New York
Springtime in New York
At lunch Friday with a magazine editor friend who has a place in Phoenicia, I was asked why I would want to spend a beautiful spring weekend in NY City...
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May 6, 2013
The Day That Margaret Thatcher Dies
Since moving upstate in 2005 I have tried desperately hard to become a better person. In the nature of the Woodstock environment, I have taken up zazen at the local...
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April 8, 2013
The November 6 election: Every Vote Counted
I was as invested in the election of Ceclia Tkaczyk to our NY State Senate as I was in any race this past November. Among other attributes, Cecilia was serving...
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January 25, 2013
The ARChive of Contemporary Music: Collecting Gone Mad
New York has turned into a “Museum City,” says Bob George, founder of the Archive of Contemporary Music. George knows of what he speaks, both from the perspective of being...
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February 14, 2012
Musings On A September Mourning
It had been such a perfect summer. My wife Posie and I decided not to travel abroad this year but to stay local and make the most of all that...
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September 11, 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
Tuli Kupferberg: The Beat Goes On
Tuli Kupferberg passed away yesterday, July 12, at the ripe old age of 86. Before he teamed up with Ed Sanders and Ken Weaver to form the Fugs, Kupferberg was...
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July 13, 2010
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