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    April 19, 2012

    100 & Single: Gotye And fun. Help Alternative Rock Go Pop Once Again

    Consider this six-pack of rock acts: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Big Audio Dynamite, the Psychedelic Furs, U2, R.E.M. and Julian Cope. My dream Rock & Roll Hall of Fame? Not quite—it's a list of the first six artists to go to No. 1 on the chart Billboard launched in the fall of 1988, then call ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2012

    The Wackiest Things Celebs Have Ever Said To Me

    In their dealings with a potentially scary press person like myself, celebs are sometimes solicitous, occasionally pandering, at times delightfully ass kissy, but always tons of fun. Here are just a few of the highlights through the years:

  • 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

    January 20, 2012

    Radio Hits One: Beyoncé's Unlikely Pazz & Jop Coup

    If the triumph of tUnE-yArDs in this year's Pazz & Jop albums poll was one of the biggest upsets in the poll's history, then the companion singles poll offered one of its most predictable winners to date: Adele's "Rolling In The Deep." Smart money had been on that song taking the prize since it bega ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    The Golden Globes Pit Madonna Vs. Gaga (And Elton) Vs. Mary J. Vs. Sinéad Vs. Chris (Cornell)

    ​Sure, the Golden Globes are a big excuse for celebrities to get soused and congratulate each other, but this year's offering of Best Original Song nominees has a neat wrinkle: Lady Gaga and Madonna are facing off against one another, with Gaga up for her weirdly Bee Gees-evoking Elton John co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    The Five "Best" Retired Categories At The Video Music Awards

    MTV turns 30 today. To celebrate, we're running a bunch of pieces on the channel, its legacy, and its future. Would you look at all that postmodernism? For a multimillion-dollar event orchestrated with the dictatorial hand of all awards shows, there's always been a certain thrilling seat-of-the-pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    100 & Single: The Dawning Of The MTV Era And How It Rocket-Fueled The Hot 100

    ​What was the first rock and roll song? Ask music historians and you'll get a range of '40s and early '50 candidates, from "Good Rockin' Tonight" to "Rocket 88." Ah, but when did the Rock Era begin? That's easier. Everybody knows that Bill Haley and His Comets' rendition of "Rock Around the C ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 27, 2010

    Joan as Police Woman+Metric+Holly Miranda

    ​What was the first rock and roll song? Ask music historians and you'll get a range of '40s and early '50 candidates, from "Good Rockin' Tonight" to "Rocket 88." Ah, but when did the Rock Era begin? That's easier. Everybody knows that Bill Haley and His Comets' rendition of "Rock Around the C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Q&A: Comedian Charlyne Yi Talks About Getting Booed, Shaving Her Head, and Her 'Pretentious' Poetry

    Charlyne Yi, pre-head-shaving anticsLast year, actress-comedian-writer-musician Charlyne Yi won a screenwriting award at Sundance for the film Paper Heart, in which she plays a character named Charlyne Yi who sets out to make a documentary about the meaning of love and falls for a character named Mi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Download: Julianna Barwick's "Bode"

    Yes In My Backyard is a semiweekly column showcasing MP3s from new and emerging local talent. Julianna Barwick photo by Claire Titley​Brooklyn one-woman choir Julianna Barwick makes ambrosial symphonies using just her voice and a loop pedal. With her church upbringing and punk rock attitude, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    From The Archives: I Dressed Like The Pope For Madonna!

    I was just google-imaging myself, as I do about every two and a half minutes, and I came up with this de-gorgeous shot of moi at Madonna's Industria bash for her illustrious Sex book way back in 1992. I dressed as the Pope--just to have some serious clerical presence there--and carried a Madonna sho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 16, 2009

    Let's Write The Inevitable Mamma Mia! Sequel

    The Mamma Mia! movie was huge--in fact, it was the biggest moneymaking film in history directed by a woman. (Wouldn't you love to ring Barbara Streisand and alert her to that little fact?) So let's face it--as sure as there won't be another Duplicity, there WILL be another Mamma Mia!. I mean, the w ... More >>

  • Music

    February 18, 2009

    Lissy Trullie Is Ready to Cross 14th Street

    A fashion-plate ingenue vies for the rawer pleasures of rock stardom

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2008

    Your Chance to Be on Broadway! In Funny Costumes!

