rock nyc

“We’ve got more meetings, everyone wants to do it. I’ve been asked to do the opening ceremony with the Stones and close the games with The Faces,’ he told British newspaper The Sun.

She wrapped up the seven minute tribute with, “Pray for her family, for her mother. She was a daughter, a wife, a Christian, a singer and a dear family friend.”

He has the most amazing voice sometime though, as he does in this song. I want to spend my days hating on Jack and a few others, but then all of a sudden in the midst of his weird behavior he sinks a tune like this which halts me in my tracks.

That Fun. song has the best verse and the worst chorus in the world. With the Superbowl behnd her, Madonna still bearly got in the top ten. And I wonder how well the album does once every one hears it.

I give up, I am growing to seriously love the Van Halen album. 19 made it into the top ten??? That Whitney is the one that had the fast side/slow side when it was released on CD and is simply the best way to listen to her right now

A weirdo blues guy releases a pretty good album and this is my pick of a letter. He sounds like a new Van Morrisson, singing between a flute -no, really, and stretching out a strong lick to the breaking point.

That’s a long time and many pounds ago. I don’t know if Manson has returned to fighting size but lets hope he has, things got a bit wide for a bit there.

Movies, coffee, storefronts, production, hangovers and more: Oh to be James Murphy in his 40s.

“Sony heads have issued a statement insisting the albums were “mistakenly mispriced” and they “immediately corrected” the error once it had been discovered”

the whole thing was worth £ 1 million, and NME is declaring that Oliver gave everything to the treasury,….to the treasury? What are they going to do with the tapes? Shouldn’t they be turned in to Joy Division’s label? Estate? Peter Hook?

Tickets go on sale through Ticketmaster on Tuesday at 10am and I haven’t heard of any presales, though I think there was a Citicard presale for their Boston gig.

The guy should have broken indie by now: he is a one man Morrissey with a bit more range and just as much strangeness. But the good news is we of the plethora get to catch him in the confines of the tiny Rockwood Music Hall (don’t know if it’s I or II) this Saturday at 3pm.

Rat Scabies and Brian James, will be playing , from one end to another, the first UK Punk album ever, Damned Damned Damned, at, get this, at,, get this, “The Hog And Hosper Pub”. And what county is this strange and wonderful pub? Ponty Pool, South Wales.

A helluva long preamble to get to the heart of the matter, Babs and Armstrong’s love fest. It all sounds just wonderful -if you watch the movie, that minute makes it worth your while. Barbra sounds genuinely pleased to be singing with her equal, almost giggling. And wait till you hear how Armstrong scats on lap!

Subway Sect, formed in 1976, was one of the original bands , and even at that were never quite three chord wonders. Listen to “Ambition” and what you will hear is a keyboard driven post-punk art rock.

Most buzz now is the issue of Illuminati in rap. If you take the time to find out what that is, you’ve wasted too much time. I really cant see Jay Z or Kanye as ‘enlightened masterminds’ of anything but their own wallets

If I had to pick a religion to subscribe to, it would be Daoism, which only requires that you agree with one statement, which is that the middle path is a good idea. I don’t subscribe to that, but it’s only one statement that I disagree with rather than thousands

You don’t like crunk? Cmon, how don’t you like Crunk? It is easiliy the liveliest sound you’ll ever hear. LMFAO are WATERED DOWN CRUNK. This song is a monster, a heavy beats, shouting nasty piece of work with two choruses vying for supremacy

In April 2010, I wrote a wonderful post called “Apple Are Scumsucking Graverobbers about their practise of upping the price on MP3s by recently deceased rock stars. Nobody listened. But they’re listening now.

Her voice is strong and weary at the same time and translates a rare combination of perseverance and vulnerability, making everything sound deep, making every word resonate true

You’re The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry -White – Hey, it’s Valentine’s Day! I love that opening, those strings before he hits the verse are rushing downstairs to get to her and when they arrive their, it is Barry’s voice!

near the half way mark on the album, everything that surrounds it is so powerful, this throwback to a the lo For melodic Dylan got short shrift but as songs go it is really an excellent pop tune with an addictive bridge.