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Jeff Beck

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    May 20, 2012

    Did Anyone Else Cry During Kristen Wiig's SNL Farewell Last Night?

    Rumors have been circulating for some time that Kristen Wiig was considering her seventh year as an Saturday Night Live castmember to be her last. And, in the last sketch of the season finale on Saturday night, she confirmed those rumors with one of the best (and emotional) send-offs in the show's h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Running The Numbers: The Four-Disc, 73-Track Bob Dylan Covers Comp With Miley, Ke$ha, Lenny, And Many Others

    ​Today Amnesty International releases Chimes Of Freedom, a really, really huge compilation of bob Dylan covers by artists both canonized and obscure. Trying to analyze such a huge undertaking can only be done in one way: Mathematically. Amount of music in this collection: 73 songs on four CD ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Ten Steps To Shabazz Palaces: Tracing Ishmael Butler's Path Between Digable Planets And The Present

    ​Back in the early '90s, Ishmael Butler came to rap prominence as Butterfly in the group Digable Planets. These days, he's taken on the moniker Palaceer Lazaro and records as the lead voice in Sub Pop's first hip-hop signing, Shabazz Palaces. It's a metamorphosis that Butler has left deliberat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2010

    Five Takeaways From The 2010 Grammy Nominations

    Behold, the future of music.​The Grammy Awards are a bit of a punchline in music nerd circles, a place where, say, MGMT battles Hall & Oates for a trophy that will inevitably be won, and then dropped on the ground, by the more telegenic and industry-saving Taylor Swift. The Grammy voters hate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    These Led Zeppelin Guys Are Surprisingly Good

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 22, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 4 Riffs by Lucian K. Truscott THE ALBUM OPENS on an almost quiet note. It's Jimmy Page's guitar, fuzz-toned to a near-static level, slow-picked, then chord-picked in an understated treatment of what you j ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 1, 2010

    'A Celebration of Les Paul with Jeff Beck'

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 22, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 4 Riffs by Lucian K. Truscott THE ALBUM OPENS on an almost quiet note. It's Jimmy Page's guitar, fuzz-toned to a near-static level, slow-picked, then chord-picked in an understated treatment of what you j ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2010

    American Idol Season 9, the Final Two: Crystal Bowersox Beasts Out; Simon Cowell Prepares to Go Home

    And so it ends. CR: Michael Becker / FOX ​An awfully scrub-heavy Idol season came to a head last night with the show's first scrub-free episode, the two contenders the show's been building up all year finally facing each other down and giving this messy, messy year a satisfying conclusion, the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2010

    American Idol Season 9, Live-Blogging Idol Gives Back & Top 7 Results

    Michael Becker / FOX Baby-Hugger Simon Cowell​ Two hours? Really? Because tonight's annual philanthropic extravaganza adds an extra hour onto the already too long results show (far too much to ask of any live-blogger, in my opinion), I'll be checking in intermittently throughout the night, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 6, 2010

    Guitar Shorty

    Michael Becker / FOX Baby-Hugger Simon Cowell​ Two hours? Really? Because tonight's annual philanthropic extravaganza adds an extra hour onto the already too long results show (far too much to ask of any live-blogger, in my opinion), I'll be checking in intermittently throughout the night, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 8, 2009

    Krantz Carlock Lefebvre

    Michael Becker / FOX Baby-Hugger Simon Cowell​ Two hours? Really? Because tonight's annual philanthropic extravaganza adds an extra hour onto the already too long results show (far too much to ask of any live-blogger, in my opinion), I'll be checking in intermittently throughout the night, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2009

    Live: Even Lou Reed Gets Sentimental At Rock Hall MSG Blowout #2 (Featuring U2, The Boss, The Black Eyed Peas, And Some Dude Named Mick)

    Ooooh plus "Iron Man" Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration Madison Square Garden Friday, October 30 "When we were down, rock 'n' roll lifted us up," says Tom Hanks in his introductory remarks for the final night of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's benefit-concert extravaganza ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Rock Hall Show at MSG Includes A Couple of Jersey Guys

    The Rock and Roll Hame of Fame 25th Anniversary events kicked off last night at Madison Square Garden with key Jersey representation, including sets by Paul Simon of Newark and Bruce Springsteen of Long Branch. Here's Simon and former collaborator Art Garfunkel really milking "Sounds of Silence." ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 30, 2009

