Camille Dodero

Q&A with The Media, an Alt-Weekly from the Ashes of the Boston Phoenix

"Thank you Boston. Good night and good luck." That was the tweet sent out by the Boston Phoenix the eve the world found out the legendary, nearly half-a-century-old publication would be shutting down. Its loss was mourned acutely and by many, perhaps most eloquently by Phoenix alums Susan Orlean and ... More >>

Multiple AltWeekly Nominations For The Village Voice

Our piping hot alternative weekly publication nabbed no fewer than four AltWeekly awards, so I have to congratulate the whole organization--bravo, bravo--and applaud the nominees....

This Week in the Voice: "Gary Jones" Wants Your Nudes

This week in the Voice, out today, Camille Dodero writes about the FBI's investigation of revenge porn entrepreneur Hunter Moore, noting: "as more unsuspecting subjects ended up on Is Anyone Up, more of them claimed that they'd been hacked -- that someone had actually gained access to their e-mail a ... More >>

LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX

Sex writing done right

This Week In The Voice: Black Dice Rolls On; Stephin Merritt's Droll House

In this week's Village Voice, out now: Andy Beta catches up with the Brooklyn noise masters Black Dice, and talks about how they went as pop as they can on their new album Mr. Impossible; and Michael Tedder catches up with the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt and uncovers his gearhead side, about wh ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: Hunter Moore's Revenge Porn

This week in the Voice, out today: Camille Dodero profiles Hunter Moore, the hard-partying entrepreneur behind revenge porn site Is Anyone Up, writing: "Hunter Moore is trying to screw a 20-year-old woman on my lap. It's after 2 in the morning, we're squashed in a stretch limo with 11 others, stray ... More >>

The Electric Daisy Carnival Is Coming To New York City

Adele might have dominated the headlines of the record business last year, but live, the biggest story was EDM—"electronic dance music," the amalgam of past dance-music styles, accentuated here and there with the all-important drop, that packed clubs and fields around the country. This year th ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: Andy Warhol's New York, 25 Years On

​This week in the Voice, out today, Camille Dodero writes about Andy Warhol's New York, and what it looks like more than two decades after the Pope of Pop's death: "In other words, 25 years ago, the famous man who had famously written his own script finally had it taken away. New York City is, ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: Skrillex Twists The Rock Template, Charles Gayle Returns To "Streets," And Don Giovanni Records Keeps Jersey's Punk Dream Alive

This week in the Village Voice, out today: I go to a Skrillex show and wonder about his music being a less embarrassing-angst-tinged take on nu-metal; Brad Cohan talks to New York City avant-jazz lifer Charles Gayle on embracing his alter ego, Streets The Clown; and Camille Dodero looks at the commi ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: Lana Del Rey, Japanese Sound Systems, The Lijadu Sisters, And Wheelchair Sports Camp

The Lijadu Sisters.​In this week's Village Voice, out now: Camille Dodero gets the cover with her profile of Kalyn Heffernan, a 24-year-old with the brittle-bone disability osteogenesis imperfecta and leader of the hip-hop outfit Wheelchair Sports Camp; Marlon Bishop gets down with the Japanes ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: Wheelchair Sports Camp's Incredible Badassery, Lana Del Rey

​This week in the Voice, out today: Camille Dodero's cover story tells the wild tale of Wheelchair Sports Camp, a hip-hop trio (or as they call it, "krip-hop") from Colorado who raised money through Kickstarter to come play CMJ. Wheelchair Sports Camp's frontwoman, Kalyn Heffernan, is a disabl ... More >>

Da Capo's Second-Best Music Writing 2011: 112 Of Last Year's Most Notable Music Stories

The 2011 edition of Da Capo's annual anthology Best Music Writing— which this year was guest edited by The New Yorker classical writer and The Rest Is Noise author Alex Ross; Daphne Carr has been the series editor since 2006—contains 32 essays and is augmented by a a jumbo-sized "Other N ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: Inside Suckadelic Enterprises, R.E.M.'s Reckoning

This week in the Voice, out today: Camille Dodero profiles the Sucklord, 42-year-old Morgan Phillips, who lived with his mother till the age of 36 but is now an important figure in the designer toy world despite thinking that everyone sucks. Maura Johnston takes stock of R.E.M.'s breakup in light o ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: Anatomy of a Bike Accident, Plus Kenny Chesney and Beyoncé

​This week in the Voice, out today: Camille Dodero explores the fallout from a bike accident in Greenpoint that happened in October. A Brooklyn couple, James Paz and Michelle Matson, were hit by a car on McGuiness Boulevard, and Michelle was severely injured. They've learned that if you get in ... More >>

Check Out These Photos From The Gathering of the Juggalos 2011

​ Once again, Camille Dodero has decided to subject herself to the glorious festival that is the Gathering of the Juggalos, where she's joined by Charlie Sheen, Screech, MC Hammer, Bobby Brown, and more. She'll be posting on the event as the weekend continues, but here are some photos from the ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: The Classiest Girls Along the New York Thruway

