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January 18, 2012
Drake and The Weeknd Wallow in their Misery
Riding the Bummer
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December 20, 2011
People Who Died 2011: The Year In Obituaries
Amy Winehouse passed away on July 23. In memory of the people, places, and things that passed away in 2011, here's a collection of links and streaming-video artifacts.
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November 3, 2011
Disambiguation: 11 Things Fork in the Road Is Besides a NYC Food Blog
1. Fork in the Road: An album by Neil Young, his 32nd, released on Reprise Records in 2009. There's a song on the album called "Fork in the Road," which has these lyrics: "There's a fork in the road ahead, I don't know which way I'm gonna go."
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October 20, 2011
CMJ Day Two: Cubic Zirconia, Mux Mool, And Teen Daze Plug In At Cake Shop
Cubic Zirconia. CMJ Day Two: Gospel Music, Cloud Nothings, Widowspeak, Cubic Zirconia, Mux Mool, Teen Daze Better than: Walking around in the drizzle-cum-actual rain without an umbrella. Gospel Music had the best T-shirt of the day at Cake Shop yesterday afternoon—maybe of CMJ, perio ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
My 13 Favorite Duets Of All Time
"It takes two, baby," as Marvin & Tammi once sang. So here are my all-time favorite twosomes -- musically, that is. (13) "Cruisin'," Gwyneth Paltrow and Huey Lewis, 2000 This cover version of the Smokey Robinson hit came from a rotten movie about karaoke, but it grabbed me, with Gwynnie's creamy ... More >>
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October 3, 2011
Live: The Black Eyed Peas Grandstand, Survive The Rain In Central Park
The Black Eyed Peas The Great Lawn, Central Park Friday, September 30 Better than: Being kettled. Before Friday's Central Park show, the latest Black Eyed Peas news involved the group's announcement that they would be joining Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson, and Cee Lo Green on stage at a Mich ... More >>
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June 1, 2011
The Gospel on Gospel in Rejoice and Shout
The Black Eyed Peas The Great Lawn, Central Park Friday, September 30 Better than: Being kettled. Before Friday's Central Park show, the latest Black Eyed Peas news involved the group's announcement that they would be joining Christina Aguilera, Smokey Robinson, and Cee Lo Green on stage at a Mich ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
American Idol Season 10, Top 11: The Freaky Rictus Smile of Thia Megia
This person has no idea what Motown is. Photo courtesy Michael Becker/ FOX. Since last we spoke, Karen Rodriguez has gone back to MySpaceLand, Steven Tyler's wardrobe has grown impressively more absurd, and Jacob Lusk has bodied the fuck out of Heart's "Alone." I missed the last week of Ameri ... More >>
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November 18, 2010
Download All The Songs Sampled On Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Given Kanye West's total ubiquity these past few weeks/months/years, it's jarring to realize that his profoundly unraveled My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is not even officially out yet. And yet the Internet dissection is well under way -- just as Girl Talk's All Day (which we can't exactly ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
SOUL ALIVE
Hawthorne grooves for every era
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September 17, 2010
Marky Ramone Joins Weird Celebrity Food Universe With Line of Pasta Sauce
Marky Ramone now has something to put on his Meatball Sandwich: the former Ramones drummer has just introduced his own line of pasta sauce. Check out the above YouTube promo for Marky Ramone's Brooklyn's Own Pasta Sauce, where Ramone tells disbelieving viewers, "Hey everybody, this is Marky Ramone ... More >>
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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 >>
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July 8, 2009
Live From a Somewhat Michael Jackson–Themed Amateur Night at the Apollo
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 >>
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July 7, 2009
Live Blogging the Michael Jackson Memorial
Live Video streaming by Ustream For all the lovely grace notes, homages, and eulogies that have flowed from any number of erudite and compassionate individuals in the wake of Michael Jackson's untimely death at the young age of 50, a celebrity's death is not over in American until the huge, gaudy, ... More >>
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July 7, 2009
MJ in LA: Smokey, Gospel, Pastor, Mariah
About a half-hour ago Smokey Robinson made a nice speech and conveyed regrets from Diana Ross and Nelson Mandela, who counseled the family to "stay strong." Then there were several minutes of nothingness, during which Fox anchors blabbed. Now a gospel group is singing "We Are Going to See the King ... More >>
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July 7, 2009
MJ in LA Update
Latifah said, "I'm here to represent millions of fans who loved Michael... all of you." She reads a Maya Angelou poem, "We had him," composed for the occasion: "Beloveds, now we know that we know nothing/Now that our bright and shining star can slip away from our fingertips like a puff of summer win ... More >>
