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Well, at least it wasn’t the loathsome Haiti 25. BEP’s “Imma Be” took over the # 1 spot from Ke$ha so Debby Boone’s 1977 “You Light Up My Life” remains, […]

I just love this story. Patti Page, the great fifties singer who had a smasherino in 1952 with “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window” -one of the earliest

That bad ass of rock told UK Radio that UK Music was “”tame, predicable and faceless” and as for rock in general: “we’re at a dead zone in music right

Some of my Connecticut peeps will be chillin wit big Snoop Dogg tonight or seeing Rent or Spring Awakening or watching the Olympics cuz they’re afraid to drive in ‘inclement

Little Green Bag – George Baker Selection-Oddly enough this was a moderate hit, but I don’t remember it. Kind of a calypso thing with call and response vocals. Living In

Mark Ronson’s follow up to version is being hyped to hell. Every other day there is a new guest star, a new collab, a new cutting edge ho fucking hum.

For decades rumors have abounded over to whom “You’re So Vain” referred. Warren Beatty? Jagger? James Taylor? Bill Clinton -well, maybe not Clinton Well, as reported by contactmusic.com, from an

My February Mix 2010, mix – Keep it Simple Iman!! Colorado – For Science – I don’t think she knows Jackson – Johnny and June Carter Cash – The ring

Brian Eno on the new Coldplay album said to BBC 6: “It’s quite different from anything they’ve done before I think, so far anyway. I don’t know how it will end

The unwitting face of Rock NYC, Becka Diamond.

I am the proud owner of “With His Hot And blue Guitar” Johnny Cash’s first album. And I have it on vinyl! Once in a while the performance of a

Look at it this way. what’s the point of running your own music blog if you can’t write obsessively about the music you love and I LOVE FOR SCIENCE. The

1. Colorado – For Science 2. SDP – The Kissaway Trail 3. Jackson – Johnny and June Carter Cash 4. Tragedy – Peter Wolf and Shelby Lynn 5. Put Em

One Of Us – Wire – This doesn’t sound like the arty Wire from back in the late seventies and more like alt rock than pretty catchy art rock as

As the Billy Joel – Elton John Face 2 Face tour finally began to wind its way to New York City -a concert in Albany, New York was annouced yesterday,

I love Amanda Palmer. Shes is beautiful, intelligent, sexy, smart creative, tough and well just plain cool. As Iman mentioned a bit ago she is supporting EvelynEvelyn promoting them and

If youve had ever spent time talking music with Joe Strummer one name was sure to come up. Every time. Johnny Cash was a huge influecne on Strummer and for

We all know 1 person who can suggest a song and 99.9999999% of the time nail it like Jesus. I swear to God I know that guy. So here I

Louie Sulcer, 71 years old,  of Woodstock, Ga donwloaded Johnny Cash’s “Guess Things Just Happen That Way” and became an instant celebrity. It was the 10 Billionth Itunes download and

Folsom Prison Blues – This is the one where he shot a man in Reno just to watch him die and the version I am listening to is the one

What the heck is Section 7 and why did i join? Section 7 is a Live Nation and Windows 7 mishmash Here’s the pitch “Register now and rally your friends

No less than three seperate projects are emerging on the horizon for perennial Rock NYC fave Ray Davies. First , ANOTHER record of re-recorded Kinks songs, but with an all

WTF is it with Terminal 5? Massive Attack are set to play their May 11th and 12th -a Tuesday, Wednesday axis. And I love the band. But enough to go

Thom Yorke’s Flea lead alternative to radiohead, Atoms for Peaces, will finally make their New York appearance in Spring and, even more excitingly in my book, Flying Lotus will be

Fourteen years after Bradley Nowell’s death, the remaining members of Sublime have come to terms with Bradley’s estate and reformed and renamed as Sublime With Rome. The band consists of

Here is how it goes, everything the Stones recorded with the possible exception of Satanic Majesties and up to and including Exile On Main Street is integral to the rock

Before the last song last night at MSG. Will I Am was on the edge of the extended proscinium and he was telling a story about being at the New

Further to Brett Jensen’s post yesterday about the state of Whitney Houston’s Australian tour comes a report from contactmusic.com that after a steady fifty minutes Whitney took a fifteen break,

Rostam Batmanglij, keyboard player for Vampire Weekend, has come out as a homosexual to “Out Magazine” and written what he hopes will be a new gay anthem for his side

1. Big Girls Don’t Cry – Fergie 2. Shut Up Cindy – For Science 3. Tragedy – Peter Wolf and Shelby Lynn 4. Can’t Help But Wondering Where I’m Going

American Idol’s boys were not disappointing. But that’s about all I can say. With a new view on the judges, I realized that not only were a few of the

I was not only forwarded an email, but a new perspective.  Patti LaBelle said of American Idol that “Some of the judges, I don’t think they’re qualified to judge.” I

To follow up on the Bamboozle Road Show its finally been announced. Less talk more action please Heres our East Coast Dates June 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier

How did I miss this one? T.I., out after a year in jail for weapons possession, will be releasing a new album this summer. T.I., not heard from since the

Want To Play The Vans Warped Tour? The big names are in place but there is room to spare so dust off your “A game” and head over to battleofthebands.com.

Everything about Nirvana is an in joke. We look at em and hear and every “Son Of A Gun” every “I don’t have a gun” every “I Hate Myself And

Last time I went to see Julian Casablancas earlier this year, I was killing time on Facebook and decided to shout out one of my oldest friends Richard Fantina, only

Good Intentions Paving Co – Joanna Newsome – The harpist songs are as intricayely desiged as Judee Sill’s were but much, much more twee. Seven minutes out of a one

I have a very strong love for Johnny Lydon, Johnny Rotten alot of reasons really but most notably a shared ride in the back of a police car years and

Well, Nick Jonas and his Administration must be happy. At least Canada are showing him some love with his debut album in the top five… And yet another cover of

Our hero Ke$ha to the UK tab the Daily Star about how she feels about stopping Haiti 25 from reaching the top of the UK charts… are you ready? It’s

You gotta hand it to Courtney Love, she knows how to make her point pretty well and if you are going to threaten anybody for godssake make sure it its

Some wise guys at Facebook put this together and we swiped it from Gigwise. The great Rowan Atkinson as Lady Gaga

The death of Teddy Pendergrass earlier this year has placed the Sound Of Philadelphia as proselytized by super-producers Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff foremost in many pop music fans minds

So we went on Pandora Radio, typed in some names, and this is what they hooked us up with. Two songs into Nicki it stopped letting us pass: The Buzzcocks:

“Shut Up Cindy Cindy Shut up don’t make me go tell the grown ups shut up Cindy Cindy shut up ok, I get it, I give up”. For Science are

From Bryce Avery’s facebook: “Screen shot of TRS @ # 1. I gotta feeling (wooo -hoooo) that tonight’s gonna be a good night. (Take that Black Eyed Peas!) just playin…

Helen Bach sez: Why did rocknyc dis Jay-Z so much? Im no hip hop scholah…hollah… (sorry couldnt resist)but I know whats I look for in music in general. I want