Who is Craig, and where did his beloved list come from? Will The Strokes ever be cool again? What the hell is Index magazine?
New York magazine answers all of our burning, passionate desires in this week's issue. Oh, also, they laugh at the New York Times really hard for being about four months late on that whole JT LeRoy thing.
The models are absolutely gone from the Look Book, and Jared Paul Stern can finally breathe a sigh of relief that his fedora is back in style. But the best part of this week's NYMag? It's more or less all about California.
• Fresh off the back page of Vanity Fair, Jay McInerney brings his hipster insight to New York's music scene. He also reveals the dangers of reporting, such as getting booze spilled all over you and creaming your pants. [Group Therapy]
• Is Craigslist's Craig Newmark the Exploder of Journalism, or The Exploder of Pee? Who cares, this man can get you laid, and take down the New York Times. Mwaahaahaaa. [A Guy Named Craig]
• Keeping the gay porn industry alive is so in fashion right now. Very Brokeback Mountain meets Andy Warhol. [New York Screen: Peter Berlin]
• Does New York talk more about Tina Brown or Hillary Clinton? [Can Anything Stop Tina Brown?]
All this, plus advice on how to get NYC ranked even higher on the list of fattest cities. Now all we need to figure out is how to get an invite to that premiere party at Duvet …
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