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Willie Nelson

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    May 8, 2012

    Nine Starting Points For A Beach Boys YouTube Wormhole

    Beach Boys YouTube wormholes can take many paths, from sunshine-draped reveries to sudden decisive turns towards the seriously depressing. But no clickbait-enhanced listicle of questionable Mike Love sartorial/dance/aesthetic moves, horrifying Brian Wilson zombie moments, made-for-TV movies, or John ... More >>

  • Columns

    April 18, 2012

    Free Will Astrology: April 18-24, 2012

    Beach Boys YouTube wormholes can take many paths, from sunshine-draped reveries to sudden decisive turns towards the seriously depressing. But no clickbait-enhanced listicle of questionable Mike Love sartorial/dance/aesthetic moves, horrifying Brian Wilson zombie moments, made-for-TV movies, or John ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Cash In Now, Honey: The 11 Best Uses Of Music In Commercials This Year

    We are adidas' friends. You'll never be shoeless again. ​Right now in a record store (probably in Seattle or maybe in Austin), two people are flipping through used vinyl and talking about music. Inevitably, one of them will turn to the other, pick up a record and accuse that musician or band o ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 26, 2011

    Willie Nelson

    We are adidas' friends. You'll never be shoeless again. ​Right now in a record store (probably in Seattle or maybe in Austin), two people are flipping through used vinyl and talking about music. Inevitably, one of them will turn to the other, pick up a record and accuse that musician or band o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Everybody In Wu-Tang: The Gap Enters The 36 Chambers With Its Latest T-Shirt Offering

    The jeans-and-tees emporium The Gap has paired up with musicians before; the likes of Luscious Jackson and Common have warbled holiday-appropriate tunes for them during the store's late-autumn shopping season ads, Daft Punk has danced for its denim, and even Willie Nelson has endorsed the brand. But ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 20, 2011

    Snoop Dogg

    The jeans-and-tees emporium The Gap has paired up with musicians before; the likes of Luscious Jackson and Common have warbled holiday-appropriate tunes for them during the store's late-autumn shopping season ads, Daft Punk has danced for its denim, and even Willie Nelson has endorsed the brand. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    Live: Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang Play Dress-Up at Town Hall

    The day before, at Yo La Tengo's show at Maxwell's. Bonnie Prince Billy & the Cairo Gang Town Hall Wednesday, December 9 Better than: Any other band wearing both pajamas and black suits in the course of one night. "Are you deceiving me?" went the first line of the tonight's six-piece opening ban ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 27, 2010

    Obama's Busted Lip, Willie Nelson's Weed Arrest & More of What You Missed While in a Food Coma

    ​Everyone knows Thanksgiving is a two-day holiday. The first is for eating and drinking and fighting with your family. (Maybe you go to the movies at night, that's okay too.) The second is for eating and drinking more, preferably leftovers with people you like, friends or the favorite family m ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 29, 2010

    BAYOU BASH

    Real America for all us fakers

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Tonight! Sleigh Bells, Cults, Sundelles, Massive Attack, Two Door Cinema Club, Dinosaur Feathers, And Phosphorescent

    Tonight is a Nicolas-Cage-circa-National-Treasure wet dream: The Ridgewood Masonic Temple is housing Sleigh Bells, the M.I.A./Jonas Brother-endorsed duo consisting of metallic guitars fused with overdriven, butt-spanking hip-hop beats. Openers include ecstatic lo-fiers Sundelles and mysterious, sp ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 4, 2010

    Willie Nelson

    Tonight is a Nicolas-Cage-circa-National-Treasure wet dream: The Ridgewood Masonic Temple is housing Sleigh Bells, the M.I.A./Jonas Brother-endorsed duo consisting of metallic guitars fused with overdriven, butt-spanking hip-hop beats. Openers include ecstatic lo-fiers Sundelles and mysterious, sp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Studies in Crap: The Itchy, Whiskery Horror of Macrame

    Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. ​ Creating With Macrame Author: Suzanne Stiles Date: 1971 Publisher: American ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 1, 2009

    Phosphorescent

    Each Thursday, your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from basements, thrift stores, estate sales and flea markets. I do this for one reason: Knowledge is power. ​ Creating With Macrame Author: Suzanne Stiles Date: 1971 Publisher: American ... More >>

  • Film

    July 1, 2009

    "A Willie Nelson 4th of July" at Anthology

    If you hate Willie Nelson, you hate America. Happy 4th!

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    This Week's Voice: Michael Jackson, 1958-2009

    In this week's Village Voice, we remember Michael Jackson: Greg Tate on the man and his legacy, rapper Jean Grae on what Jackson meant to musicians everywhere, and Jessica Hopper, reporting live from Gary, Indiana the night Jackson died. Elsewhere, Rob Harvilla describes the daffy sci-fi audacity ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Billy Bob Thornton: Asshole, Genius, or Both?

