Genghis Khan

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"These are troubling times," says Accuracy in Media's Cliff Kincaid, above at the Conservative Political Action Conference today. "To bring up an old song by Jimi Hendrix, manic depression is searching my soul." Also says, at least back in the 1980s, "we knew that our president was born in the Uni ... More >>

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"These are troubling times," says Accuracy in Media's Cliff Kincaid, above at the Conservative Political Action Conference today. "To bring up an old song by Jimi Hendrix, manic depression is searching my soul." Also says, at least back in the 1980s, "we knew that our president was born in the Uni ... More >>

Mongol: Wrath of (Genghis) Khan

"These are troubling times," says Accuracy in Media's Cliff Kincaid, above at the Conservative Political Action Conference today. "To bring up an old song by Jimi Hendrix, manic depression is searching my soul." Also says, at least back in the 1980s, "we knew that our president was born in the Uni ... More >>

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Our Ten Best--Hamburgers

Think of it as a mini meatloaf on a bun. Like the name says, hamburgers originated in the port city of Hamburg, Germany, where ground meat has been a popular viand at least since the late Middle Ages. According to one cockamamie story, Genghis Khan invented it when his invading hordes put meat under ... More >>

SWELLS! ATTACK!: Steven Wells's First and Last Column for Sound of the City

About a year and a half ago, a pitch fell into my lap from Steven Wells, the infamous NME writer who'd been highly praised and enthusiastically recommended by a determined string of collegial forwards. ("Crazy, brilliant Brit," went one such thumbs-up.) Wells wanted to write a column for this blog j ... More >>

The Worst Accents in Screen History

​ No, Meryl Streep's name is nowhere near this list. But if you click on this survey, you'll find no fewer than two Brad Pitt performances (one of his accents is described as sounding merely like a sore throat), a legendarily bad Cockney accent by Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (" 'Allo, Guvn ... More >>

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​ No, Meryl Streep's name is nowhere near this list. But if you click on this survey, you'll find no fewer than two Brad Pitt performances (one of his accents is described as sounding merely like a sore throat), a legendarily bad Cockney accent by Dick Van Dyke in Mary Poppins (" 'Allo, Guvn ... More >>

Urban Photographer Nathan Kensinger Knows NYC's Best Rooftops, Toxic Industrial Canals, and Dive-Bar Bathrooms

We recently published our Best of NYC issue, the Voice's annual opportunity to bestow awards like Best Vigilante and Best New Snarky Media-Gossip Site on our favorite things. In turn, we asked a few of our favorite New Yorkers to name their favorite local things. Nathan KensingerIn the Kitchen, a ... More >>

T.I. in Takers

We recently published our Best of NYC issue, the Voice's annual opportunity to bestow awards like Best Vigilante and Best New Snarky Media-Gossip Site on our favorite things. In turn, we asked a few of our favorite New Yorkers to name their favorite local things. Nathan KensingerIn the Kitchen, a ... More >>

Ricky's: Good for Nail Polish, Bad for Cupcakes

solanima.net​ Although it sometimes seems that cupcakes are an unstoppable force, stomping across the five boroughs like Genghis Khan's army, it turns out it's actually not that hard for cupcake sellers to go out of business.

Are You a Dude? You Have a 1 in 200 Chance of Being a Direct Descendant of Genghis Khan

From "Genghis Khan: To the Ends of the Earth and Sea"​Using genetics, historical data and odds, scientists have concluded that 1 out of every 200 men in the world is a direct descendent of Genghis Khan. Discover Magazine reports that the Y chromosomes of roughly 0.5% of Earth's male population ... More >>