The Village Voice

"What in the f*ck is a thug waffle?"

— That is a very good question.

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Is this Brooklyn Blackout from Two Little Red Hens the best cupcake in New York? (Of course it is, look at that thing.) Check out our list of NYC’s 10 Best Cupcakes and drool all over your ergonomic keyboard.

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A scene from Big Freedia’s show at the Brooklyn Bowl or Newt Gingrich preparing for tonight’s debate? You decide.

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“OK, you don’t have a name yet, but you roam the backwoods roads with your sawdusty biscuits hoping to stumble upon some hapless wayfarer. And your stick, swung at someone’s head from behind, is lethal. You are a genetic mutation, as evidenced by only three fingers and one thumb. And who walks around barefoot, unless they have the hooves of Satan?” Robert Sietsema on the Tennessee Pride Mascot, from his list of “10 Food Product Mascots That Give Us Nightmares.”

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Gus Garcia-Roberts profile of Tea Party Princess Victoria Jackson is this week’s cover story.

Gawker’s Brian Moylan chooses some of the story’s most “insane” quotes. Like:

• “Some people thought I was a genius. Some people thought I was retarded.”
• “[Weed] made me very creative, horny, and paranoid.”
• “I kind of had a crush on Weird Al Yankovic. We kind of went on a date, but I don’t know if he loved me or not.”
• “If you get killed because you’re gay, the murderer gets extra time. It’s hilarious! Alcoholism is a sin too, but you don’t see an alcoholic pride parade. Alcoholics hide in little rooms in basements and they go, ‘Hi, I’m Fred.’”

Read the rest: “Victoria Jackson, Tea Party Princess”

"Big was the first person I ever saw just go in there with no pen, no paper. I know there’s a preparation process that guys like him and Jay-Z go through, but it doesn’t involve a pen and paper. To see it up close and personal, like in a room full of people, with a lot of smoking, a lot of talking, a lot of distractions, and he’s somehow putting together a rap in this head! He’d participate in the conversation, passing the weed around, and then it’s Big’s turn to go in there and do his rap and the shit is just flawless!"

— From Phillip Mlynar’s Q&A with Too $hort

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“The wings come out nicely browned and crunchy, and are a pleasure to pick up and eat from the box.”—From Robert Sietsema’s review of KFC’s new Hot Wings.

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Can you guess what this is? Think it tastes good? Read about this mystery Buccinidae in Robert Sietsema’s write-up of Bowery Diner.

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Open your heart and your ears and jam some Pazz & Jop in there. Our 39th annual critics’ poll is out, y’all.

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We’re going to go ahead and label this burger NSFW because, c’mon, look at it. Robert Sietsema went to Brasserie Ruhlmann and got to eat the damned thing.