Every morning I hail a cab at the same corner in the West Village in NYC.  Most days, it’s an easy grab, rarely a wait.  But this morning I was running late and there were literally 5 people standing up and down the avenue flailing for a cab’s attention. So, I did what any good New Yorker would do, walked deeper into the stream of traffic and snagged the first cab.  This FTW moment quickly became a moment of FAIL when I saw Jon Stewart standing outside my window. D’oh.

(this is another guy also waiting for a cab)

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Downstairs from the COED offices is a bike messenger office. And if you know anything about bike messengers, you know that means there are, at all times, about 15 dudes hanging out on the sidewalk who look like they might kick your ass just because they’re bored. They’re rough and tumble – that’s just how they are. Also, they cary 15-lb Kryptonite lock. Which is exactly why you don’t start screaming at them…

The Sounds recently played an intimate invite-only “secret show” at Santos Party House in NYC to celebrate the release of their newly released album “Crossing the Rubicon”. The tickets were nearly impossible to attain, so check out our pictures from the show if you weren’t lucky enough to score a pair.

Earlier in the day COED got the chance to meet up with Maja (lead vocals) and Felix (guitar) to ask them questions about their song writing process, touring, the new album and tattoos, amongst other things. Enjoy!

Note From the Editor: In New York City, anything can be delivered straight to your doorstep, from Chinese food to rare antique furniture – to the best weed on planet Earth. That’s right, instead of scoring a sh!tty dime bag from a dude in Washington Square Park, New Yorkers can just call a number and have a bud-toting bike messenger show up at their apartment with a buffet of different strains of weed – Purple Haze, Kush, Sour Diesel – they’ve got it all. We caught up with one of these drug delivery men who agreed to tell his tale here on COED. This is his story, from his perspective.

Believe it or not, riding your bike around New York City all the time is kind of dreamy.

Especially when it’s finally nice out. I don’t know if you live in the Northeast, but here in NYC we were punished by what seemed like month after month after month of greyness and cold and all-the-time wet with snow and ice and rain.

But now the sun is shining, and it’s nice – even though riding is like, maniacs of every race, creed and color coming at you from every direction; nearly every moment is like, what the f*ck, how am I not dead? (more…)

Wednesday marks the beginning of New York’s Fleet Week 2009, a time for the good men and women of our Navy and Marines to demonstrate some badass skills, honor fallen soldiers and take some time off to get wasted and have sex with as many people as humanly possible, before they head back out to sea. So to usher in the pre-Memorial Day celebrations, we’ve put together the 65 sexiest sailor girls we could find. Enjoy! (more…)

In New York City, anything can be delivered straight to your doorstep, from Chinese food to rare antique furniture – to the best weed on planet Earth. That’s right, instead of scoring a sh!tty dime bag from a dude in Washington Square Park, New Yorkers can just call a number and have a bud-toting bike messenger show up at their apartment with a buffet of different strains of weed – Purple Haze, Kush, Sour Diesel – they’ve got it all. We caught up with one of these drug delivery men who agreed to tell his tale here on COED. This is his story, from his perspective. (more…)

Thursday night at Santos Party House in NYC, Sweden’s other supergroup The Sounds played an invite-only “secret show” to celebrate the release of their forthcoming album “Crossing the Rubicon.”

Tickets were nearly impossible to come by, but the lucky people on the guest list were treated to a 13 song set that kicked off with “Living in America,” closed with “Tony The Beat” and included four songs from their new album set to be released June 2nd. You can check out the set list here.

Earlier in the day, COED sat down with Maja and Felix for a video interview.  Check back early next week for our exclusive interview with the band.

For now check out over 50 photos from last night’s Sounds concert at Santos.

(click thumbnails to see the full gallery)

For some dumbass reason, yesterday somebody thought it would be a great idea to fly a 747 really, really low over New York City (while it was being followed by a fighter jet), without letting everybody know in advance that it was actually a photo-op for the President’s Air Force One. Needless to say, everyone freaked the hell out.

Don’t look now, but the New York Knicks are winners of eight of their past 11 games, including five straight at home.  They have surged up the standings to a 21-25 record, one-half game out of the eighth and final playoff spot in the East, and are already only two wins behind last season’s disgraceful total.  But is their recent success a mirage?

If ever there was a test to determine whether Mike D’Antoni’s crew is legit, this week is it. (more…)