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John Mayer

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2012

    Dear John Mayer: Thank You For Doing Away With Presales For Your Upcoming Tour

    I'm going to open this post with a disclaimer: I get a lot of tickets to concerts for free. But I also know that the hotter the ticket, the tighter the guest list, and if I don't want to get shut out (or if I want to attend with a friend) of a particular concert, buying tickets is in my best interes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Free Fallin' With John Mayer: Spotify's Most Popular Songs Of The Past Five Decades

    Long 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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    What The Lineup For Clear Channel's iHeartRadio Music Festival Says About Radio Formats In 2011

    Lady Gaga.​Today the radio behemoth Clear Channel announced a festival celebrating the relaunch of its online service iHeartRadio, which currently allows listeners to tune into the chain's terrestrial-radio outlets from all over the country (as well as about 150 digital-only stations) and whic ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 20, 2011

    The Lemonheads

    Lady Gaga.​Today the radio behemoth Clear Channel announced a festival celebrating the relaunch of its online service iHeartRadio, which currently allows listeners to tune into the chain's terrestrial-radio outlets from all over the country (as well as about 150 digital-only stations) and whic ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2011

    David Gray

    Lady Gaga.​Today the radio behemoth Clear Channel announced a festival celebrating the relaunch of its online service iHeartRadio, which currently allows listeners to tune into the chain's terrestrial-radio outlets from all over the country (as well as about 150 digital-only stations) and whic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Top 10 Super Bowl 2012 Halftime-Show Possibilities

    Let's all do our best to keep this from happening​So another enjoyable terrible Super Bowl Halftime Show is in the books, and as we wash "I Gotta Feeling" out of our eyes and ears for the thousandth time, the question becomes: Who will grace the stage in 2012? How old will their most famous al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2011

    Chefs Don't All Have Big Kitchens; Foodspotting Raises $3M

    ​Think you could be a better cook if only you had a kitchen like a five-star chef? Maybe not. Mehangir Mehta of the newly opened Mehtaphor, Anita Lo of Annisa, and husband-and-wife team Jo-Ann Makovitzky and Marco Moreira of Tocqueville and 15 East are among chefs with tiny apartment kitchens. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Defending Taylor Swift And Hailing The-Dream

    Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! Happier times for us all​My friends, It's the confl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? Throw Taylor Swift In A Well

    Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! Pay Rich Juzwiak what you owe him, Jay Leno. Twitpic by Dav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    Giada Denies John Mayer Hookup; People Still Pissed at Cash-Only Restos

    ​Even Peter Meehan has experienced foodie righteousness gone mad: "What I'm worried about is that as the food thing gets trendier and trendier, at some point the know-it-alls will scare off the casually interested. Maybe even their fellow foot soldiers. Is that sustainable?" [T Magazine] The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2010

    Perhaps You'd Like To Watch John Mayer Cover Katy Perry's "California Gurls"?

    Not sure what it says about our level of expectation here that we were actually disappointed by the rendition, but there you go. Those who enjoy John Mayer making jokes about how much he hates getting sand in his stilettos may feel differently. Next time, maybe try "Teenage Dream" instead? [@KatyP ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2010

    Week in Review: Female Guitar Players Are the New Black

    The beach is in Bed-Stuy, suckers. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.​In the week we asked a Georgia-certified divorce attorney whether The-Dream had left his wife while she was eight and a half months pregnant because he would have had to pay more child support had he waited the full nine (or was it ju ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    Surveying the Ladies of John Mayer's Jones Beach Concert Tonight, Via Twitter

    There's a lot of anticipation in the New York air right now: John Mayer, unrepentant heartthrob, is coming to town. Marc Hogan's favorite crooner plays Jones Beach tonight; earlier today, he invited all of his Twitter fans to turn their geo-tagging on, so as to better find them mid-tailgate and ha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    Week in Review: A Safe Atmosphere

    Those flower pots aren't going to replace themselves. Photo by Rebecca Smeyne​In the week that 25,000 people converged on a South Street Seaport venue meant for only about 10,000, were denied a free Drake concert, and promptly began rioting, we dodged metal chairs, watched as Police Commission ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2010

    So... Did Anyone Make It Out To See John Mayer Play The Village Underground At 3 a.m. Last Night?

