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April 23, 2012
Dick Clark Revealed His Worst Celebrity Guest
One of late TV legend Dick Clark's top credits was hosting The $10,000 Pyramid, which had everyday people paired with celebs, team members giving their partner clues to guess the magic words lighting up on the screen. A friend of mine was on the show in the '70s and years later ran into Clark, givi ... More >>
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April 20, 2012
Is Ryan Seacrest The Right Man To Replace Dick Clark?
I was asked that very question by ABC news for this piece examining who can continue Clark's tradition, and here's what I said:
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April 18, 2012
Dick Clark, R.I.P.
Dick Clark was cool—as in unflappable, not hip. That was key in an American 1950s where, for much of the nation, the latter condition was basically synonymous with "longhaired Commie fag degenerate." But Dick Clark—that nice boy? No way was he any of those things, not in 1950s America, n ... More >>
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April 18, 2012
Dick Clark Dead At 82: Andrew Cuomo Weighs In On a "True New Yorker"
Legendary TV personality Dick Clark died today at the age of 82 -- and Governor Andrew Cuomo was quick to weigh in on the passing of a "true New Yorker." "Today, we mourn the passing of Dick Clark, an American icon and a true New Yorker who was born in Mount Vernon, graduated from Syracuse Universit ... More >>
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February 1, 2012
Don Cornelius, R.I.P.
via SoulTrain.comWhat must it have been like to be under the sway of Don Cornelius back when he was a salesman? Damn hard to resist, most likely. Cornelius was a salesman before he was a DJ, a DJ before he was a TV host, a TV host before he was a mogul—a series of roles that require inc ... More >>
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January 19, 2012
Jimmy Castor, R.I.P.
Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>
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December 31, 2011
The Times Square Ball Drop Works, You're Off the Hook [Video]
The above video, from the AP, shows yesterday's successful test of the Times Square ball drop. Now that you've watched that, you don't have to watch it on TV tonight. You're welcome.
Voice Choices
December 21, 2011
Afrojack
The above video, from the AP, shows yesterday's successful test of the Times Square ball drop. Now that you've watched that, you don't have to watch it on TV tonight. You're welcome.
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December 8, 2011
Got Bucks? They Got Bubbly. New Year's Eve Restaurants If You're Feeling Fancy.
The vodka-caviar room at the Russian Tea Room, perhaps? When the ball drops this New Year's Eve where will you be? Will you (A) be in Times Square crossing your legs and wishing you didn't finish the rum and coke you hastily poured into your Nalgene bottle on your way out the door? (B) At an ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
New Year's Eve: Wild Card
And now for something completely different
Blogs
January 25, 2010
Clip Job: Newfield Makes the Case for Bob Dylan
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 26, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 15 Brecht of the Juke Box, Poet of the Electric Guitar By Jack Newfield Norman Morrison burned himself to death to protest the Vietnam war, and when reporters visited his spare room they saw quotes fro ... More >>
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December 25, 2009
Clip Job: The Beatles at Shea -- 20 Minutes of 'Teeny Screamers'
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 1, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 46 Requiescat in Pace -- That's Where It's At By Jules Siegel For beautiful Beatles did their number at Shea Stadium last Tuesday night as 45,000 assorted teeny screamers, ladies of high fashion, secon ... More >>
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December 16, 2009
Clip Job: The Apocryphal Teeny Bopper
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 14, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 39 The Apocryphal Teeny Bopper By Howard Smith and Jack Newfield A 13-year-old blonde-on-blonde named Cher Zimmerman, dressed in flowered bell-bottomed pants and a fur vest over her knish-size breasts, com ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 3, 2009
Gil Scott-Heron
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 14, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 39 The Apocryphal Teeny Bopper By Howard Smith and Jack Newfield A 13-year-old blonde-on-blonde named Cher Zimmerman, dressed in flowered bell-bottomed pants and a fur vest over her knish-size breasts, com ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 29, 2009
NYC HEARTS JOHN LENNON
Artifacts of the rebellious Beatle
Voice Choices
August 12, 2008
LIKE A BIRTHDAY
Get into the groove for Madonna’s 50th
Theater
August 21, 2007
Remembrance of Whatevuh
Grease and A Midsummer Night's Dream revisit familiar territory
NYC Life
July 24, 2007
Watered Down
The truth behind Hairspray
Blogs
April 30, 2007
Lou Reed Gets Syracuse Arts Medal; Induction Ceremony Definitively Not On Wild Side
The truth behind Hairspray
NYC Life
December 5, 2006
New Year's Eve Event Guide
The truth behind Hairspray
NYC Life
December 5, 2006
Wring Out the Old
But Take It Easy on the Lamé
Music
February 28, 2006
Swing Me Back Home
The career-launching music of another kind of '60s counterculturalist
Columns
December 27, 2005
NY Mirror
The career-launching music of another kind of '60s counterculturalist
Music
June 7, 2005
A Trip Back to the Gravy Days, When Philly Knew How to Take a Dump
The career-launching music of another kind of '60s counterculturalist
Music
October 19, 2004
Lip Stink
A brief history of the ultimate pop faux pas
Books
February 24, 2004
Sounding Off
A history of music-reproduction technology skips a groove
Art
February 10, 2004
My Big Fat Obnoxious Prank
The Lawless and Ever Expanding World of Hidden-Camera TV
Film
December 24, 2002
This Is Your Life
The Lawless and Ever Expanding World of Hidden-Camera TV
Music
January 22, 2002
Clichés for a Reason
Not Knowing What Else to Do, Singers Sing 9-11 Songs
Music
January 8, 2002
Popstakes
Not Knowing What Else to Do, Singers Sing 9-11 Songs
Music
May 29, 2001
Best of the Rest
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May 18, 1999
Holy Daze
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