Soho Johnny

Relator – Scarlett Johansson and Pete Yorn – I think this is the first Pete Yorn song I have consciously heard and I wish it was the first Scarlett Johansson

This is Ricky Wilson’s patented microphone jump as described in my MSG review!!

When I thought of posting review’s of other people’s music mix’s I had hoped what would occur is precisely what has occurred with my friend Chris Clarke. Chris has an

Many years ago I was sitting one row above New York Post Pop muic beat writer Dan Aquilante at the Lauryn Hill “Misadventures’ concert. The seats weren’t great but they

In 96 I saw Beck at the start of the Odelay Tour in the tiny “Supper Club”. He was a bolt of lightening like a surfer dude James Brown chasing

If I am in an elevator, if I am in a train or a plane, anyway stationary position, and I see somebody listening to their Ipod I will ask them

New Perspective – Panic At The DiscoNow Ryan Ross and Jon Walker have left the band I was expecting the worse. I Like Panic a whole lot and “Pretty Odd”

From Alan Freed to The Wall and beyond either you’re selling or you’re buying in the corrupt world of rock promotion and pay to play…

After getting home late from Green day last night I woke up late and rushed to work forgetting my Ipod. What’s a guy to do? I turn to http://www.slacker.com/ .

Billie Joe losing his boyish good looks at a rockin’ MSG last night

The 90s began with an odd step, went through a blocked middle and ended with a major revival -in between there were cover albums and many many outtakes. Under the

Before the encore Green Day leader Billie Joe Armstrong sings the last song off their new album “21st century Breakdown” and reaches a conclusion: “The moral isn’t to do the

Cmon -you know youd have left!!!

Every caveat I have ever used about good and evil apply and are doubled when it becomes a question of integrity. The question of integerity is remorselessly subjective and so

From 1998 to 2001 Elvis Costello went on a tear, a lost and possibly final, rush of masterpieces that feel a long, long time ago now. In 1998 he released

In a world with no intrinsic meaning what is integrity? Who has it? Does it matter? I’m gonna tell you very soon…

The pic is from thursdays gig but two songs a set aint gonna get the job done. Zimmy, quit your low down ways and get yee behind your guitar for

Art for art’s sake, money for Gods sake”10cc Walmart insisted Green Day bleep any profane words on their album “21st Century Breakdown”. Green Day refused. Walmart refused to stock the

Let Your Love Flow – The Bellamy Brothers – Sure it’s bland but it is comforting and it’s a song sung blue -everybody can singalong. Complaining about the brothers Bellamy

The new movie, political procedural “In The Loop”, features a bravado performance by Scottish actor Peter Capaldi as a dirty motor mouthed Director Of Communication for the British Prime Minister.

Summerstage promised the sound of young Salsa -well, Jerry Rivera is thirty-six so not that young but the other three performers look twenty-something so maybe young though only Salsa Rapper

Young Adult Friction – The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – I remain unconvinced the album is the alt indie pop revelation its fans claim -but there is no

Yellow Fever and Woods have this is common: the bass players of both bands are multi instrumentalist. They also have this in common: at the Whitney last night as part

You can see it in these pictures of a young Louis Armstrong, the brash confidence of a gifted trumpeter raising a ruckus from New Orleans down the Mississippi to Chicago

In deciding when to see Steely Dan during their 8 night stand at the Beacon Theatre it all came down to money. They will be playing one of three albums

1979 of course… I mean when else would Michael Jackson’s greatest album have ben released? And so much seems lost in time here but first and foremost this is part

I will be in England the last week of August. Here are the concerts I’ll be missing: Taylor Swift Brittney Spears Paul Oakenfeld Pet Shop Boys Nine Inch Nails What

Writer Todd Lebowitz finds a big flaw in Itunes album covers…. It seems like iTunes is failing to upload the correct album artwork of songs that weredownloadedto your iPod via

This is the indie blog Hear Ya’s best albums of the year so far: Ben Nichols – The Last Pale Light In The West J. Tillman – Vacilando Territory BluesDan

It is 8pm at night and I’ve been nursing a toothache for a coupla weeks and I am up to my eyeballs in every painkiller I can find. I am

After missing CeU live twice this week all I can do is listen to “Vagarosa” again and share these pics.

Miles Davis said wherever he went in jazz Louis Armstrong beat him to it. Wherever you go in rock Chuck Berry has beaten you to it. John Lennon said if

Knock You Down – Keri HilsonSupernova – Mr. HudsonS.O.S. – Jordin SparksEnglish lads Mr. Hudson record for Kanye West’s label and their record is a very pleasant trifle and I

Speaking with my good buddy Cris Marchignoli he complained that my Beatles overview was confusing because all he knew was the American versions which I didn’t really review. He has

Whoops, Woods not Vivian Girls at the Whitney Friday -kinda lo-fi alt psychedelic band. I love what i’ve heard. Vivian Girls is July 31st.

From savior to mercy, from on his knees to on his back, legend has it the 1980s were mean to Bob dylan but the truth is it was only his

I loved CeU music long before I saw her picture but now that I have seen her picture all I can say is CeU has the looks of a South

Last week the Met handed out free tickets days before the Summerstage concert and a pleasant time was had by all. Around 2pm on Sunday I walked by Central Park’s

This is a true story and it’s about how I met a girl I fell in love with. My cousin had been living with this girl for years and I

The One – Mary J. BligeHistory Sticks to Your Feet – Modest MouseHere Comes Your Man – Meghan SmithSay Please – Monsters Of FolkOf all the things pop music has

And into the 70s we go with Bobby’s first fully fledged disaster and lots of second guessing by the world at large culminating in Robert Christgau memorably dubbing him a

From today’s NYT -here is the link to music critic Nate Chinen’s live review of the purveyors of one of the great albums of the year, Dirty Projectors: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/21/arts/music/21dirty.html?_r=1&ref=music

“The One” is another terrific dance track by r&b giant Mary J. “I’m not saying that i’m the best but i’m the best” Blige. I love Mary J -almost take

In order to create the sound of punk the powers that be took the Velvet Underground, the Stooges and the New york Dolls and put them in a blender. In

How do we deal with God in rock, a youth culture?　 Of all the concerns a youth culture has life is primary because children are much closer to death than

Philanthropist and businessman Larry Miller saw U2 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin July 18th, 2009. This is the stadium that was opened by Adolph Hitler during the 1936 Summer Olympic

The Jim Jones, M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis supergroup Monsters Of Folk are giving away an MP3 from their first album dropping September 22nd. Just type please and download

My friend and fellow Dylan fanatic Michael Blauner (he is the guy who got in trouble with me at the Costello concert years ago) had this to say about my

So sad to hear that Gordon Waller (he is the guy above who doesn’t have red hair and whose sister Jane didn’t date Paul McCartney for years) of the 60s