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Tom Jones

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Jimmy Castor, R.I.P.

    Jimmy Castor was a smart aleck; a wise guy; a clean shit-talker with so much joie de vivre you had to laugh even when his truth-telling smacked you upside the head. So when he died this past Martin Luther King Jr. Day at 71 near his home outside of Las Vegas, far away from the streets of Harlem he o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    The Winey Neighbor Offers Prospect Heights Wine and Music Pairings

    Photo courtesy the Winey NeighborA little rock and roll with that red?​Oenophiles in Prospect Heights will be pleased to discover that a new boutique wine shop has opened in the neighborhood. Run by husband and wife Kenneth Hung and Young Jung, the Winey Neighbor (679 Washington Avenue, 345-71 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 26, 2011

    American Idol: It's Finally Over!

    Michael Becker/FOX​A deeply frustrating season of American Idol is over now, having discovered exactly zero future stars, and last night we got the massive glitzathon finale, an annual event that reliably has little or nothing to do with the rest of the season. Scotty McCreery barely even look ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2011

    The Best Cover Versions in Musical History

    ​I'm not interested in the paint-by-numbers ones designed to make a quick buck. Here are the six cover tunes that I feel brought the most originality and fresh energy to standard tunes, making it more than worth the effort to do the remaking. (6) "It's My Life" by No Doubt. (2003.) Gwen Ste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Elvis Presley: He Was All There at Madison Square Garden

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 15, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 24 Elvis: The last laugh By Carman Moore I think I know who Elvis Presley is. Wasn't he the guy who was always combing his hair, because he knew the girls would be watching? Wasn't he the guy who didn't ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 6, 2010

    The Wedding Present

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. June 15, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 24 Elvis: The last laugh By Carman Moore I think I know who Elvis Presley is. Wasn't he the guy who was always combing his hair, because he knew the girls would be watching? Wasn't he the guy who didn't ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Video: "What's New, Pussycat?" Performed With Disturbing Aggressiveness

    It would be scarier than the Legion trailer if you went to karaoke night and this guy -- who can be quite mild when he wants to be -- suddenly went into this psycho-sexual Tom Jones act. This phenomenon, Musicorey, also has a Twitter feed, where he last reported on June 19 that he is "making love ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2009

    Own a Piece of Your Favorite Chef: Slow Food NYC Auctions Tools of the Trade

    What would you give for this man's jacket?​ Some people throw their underwear onstage at Tom Jones (or Guy Fieri). Others stand in line for hours to get a copy of their favorite cookbook signed. If you're a die-hard fan of some of the chefs this city has produced, now's your chance to own a pi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Clip Job: The Second Annual Village Voice Film Poll (Bonus: The First Poll, Too!)

    Julie Christie in 'Darling'​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. February 10, 1966, Vol. XI, No. 17 Films By Andrew Sarris The Second Annual Village Voice Readers' 10-best poll, held this year in conjunction with my Films in Focus program on WBAI, received entries from a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Our 10 Best: Food Movies

    Just one more wafer-thin mint...​ ​The human appetite, in all its voracious, messy, and metaphorical forms, is one of the cinema's more enduring themes. When food makes its way onto the screen, it's often less as a prop than as a narrative tool. How it's presented -- literally or symbol ... More >>

  • Theater

    September 22, 2009

    Aftermath and Domestic Crusaders Examine the Muslim Experience

    Just one more wafer-thin mint...​ ​The human appetite, in all its voracious, messy, and metaphorical forms, is one of the cinema's more enduring themes. When food makes its way onto the screen, it's often less as a prop than as a narrative tool. How it's presented -- literally or symbol ... More >>

  • Music

    September 1, 2009

    An Oral History of All Tomorrow's Parties

    In honor of next weekend's fete upstate, some wistful reminiscences and trash talk

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    Tonight! Get Ready to Throw Some Underwear!

