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March 29, 2012
VOTE NOW: Will John Coltrane Or Blondie Make It To The Finals In Our Quintessential New York Musician Search?
As March comes to a close, so does our month-ish-long battle royale between 64 New York musicians, all of whom were put in the mix to decide which one best embodied the spirit of the city. Each of the divisions—Uptown, Queens, Downtown, and Brooklyn—has now crowned a winner, and for our ... More >>
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March 26, 2012
SOTC's March Madness: Welcome To The Lightning Round Of 16
This week, our search for New York's quintessential post-1955 musician is about to get hectic, with the winner crowned as the calendar flips to April on Saturday night. (A rundown of all the matches so far is here.) So for the Round of 16 matchups—four of which will happen today, four tomorrow ... More >>
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March 23, 2012
SOTC's March Madness: The Quintessential New York Musician Tournament
Sound of the City's monthlong tournament to determine the quintessential New York City musician (since 1955, the year of the Village Voice's founding) is taking over our site all March. The full schedule and results (as of March 23) below; you can also follow along with our bracket.
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March 19, 2012
Dipset (13) Clashes With Bette Midler (5) As SOTC's March Madness Gets Heated
Sound of the City's search for the quintessential New York City musician enters Round Two this week. Today, all the remaining contenders in the Uptown division battle it out in the Round of 32. Keep up with all the action here. As if predestined by the Moirai, Bette Midler and the Diplomats will ... More >>
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March 7, 2012
Kool Herc (12) Takes On Bette Midler (5) As Round One Of Our Quintessential New York Musician Tournament Continues
The Round of 64 for Sound of the City's own version of March Madness--in which we determine the quintessential New York musician--launches this morning with a series of polls. Up for debate this time: Hip-hop pioneer Kool Herc and the brassy yet divine Bette Midler. Check out the arguments in favor ... More >>
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March 1, 2012
Guess Who Went To The Continental Baths?
The Continental Baths was the steamy 1970s gay sex haven at the Ansonia Hotel, which came complete with a performance space for rising stars like Bette Midler to entertain the toweled gays in between orgasms.
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February 23, 2012
The Song "Some People" Through The Years
Surely you know the song "Some People" from the musical Gypsy. Oh, you're straight and under 50?
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February 8, 2012
The Grammys' 53 Record Of The Year Winners, In Order
53. Phil Collins, "Another Day in Paradise" [1991] 52. The 5th Dimension, "Up, Up and Away" [1968] 51. Olivia Newton-John, "I Honestly Love You" [1975] 50. Celine Dion, "My Heart Will Go On" [1999] 49. Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass, "A Taste of Honey" [1966] 48. Bobby McFerrin, "Don't ... More >>
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February 6, 2012
Madonna's Lesbian Friends (And Gaga) Comment On Her Performance
Face it. She did fine at the Super Bowl. She led us through a pop-culture carnival involving gladiators, acrobats, cheerleaders, guest stars, lip-synching, a stumble, and a Wicked Witch of the West exit, followed by the rousing message of "Buy My Album," I mean, "World Peace." (And after she fero ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 25, 2012
BRING YOUR BFF
Be the diva you were born to be
Film
December 7, 2011
You Know You Are Watching a Garry Marshall Movie When...
Middlebrow hero
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November 4, 2011
The Best Wedding Songs Of All Time
Not songs to be sung at weddings--I'm not here to write about "Color My World," thank you--but songs about weddings. Here are my all-time faves: (8) "Wedding Bell Blues"--sung by the Fifth Dimension The raw urgency and desperation of this one always amuses me. As she sings it, Marilyn Mc ... More >>
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September 13, 2011
The Screen's Hottest Hottie In Every Way
Michael Fassbender has made searing impressions in Hunger, Inglourious Basterds, and Jane Eyre, and he's also managed to heat up everything from an X-Men movie to Centurion and beyond. Plus he's coming up in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, in which Fassbender is the founder of Analyti ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Bette Midler and Helen Mirren: Separated At Birth
Whenever I think of sassy camp queen Bette Midler, I always think of magisterial Oscar winner Helen Mirren. Well, maybe not. But someone obviously does. You see, Bette just hurt her back and had to drop out of playing Phil Spector's lawyer in the HBO movie about the convicted kille ... More >>
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May 31, 2011
The Three Best Live Performers I've Ever Seen!
