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In case you didn't catch the news yesterday, Apple is now embroiled in a logo war with…New York City?? As the city adopts a new "going green" logo, a figure-8-like apple with a stem and leaf, Apple claims this is trademark infringement—since their logo is an apple with a bite out of it and a spiky leaf. Apple alleges that if NYC adopts the new logo, it will "seriously injure the reputation which [Apple] has established for its goods and services." Because, you know. There may be 10 people left on the planet that haven't seen an iPod and might get confused by too many apple pictures when they come to the city!

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Remember the Tammany Hall days when overweight men in suits that imbibed too much alcohol ran a political machine while smoking cigars in a back room? Well, none of us remember those days, because we're living in a post "political reform" era when our politicians are supposed to be fairly elected to public office by the people and uphold the law thereafter. Yet corruption is even older than any political system, as we've seen firsthand an awful lot lately here in New York. The latest victim of the egoism that leads politicians to believe they won't be caught with their hands in the cookie jar: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

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Last night, Hiro was the setting for Paper Magazine's April Issue "Beautiful People" with singer Joanna Newsom as the cover girl. Joanna serenaded a packed crowd full of hundreds of "Beautiful" New Yorkers. In the article titled: "The Wood Nymph, The Harp, and The Wardrobe", Joanna gets candid about how she thinks she had "sabotaged the system" by "getting up in front of people and playing my harp and singing my weird fucking songs." There was no sabotaging going on last night as her talent quickly quieted the large crowd of inebriated party goers. Stay tuned for more pictures from the event in our gallery.

Sometimes, New York can feel like such a big city. Other times (most times) it feels more like a small town. Either way, it is indisputable that the people that live and work in New York comprise a large community. Although the anonymity of our great city-town can be alienating, I find that I can often look to our community for (at the very least) the shallow comfort of similarly-situated souls. I like exchanging commiserating glances with strangers during rush hour on the overcrowded Lexington Avenue line. I like becoming shopping buddies with fellow cost-conscious bargain hunters at sample sales. I love the street fairs and green markets and free concerts and dog parks and promenades.

Another thing I like: when people abandon newspapers on the subways and buses for others to read. More»

A late breaking update on our previous account of an Oregon man's home invasion wipeout via Craigslist. Forget the over-privleged, tech-savvy Horace Mann twerps, it was two of those tired-looking Marrieds behind the crime! The rationale? Amber and Brandon Herbert had previously stolen things like saddles from the man's house (this is Oregon, folks) and wanted to cover up the crime by...staging an easily traceable, last minute, unauthorized garage sale on the internet? Less than brilliant.
[What Hath Craig Wrought]

One thing I love about living in the city is that I don’t have to rely on those four wheel, gas guzzlers to cough exhaust out in order for me to move from point A to point B. Instead, I get to ride a loud, screechy, over crowded train! (And I’m not even being sarcastic about that, for some reason I am completely romanced by the nastiness of the subway…most of the time it’s good grime, like five o’clock shadow). Why do I bring this up? Because the city just approved congestion pricing 30-20!

Of course, the whole thing has to be approved by the state next Monday, but things are looking good for Bloomberg’s PlaNYC. Before you know it we’ll be swimming in McCarren Park Pool, climbing one of the million new trees, and listening to the sweet migratory songs of birds instead of the ear-splitting horns of frustrated drivers. Ok, maybe that’s a stretch. Maybe we’ll just be lining the pockets of the MTA. Either way, if you’re a driver, better order your EZ-Pass.

On MRod Nation Today:

"So apparently the new In-possible to get pass the door bar is SubMercer–that bar in the basement of celebu-posh Mercer Hotel.

But what does it mean for these discreet bars when the digital advertising screens in the elevator of my large corporate office building spotlights them, as it did with the SubMercer this morning on my ride up to my office, as the new “It” bar in New York City?"

Sad. Now, in all fairness, we are not aware of where MRod works, or what this ad may have looked like, but this does not bode well for keeping the "secret" a secret. What's the point of advertising in this manner when the majority of the people that see it will never have a chance of getting into the place??? This "it" bar will not be "it" for long if it keeps this up.

UPDATE: (from our tip box):
"The building in question is One Penn Plaza in the heart of MSG and Macy's..."

[subMercer Is Officially The New "Cool Kids" Club House]

One may think that a guy that is responsible for one of the most highly looked at blog in the nightlife industry here in NYC is a rough hipster that smokes Parliament Lights with his Euro friends, clad in thick black glasses and plaid at Beatrice. I love it when people surprise me, and, hoping you may feel the same, wanted to share this with you:

Last night's conversation via text messaging with our favorite little nightlife blogger DBTH:

GofG: "U coming tonight?"

DBTH: "opening day not sure if i am going to make it."

GofG: "Opening day?"

DBTH: "baseball yo. baseball."

It's obvious I'm not up on my baseball knowledge, I had no clue that there was an actual "Opening Day", (insert zinger here) I just wanted to point out how cute it is that the city's official "in the know" nightlife blogger is really just an all American guy....the question remains, is he a Yankee or a Met?