Soho Johnny

1: Buy Costume2: Drink lotsa Margaritas3: Read Iman’s review of the MJ movie This Is It

In the early 60s two Jewish kids from Forest Hills, Queens wanted to be the Everly brothers, so they formed a duo and wrote a song called “Hey There Little

We can thank George Harrison, or at least Ravi Shanker, maybe I mean Bollywood for making Hindu music no longer exotic. But it still isn’t, how you say, rock. The

As the autumn turns to the winter of our discontent and we hold onto our jobs with both hands, let’s think of better times ahead. 2010 is round the corner

The worst commercial ever made for anybody ever is the Abbey Road Road Band coming attraction. To say this is creepy doesn’t do it justice -you know those smiling Jesus

In 1982 keyb and co-songwriter (not to mention singer) for Steely Dan broke up the band and recorded an album as good as Steely Dan’s very best. The Nightfly is

Rock NYC is looking for writers. No, we don’t pay but when I first started writing for East Village Eye I wasn’t paid and I took my published work and

Love Verdi? Puccini? You’re gonna worship Opera superstar soprano Maria Callas. We’re gonna tell you all about her…. soon!!!

Make Me – Janet Jackson – See, it’s easy. Just stick a bouncing bass under a throbbing drum riff, have Janet sing a sexy lyric and have background vocals whoop

I saw Streisand ten years ago at MSG and was blown away -it was her first retirment concert and over two hours of chestnuts. And I put my name in

For the past twenty-five years the Metropolitan Opera has been producing Frnaco Zefferilli’s lush, plush, production of Puccini’s “Tosca”. Anybody who has seen it will never forget the gorgeous decor

Before Ornette Coleman opening the 2010 season of Jazz at the Lincoln Center at a sold out Rose Hall last night I went to see the French director superb story

Back in the 80s dance (or electronica or club… whatever) was a simple enough thing: stick on a bass, bleed out the rest, and ride em cowboy but digital technology

Writing a post  about Pet Sounds with Mike Nessing got me thinking about back up harmonies. Many years ago I was wandering round Manhattan listening to a mix on my

I wonder if Robert Nevin remembers that he and I caught Superdrag opening for Weezer on the Pinkerton tour? Superdrag were riding a real good alt rock song “Sucked Out”.

I seem to be trending in my desire to see opening acts. The ‘alt’ scene is so incestuous (how timely!)that its more like hey Ill open for you tonight you open

Rock NYC UK editor Remy Caplan has the best taste in music imaginable so when he name checks two thirds Scandinavian, one third US electro pop trio Miike Snow we

Before the sixties ended the sixties were a Happening!!!

All of those pix of bffs Oberst, Yames, et all, kidding it up in interviews, wallowing in superstar comraderie, chucking each other under the chin. That New York Times article

It’s not that Europe has anything on New York dance -New York is second to no one in the “you want more bass?” school of advanced djing, it’s that dance

The flip side of itunes is a bad single can make you miss out on a good album. I was so disappointed in “Angela” -a rocker about a stripper that

A quick search of my itunes account will find emoish indie pop group the Pains Of Being Pure At Heart‘s “Young Adult Friction” firmly in first place as most played

According to a press release: ” The Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and Afeni Shakur-Davis, mother of platinum recording artist, actor and poet, Tupac Shakur, will partner with the Robert W.

One of the best albums of the 00s reviewed soon

In my contiuing efforts to be completely baffled by the rock critics of the USA here is the Top Ten albums of 2009 as compiled by Metacritic. Metacritic links to

All over the papers are Mackenzie Philips allegations that she had an incestuous relationship with her father Papa John Phillips of the 60s harmony group the mamas and the Papas.

Three hours later, walking to the train station after the filming of an episode of Elvis Costello’s musical talk show on Sundance Channel last night, a woman turns to her

Steve Diamond told Rock NYC that U2 covered “She’s the One” in honor of Bruce Springsteen’s birthday last night. “A good show” , Diamond claims, which I would translate as

Contributing writer Robert Nevin raises a glass in praise of Lounge Music practioner Enoch Light. There was a time when modern relaxation was an art form. To go along with

The inventor of harmolodics live at Lincoln center reviewed…

Pearl Jam’s new album Backstepper is their best since Yield -also produced by Brendan O’Brien, but that in itself is not a compliment. PJ seemed well on their way to

Rock NYC Contributing Editor Mike Nessing dispells the myth of the great LA session musicians of the 60s. Everything is a myth. This needs to be established first and foremost.

Presale for the Fame Kills is available by joining Kanye West’s fanclub atwww.FameKillsTour.com. Presale at Izod is available September 29th, 2009 only for the paid fanclub membership. The big news

The soundtrack to the upcoming rehearsal movie This Is It will be released october 26th, 2009 and will be exactly what you think it would be a double CD One,

The great ungreat Biggie album is Conspiracy. If he had lived longer it would loom less large but coming right after Ready To Die and with Smalls at its heart

I’m Not Your Toy – La Roux – Is a synth duo from London, England, who take off from 80s synth bands like the Human League and Yaz (though the

ALBUM REVIEWS

An appreciation of the greatest vocal duo ever

In search of a list of every album released today, this one from DJ Willis website http://newmusicreviews.net/ is the best i’ve found. If anybody else knows of one please tell

You think you’d like to share a beer with your fave rock performer, guess what… you wouldn’t. You wouldn’t have a damn thing to say to them -if it’s a

I’ve loved the cats at Trouble and Bass -a mix of party promoters, DJs and cutting edge new dance and techno makers and producers- since this summer and their latest

It took Disney the better part of sixty years to figure out they had the ability to be pop star makers to the nth degree but they finally came to

Connecticut’s finest alt rock, psychedelic DIY band Holiday Rain and two albums into their career and have posted a new song, the terrific guitar rumble pop move “Heavenly Dose” with

Mike Nessing and Iman Lababedi discuss the Beach Boys masterpiece Pet Sounds. IL: Is Pet Sounds Brian WIlsons greatest moment. You’d think so but what about All Summer Long? Summer

Forget Annette Funicello. Disney let Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake hang up their Mouse ears without a struggle and let Hilary Duff grow up and out but now the class

As a card carrying playa hata when it comes to Radiohead I have no excuse for loving Thom Yorke’s solo stuff. So I don’t love it. But I do like

Far be it for me to steal my ideas from other blogs or websites not called the New York Times BUT according to Pitchfork Kanye West’s words to Taylor Swift

The Diablo Cody state of the union flick Jennifers Body bombed at the box office raking in a lousy 6.8m…. i guess the juno fans werent interested and the slasher

Chris O’Dell went from being an assistant to the Beatles to being an assistant to the Stones to being an assistant to bob Dylan and slept with Starr, Jagger and