake and I will sit down to figure......

Because I have a thing for movies, I am a little in love with Mike D'Angelo who writes film reviews for Time Out New York, because I tend to be a little in love with anyone who writes about them (Stephanie Zacharek, Andrew Sarris, Elvis Mitchell and A.O. Scott of the Times, etc.). He has a terrifically lo-fi site, The Man Who Viewed Too Much, that lists all the movies he's seen. The movie list......