Northside Festival Day 2 Computer Magic and Chrome Canyon Brooklyn Bowl June 15, 2013 On the second day of the Northside Festival, I had a rather difficult decision to make: catching Black Flag at Warsaw […]
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On a rather hot summer night, I first decided to stop at the new Starbucks on Broadway and Queens Blvd to work on the Coney Island Mermaid Parade post, as well as to conserve a […]
Coney island Mermaid Parade 6/22/13
As you’ll likely be aware, Superstorm Sandy ravished the low-lying coastal areas of New York and New Jersey, leaving a path of destruction that most residents have never seen before, and in some parts of […]
Northside Festival Day 1: BMI Creators Kickoff Event featuring Beast Patrol
Northside Festival Day 1 BMI Creators Kickoff Event featuring Beast Patrol Mabel’s Smokehouse June 13, 2013 After covering the New Music Seminar New York Festival, I followed that up with covering the Northside Festival across […]
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Last Sunday while at the Metropark NJ Transit station, I bought a ticket, begged their slow ticket vending machines to go a little faster, and ran up three flights of stairs with two heavy bags (a […]
Big Daddy Kane at Summerstage — Herbert Von King Park/Tompkins Park 6/12/13
Big Daddy Kane Summerstage – Herbert von King Park/Tompkins Park 6/12/13 As a child growing up in the 80s, I spent a great deal of time watching MTV. In particular, I watched a lot of Yo! […]
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As I was on my way to Summerstage to cover Sinkane and Femi Kuti, i caught this bit of graffiti on a truck on Lexington Avenue between East 71st Street and East 72nd Street, if […]
Sinkane and Femi Kuti at Rumsey Playfield, Summerstage 6/23/13
Sinkane and Femi Kuti Rumsey Playfield, Summerstage June 23, 2013 Last Sunday afternoon was a gorgeous summer afternoon – incredibly, bright sunlight, with cerulean blue skies and puffy clouds but uncomfortably hot. I think that […]
New Music Seminar Festival NY 2013 — Day 1: Ahmir, Etivan, 2AM Club, Baby Bee, and the Soul Rebels at Webster Hall 6/9/13
New Music Seminar Festival NY 2013 Day 1: Ahmir, Etivan, 2AM Club, Baby Bee, and the Soul Rebels Webster Hall June 9, 2013 The New Music Seminar can trace its history back to the 1980 […]
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I was in the Bedford Stuyvestant section of Brooklyn, walking to Tompkins Park – oh wait, it’s Herbert von King Park now – to catch Big Daddy Kane perform as part of this year’s Summerstage […]
Red Bull Music Academy Presents: The DFA Records 12th Anniversary Event at Grand Prospect Hall 5/25/13
Red Bull Music Academy Presents: The DFA Records 12th Anniversary Event Grand Prospect Hall May 25, 2013 Back during an unusually chilly Memorial Day Weekend, I was at the gorgeous Grand Prospect Hall in Park […]
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Occasionally, the old New York that i once loved is hidden below the surface of new developments and chain stores – and it’s still beautiful and extremely weird but it seems to be disappearing before […]
Fania Records — Armada Fania Pop Up Store and Club at the 1896 featuring DJ DNGR GRDN, DJ Wasabi and DJ Louie Vega 5/25/13
Fania Records, often described as the Motown of Latin music, had a rather unique series of events from May 22nd – May 25th, to celebrate the label’s release of a compilation of remixes of their […]
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Memorial Day Weekend this year was incredibly busy. Friday night, I was at Fania Records’ Armada Fania Pop-Up Store and Club Party at the 1896 in Bushwick, Brooklyn with world famous DJ Louie Vega spinning […]
FLOWN at Secret Project Robot 5/17/13
A couple of weeks ago, I was at Secret Project Robot in Bushwick, Brooklyn to catch FLOWN’s Album Release show for their vinyl Eye of God/Yearlong Eclipse 7 inch. Check out some photos from the show below. […]