The Beastie Boys said it best: You've got to fight for your right to party—or, in this case, Pool Parties. The free concert series and summer pool party that is Jelly is facing an uncertain future after the New York State Parks Department and Open Space Alliance announced the summer series might not be able to return to East River State Park next summer.

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Hulu has been making some, well, interesting business decisions of late. First, it drops hints that the portal will soon be charging viewers to watch TV shows and movies that are currently "free." Now, they're adding content that is widely available elsewhere.

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Over at NPR, Carrie Brownstein interviews Thurston Moore. It happened over email, but it's still totally awesome. Moore, who lives in Northampton, Mass. most of the time, locked it up for me with this exchange:

CARRIE BROWNSTEIN: How does living outside of New York City help you to understand and appreciate it?

THURSTON MOORE: It has proven that I'm really bored not being in the city -- though I do like the colors, I guess.

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City Hall newsaper is reporting that, despite midterm elections this week that saw a wave of Republican victories around the state and a series of setbacks for gay marriage around the country, supporters of same-sex marriage say they are closer than ever to achieving passage. According to City Hall’s most recent count, 21 Democratic Senators have expressed that they are in favor of passage, however several of those have said they would prefer it if a bill did not come to the floor right now. Read the full story here.

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In the paper today, Kurt Gottschalk uncovers what's happening at this year's Performa. To kick things off, the performance art biennial had a party at MoMA on Sunday night where Fischerspooner, clad in wacky silver outfits and sneakers—and kneepads!—from sponsor Asics, played its hits, including  Electroclash anthem "Emerge," to a crowd gearing up for a few weeks of off the wall performance spectacle. Check out the performance after the jump.

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Bloomberg squeaked by with a narrow victory, and according to some papers, people weren't all that excited to vote in the first place. Well, the reporters over at City Hall newspaper have decided to move and start predicting what we might be seeing in 1,462 days, when voters return to the polls once again. Read the full story here.

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At a moment when DVD sales continue to decline and new releases can often be downloaded (legally or otherwise) days after their theatrical release, Matt Grady has taken a bit of a gamble. The 39-year-old founder of Factory 25, a new independent film and music label based out of Brooklyn, is betting that you’ll still shell out some money for a DVD—or even a vinyl record—so long as what you’re getting is more than just a disc in a plastic case. Read the full story here.

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As the roller derby season winds down, interest in the sport has just sparked. The crowd at Saturday’s double-header game was chock full of newbies, tweens, and kids. You could just see images of Ellen Page in their young, innocent eyes. While the games weren’t nearly as violent as the ones in “Whip It,” the visiting team, Sockit Wenches, gave our gals a run for the money and went home with the prize.

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What kind of a world do we live in where a man can't sit on his stoop with fake sticks of dynamite without getting arrested, especially when all said man wants to do is turn them into a piggy bank?

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Break out your Adidas and gold chains. Run-DMC is getting a musical!

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