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Jones Beach State Park

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Gene Simmons Dubs Himself The Ultimate Judge Of Authenticity In Pop Music

    Kiss bass player/reality-TV star/political gadfly Gene Simmons let his legendary tongue loose earlier this week during a press conference announcing his band's summer tour with Mötley Crüe. The two-headed bill, which will be at the PNC Bank Arts Center on September 21 and Jones Beach on September ... More >>

  • Music

    December 21, 2011

    The 10 Best Live Shows of 2011

    The best stuff we saw on stage this year, from thrash to Kpop

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2011

    Live: Stevie Nicks Closes Out The Season At Jones Beach

    Stevie Nicks w/Michael Grimm Nikon Theater At Jones Beach Sunday, September 4 Better than: A radio stuck on the classic rock station. "Welcome, Jones Beach," Stevie Nicks said before her second song on Sunday night, the last night for both her current mini-tour and the Long Island oceanfront amp ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    August 24, 2011

    NEVER GOING BACK

    Stevie Nicks comes to Jones Beach

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Live: blink-182 Like It Hot And Wet At Jones Beach

    Honda Civic Tour: Blink 182/My Chemical Romance w/Alkaline Trio Nikon At Jones Beach Theater Sunday, August 7 Better than: A five percent chance of rain. On the way to Jones Beach last night, leery of the weather that had cut short the final day of Escape To New York some 70 miles east, I checke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Band Of Horses Turn Lemons Into A Show At The Hammerstein Ballroom Next Week

    ​Over the weekend Southern-rock boy band Kings of Leon had a meltdown in Dallas that resulted in them canceling their tour, a fate that left Band of Horses, who were slated to open for them at sheds across America, at loose ends. But they bounced back, setting up shows in the cities they were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Long Island Dead Bodies Reward Raised to $25,000

    ​Way too many bodies have been found since December along the Jones Beach, Gilgo Beach and Ocean Parkway area of Suffolk County, Long Island. The four identified so far -- Amber Lynn Costello, Megan Waterman, Maureen Brainard-Barnes and Melissa Barthelemy -- are thought to be the work of a Lon ... More >>

  • News

    June 15, 2011
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    May 24, 2011

    Hear Yeasayer's New Song, "Devil And The Deed"

    Yeasayer stopped by Conan last night to debut "Devil And The Deed," a taut, herky-jerky track that uses the upper ranges of lead singer Chris Keating's voice to fine effect and has a lovely, tinkling keyboard break. The band's on tour right now; their headlining show at Terminal 5 on June 18 is sold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    Gun-Toting Man in Wetsuit Washes Up on Jones Beach

    ​Mysteriously, Pablo Perez, a man from Queens, washed up on Jones Beach yesterday. More mysteriously, he was wearing a wetsuit, carrying a gun, and "mumbling that he'd just spent three days adrift on a raft," reports the New York Post. "He didn't look quite right," noted Gary Smith, who ran in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    Coming To The Local Sheds This Summer: Lots Of "Heritage Acts" And Country Stars (And Yeasayer)

    Yeasayer. Here's hoping things are a bit warmer than this for their shows this summer. ​Today Live Nation announced a slew of shows at Long Island's Nikon at Jones Beach Theater and New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center, and in addition to the many classic rock acts (with "classic rock" now being ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2011

    Long Island Serial Killer Website Is Like An Art Project, Creator Claims

    ​LongIslandSerialKiller.com looks part-cheesy and part-terrifying, like any good murder movie. The header is written in the scratchy font you might find on a metal band T-shirt and the headlines are equally ominous and outrageous. But the events discussed on the blood red and black website are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    New York Serial Killer Spawns Music Video: Brent City Mafia's "Ocean Parkway"

    ​It's not that current events shouldn't be fodder for art, even when the news is at its most horrifying, like the potential serial killer murdering women on Long Island. But Brent City Mafia, a Long Island rap crew with 8 subscribers on YouTube as of this evening and no website we could find, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2011

