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The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 10/26/12

Here's a list, in no particular order, of the ten best concerts to check out this weekend. Follow us @SoundoftheCity, like us on Facebook.

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Best Parties Of All Time Roundup: Cher, Aretha, and Rosie Together!

Two of my "best bashes in history" were casino galas that were outrageouly lavish and star studded, just the way events in a glitzy gambling temple should be. First of all: The opening of the Mohegan Sun Hotel and spa in Connecticut in 2002 How's this for a gala weekend? Friday night in the bi ... More >>

The Best and Worst Parties Of All Time: Part One

This will be a six-part series detailing the most fabulous bashes I've ever attended, and also the most rotten. Believe me, I remember every free canape, cheap scent, and guilty grope. THE BEST *New Year's Eve at Studio 54 On December 31, 1978, there was only reasonable place to be--Studio 54 ... More >>

BeBe Zahara Benet Is Quite A Creature

Last night at xl, BeBe Zahara Benet--the very first winner of RuPaul's Drag Race--proved she truly earned her crown. The Cameroon-born drag star put on her elaborately entertaining Beto Sutter-produced show called Creature, which mixes bits of Grace Jones, Kevin Aviance, Julie Taymor, Leigh Bowery, ... More >>

Grace Jones Singing "Tomorrow" From Annie

Just say that to yourself over and over again: "Grace Jones singing 'Tomorrow' from Annie" until you believe it--because it was a reality, honey. In 1977, the exotic Jamaican-born disco chanteuse lipsynched her version of the bouncy moppet showtune on a syndicated TV show called Celebrity Cabaret ... More >>

RIP, Events! I Know Who Killed Them!

Enough with canned PR at nonevents—I miss poorly behaved stars

Studio 54, The Musical!

​I'm truthin'! The legendary '70s disco--and specifically the rise and fall of Steve Rubell, who co-founded it--is the subject of a Tommy Tune-directed musical trying out in Florida! In case they're open to some disco-survivor input, I have a few glittery recollections to share from my water ... More >>

Diamond Rings+PS I Love You

Your Week In Nightlife, Starring Downtown Records, Dixon, Rye Rye, And A Party Called "Reality Bites"

​The weekend starts early, as we're desperately trying to take advantage of the pleasant weather and gallivant around the city by foot. Start your Thursday night off at Sway for the relatively new Reality Bites throwdown -- yes, a reference to the '90s film classic. (Note: We're basically will ... More >>

Q&A: Disco Producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm On How To Make A Pop Album

​Norwegian disco producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is notorious for his extended, drawn-out, cosmic dance tracks. His success lies in never-ending synthed-out grooves that brood without ever hitting a point of explosion--the entire point for his particular brand of space disco. In the past severa ... More >>

Q&A: Rapper Theophilus London Gives Tips For Remaining Cool and Fashionable at HARD NYC This Weekend

Eddie Brannan​"I was at M.I.A.'s secret birthday party two days ago when Drew Barrymore walked in," says a smitten-sounding Theophilus London, the much-championed young M.C. who, contrary to his rap name, hails from Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood. "M.I.A.'s brother invited all her friends, p ... More >>

THE FACTORY, REBORN

Sex, drugs, and rock and roll? Let’s find out!

The Video For Nicki Minaj's "Massive Attack" Reminds Me Of Something

Namely, Boomerang. Grace Jones. As Strangé. In the world's scariest perfume commercial. Just with better cinematography and a hot-pink convertible. Some world-class facial expressions here, but is Nicki not slightly more appealing when she's a one-verse guest-star atom bomb for chumpy dudes? ... More >>

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Coachella 2010 Lineup Announced: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Thom Yorke????, Pavement, Etc

​Lot of New York bands representing: LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, Yeasayer, Lucero, Sleigh Bells, Dirty Projectors, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Matt & Kim, Gil Scott-Heron, etc. Pretty fucking good show. Some other big ones--Public Image Limited, Grace Jones, Gorillaz, P ... More >>

ICON STATUS

A photographic history of rock 'n' roll

Neko Case, Live at the New Yorker Festival: "Boobs Ruin Everything"

Neko Case performs, gloriously. Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images.​Neko Case In Conversation with Sasha Frere-Jones The New Yorker Festival Stage 37 Saturday, October 17 "Boobs ruin everything," Neko Case said from the stage at Saturday's New Yorker Festival, referring to the pervy onslaught ... More >>

President Rejects Gay Hustler!

Plus Abe Lincoln's logs and more than 15 minutes at Warhol's birthday party.

This Week in the Voice

​New Yorkers can do a lot of things other people can't: ride the Staten Island Ferry at midnight, have lunch in Central Park, etc. But we can't buy a damn bottle of wine at the grocery store. This year we had a chance to change it -- but the state's liquor stores and their lobbyists blocked it ... More >>

This Week's Voice: Steely Dan, Grace Jones, Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice, Andrew Bujalski's Beeswax, and More

Jared GruenwaldNot available at H&M: Grace Jones​ In this week's Village Voice, Mike Powell joins fathers and sons and dudes screaming 'GIVE IT TO LARRY' at Steely Dan's Beacon run. Cristina Black on how a Connecticut liberal arts school somehow gave birth to the surrealist Brooklyn pop of M ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

In the TV business, you sort of expect executives to pad their expense accounts, use station employees to run personal errands, and even do personal work for profit on company time and equipment. But it's a little different when taxpayers foot the bill. Tom Robbins lays out how the city's broadcas ... More >>

Grace Jones: The Devil Wears Zebra-Striped Catsuits

A legend comes to town, with a few costume changes

Week in Review: I Have a Blog, This is What Happens.

Rebecca SmeyneThese Are Powers' Pat getting his temperature taken in China​ In the week leading up to All Points Wet (har har), vandals insulted the word "gay" in describing Coldplay, we came up with suggestions for a Beastie Boys tribute on Friday at All Points West, and there were plenty of ... More >>

'Dub War vs Sub:Stance'

PLAY THAT RECORD

DJs do battle in a bookstore?

Grace Jones's Hurricane Pays Self-Tribute to an Icon

A glorious, excess-fueled visionary returns, gloriously and excessively

Interview: Harmony Korine On His New Collected Fanzines

The Pointiest Sister

A deep-house icon who dabbles in the occasional crossover pop smash

Acquired Tastes

A quickspin through New York nightlife's trendsetting hall of fame

Flow Charts

Akon's singer-who-awkwardly-raps routine was stolen and perfected by the ladies he covets

Shocking, But Not Surprising

The Kevin Aviance assault proves gay bashing is alive and well in New York City

Mythology

Maripol's photos at the Soho Grand induce '80s nostalgia

DJ Kicks

Nine sane and rewarding life choices we promise you will not get punished by God for

Mixed Mulatto

Melting ZZ and Jay-Z and all kinds of purple haze into the pot

Cool Like That

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Amazing Grace

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Listings

Must Be Some Way Out of Here

The Wings of Desire

WOW Café Celebrates 20 Years of Lesbian Performance

Fool’s Paradise

Gone but Not Forgotten

Rock in a Hard Place

Style Slumps at the Met

NY Mirror

The American Revolution

MEA CULPA!

Records We Overlooked That Made a Splash in 1998

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Grace Jones appeared in rainbow-colored wings to address us as 'my subjects' while Lee Majors danced wildly with the ballsy puppets.