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May 6, 2013Nearly four decades ago, frontman Peter Murphy and his bandmates in Bauhaus recorded what Murphy calls the "'Stairway to Heaven' of the post-punk period." But with the release of that tune, "Bela Lugosi's Dead," Bauhaus innovated a form of avant-garde rock that would influence artists ranging from l ... More >>
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April 19, 2013Hurling beers and spitting on bands while they perform is, generally speaking, frowned upon. Shows have been stopped for less.
Pfft. Kid's stuff. Doug Smith Elias Bender Rønnenfelt, singer and guitarist of Copenhagen's Iceage, didn't even flinch when a fan decided to let off a Roman Candle in hi ... More >>
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March 6, 2013There's always a question of whether or not icons can sustain their status and relevance as they age. Tied to histories that have cultivated their own mythology over time, we've been presented with comeback albums grasping onto some semblance of the youth they thrived in. In the chorus of the openin ... More >>
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January 23, 2013A lot of music acts sell millions of units, but if they don't have one very special one betwen their legs, they're socially worthless.
According to the book The Official Book of Sex, Drugs, & Rock 'N' Roll Lists by Judy McGuire, here are five of the very biggest c***s in r**k.
1) Nick Cave
Bigge ... More >>
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January 3, 2013By Bob Ruggiero
The Best of Punk Magazine
Edited by John Holstrom
It Books. 372 pp., $30.
While the thought of a hardcover, slick-papered, coffee-table book anthologizing the decidedly low-rent, ragtag Punk magazine might seem the antithesis of punk, even a curmudgeon like Johnny Rotten would hav ... More >>
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October 30, 2012If Mother Nature hasn't already shaken you to the core, and you find yourself in need of a good scary movie this Halloween, New York's Troma Studios have got you covered. Most known for the cult classics The Toxic Avenger and Class of Nuke 'Em High, Troma holds the distinction of being the world's l ... More >>
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September 19, 2012To get to Pier 36 from Brooklyn, one must cross the Williamsburg Bridge and make a left. It has been used to store bananas, in the '80s served as a dock for a prison barge that inmates referred to as "The Love Boat," was home to the NYPD's drug-busting TNT squad, and--in the '90s--played host to art ... More >>
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February 23, 2012Like a defiant cannonball splash disturbing the tranquility of an adult swim, the Nickelodeon series The Adventures of Pete & Pete lives on. Over three seasons between 1993 and 1996, the show followed the adventures of two brothers each named Pete Wrigley, their parents, their friends, and the entir ... More >>
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October 11, 2011Long were the days when my nights when my days once revolved around you.
Cool Spotify timewaster of the day: If you search for "year:xxxx-xxxx" the browser will display the most popular songs released in that range in descending order. So what does this tell us about, say, this morning's heal ... More >>
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July 1, 2011Today, Crain's reconfirms what we've all known but still can't quite accept: Sandra Lee is one of the most powerful women in New York. The 39th most powerful, specifically.
Voice Choices
June 1, 2011Ruvan, we love you, but you're freaking us out!
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February 2, 2011Blogs
September 23, 2010Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent.
Silent Movies (out now September 28, via Pi) is a gorgeous and insular detour for downtown guitar visionary Marc Ribot, a dude best known for frenetic Tzadik -endorsed aggro-jazz, wild excursions wi ... More >>
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September 10, 2010Oh, hey! Special for you this Friday: From Scientific American...When University of Washington scientists fed coffee and tobacco extracts to fruit flies, they found that their dopamine cells (which keep you from getting Parkinson's) survived and their little fly life spans increased. What do ... More >>
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August 2, 2010This body is attainable if you just come to regard air as food.Here is a mostly intentionally delightful chat with Iggy Pop about his rampant shirtlessness, as conducted with the New Yorker, with all the high-culture/low-culture disorientation that implies. It's like the benevolent version of ... More >>
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June 10, 2010 Apologies in advance for how loudly this SOTC contributor will bang the All Tomorrow's Parties NY drums for the next two-plus months, but there really aren't many, if any, better music festivals in the United States. (All due respect, Bonnaroo, but no.) At ATP NY, you're nestled in a remote part of ... More >>
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May 10, 2010The other Number 9Number 9The Maxim Hot 100 List is out. Yeah, we've been waiting for this all year! Not only that, but the Good Surgeon's Guide to the Top 10 Worst Celebrity Faces came out last week. And since we are connoisseurs of both beauty and hideousness here at Runnin' Scared, ... More >>
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May 7, 2010Ben Clark/NickelodeonBottom row: Christian Jacobs, DJ Lance Rock, and Scott Shultz. Top row: Brobee, Muno, Plex.The characters of the Nickelodeon preschool children's show, Yo Gabba Gabba!, recently barbecued with riff-rockers Them Crooked Vultures: picture a gap-toothed cyclops (Muno), a pin ... More >>
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May 3, 2010all photos by Sam HorineShepard Fairey has a motorcycle posse and it includes Rick Ross.
