There are thousands of great ideas the digital revolution spawned. It facilitated commerce, created household terms like social media, cyber Monday and URLs. It also created a new medium of art- retro looking, pinup styled photography of alternative models called the Suicide Girls. Since 2001 the Suicide Girls is one of the best known directories of beautiful, tattooed girls. Recently, they started a country wide Burlesque tour. Their Blackheart Burlesque Tour makes a stop at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City October 25th and in Williamsburg, Brooklyn the 26th, before heading out internationally. Blackheart Burlesque will add elements of…
Author: John Milovcic
John Milovcic
John Milovcic is a writer and photographer with LIB Magazine. He received his B.S. from Long Island University, C.W. Post, in Management and Finance. John has been a weekly contributor for LIB Magazine since February of 2013. His “man on the street” approach to covering events does bring the reader backstage with him. Under John’s belt is a completed screenplay and novel along with a range of poetry. He is the founder of Drunk Philosopher Photography and can be reached at 1drunkphilosopher@gmail.com.
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Freestyle freaks… this is for you!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge6MqJJHBVQ
The NY Cosmos were derailed last night by the Ottawa Fury at Shuart Stadium. The 4-1 defeat leaves the Cosmos in third place in the Fall Schedule as the playoff looms 6 weeks away. Highlights provided by One World Sports. https://vimeo.com/140138894
Fresh off their announcement regarding CMJ Music Marathon, Long Island indie band Foxtrax meets up with LIB. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZkfLjl6CLY They will be playing Leftfield, October 14th! Leftfield is located at 87 Ludlow Street- minutes away from the Williamsburg Bridge.
Dreams are visualizing your goals. Living your dreams are one of the greatest gifts any of us can hope for. A group of Long Island boys made good, Year of the Locust are doing just that. They are living their dream! There is something special when kids from our backyard make it big. YOTL just off their East Coast run came home to Amityville to play Revolution. This homecoming was well overdue. I personally needed a YOTL infusion. I saw YOTL in of their first shows. The first impression was wow they have presence. That show 18…
Labor Day is over. The nights gets a longer. Soon there will a chill in the area. Light crisp summer ales will soon become spiced pumpkin lagers- Autumn is in the air. In celebration of Autumn, Bayville kicked off this season with their Oktoberfest. The sleepy waterfront Long Island village on Long Island’s Gold Coast was awoken with aromas of Brats simmering on the grill, Beers flowing from the truck, kids playing in bouncy houses and traditional German polka playing on the house PA system. Brats, sausage & peppers and pretzels were masterfully cooked by Grooseberry located in Oyster Bay.…
LIB Magazine met up with Australian house duo Peking Duk. Check this out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMgO3f6nsOs
Labor Day weekend in New York means Electric Zoo. We ran into LA based SNBRN moments before his set at Riverside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hwAe4N7FJc
Tru TV”s Impractical Jokers celebrated their 100th show Thursday night with what they called Live Punishment. Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, James “Murr” Murray and Brian “Q” Quinn or collectively known as the “Impractical Jokers” were set to walk a tightrope set five stories high in New York’s South Street Seaport. Did we mention it was going to be aired live? LIB Magazine met with the Jokers beforehand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlJcKCuNwyM ***** Spoiler Alert***** Congrats Q. He made it al the way across! The charity he walked for was Stephen Siller Foundation in Staten Island. The foundation supports our first responders and…
Is there anything more American than the corner of Maple and Main? How about Sonoma Grill? Make no mistake, Riverhead is currently in a boom and foodies can rejoice- Sonoma Grill is now open. The Sonoma Grill name has been synonymous with excellence since 2002. You remember Sonoma Grill, the traditional American grill dotting the LIE at exit 63. They are now opened in Riverhead! The vision of Executive Chef Ed Marinelli finally came true. Eight thousand glorious square feet devoted to our cuisine. While everyone waxes poetic about French, Italian or Japanese Cuisine, the American perspective is lost in…