    ​Because apparently this actually happened. As it all went down, what, four hours ago, lousy video/breathless blogspot deconstructions are in short supply at the moment, but they'll certainly surface soon, and in the meantime, let this be a lesson to you: Hang out in the Village at all hours o ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 1, 2010

    Free Will Astrology: June 2 - 8, 2010

    ​Because apparently this actually happened. As it all went down, what, four hours ago, lousy video/breathless blogspot deconstructions are in short supply at the moment, but they'll certainly surface soon, and in the meantime, let this be a lesson to you: Hang out in the Village at all hours o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Clitter is the New Vajazzling

    Today in things that make us dry heave, an advancement in the art of Vajazzling. You may remember a few months back when "actress" and John Mayer dumpee Jennifer Love Hewitt revealed in her horrendous self-help book, The Day I Shot Cupid, that she had bedazzled her "hoohah" (her word) with Swarov ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 4, 2010

    GLORY DAZE

    It feels good to be the Boss

  • Music

    March 2, 2010

    John Mayer Shuts Up and Sings

    Which is a really great idea, actually, and yet also kind of a drag

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2010

    Rob Tannenbaum, The Guy Who Asked the Q's In The Disastrous John Mayer Playboy Q&A, Speaks: "I Hope the Story Will Have A Revisionist Phase, Where More People Address the Non-Repulsive Things He Had To Say"

    ​L.A. Times rock-critic queen Ann Powers has a long, engrossing email chat with Rob Tannebaum, who conducted the "My dick is a white supremacist" Playboy interview that ruined John Mayer's week last week. (Ruined a few people's weeks, maybe.) Rob offers a few clarifications ("Let me answer a r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    John Mayer: "My Dick Is Sort Of Like A White Supremacist"

    Dude you mispelled "SVU"​Let it be known that John Mayer's candid-interview game is unstoppable right now. Hot on the heels of his bonkers TMI orgy of a Rolling Stone cover story ("The Joshua Tree of vaginas" and so forth) comes an in-depth chat with friend-of-SOTC Rob Tannenbaum for none oth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2010

    John Mayer Playboy Gibberish a Big Deal for Some Reason

    ​"This Celine Dion interview on Oprah is making me GAG like I have John Mayer's David Duke in my mouth!" tweets bevysmith. She refers to John Mayer's Playboy interview, in which he says a bunch of weird shit, like "My dick is sort of like a white supremacist." He does aver that "I'm going to ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 9, 2010

    HIPPIE DUDE

    Citizen Cope is somehow everywhere

  • Music

    January 19, 2010

    Yes, I 'Actually' Like It

    More music to love, loathe, fear, and tragically fail to avoid

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    F2K No. 29: John Mayer, "Your Body Is A Wonderland"

    F2K is a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Track our progress here. "Afternoon Delight," served with a side of dorm-cafeteria sugar cereal. Sure, he's the tabloids' top Twittering troubadour right now, but back in 2001, John Mayer was just a grin-happy kid who sang about fucking shi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2009

    John Mayer Is #1; 50 Cent Is Definitely Not

    ​The lady-lonely John Mayer, the man with the audacity to tell the New York Times, on the record, "I should be fucking more girls," has America's #1 record this week. His Battle Studies, which somehow avoids including any of the myriad things that actually make John Mayer interesting, sold a v ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 10, 2009

    John Mayer

    ​The lady-lonely John Mayer, the man with the audacity to tell the New York Times, on the record, "I should be fucking more girls," has America's #1 record this week. His Battle Studies, which somehow avoids including any of the myriad things that actually make John Mayer interesting, sold a v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2009

    MJ Tribute Wrap-Up

    We're more accustomed to 50-minute sets and cannot really stick around for We Are The World, Heal the World, Give the World a Nice Hug, and whatever other treacle is in store. And we can't stand mourning no matter how splendidly staged. But we must give props to local statesman Reverend Al ("There ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2009