    New York Serial Killer Probably Didn't Hit New Jersey

    ​Police said on Wednesday that the bodies of four prostitutes found around Atlantic City, New Jersey back in 2006 do not seem to have anything to do with the eight bodies (and maybe ninth and tenth sets of remains) found on Long Island, near Gilgo and Jones Beach, since late 2010. Thought to b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    New York Serial Killer Update: Tenth Body Discovered on Long Island Beach

    ​A day of searching the Long Island coast near Jones Beach has turned up not just one, but two additional bodies, both thought to be victims of the New York serial killer who has been tied to four bodies already, all Craigslist prostitutes, with another six found nearby. Newsday reports that t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Man Commits Suicide Onstage At Swell Season Concert In San Jose

    ​And here we have the worst possible thing: A man jumped to his death from the roof of San Jose's Mountain Winery during last night's Swell Season show, falling roughly three stories and landing within feet of frontman Glen Hansard. Our counterparts at the SF Weekly have eyewitness accounts, w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Phish Fan's Jones Beach 25 Foot "Horror Leap" Was Nonfatal, Somehow

    ​Despite launching himself off of Jones Beach's dauntingly tall mezzanine and falling 25 feet into the seats below, the Phish fan who was carted out of the band's Wednesday show by paramedics will live. The Post is reporting that the guy, who remains formally unidentified (Gothamist pegs him a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Week in Review: Jugga-luh-oh

    Run Tila, run! Photo by Nate "Igor" Smith.​In the week one of us went to the Gathering of the Juggalos and came back with what is increasingly looking like Stockholm Syndrome, we witnessed Tila Tequila (and Method Man) battle a pack of angry ICP fans and--shortly after she took her top off--lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2010

    Phish Fan Leaps 25 Feet From a Jones Beach Balcony: "Blood Everywhere"

    Click on the photo that is being linked to there at your own peril. In what the New York Post is already dubbing a "horror leap," a 25-year-old man at last night's Phish concert dove headfirst off a 25-foot Jones Beach balcony, landing "with a sickening thud" on the seats below. It happened around ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2010

    Woodstock: 'Outrageous by Anybody's Standards'

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 21, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 45 The 10th Largest City In the United States by Steve Lerner The Aquarian Exposition at the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was fairly outrageous by anybody's standards. Stoned silly most of the time, more ... 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

    April 27, 2010

    Nikon at Jones Beach 2010 Summer Schedule Proves, Once Again, That All Under-40 Adult New Yorkers Are Drunks

    Jones Beach With the Rihanna/Ke$ha bill already announced for Nikon at Jones Beach Theater this summer, a pop-superheroine double-threat that Nicki Minaj sadly abandoned, there was a momentary glimmer of possibility that the Lon Guyland outdoor amphitheater's other bookings would give metropolitan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Albany Proposes Closing Bayswater Point State Park, Cuts to Riverbank Park; 79 Other Sites Affected

    ​As expected, the state has proposed closing or limiting services to a lot of state parks and historic sites is response to its "historic fiscal crisis." The local damage is limited. Under the recommendations, the 12-acre Bayswater Point State Park in Jamaica Bay would close. And Riverbank S ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 8, 2009

    Free Will Astrology: September 9 through 15

    ​As expected, the state has proposed closing or limiting services to a lot of state parks and historic sites is response to its "historic fiscal crisis." The local damage is limited. Under the recommendations, the 12-acre Bayswater Point State Park in Jamaica Bay would close. And Riverbank S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2009

    News Roundup: Weezer, Sonic Youth/Dinosaur Jr., Beanie Sigel, Michael Jackson

    ​--Yesterday, we reported the existence of a new Weezer track, the punchy "(If You're Wondering if I Want You To) I Want You To." Today, Weezer announced the title of their new album, and it's Raditude. Yes, Raditude. Longtime Weez webman Karl Koch writes on the band's site: "'Raditude"??' WHA ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    This Weekend! Ten Reasons Why You're Going to Siren Festival

