Not that they need the plug, but The New Yorker magazine had a good article on hangovers this week, written by Joan Acocella:

If scientists do not have a cure for cancer, that makes sense. But the common cold, the menstrual cramp? The hangover is another condition of this kind. It is a preventable malady: don’t drink. Nevertheless, people throughout time have found what seemed to them good reason for recourse to alcohol.

Read the full article here.

April is National Poetry Month, and today NYC is hosting National Poem In Your Pocket Day in celebration.  Volunteers will be on the streets, handing out poems to the public and encouraging New Yorkers to carry a poem in their pockets to share with friends, family and strangers.  Keep your eyes out.

Since most of our New York fam is rolling the streets, pocketing rhymes at all times, we figure this is just an opportunity for everyone else in the city to catch up.

So get out there and spit some verses today — show ‘em how it’s done.

Also, if you bring a poem to any of the following museums today, you’ll get free admission:

Bronx Museum of the Arts
Museum of the City of New York
Brooklyn Historical Society
Staten Island Museum
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Queens Museum of Art

Visit the official Poem In Your Pocket site here.

Rising up from Baltimore and Pittsburgh’s bullet-riddled streets like a prophetic junkie, Murdaland is a blood-soaked blessing for anyone who loves crime stories as much as Frank151 does.    

Recently named Best Literary Journal 2007 by Baltimore’s City Paper, the mag collects some of the best hardcore crime fiction around, from both undiscovered talent and highly respected authors; the second issue also featured a first hand nonfiction narrative, from an anonymous US military official currently stationed in Iraq.  

Frank’s been digging the first two books pretty hard – we loaned our copy of the first out so much, the cover’s probably fallen off by now.   Needless to say, we jumped at the chance when Murdaland Editor-in-Chief Michael Langnas took time out to sit down with Frank151 and talk shop… which apparently meant talking about beer commercials, Ernest Hemingway and “festering lust” in an Olive Garden.  Enjoy.      (more…)

MF Grimm’s new graphic memoir is out.  The book tells his life story — from Sesame Street to New York streets, from bullets to jail, to freedom and starting up Day By Day Entertainment — all in comic book style.   Now he’s doing the rounds promoting the book…  but who’d predict he’d be all over public radio?  His interview on NPR’s Fresh Air is worth repeat listens:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16074125

Big up to Hawaii Mike on the latest issue of LTD Mag. The latest issue looks great, however we couldn’t help but notice that Frank’s Chop Shop keeps getting over looked in the “spots” section. Hawaii Mike, what’s good?

Frank did it up big at BB King’s in NYC for the Frank151 Lost Angel book celebration/Rock The Bells afterparty saturday night. Many notables were in the building including Melle Mel, James Top, Tony Touch, Evil Dee, Craig G and Thirstin Howl. Check out how it went down: And Click any of the photos below to RSVP for the Los Angeles release event, which is bound to be a bash with DJ Muggs and DJ Higher gettin’ down for this momentous occasion…August 10th in LA at Shag.

Thanks to the folks over at SlamXHype (one of the most happening streetwear/sneaker blogs on the net), readers can get an in depth look into the world of Frank Green, creative director of Frank151. These New Zealanders wanted to get in to the mind of Frank, and they did just that. Read the interview here:

Steven Vogel’s new book Streetwear is on bookshelves. Vogel admits it’s not a “fashion guide, fashion bible, or who’s who�? kind of thing. Be sure to cop a copy and for all our Londonites, drop by the release party Wednesday, May 9. Beer, music and books will be provided.

Kurt Vonnegut died today at the age of 84. He suffered brain injuries after falling in his New York home last week. Vonnegut will be remembered for his potent blend of humor, science fiction and satire in such works as Cat’s Cradle, Player Piano and Slaughter House Five. Listen to a 2006 NPR interview with the Late Great.