Shepard Fairey's "May Day" show opened this past Saturday. The promotional noise from Deitch Projects' send-off has been near-deafening, amplified by the hubbub around Fairey's rabidly targeted, heavily guarded ... More >>
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March 16, 2010See what's new in Canadian cinema
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March 15, 2010
This is exactly what it'll be like.
Iggy Pop on live television: Always a treat. The Stooges join Genesis, the Hollies, Jimmy Cliff, and ABBA, who're triggering the usual that's-not-rock hoo-hah; our own Jason Gross grapples with the Rock Hall's legacy/future/point here. Lotta love for Chicago out ... More >>
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February 23, 2010Rock and experimental voices keep the fire alive
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November 3, 2009Blogs
October 7, 2009Ryan Russell"WE SOLD OUT WEMBLEY ARENA IN ONE DAY!!! WHAAATTT?!?!!"
In this week's Village Voice, Ryan Dombal watches Paramore, led by emo femme fatale Hayley Williams, bust up the Lonely Tears Boys Club.
Zach Baron thumbs through chapter and verse trying to understand the Mountain Goats' The Life ... More >>
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October 6, 2009Brat-punk lioness matures, duets with Iggy Pop
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June 24, 2009
Besides jerking around with Iggy Pop on Letterman, newly sober dance-music goof Fatboy Slim is working on a concept album with David Byrne about Filipino sovereign Imelda Marcos, based on the pair's 2006 stage production Here Lies Love. He plays at Terminal 5. Meanwhile, Iggy chats with the New Yo ... More >>
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June 23, 2009
Now that the Jimmy Fallon/Thurston Moore clothing mystery is solved, let's direct your attention to the fact that Iggy Pop actually wore a shirt for his entire appearance on Letterman last night. Mr. Pop was there to sing lead with Fatboy Slim's Brighton Port Authority project on their cover of t ... More >>
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June 10, 2009Iggy Pop explains his Francophilia
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June 5, 2009--Krist Novoselic is running for public clerk in Washington as a member of the Grunge Grange Party, a community service-driven group that was popular among farmers in the 1870s. Novoselic, who is the chairman of the Wahkiakum County Democratic Party, is not running to win, but to promote the party. ... More >>
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April 20, 2009Justin HyteJustin Tranter is a rock star (he's lead singer of the glammy Semi Precious Weapons) AND a jewelry designer (his sexy FETTY line sells at Barneys NY and Barneys COOP). He's ALSO a perfect subject for this widely read blog! So, in between bouts of rubbing sea kelp into my hair, I cornered ... More >>
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January 14, 2009In this week's installment of Hugs and Kisses, Everett True reports back on his DJ set, the one he was fretting over last week. One week less than last week nine more months until ATP NY [sigh].
Hugs and Kisses
The Down Under Outbursts of Everett True
This week: ATP Australia, part two
So t ... More >>
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December 31, 2008An art show and a new Louis Vuitton line? Heavenly.
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December 3, 2008Old NYC scenesters go back to the shoebox
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March 18, 2008John Waters’s cult classic Cry-Baby arrives on Broadway
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May 2, 2006Gary Shteyngart sings the blues; Tribeca Film Fest goes Bang Bang
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