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Into each life a little rain must fall: President Donald Trump speaks in D.C. in 2019, before departing to London to meet with NATO leaders for the 70th anniversary of the alliance.

History Bites

The Republicans are Raining on America’s Most Patriotic Celebration – Again

by R.C. Baker

1976 Village Voice article by Greil Marcus about the American bicentennial

SEVEN DECADES

Last Refuge of a Rock Critic: A Bicentennial Search for Patriotism

by Greil Marcus

An activist protesting outside a carriage horse stable in 2025, during a rally supporting the passage of Ryder’s Law.

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Since the Death of Ryder in 2022, the Toll Continues to Rise

by Tracy Basile

Live music, DJs, merch, and street food. ’Nuff said.

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Eat, Drink, and Be Merry Till Midnight at the Queens Night Market 

by Laura Bell

Into each life a little rain must fall: President Donald Trump speaks in D.C. in 2019, before departing to London to meet with NATO leaders for the 70th anniversary of the alliance.

History Bites

The Republicans are Raining on America’s Most Patriotic Celebration – Again

by R.C. Baker

Taking to the streets in 1969.

SEVEN DECADES

1969: Three Weeks After Stonewall, Gay Power Began Finding Its Voice

by Jonathan Black

This article is from 2001; this photo is from 2014; it’s now 2026 and we were just thinking, Yeah, the band is named Clinic, but Adrian Blackburn still seemed to know something the rest of us would only catch up to in 2020.

SEVEN DECADES

As the Aughts Got Rolling, Clinic Covered Their Mugs and Wowed Radiohead

by Stuart Berman

Tia Wood mixes it up.

VOICE CHOICE

From TikTok to the Smithsonian, Tia Wood Brings Her Personal Pop/R&B/Indigenous Sound to ‘Native Sounds Downtown’

by Laura Bell

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SEVEN DECADES

Forty Years Ago – and Four Decades After Its Creator’s Death – ‘Krazy Kat’ Was Still the Comic Strip of the Moment

by J. Hoberman

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New York Dolls

1975 Village Voice story on David Johansen and the New York Dolls

MUSIC ARCHIVES

Valley of the New York Dolls

“There was always a sense of American mythology about the Dolls, and those of us who spent three years of our lives working with them had to believe they were more than just another rock ‘n’ roll group”

by Paul Nelson

Originally published: May 26, 1975

MUSIC ARCHIVES

‘Max’s Kansas City Alumni Reunion’

by Kory Grow

May 23, 2012

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‘Personality Crisis’

by Chandler Levack

January 19, 2011

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LIPSTICK KILLERS

by Elizabeth Thompson

December 24, 2008

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Sensualistic, Polytheistic

by Robert Christgau

July 25, 2006

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Music

by Tricia Romano

February 7, 2006

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Long Island Dolls Next Door Opt for Midnight Snack Over Fix and Kiss

by Tim Ellison

October 25, 2005

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Sometimes a roil works even if it’s planned well in advance

by Joshua Langhoff

June 28, 2005

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What I Learned About Germany

by Sterling Clover

July 6, 2004

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Beware the Real Low-Rent Puke-and-Boogie Blues, Buster

by George Smith

November 11, 2003

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