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The Beatles

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    Live: Rejoice! Spiritualized Set Terminal 5 On Fire

    Spiritualized w/Nikki Lane Terminal 5 Monday, May 7 Better than: Being in the ICU for six months I would imagine. Bands that have truly seismic musical moments can never maintain that streak for long—not necessarily because their music declines, but because of a fickle and ever-changing publ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Q&A: AWKword On Occupy Wall Street, The Power Of Protest Music, And Hearing N.W.A. For The First Time

    N.W.A.'s "Fuck Tha Police" burst into Awkword's life thanks to his baby-sitter. The Manhattan-based rapper visibly remembers the day when his part-time watchdog turned up with a copy of Dr. Dre and Ice Cube's anti-establishment rant; hearing the song kick-started his first forays into writing his ow ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 29, 2012

    THE STYLISH ’60S

    Music infiltrates the fashion world, 
like always

  • Voice Choices

    January 11, 2012

    BEATLEMANIA

    Sing Beatles in the shower no more

  • Blogs

    September 12, 2011

    Live: Don Fleming And The Folding Men "Remember" September 11

    Brad Cohan​ Don Fleming and the Folding Men Mercury Lounge Sunday, September 11 Better Than: Watching Terrorist Motherfuckers Destroy The World Trade Center As Don Fleming told the Voice recently, the Velvet Monkeys/Gumball/B.A.L.L./Half Japanese dude and superproducer moved to NYC in 1986 ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 7, 2011

    The Olivia Tremor Control

    Brad Cohan​ Don Fleming and the Folding Men Mercury Lounge Sunday, September 11 Better Than: Watching Terrorist Motherfuckers Destroy The World Trade Center As Don Fleming told the Voice recently, the Velvet Monkeys/Gumball/B.A.L.L./Half Japanese dude and superproducer moved to NYC in 1986 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Live: Paul McCartney Has More Hits Than Derek Jeter

    Paul McCartney Yankee Stadium Friday, July 15 Better than: Watching Let It Be. "Who's this Derek Jeter guy?" Paul McCartney said after "Jet," the fourth song the opening night (of two) at Yankee Stadium. "I hear he's got more hits than me." That's debatable, as Macca put in a rather astounding a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2011

    Awkward Moment at Awards Show

    ​Last night at the Drama Desk Awards at the Manhattan Center, a man who was part of the Beatles revue Rain--which had just copped an award--started chatting me up. He and his wife turned out to be really nice and they even slipped me a ticket to get up to the after party. Everything was love ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 13, 2011

    100 & Single: How Adele, Not the Beatles, Is The Music Biz's 2011 Redeemer

    ​ The music business spikes the football over its gradually improving sales the same week a certain U.K. chanteuse completes her conquering of the U.S. pop charts. Coincidence? Maybe not. The omnipresent Adele takes control of Billboard's Hot 100 this week; "Rolling in the Deep" finally evict ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    The 20 Worst Songs of 2010, #3: Cast of Glee, "Loser"

    F2K10 is a countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010. Track our progress here. ​The Fox show Glee might have been the most aggravating pop-cultural phenomenon of the year, what with its persistent conflation of the terms "stereotype" and "nuanced character who's really bringing something new to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2010

    The Great Foodrock Trivia Quiz: Part One

    ​Last week, Edible Manhattan hosted the third of their trivia nights at Brooklyn Brewery in Williamsburg, offering prizes as diverse as pounds of coffee, boxes of chocolates, locavoric wines, and, not surprisingly, bottles of Brooklyn Beer. The subject was rock music related to food. Edible M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    The 20 Worst Songs of 2010, #19: Ringo Starr featuring Joss Stone, "Who's Your Daddy?"

    F2K10 is a countdown of the 20 worst songs of 2010. Track our progress here. ​Far be it from me to make life harder for the least embarrassing living Beatle... but, wow, someone just double-parked his Yellow Submarine in Creepytown.

