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May 21, 2012
GoogaMooga: The Recap
There is no denying that Saturday's GoogaMooga was a mess. Lines poured into one another and waits topped over an hour. Beer cards were sold and then couldn't be redeemed. Food and drink ran out. All in all, it was not a good scene. But did you really expect anything different? This was a first run ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Levon Helm, R.I.P.
Levon Helm died yesterday, at 71, from cancer. You didn't have to know him (as I did, faintly, fondly), to know that along with possessing one of the most moving voices and wickedest backbeats American music will ever know, that he had one of the most incredible, most surprising lives imaginable. Bo ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
Will Woodstock Criminalize Hydraulic Fracturing?
From a report earlier today, it looks like Woodstock might try outlawing hydraulic fracturing -- the highly controversial natural gas extraction method that many fear will pollute New York's water supply with carcinogenic chemicals and radiation. The Town Board has decided to consider a proposal t ... More >>
Voice Choices
February 1, 2012
FREE LOVE
Three days of peace and music in one night
Blogs
June 14, 2011
BREAKING: Music Festival Attendees Do Drugs
Megan Morris/FlickrEach one of these tents? FULL OF DRUGS. "Officially, Bonnaroo forbids drugs. Unofficially, all kinds of drugs were as easy to find as the ice cream. Marijuana was most prevalent. As at many festivals and rock concerts, the usual laws seem not to apply; transactions that cou ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Taavo Somer May Do the Hippie Hippie Shake in Williamsburg
Dine with us.After months of semi-hushed rumor mongering about Taavo Somer's South Williamsburg outpost of Freeman's, Eater has it that the restaurant, located on South 2nd Street and Wythe Avenue, will be "some kind of hippie place." Whether it will be an Altamont kind of hippie place or Woo ... More >>
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December 8, 2010
Wavy Gravy Portrait Keeps Up the Clown's Disguise
Dine with us.After months of semi-hushed rumor mongering about Taavo Somer's South Williamsburg outpost of Freeman's, Eater has it that the restaurant, located on South 2nd Street and Wythe Avenue, will be "some kind of hippie place." Whether it will be an Altamont kind of hippie place or Woo ... More >>
Blogs
October 7, 2010
Woodstock Hangover: Ripping Off Rock Festivals
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 30, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 31 Rip-offs and revival By Don Heckman Summer rock festivals. Hippie capitalists. Rip-offs. Exploitation of the "rock community." Not exactly the kind of year anyone expected after the good vibes of Woodstoc ... More >>
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October 6, 2010
Woodstock Hangover: The New York Pop Festival Doesn't Measure Up
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. July 23, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 30 A study in mistrust By Carman Moore Imagine packing a picnic lunch, taking a few of your friends out to the country, and hiring a few musicians you like a lot to make it all magical (maybe the musicians ... More >>
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September 1, 2010
August 29: Bread Alone Cafe in Boiceville, NY
Bread Alone's mixed nut tart is rarely found at the bakery's stalls in the city, but you can get it from its source in the Catskills. The Bread Alone stand is a fixture in many of the city's greenmarkets, selling fresh and crusty loaves in two dozen varieties. Yes they have hippie breads pav ... More >>
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August 31, 2010
August 28: Making Raspberry Jam
The finished jam -- a little more tart than usual -- was the most flavorful you've ever tasted. After successfully canning a dozen quarts of tomatoes, my friend and I couldn't wait to continue. We'd decided to specialize in acid-bearing fruits, since these are easier to can for bacteriologic ... More >>
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August 3, 2010
Woodstock Hangover: Let's Do It Again!
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 4, 1969, Vol. XIV, No. 47 Scenes by Howard Smith AS EVERYONE has probably heard by now there is going to be a Woodstock Music and Art Fair Part Two next August. There has to be. Its backers need another one for financial vind ... More >>
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June 18, 2010
Week in Review: A Safe Atmosphere
Those flower pots aren't going to replace themselves. Photo by Rebecca SmeyneIn the week that 25,000 people converged on a South Street Seaport venue meant for only about 10,000, were denied a free Drake concert, and promptly began rioting, we dodged metal chairs, watched as Police Commission ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 5, 2010
Johnny Winter
Those flower pots aren't going to replace themselves. Photo by Rebecca SmeyneIn the week that 25,000 people converged on a South Street Seaport venue meant for only about 10,000, were denied a free Drake concert, and promptly began rioting, we dodged metal chairs, watched as Police Commission ... More >>
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November 25, 2009
F2K: The 50 Worst Songs of the '00s
Since this archive page mysteriously disappeared over at its original home, consider this your new bookmark/placeholder/friend on late, lonely nights. Confused? More here. It's super-cute to peruse decade-end lists and pretend to be enthusiastic about true artists like Arcade Fire, timeless m ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 24, 2009
RED CARPET REUNION
Pass the cranberries and the fiddle
Blogs
August 27, 2009
I Went Down a Rabbit Hole
Or more accurately, up a rabbit hole. This was at Castlestock 2009, a surreal Woodstock annniversary tribute in and around a Hamptons castle owned by a rich guy named Sir Ivan, who sings, wears a cape, and wants to be terribly famous. So do I--but I settled for some nookie instead, climbing ... More >>
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August 26, 2009
Bears are the New Twinks
CLICK HERE for this week's column, in which I investigate the rise of chunky, hairy gay bears as the hot new sexual object, as witnessed by an insidery film being done about them. Also in the column:
Film
August 25, 2009
Taking Woodstock Recycles 60's Tropes
Who knew three days of peace & music would oppress us for 40 years? (Plus: this movie)
Blogs
August 19, 2009
Baby Boomers Are Still Getting High
A new survey says that members of the Woodstock generation are just as stoned out of their skulls as they were 40 years ago! Apparently, the whole rehab phenomenon never really happened--or if it did, it obviously didn't take too well. Furthermore, the growing up process that generally occurs ... More >>
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August 12, 2009
Ribs and Aging Rock Stars at Virgil's Tonight
Neato Coolville/flickrThis evening, Virgil's will be holding Ribstock in conjunction with the Heroes of Woodstock concert taking place at the Nokia Theater. The barbecue restaurant is planning to give away about 200 racks to the general public, as well as the chance to see some of the show's ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2009
Kinky Hair and Kinkier Sex
That's what you get in the column this week, and it's all free, folks! CLICK HERE and you'll read my interview with Nancy Giles, the funny TV commentator who's doing a play about coming to terms with her Afro. For no extra charge, you'll also be rewarded with:
Columns
August 4, 2009
Is Janet The Most Annoying Jackson?