    Bruce! Sam! Billy! Bonnie! Live From The Ludicrously Star-Studded MSG Rock Hall Extravaganza

    Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25th Anniversary Celebration Madison Square Garden Thursday, October 29 The first half of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's two-night benefit concert and 25th-anniversary celebration lasted six hours, ended at 1:30 a.m. and featuring star-studded sets by curators Bruce S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Exclusive MP3: Savoir Adore's "MERP"

    Savoir Adore's CD release party is tonight Friday, July 17 at Cameo Gallery 93 N. 6th St., Brooklyn, at 8pm. They're also playing Glasslands on Saturday, August 29. Discussed: Timber nymphs, Blue Moon beer-bottle percussion, and the Miami Vice theme. On paper, Savoir Adore epitomize everything i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2009

    Little Anthony & The Imperials, Run-D.M.C. to Rock Hall

    We know it's silly, but we're excited for homeboys Little Anthony & The Imperials and Run-D.M.C., who have just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Imperials began in Brooklyn -- Little Anthony, aka Jerome Anthony Gourdine, grew up in the Fort Greene projects -- and Run-D.M.C. i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2007

    Kelly Clarkson and the Economics of Pop

    We know it's silly, but we're excited for homeboys Little Anthony & The Imperials and Run-D.M.C., who have just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Imperials began in Brooklyn -- Little Anthony, aka Jerome Anthony Gourdine, grew up in the Fort Greene projects -- and Run-D.M.C. i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2007

    Idol Gives Back: A Running Diary

    We know it's silly, but we're excited for homeboys Little Anthony & The Imperials and Run-D.M.C., who have just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Imperials began in Brooklyn -- Little Anthony, aka Jerome Anthony Gourdine, grew up in the Fort Greene projects -- and Run-D.M.C. i ... More >>

  • Music

    October 24, 2006

    Party-Time Surf Rock for Your Pre-bar-fight Reveries

    We know it's silly, but we're excited for homeboys Little Anthony & The Imperials and Run-D.M.C., who have just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Imperials began in Brooklyn -- Little Anthony, aka Jerome Anthony Gourdine, grew up in the Fort Greene projects -- and Run-D.M.C. i ... More >>

  • Music

    October 17, 2006

    Party-Time Surf Rock For Your Pre-Bar-Fight Reveries

    We know it's silly, but we're excited for homeboys Little Anthony & The Imperials and Run-D.M.C., who have just been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The Imperials began in Brooklyn -- Little Anthony, aka Jerome Anthony Gourdine, grew up in the Fort Greene projects -- and Run-D.M.C. i ... More >>

  • pazzandjop

    January 24, 2006

    I'm My Favorite Game

    Proof that no matter how hard we pretend to be, we're all fragile

  • Music

    May 27, 2003

    Train Rolls Again

    Happenings 40 Years' Time Later

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    April 15, 2003

    Mr. and Mrs. Used to Be

    Jack and Meg Find a Little Place to Fight 'Em Off

  • News

    July 9, 2002

    Loving the Alien

    D.A. Pennebaker's Stardust Memories

  • NYC Life

    May 21, 2002

    Born to Run

    Bruce Springsteen Has Been Proposed As a New Jersey Senate Candidate. Boss?

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    April 16, 2002

    Music

    Bruce Springsteen Has Been Proposed As a New Jersey Senate Candidate. Boss?

  • Music

    April 24, 2001

    Haikus and Atmospheres

    Bruce Springsteen Has Been Proposed As a New Jersey Senate Candidate. Boss?

  • Music

    August 8, 2000

    Tusks Stuck in the Muck

    Bruce Springsteen Has Been Proposed As a New Jersey Senate Candidate. Boss?

  • Long Island Voice

    November 2, 1999

    It takes two

    Bruce Springsteen Has Been Proposed As a New Jersey Senate Candidate. Boss?

  • Music

    October 26, 1999

    It Takes Two

    Bruce Springsteen Has Been Proposed As a New Jersey Senate Candidate. Boss?

  • Music

    June 1, 1999

    Total Eclipse of Art

    Bruce Springsteen Has Been Proposed As a New Jersey Senate Candidate. Boss?

  • Music

    May 25, 1999

    Consumer Guide

    Bruce Springsteen Has Been Proposed As a New Jersey Senate Candidate. Boss?

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