metro

In a Different Time, the F Was the 6

Jessica · 07/19/05 10:25AM

An observant reader points out that on this day in 1967, Manhattan's first air-conditioned subway went into service. Surprisingly, the lucky train was the F. No, that's not a typo: The F line (or the hipster-ghetto lovecoaster, as we like to call it) used to be the nice one. This, of course, has us wondering what sort of warped New York universe existed in during the wonder years, when the F train was the fancy, shiny one — as opposed to dimly lit, medium-speed orange litter mover of today.

Remainders: Calvin Klein Raises Midtown Intolerability Index

Jessica · 07/18/05 06:15PM

• Calvin Klein's latest Times Square advertising adventure, in which models are bribed to live like peasants in exchange for clean needles, starts tomorrow at 7 a.m. Someone do send pics! [AdJab]
• Rupert Murdoch buys MySpace.com from $580 million. Which is only slightly more than he paid for his new Fifth Avenue triplex. [MarketWatch]
• Would the Jude Law infidelity story be any good if the nanny-mistress didn't keep a diary detailing sex on the pool table? We think not. [Mirror]
• Dude, you know you think Bobby Novak his the perfect DSLs. Get out and vote! [Gawker]
• The horror of an unsolicited Scientology attack on an unsuspecting mailbox. [mchruinoff]
• CNN's Lou Dobbs is interrupted by bullshit. What else is new? [Crooks and Liars]

To Do: Pilobus, Miramax Retrospective, or Naked Babies

Jessica · 07/18/05 03:06PM

• Apparently, a few Dartmouth kids decided not to be i-bankers and consultants like 98% of their classmates and actually did something, like, creative. The end result: Critically acclaimed dance/performance collective Pilobus, performs at The Joyce Theater tonight. [flavorpill]
• To appease the brothers Weinstein on the occasion of Miramax's 25th anniversary, MoMA presents a 50-film Miramax retrospective. Tonight's offerings: poverty/drug flick City of God (6:00pm), counterculture drug flick Trainspotting (8:45pm), and numerous carafes filled with the spilled blood of recalcitrant assistants. [MoMA]
The Daily Show's Rob Corddry, Best Week Ever's Brian Huskey, and Conan O'Brien's Seth Morris comprise improv group the Naked Babies. They attempt to make you laugh at the Abingdon Theatre tonight. [UCB]

Mountain Buggy Stroller Slowly Usurps Bugaboo Hotness

Jessica · 07/18/05 08:03AM

When paramedics dug through the rubble of the collapsed building on the Upper West Side last Thursday, they found 7-month-old Abby Lurensky. Lurensky was initially "unresponsive," but quickly determined to be in good health because of her stroller, which folded around her and protected her from the debris: