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    May 16, 2012

    Kent McCord: Hunky TV Icon Photo Montage

    From 1968 to 1975, Kent McCord costarred with Martin Milner in the hit cop series Adam-12. McCord was a football playing stud who went on to appear in Elvis films and eventually landed the show, which launched his chiseled looks into the fame they deserved. I always loved his squinty eyes, high ch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    10 No-Brainer Rock Legends Never Nominated For The Rock And Roll Hall of Fame

    This weekend, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its class of 2012, which consists of Donovan, the Beastie Boys, the late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, the Small Faces and the Faces, blues guitarist Freddie King, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Guns N' Roses, although not lead singer Axl Rose, wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2012

    Billy Joel (6) And Neil Diamond (3) Turn SOTC's March Madness Into A Songwriter's Battlefield

    ​Sound of the City's search for the quintessential New York City musician enters Round Two this week, with battles in the Round of 32 daily. Keep up with all the action here. Things get a bit more melodic (no offense, guys) as two of American pop's most prominent songwriters and members of the Lo ... More >>

  • Music

    March 14, 2012

    Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo Unveils a 30-Years-in-the-Making Solo Debut

    Lee is free

  • Blogs

    March 6, 2012

    100 & Single: Of Monkees, Michael, and "Maria"—The History Of The Chart-Dominating, Lifestyle-Accessory Album

    Cassandra (Tia Carrere): You've heard it? Wayne (Mike Myers): Exqueeze me? Have I seen this one before? Frampton Comes Alive?! Everybody in the world has Frampton Comes Alive. If you lived in the suburbs you were issued it. It came in the mail with samples of Tide. —Wayne's World 2 (1993) Fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 29, 2012

    Davy Jones, R.I.P.

    Davy Jones, the British singer who was a member of the sitcom-spawned band The Monkees, died of a heart attack this morning, according to TMZ. Jones was already a Tony-nominated actor when he auditioned for the group, having been honored for playing the Artful Dodger in a run of Oliver! that moved f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 3, 2012

    100 & Single: LMFAO's Pair Of Chart-Toppers Suggest Stardom, Guarantee Nothing

    ​The national star-making machinery only begins to take you seriously when you command the field more than once. Just like, say, GOP presidential candidates, pop acts can't chart one strong number and assume dominance is permanently theirs. They've got to come back on top, week after week, sur ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Live: Lee Ranaldo Plays It Straight At Glasslands

    ​Lee Ranaldo Glasslands Gallery Saturday, December 17 Better than: Another '90s band playing a '90s album start to finish. There wasn't a whole lot of noise from Lee Ranaldo's new quartet under the cloth clouds at Glasslands on Saturday, but there was plenty of crunch. Removing the art ab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Brooklyn's Summer Concert Schedule Just Got A Whole Lot Joan Jett-ier

    Joan Jett, Cheap Trick, the Monkees, Queen Latifah, Frankie Beverly and Maze, and Shaggy have all been announced as headliners for the 2011 series of Brooklyn Concerts, which are split evenly between the Martin Luther King Concert Series (held at Wingate Field) and the Seaside Summer Concert Series ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2011

    GROUP HUG

    The peppiest '60s quartet reunites, almost in full

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    10 Postcards of Long-Forgotten NYC Restaurants

    ioffer.com​1. Divan Parisien Restaurant, 33 East 48th Street - Even to its frequenters, the meaning of "Divan" was somewhat unclear. Some said it was French for "meeting place," others claimed it was Turkish and referred to the furniture of the Sultan's palace. Others took it to mean, as "div ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 8, 2010

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    ioffer.com​1. Divan Parisien Restaurant, 33 East 48th Street - Even to its frequenters, the meaning of "Divan" was somewhat unclear. Some said it was French for "meeting place," others claimed it was Turkish and referred to the furniture of the Sultan's palace. Others took it to mean, as "div ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 6, 2010

