rock nyc

Sound City was my local record store in Long island City till I stopped frequenting the place a couple of […]

Heart Of Gold – Neil YoungOnly Love Can Break Your Heart – Crosby, Stills, Nash and YoungEverybody Knows This Is

In August of 1962 I was five years old and on vacation in Bournemouth, a somewhat working class vacation resort

Just A Friend – Biz Markie Let Me Clear My Throat – DJ Kool Have you seen the Heinekin ad

Have you ever known a person who seem perfectly nice and everybody thinks he is just wonderful but for some

“Who remembers Rudolf Hess?”-Warsaw Manchester, England is my home time. A rainy, grimy, miserable place half an hour from Liverpool

I actually found a list on The Onion of 8 song about sexual mishaps and they are quite right –

2009 appears to have awaken from its winter slumber with the third good week in a row. Not great, mind

I know, it’s terrible right? I mean, not only were they the early 80s saving grace rockwise but a) my

At first glance Olivia Newton-John’s career trajectory appears to be a refraction on the Sandy charecter she played in the

A Change Is Going To Come – Adam LambertHe was a standby for the road production of “Wicked” which, if

My ex text me the other day to tell me her new guy’s favorite color is now blue because she

One of my very favorite novels is Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” (she is absolutely my favorite) but as novels go

Greatest album of all time? “Sgt Peppers,” Best? “Are You Experienced”? My fave? No contest: from Steve Nieve’s Booker T

As my good friend Anonymous kindly corrected me, I asininely referred to Leonard Cohen as a tenor in my live

Look at it this way: we live in a world filled with real and terrifying fears and as consumers of

I checked out the folks who hate me at leonardcohenforum.com . The actual review by Patricia Zohn is very good

With Green Day’s “21st Century Breakdown” having all the hallmarks of a protest album dated before its release, and with

Earlier this year I went to see Van Morrison perform “Astral Weeks” twice, once at MSG and once and for

The Static Age – Green Day (“21 Guns” pretty lame on SNL last night)Get Down – Cam’ronOn the Road To

From today’s New York Times

It is June 1997 and Lil Kim is a mess -I know this because she is performing at a great

One day after writing the obituary of the album, I bought the album of the year and first runner up.

Chris Difford once claimed Frank Sinatra’s “In The Wee Small Hours Of the Morning” was the first record album as

“Before there was Elvis there was nothing.” -John Lennon The last time I wrote about Elvis Presley I was a

After listening some more I must admit to having underestimated Cam’ron’s “Get It In Ohio” -Cam’rons spits the lyric real

Together Through This – Bob Dylan 11 Songs:1 Pointless studio rehearsal of “Lay lady Lay”.1 Middling Berry knock off (Chuck,

Alphabetically by album name All I Ever Wanted – Kelly ClarksonArt Brut Vs Satan – Art BrutBl0od Bank EP –

Eleven years ago I saw Public Enemy open for Run DMC. PE had recently released their excellent soundtrack for (him

Love Your Love the Most – Eric Church (latest in a long tradition of real good country boys) Alcoholics Unanimous

The first of a long, long series: Contrary to my earlier comment Cracker’s “Darling One” is a lovely ballad…. Also,

What pictures and videos don’t show you about Branford Marsalis is his sheer presence on the stage. Leading a young

LOS CAMPESINOS: THEY’RE GONNA GET DRUNK AND CALL YOU AT FOUR IN THE MORNING

Get Happy!! -Elvis Costello and the Attractions Are You Experienced? – Jimi Hendrix Experience In the Wee Small Hours Of

As a self-professed populist I believe that in a consumer society fiscal success is a hugely important part of artistic

STEP FORWARD FOR: ESP MEDIUM DISCHORD

This is a love story. In 1980 I was a huge Elvis Costello fan (still am: the albums have lost

I’d like to say it was about the time Lady Sovereign shared her Heinekin with the punters at the front

A real good week this week. Two singles into the new Ciara, I like Justin Timberlake a lot but MAYBE

Legend has it Lennon and Ono spent their first night together working on avant-Garde music before making love. The result

Hi Ho Silver Lining -Jeff Beck (Hatton entered the ring with ths b4 Pasqual knocked him out)Fantsay -Mariah Carey and

It had been five years -something like 30 in rock star years- and U2 were bac and We -We the

Ol‘ Dirty Bastard, rapper with the posse to beat Wu Tang Clan, is pushing the product. Wu Tan Clan have

In December 1979 the Clash released their magnum opus, “London Calling”, considered by some the greatest rock album of all

Last night I went to see “33 Variations” on Broadway: a new play based upon Beethoven’s 33 variations of a

It is the winter of 81 -maybe February- and I am at the half empty Ritz (now Webster Hall) standing

In 1999 I was at a Labor Day Puerto Rican Music festival produced by Ralph Mercado -this is an all

Here’s a story for you: maybe seven years ago I went to see the late great Ike Turner (yes, great,

Three was not the charm with Primal Scream, “Zombie Man” is all foot stomping and hand clamping signifying nothing. Three

Around the fifteen minute mark of “Shakedown Street” the Dead segued into “He’s Gone” -a song Jerry Garcia used to