Some Very Important Questions About Andrew Lloyd Weber’s Impending School of Rock Musical

April 11th, 2013 by Jenny Nelson

In case you haven’t heard yet, Andrew Lloyd Weber, King of Cats (unofficial nickname) and writer of hit Broadway musicals The Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Cats, recently announced he’s got the rights to make School of Rock into a musical. Though School of Rock is not the only hit movie in talks to become a Broadway show, it’s interesting to see a man of Webber’s eccentricity try to turn the thing into a musical.   

Local has a few questions about the impending adaptation of one of favorite films. Let’s explore this potentially epic play — more after the jump.

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Local Stops: Evil Taylor Swift, Cats, and NYC’s Worst Commutes

March 5th, 2013 by NYU Local Staff


-It is important that you watch this video about how to cast REAL LIVE CATS on Broadway.

-NYC is home to the most “long commuters” in the country. A look at this map doesn’t make getting to Bobst from Bushwick seem all that bad.

-John Stewart is taking a hiatus from his Daily Show hosting duties. But don’t worry kids, John Oliver will stand in for 12-weeks.

-”Every time she opens her mouth to speak, Taylor Swift, an antique doll brought to life by black magic, becomes more and more terrifying.”

-Here’s what you can bring on a plane now, budding terrorists!

Photo of the Day by Jessica Bernstein


Local Stops: Circumcision Rituals, Beer Milkshakes and Cats Singing

September 13th, 2012 by NYU Local Staff

- Go think about your own mortality at Lincoln Center this weekend.

- The Roots get their own mural. Lower Dens get their own beer. What will Kanye get – a small country?

- Second week of class got you down? Take a trip to New Jersey’s Red Robin Gourmet Burger for a Sam Adams Oktoberfest Beer Milkshake.

- Here’s A Cat Singing Along to Collective Soul’s “Shine.”

- NY Health Board Votes to Regulate Jewish Circumcision Ritual. Where is Lindsay Bluth’s HOOP when you need them?

Photo of the Day via George Brooks.


Ca$hcats.biz Brings LOLs to Life for Cat-themed Art Show and Auction

September 5th, 2012 by Aaron Marks

If you’ve spent any significant amount of time on the internet – and, since you are reading this here internet blog and are likely one of us (shudder) millennials, chances are that you spend plenty of time on the web – then you’ll know that the internet has a particular fondness for the feline.

First came the LOL Cats. Next was Nyan Cat. Along the way, we’ve met Surprise Kitty, Keyboard Cat, and we’ve watched a feline live stream where you can get your cat fix 24/7.

If the Internet were a country, its official animal would surely be the Felis catus. But, for all the feline fervor, the cat craze has been contained to the web (save for an occasional ironic t-shirt).

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NYU Film Class Creates Survey Testing Our Ability To Figure Out What Reality Is

April 9th, 2012 by Sophie Kleeman

What is real? What is not? Have we become engulfed by the alternate universe that is the Internet for so long that we can no longer distinguish fact from fiction, the real from the fantastic? When it comes down to it, what does reality really look like?

These are the sprawling, existentialist questions that the “Short Commercial” class at NYU will attempt to answer. Professor Daniel Stiepleman and his students have devised a survey that asks the participant to watch a series of YouTube videos to determine if they’re real documentaries or not. After submitting the answers, the respondent is taken to another webpage containing the results. It may seem easy, but as this Local-er soon discovered, it’s actually pretty damn tricky. Read more…


Man Arrested For Allegedly Prepping, Eating Cats

February 21st, 2012 by Alyssa Rinaldi

Last week in Bakersfield, California, a man was arrested for allegedly eating cats.

Police were called to the scene, 35 year old Jason Wilmert’s house, after his neighbor heard “sounds of cats screaming,” and allegedly witnessed Wilmert decapitating the cat.

Authorities knocked on the door, and when Wilmert did not answer, a deputy walked down Wilmert’s driveway and discovered the severed head of a cat in the backyard. Upon further investigation of the scene,  in addition to the severed head, investigators discovered the body of the cat, prepped to be cooked.  Read more…


Local Stops: Childhood In Siberia, Marriage In California, And The Necessity Of Cats

February 7th, 2012 by NYU Local Staff

-The first mention of the East Village in the NYT was 52 years ago today.

Being a kid in Siberia is kind of like living in the His Dark Materials series, a NYT photo essay reveals.

-JFK was the creepiest.

-”Experts say that if all the world’s cats suddenly died, things would quickly go to hell in a handbasket.”

-A judge in California ruled Prop 8 unconstitutional today. Washington is likely to be next to legalize gay marriage.

Photo of the Day by Rachel Kaplan


Local Stops: Cats, Eggs, And Hip Hop

December 15th, 2011 by NYU Local Staff

 -The Iraq War is ‘over.’ Right?

-NYU announced the first game design master’s program.

-Das Racist discusses the buzziest 25 tracks of the year.

-Sasha Frere Jones talks about hip hop in 2011.

-The Awl counts its eggs.

-NYU kids made a music video for their Science of Happiness final project full of everything we’re not doing during finals.

-Soon to become a relevant source of journalism, BuzzFeed still has all the important cat videos.

-The views from the new World Trade Center are amazing.


Kitty Porn: City Bookstores With Cats

November 2nd, 2011 by Olivia Loving

One of our favorite parts of New York City is its many independent bookstores. Even more than these bookstores, we love their cats.

The Corner Bookstore, located in Manhattan, might spark memories for those of you who grew up on the Upper East Side: It has a healthy children’s section, a jingly welcoming bell, and – most importantly – a cat.

Hampton, named after his place of rescue (that sprawling, wealthy expanse of land just east of the city) is young: “Five or six,” according to store employee Davi Marra. He lives in the bookstore’s basement, coming up for air to “tolerate the adoration” he receives from customers.

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