    News Roundup: Perez Hilton Sues, Kanye West/Spike Jonze, Jim James, My Morning Jacket

    --Perez Hilton is suing Black Eyed Peas manager Polo Molina for battery and "infliction of emotional distress," after, you know, he got punched for calling Will.I.Am something homophobic. Hilton's lawyer said in a statement: "Whether you love Perez or hate him, he is entitled to his freedom of speec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Grammys Fawn over Coldplay and Plant/Krauss, Set Race Relations Back 20 Years

    Good for you. As any self-respecting Grammy live blog will have told you by now, the highlight of last night's occasionally lively fiasco was undoubtedly the "Rap Pack" black-and-white "Swagga Like Us" blowout, ostensibly starring Jay-Z/Kanye/Wayne/T.I. but dominated by a stupendously pregnant M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Age, Beauty Before Youth at Grammys

    Despite myriad concessions to modishness and a Twitter feed, it was a Steely Dan sort of year at the Grammys as Robert Plant and Alison Krause's Raising Sand won five awards including Album Of The Year, Record Of The Year ("Please Read the Letter"), and awards in the Country and Contemporary Folk ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 21, 2009

    GREAT JOB, GUYS!

    Tim and Eric bring their absurdity to the stage

  • Voice Choices

    September 23, 2008

    LAUGH RIOT

    Hone your craft, or just heckle others

  • Columns

    June 3, 2008

    A Night With Alicia Keys, John Mayer, and Diddy!

    Gambling on being satisfied by ham on wry; finding sex outside of the city.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    Grading the iTunes Hits, Again

    Gambling on being satisfied by ham on wry; finding sex outside of the city.

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2008

    Students Protest Washington Square Park Redesign

    Gambling on being satisfied by ham on wry; finding sex outside of the city.

  • NYC Life

    December 4, 2007

    A Short Interview With Perez Hilton

    Gambling on being satisfied by ham on wry; finding sex outside of the city.

  • Music

    August 14, 2007

    Sneaker Pimps

    Moby, Q-Tip, and a bunch of a dudes on a bench bring a little bit of L.A. to the LES

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2007

    NBC's Live Earth Special: A Running Diary

    Moby, Q-Tip, and a bunch of a dudes on a bench bring a little bit of L.A. to the LES

  • Film

    April 17, 2007

    'Sing Now or Forever Hold Your Peace'

    Moby, Q-Tip, and a bunch of a dudes on a bench bring a little bit of L.A. to the LES

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2007

    The Grammy Awards: A Running Diary

    Moby, Q-Tip, and a bunch of a dudes on a bench bring a little bit of L.A. to the LES

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2006

    Trick Daddy Keeps It Ugly

    Moby, Q-Tip, and a bunch of a dudes on a bench bring a little bit of L.A. to the LES

  • Music

    November 29, 2005

    New Wonderland

    Accidental teenthrob counts himself a man in his new wonderland

  • Music

    November 29, 2005

    Master and Sacrament

    The greatest bluesman standing whams his not so marginal differentiations all the way home

  • Music

    April 26, 2005

    Democracy Now

    Annual collaborative fest puts the 'O' back in countronica

  • Music

    December 21, 2004

    Spanish and Other Tinges

    In spite of some silent heroes, it was a better year for recorded jazz than for the planet

  • Music

    January 27, 2004

    Body of work an extreme-makeover St. Lunatic wonderland

    In spite of some silent heroes, it was a better year for recorded jazz than for the planet

  • Music

    September 30, 2003

    Phallus in Wonderland

    Fretboard hunk wanks his smug way into women's hearts

  • Music

    August 26, 2003

    Not Joshing Around

    You Mean Rouse, Right? No, I Mean Joplin. Maybe Ritter. But for Damn Sure Not Kelley.

  • Music

    June 17, 2003

    Diffusion Rools

    You Mean Rouse, Right? No, I Mean Joplin. Maybe Ritter. But for Damn Sure Not Kelley.

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