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

American Saturday Night – Brad Paisley Her Diamonds – Rob Thomas – Fine version on NBC’s Macy’s Firworks last night

Halfway into his first vocal on the jaunty “Sausilito” it is clearly apparent Conor’s voice is shot. He isn’t hoarse,

This the best… Taylor gets her thug on… You can find it on dailymotion.com (they took it off youtube for

Here’s a syllogism for all you pop pickers. Demand for MTV lead to the demise of the Soviet Union. Demand

Novelist Martin Amis has always had a tiring air of priviledge about him. His father was the great English comic

May I be the last to say too much from “Horizon” and no “Stuck In Moment”??? Breathe No Line on

EVERY BEATLE US UK ALBUM REVIEWED AND GRADED

In 2001 I went to see Madonna on the Drowned Tour (her best of the decade, maybe ever) and in

Novelist Vladimer Nabakov once noted that all fiction writing is an act of faith in God: as God gives life

Questions For the Angels – Paul SimonTennessee Jed – Levon HelmGrowing Trade – Levon HelmReal World 09 – Rob ThomasHer

This is an hysterical parody taking on the great Z, and besting him…Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nej4xJe4Tdg

I have no idea what I am talking about but I don’t like this at all. On a sunny Sunday

As we mourn the passing of R&B crossover genius Michael Jackson let’s remember a genius English pop Princess Kirsty MacColl

PHIL LYNOTT AND THIN LIZZY VISIT THE QUALITY STREET GANG ON THE STREETS OF MANCHESTER

Unbreakable – Michael Jackson Round about here Jackson was morphing into and r&b guy to the exclusion of any halfway

Robert Nevin reviews 10ccs “pop masterpiece” “Deceptive Bends” I think most people stopped at “The Things We Do For Love”,

My friend Robert Nevin’s taste in music gives the term eclectic whole new vistas of meaning; he obsesses over the

The thrill of pop music is the thrill of the new: the instantly disposable built to last surprise of the

Michael Jackson died today at the age of fifty. An American tragedy as awful as that of Elvis Presley ends

Conor, my old friend, it’s me, Iman. How could you do this to me? Me, your faithful as a horse

Diana Krall: Jazz Superstar, long, blonde, luscious, intimidating, in a black skirt and heels, has turned away from her piano

From today’s New York Times Science section, the earliest known musical instrument dating back 35,000 years to the stone age.

Somewhere during the first act of the “Rock of Ages” at the Minskoff on Broadway I could feel my eyes

D.O.A. (Death Of Auto- Tune) – Jay-ZWhy did he do this? So he can say Justin Timberlake beat him to

WHAT WERE ONCE VICES ARE NOW HABITS

Craigslist – Weird “Al” Yankovic The problem with Weird “Al” is that there is never a natural connection between his

Louba Lababedi comments on her beloved Judy (and Liza). I was introduced to Judy Garland(besides Wizard of Oz) in 1999

I haven’t done much album reviewing on this blog and that isn’t solely because I am more likely to buy