Yes, the new kids have a lot of sparkle and chutzpah, but they don't yet have the seasoning to become the master performers I've personally handpicked for immortality. The three greatest concert givers I've ever seen are: *Patti LaBelle A Patti concert is a religious experience, her fans w ... More >>
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May 16, 2011
First Gay Bar in an Atlantic City Casino: I Was There!
It's on the 13th floor of Resorts' Ocean Tower, but here's hoping that won't be an unlucky roll of the dice. Resorts' LGBT marketing man Joel Ballesteros sent a bunch of us there this weekend for the gala opening, which started with a performance of the old-school drag revue "Believe--Divas ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Live: Tom Waits (And A Punk-Rock Neil Diamond) Dominate The Rock Hall Induction Ceremony
The 2011 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Monday, March 14 Better Than: Whatever was happening at Death by Audio tonight that Bruce Springsteen didn't show up to, for whatever reason. First off, let's tell you what you want to hear: Tom Waits stole the show ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
On Mariah Carey's Agreeably Bizarre Yuletide Sequel Merry Christmas II You
The 2011 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Monday, March 14 Better Than: Whatever was happening at Death by Audio tonight that Bruce Springsteen didn't show up to, for whatever reason. First off, let's tell you what you want to hear: Tom Waits stole the show ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 20, 2010
Danielle Grabianowski
The 2011 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Monday, March 14 Better Than: Whatever was happening at Death by Audio tonight that Bruce Springsteen didn't show up to, for whatever reason. First off, let's tell you what you want to hear: Tom Waits stole the show ... More >>
Film
July 27, 2010
Cats & Dogs (and Pigeons and Christina Applegate)
The 2011 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Monday, March 14 Better Than: Whatever was happening at Death by Audio tonight that Bruce Springsteen didn't show up to, for whatever reason. First off, let's tell you what you want to hear: Tom Waits stole the show ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
The Gayest Movie Ever
I just caught the trailer, and you'll have to believe me on this. It's Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. Among the talents used in this animated film are: Bette Midler, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes (reprising his role of Mr. Tinkles), and Jack McBrayer (Kenneth from 30 Rock). ... More >>
Voice Choices
March 24, 2010
Big Business
I just caught the trailer, and you'll have to believe me on this. It's Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore. Among the talents used in this animated film are: Bette Midler, Neil Patrick Harris, Sean Hayes (reprising his role of Mr. Tinkles), and Jack McBrayer (Kenneth from 30 Rock). ... More >>
Music
March 16, 2010
The Resurrection of Alice in Chains
Grunge's grimmest cautionary tale rises triumphantly (if uncomfortably) anew
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February 22, 2010
John Travolta "Bearding" Dish From The '70s
Party Animals, Robert Hofler's excellent new book about flamboyant '70s producer Alan Carr, is chock full of info and insights. Grab a copy and you'll learn how: *Bette Midler refused to be an Oscar presenter after not getting nominated for "her over-the-top performance" in Beaches *Novice ... More >>
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February 16, 2010
Tonight! Plastic Ono Band (For Real This Time), Wavves, Lightspeed Champion, and Bear Hands
Today, Yoko Ono is busy assembling the year's most disparate backing group. After yesterday's "dress rehearsal," her reincarnated Plastic Ono Band will be performing at BAM, with guests ranging from Eric Clapton to Sean Lennon to ... the Scissor Sisters? Also included in the lineup are Mark R ... More >>
Voice Choices
October 27, 2009
Danielle Grabianowski
Today, Yoko Ono is busy assembling the year's most disparate backing group. After yesterday's "dress rehearsal," her reincarnated Plastic Ono Band will be performing at BAM, with guests ranging from Eric Clapton to Sean Lennon to ... the Scissor Sisters? Also included in the lineup are Mark R ... More >>
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October 9, 2009
Buy Paul Rudnick's New Book!
