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Musicals that don’t suck
I started to think about Broadway musicals again when I was walking past the marquee for Cry Baby with my sister a few weeks ago. I joked, “I’ll never go to a John Waters show unless they open...
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Family rock
I went to a concert yesterday at Town Hall in midtown NYC. It was at 1PM and there was a stroller check - They Might Be Giants were playing. I had seen them back in college and a few times in the 90s....
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Record Stores R.I.P.
I mourn the loss of the record stores. Not the “end-cap” displays that record companies fought to control or the overpriced CDs. The experience of record shopping. Any true music fan has probably...
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Love/hate RockBand
I have some problems with RockBand and Guitar Hero – the video games. From a business perspective, they seem to be a great way to promote singles and give new life to older songs. But, it also is a...
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Industrial roots…new NIN tour
I was really into the Chicago label WaxTrax and the whole industrial movement back in the early 90s. Pretty Hate Machine from Nine Inch Nails was a real breakthrough for industrial music, and still...
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The Slip – free but slow
It took almost an hour, but I was able to get the free download of the new Nine Inch Nails album – The Slip. I wanted the Bit Torrent version for Apple, which became a long process, taking two...
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Music appreciation with Andrew Loog Oldham
I became a Sirius subscriber in December 2005. Which means that I was one of the millions of people who made the leap because Howard Stern was coming in January 2006. I grew up in New York City and had...
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What I don’t know about Jazz
It came to my attention again, recently, that I have a lot to learn about Jazz. I kinda know the basics, who the legends are, and what they played. But, until last week I didn’t know that Miles Davis...
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My city was gone
Back in the 50s and 60s, Robert Moses was considered a powerful force of urban destruction. As head of public works for New York City, he had bulldozed blocks of tenements to make way for housing...
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Top Albums of 2008
OK, I’ve been REALLY slacking off with the posting. But, I’ve been busy. New job this year, etc… But, I was inspired to jump start this blog up again with my Top 10 album picks for 2008. 1. Gutter...
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