Opinion

In the 16th century weight was a symbol of the aristocracy -poor people couldn’t afford to be fat. But over the following four hundred years it became inverted.

Far be it for rock nyc to toot its own horn but since nobody else comes within a million miles aknowledging us, why not, right? We wrote about Lana del Rey, Rolling Stones “Hot Heartbreaker”, months ago.

A band since 2008, founding member Dahvie Vanity has had more wing men than Rock Hudson, not sure why- but he is the only constant. The band plays upbeat party music with a sense of humour. I wouldn’t call them epic or trendsetting by any means. There have been far too many before them…

‘Do you have any idea what some of these bands went through to make that music? The fact that there might be some money after all these years later is great’.

from Fitty to the Beatles to Altered Images to Ryan Adams to Bright Eyes, they all seem a little needy. Fitty is a snotty put down, the Beatles an extended dirty joke, Conor a manic breakdown

Coldplay isn’t the worst band on earth (close, but not the WORST) but they are more irritating than U2. Bono is a self-proclaimed ego centric with a messiah complex, Coldplay are the St. Paul of rock: they keep on getting blinded on the road to Damascus and seeing the light. yes, they have learnt humility while they tell the millions why they should follow them

A celebration of the Northern California punk scene “Not So Quiet On The Western Front”, included a fanzine that I studied like a scholar. Some people go to Bible study, I went to Maximum Rock and Roll Study. Armed with this sound, that rag and a pair of oxblood Doc Martens, I put on the X of NY HC (New York Hardcore), and hit the streets with a scowl.

So indie could be an attitude rather than a genre, just like punk, more an ethic than a sound

I urge you to read the Occupy Manifesto, written by the New York City General Assembly.

put Dennis Lee and Robert Plant in a boxing ring, Plant would leap the rope to protect his hair and his pants would split.

roundly applauded vs personal worsts

It is much better than, say Coldplay’s newbie

the confusion between wealth and ‘significance for the world’

the last New Wave band on the planet.

every time he clapped his hands a child in Africa died.

where have all the writers gone? gone to A&R departments every one

not writing but typing

Rock stars hate you

Upward mobility

she so profoundly moved so many of us, how can that be true?

We rule our lives through love and art and we are ruled through the political system.