Plus Nancy Giles plays with her hair. And acid redux: Elliot Tiber and Demetri Martin talk about Taking Woodstock.
Voice Choices
August 4, 2009
'John Kelly Sings the Joni Mitchell Songbook'
Plus Nancy Giles plays with her hair. And acid redux: Elliot Tiber and Demetri Martin talk about Taking Woodstock.
Voice Choices
August 4, 2009
LONG LIVE HIPPIE ROCK
O.G. musicians from Woodstock perform once again
Blogs
August 3, 2009
Woodstock '09 Not Coming to Prospect Park, or Anywhere Else
Hey, thank god, the dream is dead: Woodstock 2009, long threatened to grace Prospect Park, possibly in this very month, will not happen. It's the 40th anniversary of the festival this year, and the 10th anniversary of Woodstock 99, the malevolent cauldron of sexual assault and mud that provid ... More >>
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March 25, 2009
Woodstock 40th Anniversary To Be in Prospect Park?
Woodstock co-founder Michael Lang confirmed at SXSW that he'd been scoping out New York City for this year's 40th anniversary celebration, rather than somewhere upstate. The BBC takes this to the logical conclusion and suggests Central Park. But a few weeks ago, little yellow birdie told us someth ... More >>
Voice Choices
November 5, 2008
WE'LL GET OVER
With Mavis Staples leading the way
Voice Choices
May 20, 2008
STILL SEEING THINGS
The Joshua Light Show comes back from the future
Music
May 1, 2007
Californian Democracy
Genius mingles with dementia in a crucial seven-disc funk love letter
Blogs
February 5, 2007
Hippie Vamps Stalk West Side
Genius mingles with dementia in a crucial seven-disc funk love letter
Specials
October 18, 2005
Hog Farm's Wayward Bus
Pilgrims & Profiteers on A Cross-Country Crusade
Music
August 2, 2005
Body English
Golden guitarist burns tunefully to the center of his own groove
Music
April 5, 2005
Ignorants and Know-Alls Keep Out
Eight inauthenticities hard to resist, even when hard to understand, or impossible to love
Music
April 9, 2002
Everyone Hates Miss Popular
Eight inauthenticities hard to resist, even when hard to understand, or impossible to love
Music
May 9, 2000
Hard Rain on the Scarecrow
Eight inauthenticities hard to resist, even when hard to understand, or impossible to love
Home
February 15, 2000
Thirdhand News
Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise
Specials
November 23, 1999
Letters
Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise
Long Island Voice
November 9, 1999
Politics of the pit
Consumers Complain, Party, Riot, Look for Answers, and Crack Wise
News
November 2, 1999
Politics of the Pit
Where Do We Go Now? The Aftermath of Rapestock
Music
September 7, 1999
Grape of Wrath
Where Do We Go Now? The Aftermath of Rapestock
Long Island Voice
August 17, 1999
Really Gone, Man
Where Do We Go Now? The Aftermath of Rapestock
NYC Life
August 10, 1999
Sexism & the City
On the Bias
Music
August 10, 1999
Girls Interrupted
On the Bias
News
August 3, 1999
All the Rage
The new aggression and its Hidden Meaning
News
July 13, 1999
Back To Which Garden?
The Squabbling Spawn of Woodstock
News
June 8, 1999
Up In The Old Hotel
What will one elderly Woodstock resident do with the insurance windfall from a Times Square construction accident? Buy a hot plate.
Film
March 23, 1999
A Walk on the Moon
What will one elderly Woodstock resident do with the insurance windfall from a Times Square construction accident? Buy a hot plate.
Music
November 17, 1998
Urgency Emergency
What will one elderly Woodstock resident do with the insurance windfall from a Times Square construction accident? Buy a hot plate.
Music
October 20, 1998
R.O.C.K. in the USA
What will one elderly Woodstock resident do with the insurance windfall from a Times Square construction accident? Buy a hot plate.
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