    As a 16-year-old coal miner's son, Tom Jones dropped out of school to support the Catholic schoolgirl he'd knocked up. But when exactly did Mrs. Linda Jones realize she'd hit the jackpot? The Welsh singer held his own against martyrs like Joe Meek, Janis Joplin, and Elvis Presley, and cut his teeth ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Clip Job: Best Films of 1963

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesDecember 26, 1963, Vol. IX, No. 10Best Films of 1963PETER BOGDANOVICH -- The following are the best new movies I saw this year, listed in the order in which they were seen: "The Elusive Corporal," "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," "The Trial," " ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2009

    Electric Six

    Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archivesDecember 26, 1963, Vol. IX, No. 10Best Films of 1963PETER BOGDANOVICH -- The following are the best new movies I saw this year, listed in the order in which they were seen: "The Elusive Corporal," "The Courtship of Eddie's Father," "The Trial," " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Live: Tom Jones Drenched in Underwear at Terminal 5

    Jed Lipinski"Just throw your panties up there already!" Tom Jones Terminal 5 February 24 Has the term sexagenarian ever been more appropriate? At 68, Tom Jones's sex appeal is staggering, humbling, an embarrassment to young men in the crowd. Jones paws the air and himself, smiles like a cartoon l ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 18, 2008

    Battle of the Bands

    Paying tribute to Leonard Cohen and the BeeGees

  • Art

    January 8, 2008

    Get Some Class.

    Make a change in your life.

  • Music

    August 28, 2007

    Bittering the Sweet, Reveling in the Surreal

    Trippy Welsh dudes go pop, worship glam royalty

  • Theater

    May 15, 2007

    Partway to Paradise

    The Texas plains look plainer when Audra's offstage; Stew tells an old story pleasantly

  • News

    October 10, 2006

    Made for Each Other

    The Karr fiasco is over, but Michael Tracey's quest for unlikely suspects in the Ramsey case goes on and on.

  • Theater

    August 22, 2006

    Quaint Misbehavin'

    Try to remember the charm of a simple, innocent style

  • Columns

    May 23, 2006

    NY Mirror

    Try to remember the charm of a simple, innocent style

  • Music

    March 21, 2006

    Both Sides Now

    From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop

  • Film

    January 17, 2006

    Meta-Adaptation Wrings Humor From Star Vanity and Bad Teeth

    From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop

  • Music

    September 20, 2005

    Metal Love and Canadian Complexes Turned Against Themselves

    From the underground to the chart tops, Just Blaze aims to save New York hip-hop

  • Theater

    September 6, 2005

    Sonic Youths

    A festival sets out to make musical theater seem hip again

  • Music

    October 5, 2004

    The Fire That Time

    Speaking in tongues, late sax avatar proves the best can be full of passionate intensity too

  • NYC Life

    May 4, 2004

    Film

    Speaking in tongues, late sax avatar proves the best can be full of passionate intensity too

  • Music

    February 3, 2004

    Music

    Speaking in tongues, late sax avatar proves the best can be full of passionate intensity too

  • Music

    May 20, 2003

    Loser on a Roll

    Jon Langford Makes Friends and Influences People

  • Music

    August 13, 2002

    Family Men

    Jon Langford Makes Friends and Influences People

  • Music

    July 9, 2002

    Spreading the Net

    Jon Langford Makes Friends and Influences People

  • NYC Life

    September 4, 2001

    Parlez-Vous Français?

    French Tries, by Romanian Eugene Ionesco, Come Alive

  • Music

    March 27, 2001

    Must Be Some Way Out of Here

    French Tries, by Romanian Eugene Ionesco, Come Alive

  • NYC Life

    February 27, 2001

    Crouching Pussycats, Hidden Gems

    Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls

  • Music

    December 26, 2000

    Music

    Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls

  • Music

    December 5, 2000

    If '60s Were '90s

    Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls

  • Film

    November 28, 2000

    The First Days of Disco

    Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls

  • Film

    October 31, 2000

    Different Class

    Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls

  • Film

    October 10, 2000

    A Conspiracy So Vast

    Moviegoers Avoid Big-Budget Pitfalls

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    Picture This

    Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

  • Film

    February 29, 2000

    Seven Children, No Organisms

    Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

  • Music

    January 25, 2000

    Blondes in the Barrio

    Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

  • Music

    May 18, 1999

    Sells Like Teen Spirit

    Thrillers! Satires! Westerns! Indies! Blockbusters! Sequels!

  • Theater

    January 5, 1999

    Stage Presents

    It's a Good Time To Stay Off-Broadway— Even on CD

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