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Top Five Beatles Songs Guaranteed Not To Top The iTunes Singles Chart Today

    ​So the Beatles catalog is now available on iTunes. This is, contrary to your attempts to be contrary, A Big Deal. You may naturally (and not unreasonably) assume that everyone in the world already owns all the Beatles songs they'd ever care to own. You are mistaken. The iTunes chart run desti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    The Best Of The #beatlesasMP3s Hashtag

    So Beatles-on-iTunes day is almost over. We all survived. No sales records were broken -- in fact, Dr. Luke would like to point out that Ke$ha remains atop the charts. And yet the day was a rousing success in terms of Twitter Comedy -- join us now as we survey the best of the #beatlesasMP3s hashta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Your Favorite Beatles Song?

    ​As what would have been his 70th birthday approaches, John Lennon is getting a whole lot of posthumous hoopla -- like a movie, Nowhere Boy, about his early days; a documentary about his Gotham years, playing in the New York Film Festival; and a Beatles revue called Rain dripping down on Broad ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 6, 2010

    Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band

    ​As what would have been his 70th birthday approaches, John Lennon is getting a whole lot of posthumous hoopla -- like a movie, Nowhere Boy, about his early days; a documentary about his Gotham years, playing in the New York Film Festival; and a Beatles revue called Rain dripping down on Broad ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 15, 2010

    THE BEATLES ARE BACK

    Never-before-seen photos, like, actually

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Paul McCartney and John Lennon in NYC: We Were Duped By the Maharishi

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. May 16, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 31 Scenes by Howard Smith THERE I STOOD, next to Paul McCartney and John Lennon -- calm, but without a thing to say. I wasn't intimidated, but more amazed I had managed to get through an endless skein of Be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    The Maharishi Makes the Scene

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. January 25, 1968, Vol. XIII, No. 15 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi: The Politics of Salvation by Richard Goldstein The question of the hour is: can an honest man still be a fraud? The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi arrived in New York last Thursday, f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' -- Fraudulent, or Most Creative Album Ever?

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 22, 1967, Vol. XII, No. 36 Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper': The Album as Art Form By Tom Phillips A lot of people seem to have misunderstood the new Beatles album. Richard Goldstein, reviewing "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" in las ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Clip Job: Goldstein Talks to Simon and Garfunkel

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. November 3, 1966, Vol. XII, No. 3 The Sound of J.D. Salinger Clapping By Richard Goldstein We know about the sound of two hands clapping. We're pretty sure these days what one hand clapping sounds like. But what is the sound of J.D. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 25, 2009

    Clip Job: The Beatles at Shea -- 20 Minutes of 'Teeny Screamers'

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 1, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 46 Requiescat in Pace -- That's Where It's At By Jules Siegel For beautiful Beatles did their number at Shea Stadium last Tuesday night as 45,000 assorted teeny screamers, ladies of high fashion, secon ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 1, 2009

    'Beatles Complete On Ukulele Festival'

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 1, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 46 Requiescat in Pace -- That's Where It's At By Jules Siegel For beautiful Beatles did their number at Shea Stadium last Tuesday night as 45,000 assorted teeny screamers, ladies of high fashion, secon ... More >>

  • Music

    September 8, 2009

    Revolution 2009: The Beatles Remasters

    The new versions might not strike you as drastically different. Buy some anyway.

