A walk of shame looking like a disheveled mess and wearing last night's party clothes normally gets you all the wrong kind of attention, but not so for Astoria resident Elizabeth Kuchta. Her “walk of shame” outfit snagged her the honor of Miss G Train 2009.

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Robert Lederman learned a valuable lesson Saturday: Having the law on your side doesn’t guarantee you won’t get smacked with a summons—or five—and hauled down to the pokey, after the street artist was arrested at High Line Park for selling his artwork without a permit. A move both Lederman and the federal court system say violates his First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

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Artist Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon, who is best known for her collaborative environmental arts installations with husband Christo Javacheff, died today in Manhattan of complications stemming from a brain aneurysm. Jeanne-Claude, 74, is survived by her husband and son Cyril Christo.

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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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I’m glad I was running too late this morning for breakfast because the following news is enough to make we want to vomit, swear excessively and then vomit some more. While perusing the normally fun-loving photography of Miss Heather on NewYorkShitty.com, I came across a story that is both disgusting and disappointing. Brooklyn has Nazis.

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It's a freak occurrence of publishing genius: Sarah Palin's book "Going Rogue" will be released the same day as V. Nabokov's "The Original of Laura." Who's capitalizing on such a once-in-a-lifetime event? Unnameable Books in Prospect Heights. They encourage you to come dress as your favorite character tonight at their midnight release party. Be there, or be Levized.

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Is there such a thing as a better nervous breakdown? Absolutely according to TheNervousBreakdown.com founder Brad Listi. The online literary collective launched a bigger, better Breakdown yesterday with its new site expansion. We found out from Listi about all TNB’s new bells and whistles and just what literary lovers can expect from the new site after, as he put it, lunatics take over the asylum and do a little redecorating.

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This morning's Washington Post examines the horrifying rash of "drive-by porning" incidents that are plaguing that city's subways, highways and even the airplanes flying overhead. And while most Washingtonians seem to respond prudishly and passive aggressively to the public porn (what New Yorker wouldn't realize that there is no better time to mug someone than while he is watching Cock Smokers 10 on the 4 train?), bartender Sandi Benedetti knows exactly how a situation like this should be handled.

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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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Have you ever overheard people in the next room getting some while you lay there alone in your cold, baron bed? It's happened to the best of us. Usually the reaction is a pair of headphones, a polite bang on the wall or perhaps a passive-aggressive note taped to the offender’s door. How does a filing for a noise abatement order to legally stop your neighbors from ever ''shouting, screaming or (making a) vocalization at such a level as to be a statutory nuisance” sound? One British couple is facing the possibility of arrest if they should get too passionate in their own bedroom.

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