    You're going to the Siren Music Festival, and here's 10 reasons why: 1. Admission is free. 2. It's your last chance to catch Frightened Rabbit in New York this summer. Frontman Scott Hutchison, noted for slopping "filthy, twisted stuff on top of really quite polished bass," sings about dismembered ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2009

    Live: No Doubt and Paramore Stay Young at Jones Beach

    No Doubt/Paramore Jones Beach Theater Saturday, June 27 "I always thought I'd be a mom" is not the most obvious applause line at a rock concert. But when Gwen Stefani cooed just that in the middle of the conflicted 2000 power ballad "Simple Kind of Life," the thousands of girls-- teens with teens ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    This Classic-Album-Tour Trend Is Nifty and All, But Does the World Really Need Aerosmith to Do Toys in the Attic?

    Further evidence that the classic-album tour trend has gone off the rails: the official word that Aerosmith will be performing Toys in the Attic in its entirety at Jones Beach next week and Madison Square Garden in September 14. These dates had been previously announced back in April, but not offici ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2009

    Tonight They're Gonna Rock You Tonight: Phish!

    Props to Zach for intentionally running the words "Phish in a barrel" on this website. Starting today, the legendary jam band wanks three nights away at Jones Beach. Isis do metaphysics by way of doom metal at Irving Plaza, plus a set by sludgy post-rockers Pelican. Sweden is weathering the rece ... More >>

  • Music

    August 5, 2008

    A Running Diary of Hip-Hop Superfest Rock the Bells

    The exquisite joys of a sunny Sunday afternoon on the LIRR, Mos Def's basketball uniform, and De La Soul's late-'80s nostalgia

  • Columns

    June 3, 2008

    What Can You Buy When You're Broke?

    A recession-proof guide with free answers for those who aren't afflicted by vulgar wealth

  • NYC Life

    May 17, 2005

    What Suits You

    We pick this year's best and worst swimsuit options

  • Music

    June 15, 2004

    Music

    We pick this year's best and worst swimsuit options

  • NYC Life

    May 25, 2004

    The Hot Zone

    Havaianas, Hello Kitty, hilarious hats, and other compensations of summer

  • NYC Life

    May 4, 2004

    Cabin Fever

    The heat is on—and for a limited time only—so get out of the house and soak it up before it's gone

  • Music

    August 26, 2003

    Björking For The Weekend

    The heat is on—and for a limited time only—so get out of the house and soak it up before it's gone

  • Music

    August 12, 2003

    Music

    The heat is on—and for a limited time only—so get out of the house and soak it up before it's gone

  • Music

    July 15, 2003

    Music

    The heat is on—and for a limited time only—so get out of the house and soak it up before it's gone

  • News

    April 1, 2003

    Bush's Voice of America

    Pro-War Media Conglomerate Tries to Take Over New York

  • News

    November 27, 2001

    On Edge

    Aggressive Skaters Have to Choose Between a Living and a Life

  • News

    August 21, 2001

    Lighten Up the Joint

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

  • Music

    June 19, 2001

    Music

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

  • Art

    January 16, 2001

    Education Supplement Listings

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

  • Music

    September 14, 1999

    White Lines (Do It)

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

  • Long Island Voice

    September 7, 1999

    A Leg To Stand On

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

  • Long Island Voice

    August 31, 1999

    The Rubber Match: Beaches Bounce Back

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

  • Long Island Voice

    August 31, 1999

    Ramblin' Man

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

  • Long Island Voice

    August 24, 1999

    Scrap Metal

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

  • Long Island Voice

    August 24, 1999

    Crying For Help

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

  • Long Island Voice

    August 24, 1999

    The Darkies

    Paula Abdul, the Little Engine That Could, Rolls Into Manhattan With a Hollywood Musical

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