    Head

    ioffer.com​1. Divan Parisien Restaurant, 33 East 48th Street - Even to its frequenters, the meaning of "Divan" was somewhat unclear. Some said it was French for "meeting place," others claimed it was Turkish and referred to the furniture of the Sultan's palace. Others took it to mean, as "div ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2009

    The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s, F2K No. 1: Counting Crows ft. Vanessa Carlton, "Big Yellow Taxi"

    F2K has been a countdown of the 50 worst songs of the decade. Relive the whole long journey here. Thank you, and we're sorry. As a concession to a vile, contemptible decade marked by commerce over reason, we pleaded to our editors at the Village Voice to let us publish the No. 1 entry as one of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2009

    "This Conversation Is Making Me Nauseous": Watching MTV's The City

    Uncle Jesse says hi On last night's episode of The City, the gang (regrettably sans Olivia and Allie) headed to South Beach for a change of scenery. It's too cold in New York for bare-ass bikini wear, and besides, this is what this clique does best: side-shot T&A and handsome, arm-candy dudes to og ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2008

    Live: All Eight Nights of Hanukkah with Yo La Tengo

    photo by Liz Clayton Dawn Sutter Madell, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought another Hanukkah at Maxwell's to a close. But, as befits a band named in reference ... More >>

  • Music

    October 23, 2007

    'Other' Music

    Robert Wyatt gets subversive and operatic

  • Music

    March 13, 2007

    I've Had Enough and I'm Not Gonna Take Any More, Gosh Dang It!

    Robert Wyatt gets subversive and operatic

  • Music

    February 6, 2007

    Sweet Home Ad Nauseum

    Robert Wyatt gets subversive and operatic

  • Film

    August 8, 2006

    Drugstore Cowboy

    A rare revival for Dennis Hopper's megalomaniacal, tripped-out western

  • Music

    October 4, 2005

    Another Good Kick

    Thrift-shop-dapper Scottish new wave revival standard bearers approach the perfect beat

  • People

    May 17, 2005

    Hot Spot

    Thrift-shop-dapper Scottish new wave revival standard bearers approach the perfect beat

  • News

    October 12, 2004

    Last Ramones Standing

    Marky and Tommy discuss Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, the documentary, the stage musical, the DVD, and drumming

  • Music

    May 25, 2004

    The Joan Baez of Jazz

    A great tradition strives to keep itself young by discovering its inner Melissa Manchester

  • Columns

    May 11, 2004

    NY Mirror

    A great tradition strives to keep itself young by discovering its inner Melissa Manchester

  • News

    April 8, 2003

    The Mets: Age Before Beauty

    Play Catch, or Play Catch-Up

  • Music

    November 19, 2002

    Tween-Pop Suppressed!

    Five-Girl Armies and Finnish Martians Fall Through the Cracks

  • Music

    July 16, 2002

    Where's Waldo?

    Looking for Uncle Jazz at the 2002 JVC Something-or-Other Festival

  • Music

    January 8, 2002

    Come on Back Eileen

    Looking for Uncle Jazz at the 2002 JVC Something-or-Other Festival

  • Music

    July 17, 2001

    Ah Know How To Undress Me

    Sensitive Maleness in CMT's Countdown

  • Theater

    June 27, 2000

    Paint Misbehavin'

    Sensitive Maleness in CMT's Countdown

  • Music

    May 30, 2000

    This Ain't No Disco

    Rephlex Records Knocks Techno Off Its High Horse

  • Music

    March 14, 2000

    Keeping Up With the Kids

    Teenpop Encyclopedia 2000

  • Music

    February 15, 2000

    Music

    Teenpop Encyclopedia 2000

  • Long Island Voice

    October 26, 1999

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    Teenpop Encyclopedia 2000

  • Music

    June 1, 1999

    Sweating Pheromones

    Teenpop Encyclopedia 2000

  • News

    June 1, 1999

    Followers of Fashion

    Who Are the Postmodern Mods?

  • Music

    April 20, 1999

    Punkest Band Around

    Who Are the Postmodern Mods?

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