Tag: Music
Is America Not Ready for the Glambert?
The most recent controversy that seems to have sparked a media frenzy is Adam Lambert's performance at the 2009 American Music Awards. His raunchy performance, including simulating oral sex with a male dancer and making out with a male...
Authentic Message or Gaga Flair?
There are a lot of musical mini-sensations around these days, but it is hard to see which of them, if any, is blessed with the sort of longevity that can allow them to last the distance. Our ears are...
Apparently, Michael Jackson Wants to be Reborn
Imagine being pregnant and going with your excited husband to see the sonogram. The anticipation, the nervous flutters, the gel is squeezed onto your belly and as you lean back and glance at the monitor, you see…Michael Jackson?
A couple...
Tea and a Chat: Roger Daltrey at Times Square.
It's not all that often you get to see a legend in action, but Roger Daltrey definitely fits that bill and he was most certainly in action on Friday night at the Nokia Theatre in Times Square. The crowd...
Bowery Hotel is Events’ Ground Zero This Week.
When you think of the Bowery Hotel, you think of a cool, sophisticated, English decorated style venue with a huge summertime deck on the 2nd floor, perfect for any type of function. Perhaps that’s the reason it was scouted...
Britney can do whatever, forever.
(a second point of view on a previous Predator story)
Britney Spears' fans seem to be a tad bit upset by the fact that she is lip-syncing her way through her Circus tour down under in Australia. Reportedly,...
Bon Jovi- too beautiful for you…
Last week cameras were poised to capture the premiere of Bon Jovi’s first foray into rock documentary entitled “Bon Jovi: When We Were Beautiful.” Film crews followed the band during their 2008 Lost Highway Tour, granted access...
CMJ Takes a Bite out of Williamsburger.
Photos courtesy of Rob Loud.
Pink spandex pants. Unfortunately, these are seen often enough to become normal, if not passe. Whatever their status, the singer from Sleighbells got on stage and did some uhs and ohs sporting these trendy slacks....
Music has Power; Society comes together.
As I walked into the Music Has Power Awards Benefit at Feinstein’s at Lowes Regency, I was taken back by the grace and elegance of both the venue and the attendees. The crowd was filled with women...
Steve Conte and the Crazy Truth star at John Varvatos.
There’s nothing cooler than free whiskey and an indy rock concert in the east village New York City. John Varvatos plays host to Steve Conte and the Crazy Truth, as Conte announced that this would be their last performance...
Everyone wants to be a ‘Rock Star.’
Whether you were once the type of child who grooved and sang atop their family fireplace for anyone who might watch or the type who privately held a water bottle to their lips as a microphone in performance for...
40th anniversary of Woodstock at the Morrison Hotel Art Gallery.
The revolution has been commoditized. Luckily, for those of us who could not have afforded the time to be born into a generation who actually achieved their dreams, it is now on sale.
The Morrison Hotel Art Gallery’s 40th Anniversary...
Tim Westergren- ‘Pandora’s,’ bearer of hope and curiosity..?
Tim Westergren has been instrumental in the way we understand and consume music today. Founder of Pandora.com, a portable loading internet radio station three years ago, along with the Music Genome project, he has undertaken one of “the most...
Izzy Gold: Cultural Provocateur?
The last time I checked Izzy had been holed up in his studios for the last 26 hours, what he was doing was anyone’s guess but at any rate I finally got Izzy to answer his phone. As I...
Musicians Nearly Beat Each other up in Washington Square Park and other dramas.
It's New York City and everyone's trying to make a buck, whether clamoring to the top of corporate chains, beating out hundreds of others for Broadway leads, promoting underground magazines or, say, playing music in a park. Does one...