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July 7, 2009
Jackson Memorial Worthy of a Master Showman
The Michael Jackson all-star memorial concert at the Staples Center was so riveting I expected Michael to pop out of the shiny, silver coffin and do one last moonwalk. Janet and LaToya really turned it out fashionwise (and dignity-wise); old-time Motown legends like Berry Gordy, Stevie Wonder, and S ... More >>
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July 1, 2009
Michael Jackson: The Man in Our Mirror
Black America's eulogies for the King of Pop also let us resurrect his best self
Blogs
March 26, 2009
Ow American Idol Top 10: Scott is Still Cheesy, Adam Gets Sensitive, Allison Shows Her Fuck Side
Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. This week: the Top 10! all photos by Michael Becker / FOXAdam Lambert, slicked back hair It feels like months have gone by since I last watched Idol. That's because we were pre-empted Tuesday for one reason or another. It's all a bit diso ... More >>
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March 26, 2009
American Idol Top 10 Results: The Live-Blog
Sharyn Jackson is your American Idol host for season eight. This week: the Top 10! Ray Mickshaw /FOXWow, this is ridiculous. Last night's Motown show was another rough one. As Season 8 shapes up to have some of the worst singing we've ever seen on this show--and that's saying a lot--I'm not hopefu ... More >>
Music
February 25, 2009
The Roots Take Manhattan
Meet the new kings of late-night, God (and Jimmy Fallon) willing
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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 >>
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February 3, 2009
Possibly 4th Street 26: The Explorers Club
Rob Trucks's "Possibly 4th Street" expositions, in which he invites musicians to perform live and impromptu somewhere in New York City, run intermittently here at Sound of the City. The Explorers Club plays the Mercury Lounge, February 5 and the following night at Maxwell's in Hoboken. photos by ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 5, 2008
Comedy's Got A Brand New Bag
U.K. trickster genius swings between laugh-ins and love-ins
Blogs
October 20, 2008
Levi Stubbs: Mourning the Voice of Little Shop of Horrors
U.K. trickster genius swings between laugh-ins and love-ins
Music
October 1, 2008
The Jesus and Mary Chain Gleefully Confound Both their Fans and Themselves
U.K. trickster genius swings between laugh-ins and love-ins
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February 8, 2008
Stupid Shit: Mike Ditka's Pork Chops
U.K. trickster genius swings between laugh-ins and love-ins
Music
December 18, 2007
It's a Woman's World
Sister Betty Jean Newsome insists James Brown's 'Man's World' wouldn't mean nothin' without her
Blogs
September 17, 2007
Live: Interpol, Cat Power at MSG, 09.14.07
Sister Betty Jean Newsome insists James Brown's 'Man's World' wouldn't mean nothin' without her
Blogs
May 23, 2007
The American Idol Finale: A Running Diary
Sister Betty Jean Newsome insists James Brown's 'Man's World' wouldn't mean nothin' without her
Music
March 13, 2007
Crazy Covers Curated by Very Special Guest DJ Colleen
Sister Betty Jean Newsome insists James Brown's 'Man's World' wouldn't mean nothin' without her
Blogs
February 12, 2007
The Grammy Awards: A Running Diary
Sister Betty Jean Newsome insists James Brown's 'Man's World' wouldn't mean nothin' without her
NYC Life
May 16, 2006
Outdoor Concerts & Music Festivals
Sister Betty Jean Newsome insists James Brown's 'Man's World' wouldn't mean nothin' without her
Music
September 20, 2005
Face Off
Slow jam superproducer returns to AC with vintage but divaless set
NYC Life
February 15, 2005
Cupid's Cut
Nelson George brings the romance; Cervenka, the metal
Music
June 8, 2004
Accept Substitutes
The Loser's Lounge ventures into the present and other dangerous conceptual realms
Music
November 11, 2003
Greatest Whatevers
Just because you can spell 'forbearance' correctly doesn't mean you'll get a gold star
Music
November 11, 2003
She Stays and She Goes
Fuck you, Heidi Fleiss! Fuck you, Scott Weiland! Linda Non-Blonde Honey, see ya around
Music
April 8, 2003
Hearth and Soul
Fireplace-Sex Music Seems to Hang On
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December 31, 2002
Hooked on a Feeling
The 'Times' Records a Year of Bitterness
Music
December 17, 2002
Re-make/Re-model
The 'Times' Records a Year of Bitterness
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November 5, 2002
Music
The 'Times' Records a Year of Bitterness
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December 18, 2001
A Ken Burns Xmas
The 'Times' Records a Year of Bitterness
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July 3, 2001
Who Isn’t Jill Scott?
The 'Times' Records a Year of Bitterness
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January 9, 2001
Dog Lick 2000
The 'Times' Records a Year of Bitterness
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May 18, 1999
My High Guy
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October 20, 1998
The Long Distance Soulster
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