Monthly Archives: April 2011
“Love Is In Our Hearts!” How I Spent The Royal Wedding, 1981
When I was 17, it was a very good year. Among other brilliant things happening in my life – like having a gigging band and a successful fanzine and starting...
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April 29, 2011
She Made a Difference: R.I.P. Poly Styrene
This past Saturday, we threw a little dance party at our house; we do that now and then. I like them to have themes, and this one was dedicated to...
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April 26, 2011
It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like… Christmas?
Photographs from a Good Friday run-hike up Hunter Mountain: ascent via Devil’s Path, descent via Becker Hollow. “Aerial” shots taken atop the Fire Tower. As you can see, the snow...
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April 24, 2011
Soul Sonic Forces
My long-standing friend Peter Jervis, who I know as Jaf from the days when he fronted the Jamming! Records band Zeitgeist, has always had impeccable taste in soul music. (Zeitgeist’s...
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April 14, 2011
New Yorkers to Albany: No Fracking Way
Just some of the home-made signs at the anti-Fracking Legislative Day Of Action in Albany on Monday, April 11th. (Click on images to see in larger size.) With the New...
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April 11, 2011
Give It Up! Ten Reasons We Loved LCD Soundsystem
On Friday October 10, 2002, I posted a live review of LCD Soundsystem at the Bowery in Manhattan. “Give It Up!” I headlined. “Ten Reasons To Love LCD Soundsystem.” On...
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April 7, 2011