  • Blogs

    August 5, 2009

    Clip Job: Eric Burdon, Animals, Generally Annoyed by Screaming Teens

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesSeptember 17, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 48The Animals in NYBy Sally KemptonWith American hysteria over English rock-and-roll singers reaching new heights, the purveyors of entertainment for the young last week booked a series of English acts in two r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2009

    Clip Job: Mekas Tamps Down Beatle Movie Mania

     Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesSeptember 10, 1964, Vol. IX, No. 47Movie JournalBy Jonas Mekas"A Hard Day's Night" took our movie reviewers by surprise. Reviewers liked it. The Beatle fans like it. Crowther liked it. Sarris said it shook his film aesthetics. The movie wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2009

    What Paul McCartney on the Ed Sullivan Theater Marquee Roof Sounded Like From the Ground

    The author's view Paul McCartney Ed Sullivan Theater Marquee Roof Wednesday, July 15 Like everybody else, the helicopters await Paul. First one, chopping ambiently over Broadway, then two more. When the 67-year old ex-Beatle finally comes onto the marquee roof of the David Letterman-occupied Ed Su ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 8, 2009

    MCCARTNEY GETS BACK

    Baby, he's a rich man for a reason

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2009

    Shit-Ton of Beatles Remasters Ahoy

    © Apple Corps Ltd, 2009 Start taking bets on the Pitchfork scores now: The entire U.K. Beatles catalog, digitally remastered and gussied up with luxe liners, rare photos, making-of docs, and other rad effluvia, is out 9-9-09. Same date as The Beatles: Rock Band. Twelve albums, plus Magical Mystery ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Meat Mystery

    I'd just finished an entire goat roti from Ali's Trinidad Roti Shop and felt rather sluggish, so I slithered across the street to the Goodwill Store. Bed-Stuy's is one of the city's largest, with row upon row of good and clean used clothes, a kitchenware section that might be the envy of ... More >>

  • Columns

    October 22, 2008

    The W Premiere and a Hustler Ball!

    There's no business like Gaynor's show business; under the big top at Hustlaball

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2008

    American Idol Week Five: More Beatles, Guh

    There's no business like Gaynor's show business; under the big top at Hustlaball

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    American Idol Week Four: The Beatles? Really?

    There's no business like Gaynor's show business; under the big top at Hustlaball

  • Music

    August 15, 2006

    The Great Cover-Up, Part 1

    There's no business like Gaynor's show business; under the big top at Hustlaball

  • Music

    June 6, 2006

    Bring on the Backlash

    Flinging poo at the haters with the Arctic Monkeys

  • Music

    April 4, 2006

    Harmonic Convergence

    Aussie teenpop sisters pit identity against intimacy for either sharp sentiment or caustic sap

  • Film

    September 20, 2005

    'The Rodnees: We Mod Like Dat!'

    Aussie teenpop sisters pit identity against intimacy for either sharp sentiment or caustic sap

  • Film

    March 1, 2005

    Film

    Aussie teenpop sisters pit identity against intimacy for either sharp sentiment or caustic sap

  • Theater

    March 23, 2004

    Bugging A Beatle

    Keeping tabs on public enemy number one: John Lennon

  • Specials

    October 21, 2003

    Letters

    Keeping tabs on public enemy number one: John Lennon

  • Music

    December 31, 2002

    Shiva Shiva, Y'All

    Keeping tabs on public enemy number one: John Lennon

  • Music

    December 4, 2001

    The Man Who Wasn't There

    Keeping tabs on public enemy number one: John Lennon

  • News

    February 20, 2001

    Web Sites Through History

    Homepages From Across the Ages

  • Film

    November 28, 2000

    The First Days of Disco

    Homepages From Across the Ages

  • Music

    March 14, 2000

    All Ears

    Disney Dreams Up the Best Radio Station in 30 Years

  • Music

    January 18, 2000

    Total Systems Failure

    Disney Dreams Up the Best Radio Station in 30 Years

  • Long Island Voice

    October 26, 1999

    Always a big draw

    Disney Dreams Up the Best Radio Station in 30 Years

  • Music

    May 18, 1999

    Sells Like Teen Spirit

    Disney Dreams Up the Best Radio Station in 30 Years

  • Music

    April 20, 1999

    Punkest Band Around

    Disney Dreams Up the Best Radio Station in 30 Years

  • Music

    October 20, 1998

    Yeah, Yeah, NO!

    Disney Dreams Up the Best Radio Station in 30 Years

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