​In a feat of awesomeness, Camille Dodero introduces us this week to the stars of Bridge & Tunnel, MTV's shelved reality show about the kids of Staten Island. Meet Brianna and Gabriella DeBartoli, who Dodero calls "the original JWoww and Snooki: sharper, prettier, kinder, more discriminating, ... More >>

Tila Tequila is Moving to New York; Brace Yourselves

​Tila Tequila, who is incredibly famous for no reason and who our intrepid Camille Dodero witnessed being attacked by Juggalos, is moving to our fair metropolis. She feels that LA is "played out" (true) and now she's "ready to conquer NYC." She told TMZ, "I'm looking forward to starting a new life ... More >>

This Week In The Voice: Mata and Moreno's Other Incident

​This week in the Voice, Graham Rayman brings light to another case involving Kenneth Moreno, Franklin Mata, and a young, intoxicated woman. Just a few months before the alleged rape for which they were acquitted, the two were accused of being verbally abusive to a woman, refusing to take her ... More >>

Driggs Pizza in Williamsburg Offers Nutella Pie. Is Dessert Pizza the New Frontier?

Camille Dodero​Thanks to Camille Dodero for spotting this sign in the window of Williamsburg stalwart Driggs Pizza.

Greenpoint Is Getting a Lobster Joint

Camille DoderoLobsters lurk behind the glass doors.​Although Greenpoint's Underground Lobster Pound is sadly defunct, the neighborhood will not be lacking in crustaceans for long.

This Week in the Voice: Payback, Osama Bin Laden Is Dead

​In this week's issue of the Voice, Graham Rayman writes movingly of his memories of September 11, 2001...and how Osama bin Laden's recent death doesn't solve everything, but certainly helps: "I have to admit feeling satisfied, and astonished that all these memories came back so clearly as if ... More >>

Week In Review: Grade It On A Curve

​Five days! Many items! A look at the last week at Sound of the City is below. We weighed Salem and fake Salem and the Internet and the slippery notion of "truth" online We chatted with Mike Watt about being on crutches, taking naps, and "the Neutral Milk guy." We counted down Kool Keith's ... More >>

Please Welcome Maura Johnston, Your New Village Voice Music Editor

​Good day. It is with great regret that I inform you that this will be my last week at the Voice -- I am moving to San Francisco to take a job as managing editor of Rhapsody and raise a child in a slightly larger apartment with (hopefully) in-unit laundry facilities. It is with great pleasure, ... More >>

Staten Islanders Finally Getting the Chance to Hail a Cab

​Staten Islanders have access to the best mode of transportation ever invented by mankind -- the Staten Island Ferry. Getting off of the island is easy, but getting around the island is more difficult because Islanders don't have a good rail service yet. Most Staten Islanders stick to cars, bu ... More >>

Week in Review: Arcade Fire Won A Grammy And All We Got Was This BMX Bicycle Helmet-Cam

Santiago Felipe​And so it came to pass that a sleepy 2011 all of a sudden woke up and went crazy, as Arcade Fire won a Grammy, spawning a thousand think pieces (or two, anyway). Then Odd Future played Santos Party House! And Fallon! Many people said the word "swag." But just as the internet t ... More >>

This Week in the Voice: Kanye, Kanye, Kanye! And Cee Lo, Too, and the Biebs...

​Kanye West dominates the 38th Annual Pazz Jop Critics' Poll as albums winner, with 3250 points and 266 mentions for My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, while crowd favorite Cee Lo Green snags singles winner with 187 mentions for "Fuck You." But there's tons more in this week's musical retros ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

​This week in the Voice, Camille Dodero profiles Pablo Airaldi, a New York bike messenger, fixture in the bike community, and legal permanent resident of the U.S. who's been detained indefinitely in New Jersey's Hudson County jail by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after pleading guil ... More >>

Week in Review: Welcome to the Ultimate Vacation

Last one of these, we swear. Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith​In the week we got real cozy with some our subjects, Camille Dodero spent four days at the Gathering of the Juggalos and came back best friends with Tom Green, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope (who say it's happening again next year), the worl ... More >>

This Week's Voice: The Gathering of the Juggalos, Pavement's New York City, Jay-Z and Eminem in Detroit, Sonny Rollins, and More

Jay-Z and Eminem kick-start Detroit's recovery. Photo by Kevin Mazur.​In this week's Village Voice, Camille Dodero reports live from Insane Clown Posse's Gathering of the Juggalos, Michael D. Ayers compiles an oral history of Pavement's New York City, Tom Breihan heads to Detroit to see the fi ... More >>

Programming Note: SOTC on WNYC's Soundcheck Today, Talking Juggalos

Camille wouldn't let us use a photo of her in full juggalo facepaint. Credit: Nate "Igor" Smith​Last week our own Camille Dodero staggered back into the office, having barely survived four days at the Gathering of the Juggalos. Now, later today, she'll be on WNYC's Soundcheck, discussing the o ... More >>

Polka Face: Let's Help "Weird Al" Yankovic Write His Lady Gaga Parody

Profoundly disturbing image by Camille Dodero​Today, Billboard reported that everyone's favorite accordion-playing pop-culture parodist, "Weird Al" Yankovic, is nine songs deep into his follow-up to 2006's Straight Outta Lynwood, and is possibly seeking inspiration from the current queen of th ... More >>

How Last Night's Pitchfork Office Party with Beach Fossils Really Went Down

No photos because they searched us for photographic devices on the way in. So Pitchfork had a party in their Greenpoint office last night. The young exuberant fellas of Beach Fossils played. Pitchfork.tv taped it. There was a keg and some awesome vodka made by a neighborhood guy named Tito. Some pe ... More >>

Week in Review: Born Free

That's how you listen to Ghostface! Photo by Rebecca Smeyne​In the week M.I.A. broke the internet in a tidal wave of blood and guts and red hair, we did our best to put it back together.

