News, Slideshow, These Days

These Days: Saturday, September 19th, 2015

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It is not often I agree with Trump about anything, but I agreed with him about Syria: let Assad and ISIS fight it out and wait till the dust settles before you pick a side. Since nothings works for the Yanks, why not leave em to it? It is as though the US forgot what Russia learnt in their own excursions into Afghanistan: this shit will bankrupt you. Enough of wars, since you aren’t really on any side, let Russia go bankrupt for awhile.

Recorded, Singles Going Steady, Slideshow

Going Steady: New Singles Reviewed 9-18-15 – 9-24-15

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Whatever you might think of Beyonce, she has exquisite taste in collaborators and they don’t get much better than Naughty Boy. The master producer already has a track record and anybody who heard his Zayn Malik track from earlier this year can only pray they work together on Zayn’s solo comeback. Till then, this is a high falutin’ ballad with Bey tackling the hook like a real pro, absolutely giving over to it. Arrow, who handles a verse like a pro, I have never heard of but we all will after this – B+

Live, Slideshow

Tommy Keene At Bowery Electric, September 17th, 2015, Review

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He can dazzle you with his tight and smart band on point as one, and his constant inventiveness on every level, whether it be guitar on “Nowhere Drag”, a beautiful refrain on “Places That Are Gone”, or even on his own inevitable epitaph, like Bronson at the train station, leaving Dodge, “but what can a poor boy do…?” breaks through the clutter in our brain and lifts us somewhere we weren’t

Recorded, Slideshow

10 Songs: Friday, September 18th, 2015

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Bad Blood – Ryan Adams – While it isn’t my favorite Taylor Swift song at the same time, and while it is just one track off the upcoming Ryan does 1989 album, this is alright I suppose: it sounds like Ryan covering “Bad Blood”. Polite to its source, to a fault, it is a little bit strange. Why is he doing this? To teach us Taylor Swift is a good songwriter? Don’t we know that? – B

News, Slideshow, These Days

These Days: Friday, September 18th, 2015

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People claim this is an important series, Mets Vs Yankees, but my friend Ben Buchwald claims otherwise. The Mets have the division sown up and home field advantage isn’t worth wearing out their players, and the Yanks have Wild card in pocket and don’t stand much of a chance of taking the division. So fun? Perhaps. Important? Not so fast.

Live, Slideshow

Le Butcherettes At Amoeba, Thursday September 17th 2015 Review

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‘We can all be free if we want to,’ she also said in the interview. ‘You take those transmissions and become A Raw Youth or part of that oppressive society. Youth doesn’t mean young. It’s the essence of being resilient against so many of life’s struggles. In every decade or era there’s always a rebel who gives inspiration for the poets to write about. That person holds the light. These songs tell those tales.’

Charts, Slideshow

UK Top 10 Albums: 9-18-15 – 9-24-15

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Stereophonics were part of the Britpop explosion back in the 1990s and have kept going with a bunch of loyal Brits and Anglophiles as fans. Not me, though “C’est La Vie” is a goodie, Otherwise, I have seen the state of the charts and I am fast asleep.

Charts, Slideshow

UK Top 10 Singles 9-18-15 – 9-24-15

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Justin back on top and of 10 songs, 9 are EDM, and one, “Fight Song” is so bad it should be illegal. The complete domination of the singles charts by dance is scary, it is ALL dubtstep and house and while I like both to a degree, who can take a steady diet?

News, Slideshow

Keith Richards Can’t Stop Loving Ed Sheeran

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‘These days? You know what? Ed Sheeran is really interesting to me… Yeah, yeah. Lovely guitar and he’s a one-man band at the moment but he has the potential. And James Bay. They’re the two that come to mind immediately.” ’60s and ’70s legends seem to just love the shit out of Ed Sheeran; you should hear Elton John talk about him on his Beats 1 Radio show.’

Be Here Now, Recorded, Slideshow

Be Here Now: New Album Releases Reviewed 9-18-15 – 9-24-15

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This Sixpence None The Richer singer releases an album of irreproachable country songs, Leigh’s voice has just enough undertow to suggest depth without solemnity, her ballads are subtle enough to draw you in and her singing is clear, clean and unadorned enough to gain your trust. Try “Cruel Heart” or “Chicago” or “”Tell Me Now Tennessee” -try anything, she co-wrote them all. Leigh name checks Dottie West but she reminds me of mid-period Iris DeMent without sounding like her at all – Album Of The Week – A

News, Slideshow

Greg Graffin To Present His New Book ‘Population Wars’

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‘In that respect, it’s my worldview on ecology, and the persistence of species and communities of populations that are currently existing on the planet. Let’s face it: Our community, our social connections, are really all that matters. It’s this realm of social connectivity that we must come to terms with in order to get along with all the other populations on the planet,’

News, Slideshow, These Days

These Days: Thursday, September 17th, 2015

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Cablevision: The worst run cable company, in a market that includes Time Warner, has been sold by the dreaded Dolan family to European telecom giant Altice is for $17.7 billion. Now if we can just convince them to buy the Knicks while they’re at it. But no. The fat pudgy face of James Dolan, a man so hated in this town he should run for President.

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