Perhaps with all the recent hype surrounding UK soul sensation Amy Winehouse, you plum forgot about Alice Smith, who made a bit of a splash her own damn self last Fall. Smith's debut album For Lovers, Dreamers & Me on ultra hip UK underground hip hop label BBE (J Dilla, Pete Rock, DJ Vadim, "Return Of The Magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff," etc.) is just as impressive as Amy's heralded sophomore effort Back to Black. And......

This has been a rough week for your -ist pals, though you wouldn't know it from the great posts all over the network. Plagued with server problems, our tech team (led by the great Neil Epstein) toiled around the clock to solve the glitches as they arose. Seriously, we've said, typed, and thought the phrase "server problems" more in the past week than we have for the last 35 years combined. Why not say it......

Welcome, Miamist, to our family here on the Internets. The Fresh Prince’s parents just didn’t understand him when he was kicking it with DJ Jazzy Jeff back in West Philly. We’re pretty sure that he overcame that hurdle and started ‘‘bouncin in a club where the heat is on’ down in Miami, even before the Willenium. We’re happy to see that the Gothamist network is also ready to make the leap from Philly (launched only......