This Week In The Voice: Every Hour is Happy Hour

​What if you lived in a city where there was a bar with a happy hour, for every hour of the day? Guess what, New Yorkers: You do.

This Week's Voice: Sam Amidon, Courtney Love, Little Brother, Harlem's Afro-Cuban Renaissance, Roky Erickson, The Human Centipede, and More

Little Brother: happy or not, it's an ending. Photo by Studio Kompleks​In this week's Village Voice, Rob Harvilla falls hard for Sam Amidon, the gentle, affable, R. Kelly-covering young folkie, while Camille Dodero applies a lifetime of Courtney Love-related knowledge to Hole's new Nobody's Da ... More >>

I Saw Butterfly Explosion at SXSW and They Are Not a Band of Hippies

Shoegazer shoes Butterfly Explosion March 17 Habana, Austin, Texas When you go see a band because they're labeled "shoegaze," you get a smile on your face when you see them set up 19 different foot pedals on the stage. You don't need to double-check your SXSW schedule. You know you're in the right ... More >>

I Blog New York: Your Guide to Gotham's Best

18 obsessive, cantankerous, and unstoppable Gotham blogs worth going ape over

This Week in the Voice

Heed the Siren! Here comes the 9th Annual Siren Music Festival and related content: Gleefully hostile, says Rob Harvilla of Future of the Left. On new album: acoustic guitar. Problem? "It's irrelevant what old fans or old bands think," says Falco. "If anything, it makes it more exciting to push i ... More >>

News Roundup: Brendan Flowers, Live Nation, Neutral Milk Hotel, Chris Brown/Rihanna

--The Killers' Brendan Flowers likely got to live out a childhood fantasy Saturday when he joined Bruce Springsteen for a duet of "Thunder Road" at the opening night of the Neatherlands Pinkpop Festival. Nowadays, it's a right of passage for Springsteen-influenced acts to join their idol onstage. Th ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Rock of Ages, Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Bat for Lashes, Battle of the Country Hunks, and More

David Sherry In this week's Village Voice Music Section, Rob Harvilla on '80s musical Rock of Ages' evolution from so-bad-it's-good to good, period. Adrienne Day mourns lost love and a lost vision of New York with Bat for Lashes. Chuck Eddy: Battle of the Country Hunks! In Film, J. Hoberman basi ... More >>

Follow Up: This Week in the Voice

We had a little trouble getting the Voice online this week, and we hope you didn't miss any of the great stuff in the issue. Like our former music editor Chuck Eddy's consideration of some contemporary male country singers and their new style of shit-kicking. Or J. Hoberman's review of Observe an ... More >>

Tuesday's Headlines: Obama tries to block AIG bonuses

[HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart Asset]Your Tuesday New York headlines...Obama urges Geithner to block AIG bonuses any way he can.Sagging economy means fewer boob jobs!East River bridge tolls die in the state senate. MTA rescue compromise still being worked out."I looked down and there was an a ... More >>

Wednesday's Headlines: Madoff swindle as much as $65 billion; faces 150 years in prison

[HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart Asset]Your Wednesday New York headlines...Madoff theft total up to $65 billion; faces up to 150 years in prison when he pleads guilty tomorrow....and his wife is now target of probe for her role.Paterson may compromise on Rockefeller drug law revision; throwing ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

You may have heard of the former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, Judith Kaye. But do you know the man who replaced her, Jonathan Lippman? Do you know he never practiced as an attorney, and barely served as a judge? So how'd he get appointed to this exalted position? Connections, baby -- chief ... More >>

STUCK ON YOU

Veteran hip-hop photographer Martha Cooper has a new love

This Week's Voice: Cat Power, Jazz Consumer Guide, Martha Cooper, Gomorrah, The International, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America, and More

Cat Power photo by Stefano Giovannini In this week's Village Voice Music Section, Rob Harvilla does live karaoke at the Apollo with Cat Power. Tom Hull gives us 2009's first Jazz Consumer Guide. Aidan Levy on downtown jazzbo Andrew D'Angelo's fight with cancer. Annie Fischer remembers the young ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

Conservatives say cheap mortgages killed the economy; President Obama blames "the collective failure to make hard choices." But the problem's really corporate players gone wild and often illegal, analyst James Lieber tells the Voice. And without a raft of subpoenas, we may never get to the bottom o ... More >>

This Week in the Village Voice: Fro-yo, Siren and Musto Returns!

Status Ain't Hood Says Goodbye

Possibly 4th Street: Phosphorescent on the Williamsburg Shore