    Well, it's not as spectacular as Joaquin Phoenix's mumblefest on David Letterman. In fact, Billy Bob Thornton -- interviewed here with his band the Boxmasters for a radio show -- seems quite lucid, but behaves like a total asshole. It starts about 1:15 in, when the DJ asks when the band formed, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2009

    SXSW 2009: Futuristic Nostalgia with Janelle Monáe and Phosphorescent

    Janelle Monáe (Stubbs) Phosphorescent (Club De Ville) SXSW Wednesday Night, March 18 I would declare that a bunch of Decemberists fans crowding the front of the stage four hours before the sea shanties etc. even begin just to insure their spot is not exactly Atlanta r&b space-cadet Janelle Moná ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 11, 2009

    Tony Scherr

    Janelle Monáe (Stubbs) Phosphorescent (Club De Ville) SXSW Wednesday Night, March 18 I would declare that a bunch of Decemberists fans crowding the front of the stage four hours before the sea shanties etc. even begin just to insure their spot is not exactly Atlanta r&b space-cadet Janelle Moná ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 4, 2009

    Paul Simon

    Janelle Monáe (Stubbs) Phosphorescent (Club De Ville) SXSW Wednesday Night, March 18 I would declare that a bunch of Decemberists fans crowding the front of the stage four hours before the sea shanties etc. even begin just to insure their spot is not exactly Atlanta r&b space-cadet Janelle Moná ... More >>

  • Music

    December 31, 2008

    2008 Jazz Poll Ballots: A-O

    New releases, reissues, debuts, and more—each critic's picks

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Willie Nelson For President! The Redheaded Stranger at Radio City

    New releases, reissues, debuts, and more—each critic's picks

  • Voice Choices

    September 23, 2008

    HE’S ALWAYS ON MY MIND

    Willie Nelson swings through the briar patch

  • Music

    July 9, 2008

    Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis Are Two Men With the Blues

    Two rebels bond over a shared sense of humor

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    Country-Rap: A Secret History

    Two rebels bond over a shared sense of humor

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2008

    Hugs and Kisses #46: Rude Mechanicals and Serpentone

    Two rebels bond over a shared sense of humor

  • Music

    April 15, 2008

    Willie Nelson's Trigger Cuts

    Shotgun Willie gets the respect he deserves

  • Film

    February 26, 2008

    Man vs. Nature in Texas Eco-Doc The Unforeseen

    The sanctity of property vs. the health of the land in Austin

  • Specials

    February 5, 2008

    Letters

    The sanctity of property vs. the health of the land in Austin

  • Music

    January 29, 2008

    Willie Nelson's Moment of Forever

    More stoner odes and queasy political rants

  • NYC Life

    May 8, 2007

    Get Your Cool On

    From free cookouts to urban beaches, the best in New York's summer scenes

  • Music

    November 7, 2006

    Music

    Stuff You Need to Know to Avoid Ostracism

  • Music

    November 7, 2006
  • NYC Life

    August 2, 2005

    Drinking With Dr. Feelgood

    Motley Crüe's Vince Neil, well-respected winemaker?!?

  • Film

    July 26, 2005

    Crash and Burn: Inanimate Dukes Update Salutes Idiocy

    Motley Crüe's Vince Neil, well-respected winemaker?!?

  • Columns

    June 7, 2005

    Horoscope

    Motley Crüe's Vince Neil, well-respected winemaker?!?

  • Columns

    February 1, 2005

    Hotel Hard-On

    Why sex in a paid-for room gives our intrepid reporter so much pleasure

  • Music

    April 20, 2004

    Ska, Jam, Rock, and Reggae Stars Try to Drop Pressure

    Why sex in a paid-for room gives our intrepid reporter so much pleasure

  • Music

    December 9, 2003

    Music

    Why sex in a paid-for room gives our intrepid reporter so much pleasure

  • Music

    October 21, 2003

    Rousing Constituencies

    Old dogs singin' slow songs and fairygodmotherfuckers for discerning dilettantes

  • Art

    June 24, 2003

    Don't Lick His Queen

    The Lactose-Intolerant Detective; Trio's Honky-Tonk Blues

  • Music

    September 10, 2002

    Keeping Up With the Jones

    The Lactose-Intolerant Detective; Trio's Honky-Tonk Blues

  • Music

    August 20, 2002

    Striving for Ease

    Randy Travis Stays With Us

  • Columns

    July 31, 2001

    NY Mirror

    Randy Travis Stays With Us

  • Music

    June 19, 2001

    Class of ’33

    Randy Travis Stays With Us

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    July 20, 1999

    Consumer Guide

    Randy Travis Stays With Us

  • Music

    May 25, 1999

    The GrooveGrass Boyz

    Randy Travis Stays With Us

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    February 9, 1999

    Wandering Minstrel

    Randy Travis Stays With Us

  • Specials

    December 15, 1998

    Letters

    Randy Travis Stays With Us

  • Specials

    December 8, 1998

    Letters

    Randy Travis Stays With Us

  • Music

    November 17, 1998

    The Unflashiest

    Randy Travis Stays With Us

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