If you don't know who Paul Rudnick is, I'll come over and personally take away your gay card and your Britney collection too. He's a well known playwright (Jeffrey) and screenwriter (Addams Family Values, In & Out), and now the effortlessly witty author has a book out--an essay collection ca ... More >>
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August 28, 2009
50 Cent's "40 Day" Still Happening on Sunday in Queens, Sans Performance; Q-Tip Still Totally Outraged with the Mayor
50 Cent's "40 Day," the long and irrationally feared weekend block party thrown for the residents of the South Jamaica Houses in the area around which 50 grew up, is still scheduled for this Sunday, sans a performance. Mayor Bloomberg himself quashed the idea of 50 performing in Queens, after a se ... More >>
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August 17, 2009
50 Cent To Turn Queens Schoolyard Into A Blood-Soaked O.K. Corral, According to This Not-At-All-Alarmist New York Post Article
The fact that on any given night in New York City a rapper is playing a concert with a minimum of horrific violence and without sparking "a wave of fear" in the surrounding community does not seem to have registered with the New York Post. Ahem: Superstar rapper 50 Cent is secretly planning ... More >>
Columns
September 10, 2008
Eva Mendes' Underwear Scene and Madonna's Strap-On!
And inside the women in Towelhead. Plus Rockwell paints a fucked-up Casanova.
NYC Life
June 17, 2008
Gay Pride in the Outer Boroughs
Fringe benefits on the city's fringes
Film
April 22, 2008
Helen Hunt's Then She Found Me
Mad about crap
Columns
January 1, 2008
A New Crisis for Britney's Sister?
Watching a career sore. And hearing amid the praise for Day-Lewis: 'Huston. We have a problem.'
Blogs
May 23, 2007
The American Idol Finale: A Running Diary
Watching a career sore. And hearing amid the praise for Day-Lewis: 'Huston. We have a problem.'
Blogs
December 12, 2006
NYC 2030: Bloomberg Sees Green
Watching a career sore. And hearing amid the praise for Day-Lewis: 'Huston. We have a problem.'
Music
September 26, 2006
Beelzebabs
A harrowing look at Satanic motifs in the canon of Barbra Streisand
Columns
March 29, 2005
Perfect Worlds: Art House
A harrowing look at Satanic motifs in the canon of Barbra Streisand
Film
June 8, 2004
Batteries Not Included: Stepford Remake Needs an Upgrade
A harrowing look at Satanic motifs in the canon of Barbra Streisand
NYC Life
May 25, 2004
Queen of Mean
Jackie Beat tears you a new one, and you like it; Detroit's disco d sells out
Columns
March 23, 2004
NY Mirror
Jackie Beat tears you a new one, and you like it; Detroit's disco d sells out
Columns
December 9, 2003
NY Mirror
Jackie Beat tears you a new one, and you like it; Detroit's disco d sells out
Music
September 30, 2003
Familiar and Fabulous
How many queens does it take to fill Radio City Music Hall?
News
July 16, 2002
War of the Gardeners
Bugging Out Over Green Spaces
Music
May 1, 2001
Alias in Wonderland
Buffalo Gals and Mustang Sallys
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October 17, 2000
NY Mirror
Buffalo Gals and Mustang Sallys
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September 19, 2000
Music
Buffalo Gals and Mustang Sallys
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February 1, 2000
Love and Anarchy
Buffalo Gals and Mustang Sallys
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December 14, 1999
Garden-Variety Politics
Councilmember Spigner Weeds Out Queens Lot
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Williamsburg Steeler
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November 18, 1997
Of Course
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