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From savior to mercy, from on his knees to on his back, legend has it the 1980s were mean to […]

I loved CeU music long before I saw her picture but now that I have seen her picture all I

Last week the Met handed out free tickets days before the Summerstage concert and a pleasant time was had by

This is a true story and it’s about how I met a girl I fell in love with. My cousin

The One – Mary J. BligeHistory Sticks to Your Feet – Modest MouseHere Comes Your Man – Meghan SmithSay Please

And into the 70s we go with Bobby’s first fully fledged disaster and lots of second guessing by the world

From today’s NYT -here is the link to music critic Nate Chinen’s live review of the purveyors of one of

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

In order to create the sound of punk the powers that be took the Velvet Underground, the Stooges and the

How do we deal with God in rock, a youth culture?　 Of all the concerns a youth culture has life

Philanthropist and businessman Larry Miller saw U2 at the Olympiastadion in Berlin July 18th, 2009. This is the stadium that

The Jim Jones, M. Ward, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis supergroup Monsters Of Folk are giving away an MP3 from their

My friend and fellow Dylan fanatic Michael Blauner (he is the guy who got in trouble with me at the

So sad to hear that Gordon Waller (he is the guy above who doesn’t have red hair and whose sister

VIVIAN GIRLS

HOW WEEZER INVENTED EMO

Bob Dylan’s early career seems fated now but in the 1960s it appeared to be veering off in million directions

The difference between the songs used in the just released DVD of “Watchmen” and the the just released movie “(500)

Bob Dylan in the 1960sEvery Album reviewed

LOS CAMPESINOS WILL GET DRUNK AND CALL YOU AT FOUR IN THE MORNING

Money Won’t Change You – James BrownPromised Land – Chuck BerryMrs. Vanderbilt – Paul McCartneyThe Man Who Can’t Be Moved

The warm up act Irish lads the Script are doing their best, even pointing out Paul McCartney’s dressing room somewhere

MACCA AT CITIFIELD REVIEWED

Did you ever see that Twilight Zone where astronauts land in this place and everything looks like white picket fence

FANSNAP IS DA BOMB… IT IS BRAND NEW, IT COMPARES ALL PRICES FOR SOLD OUT CONCERTS OUT THERE, IT TELLS

English journalist Julie Burchill once said to me that rock critics were frustrated rock stars with a lot of unused

Many years ago I interviewed the Pretenders, wrote the story and mailed it to Creem. Upon publication I was shocked

George Best was the greatest English, er, Irish winger of all time. A legendary Man United soccer player and worldclass

Whitney Houston was the best vocalist to come out of the 80s. Even the weakest of songs were saved by

Popular young Salsa singer Frankie Negron will be at Joe’s Pub on Astor Place, 730p, Tuesday August 11th, 2009. If

THE ROCK CRITIC AS ROCK STAR

GOD ONLY KNOWS

You and I, we have a bad hour, a bad day, we’re irritational, we say what we shouldn’t say or

“now I live here and I’m fixing wheelchairs…”

Hot Girls in the Bathroom – Dallas AustinExasperated – Dallas AustinYellow Light – TwislaThe last time I saw Austin he

MORE ABOUT RUFUS’ OPERA FROM NEW YORK MAGAZINE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMtab4n3q_k

The difference between London Punk 1977 and New York City Punk 1977 is the difference between a snarl and a

A great young rock singer, a Patrick Stickles or a Gareth Campesino, is like a street car racer: they roar

POP SINGERS, KANT, AND THE MORAL IMPERATIVE

Thanks Brooklyn Vegan for using my review to help illustrate Leia Jospe’s pics Of Titus Andronicus at the Whitney Friday

All property is theft so I took what was already mine when I lifted this list of most popular summer

IN MY EAR? BELLS ARE RINGING aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

The Ugly Duckling – Danny Kaye – After a thirty year reign the musical was showing its age and never

I am standing behind a kid during the last song of Titus Andronicus’ fascinating set at the Whitney Museum of

Just for the heck of it and because The Beatle post took so much out of me and I’m not

So much has been said about the Beatles it is difficult not to tread where others have or even everyone

Two newly minted West Coast bands for you. Hockey are from Portland, Oregon. Mi Ami from San Francisco. Hockey are

Obsessed – Mariah CareyYesterday afternoon at the MJ tribute MC over did the glissando’s as she does all too often,

Marie Lynn took these photographs of Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, July 3rd, 2009 at Toad’s Place, New

Yeah Yeah Yeah’s “It’s Blitz”? Hasn’t stood the test of time. Dead Eyed Peas? Maybe. Franz Ferdinand? Maybe again. Eminen