    A fashion-plate ingenue vies for the rawer pleasures of rock stardom

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2008

    Girl Talk's Pop-Music Car-Wreck

    A fashion-plate ingenue vies for the rawer pleasures of rock stardom

  • Music

    November 20, 2007

    Twin Cinema

    Only slightly unnerving pop thrills with Tegan and Sara

  • Music

    June 12, 2007

    Voicebox 24: Noise From The Front

    For the week of June 13–19, 2007

  • Music

    February 20, 2007

    Scrapbook of Solitude, Part II

    For the week of June 13–19, 2007

  • Dance

    January 9, 2007

    The Secret of Excess

    Supercharged dancing by a cadre programmed for speed and complexity

  • Music

    July 11, 2006

    History Lessons

    Brazil, Beliz, San Antonio, Soho, Mother Africa—all journeys into paradise

  • pazzandjop

    January 24, 2006

    I'm My Favorite Game

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

  • Music

    December 20, 2005

    Ain't Struggling

    Nothing compares 2 white girl reggae karaoke bouncing

  • People

    August 23, 2005

    Sex and Dating Deal Breakers

    What's the one thing he or she does that turns you off immediately?

  • Music

    July 12, 2005

    Laptop for Desktoppers

    Music so unlikely it could be written and performed rather than researched and found

  • Music

    April 26, 2005

    Democracy Now

    Annual collaborative fest puts the 'O' back in countronica

  • Music

    November 9, 2004

    The Jig Is Up

    Lip-synching little sis improves on Courtney; tween Cinderella fills the Lisa Loeb gap

  • Music

    June 8, 2004

    Accept Substitutes

    The Loser's Lounge ventures into the present and other dangerous conceptual realms

  • Specials

    May 4, 2004

    Letters

    The Loser's Lounge ventures into the present and other dangerous conceptual realms

  • News

    April 13, 2004

    Rap, Rage, REDvolution

    As hip-hop emerges as an empowering voice for indigenous youth, mainstream rappers still objectify Indian country

  • Music

    February 18, 2003

    I'm In Love With My Walls

    More Trip-Hop (Or Not) About Buildings and Atmosphere

  • Music

    May 14, 2002

    Sunday Corny Sunday

    More Trip-Hop (Or Not) About Buildings and Atmosphere

  • Books

    November 20, 2001

    Goddess of Small Things

    An Interview With Novelist-Turned-Activist Arundhati Roy

  • Music

    October 9, 2001

    Unpatriotic?! Moi?

    An Interview With Novelist-Turned-Activist Arundhati Roy

  • Columns

    July 3, 2001

    NY Mirror

    An Interview With Novelist-Turned-Activist Arundhati Roy

  • Columns

    June 26, 2001

    NY Mirror

    An Interview With Novelist-Turned-Activist Arundhati Roy

  • Columns

    April 3, 2001

    NY Mirror

    An Interview With Novelist-Turned-Activist Arundhati Roy

  • News

    February 6, 2001

    Making Babies

    Over the Diapers, A Sidelong Glance

  • Music

    August 15, 2000

    Getting Them Straight

    Over the Diapers, A Sidelong Glance

  • Columns

    July 4, 2000

    Leather Dreams

    Over the Diapers, A Sidelong Glance

  • Columns

    June 20, 2000

    NY Mirror

    Over the Diapers, A Sidelong Glance

  • Film

    October 13, 1998

    Strokes of Genius

    Over the Diapers, A Sidelong Glance

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