Last Inprint Post (For the Name Has Changed)

As appears in last week's Inprint:

Best Place to Get Quench Your Craving for Chocolate,
While going to a concert at St Ann’s Warehouse in DUMBO one night, a friend and I stumbled upon Jacques Torres Chocolate. Located at 66 Water Street, it’s a great place to get their famous Ice Cold Hot Chocolate, chocolate bon-bon’s, croissants and huge bars of chocolate for pretty cheap (seriously, 2.2 pounds for only 20 bucks is a good deal) that makes waiting for a concert that much more bearable.

Best “That’s What She Said” in New York City
Even the most stoic of souls can’t resist unleashing a “That’s What She Said” when walking through the intersection of Cumming Street and Seaman Avenue. Located in the Bronx, it’s a dream come (cum?) true for all those who appreciate childish jokes and always laugh when someone says the word “beaver.” But if that’s not good enough for you, Dyckman Street is just a few blocks away.

Best Place to See Underground Horror Movies
At the Pioneer Theater, you can view films like The Tripper which has a plot description of, “A Ronald Reagan-obsessed serial killer targets a bunch of hippies who are heading to a weekend-long concert.” Intrigued? If so, head over to East 3rd Street between Avenue A and B, and be sure to check our their upcoming “Fourth Annual Month of Horror, Terror and General Mayhem” in October.

Best Place to Get Drunk for Free
If you like free wine and artwork ranging from terrible to not-so-terrible, the art galleries in Chelsea on Thursday nights are the place to be. Located between Ninth and Tenth Avenue in, well, Chelsea, the galleries become packed with hopeful artists, creepo’s looking to pick up a chick or dude or both, and people like me who know how to take advantage of a good thing.

Best Place(s) to Reenact An Album Cover
There’s nothing as readily recognizable in New York City as, say, The Beatles crossing Abbey Road in terms of album covers but there are places where you can go to see where iconic photos were taken. Traveling into Greenwich Village, head to the intersection of Jane and 4th Street, and you’ve got where Bob Dylan and his then-girlfriend, Suze Rotolo, stood for The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Once finished there, walk over to 96 and 98 St. Mark’s Place and that’s where Led Zeppelin’s Physical Grafitti was shot.

Best Bookstore
You try to be clever with lists and think of something that no one else has, but when it comes to bookstores in this fine city, there’s really one place to go: Strand. And everyone knows it. With “18 miles” of books and two locations (the better of the two is at East 12th Street and Broadway while the other resides at 95 Fulton Street) , whatever you need to find can be easily found within their endearingly cramped aisles. Plus, the people there are a lot nicer than the ones at any Barnes & Noble or Borders.

Five Best...Bands I Hate Myself for Enjoying

#5. Alice Cooper

His early stuff is actually quite good. But you just don't go around saying, "Man, I love the Coop."

#4. Led Zeppelin

I'm still not won over as to their being, as many people have told me, the "Greatest Band in the World," but I do find myself listening to Zeppelin III and IV more than I'd like to admit. My iPod knows something is amiss too: After shuffle came up with "Stairway to Heaven," the next two songs were by the Wolf and Muddy. In other words, real blues.

#3. Dire Straits

There is something undeniably perfect (in a pop sense, of course) about their album, Making Movies. The first four tracks are "Tunnel of Love," "Romeo and Juliet," "Skateaway" and "Espresso Love," and they all kick slights of ass--in a corny, FM radio kind of way.

#2. Joni Mitchell

She's very talented and better than the other bands/artists on this list, but whenever I listen to Blue or Court and Spark, I feel like I have to listen to Mastodon or Slayer right after to tell myself, "I am a dude, not a chick."

#1. Phish

Outside of the lead guitarist and vocalist, Trey Anastatsio, Phish just simply aren't that talented. But I love them dearly. On albums like Hoist, Lawn Boy and Junta, they do an impressive job of changing their sound, but still something is off. Maybe the lyrics aren't that good? The drummer kind of stinks? Whatever the case, I've been in a huge Phish mood of late...and I hate myself for it.

Five Best...Songs about Levee's

#5. "American Pie" by Don McLean

I started singin'
Bye-bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ol' boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
And singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

#4. "Friend of the Devil" by The Grateful Dead

I ran down to the levee
But the Devil caught me there
He took my twenty dollar bill
And he vanished in the air

#3. "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin

Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

#2. "The Levee's Gonna Break" by Bob Dylan

If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break
If it keep on rainin', the levee gonna break
Some of these people don't know which road to take

#1. "When the Levee Breaks" by Memphis Minnie

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
And the water gonna come in, have no place to stay