Click World News (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Science & the City / New York Academy of Sciences has a few seats left for their upcoming event "The Science of the Five Senses" - if you're in NYC check it out! In this stimulating series, scientists at the cutting edge of sense research team up with cultural icons - including a gourmand, an illusionist, a filmmaker, and a songstress - to excite each of our senses and explain the science behind your...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
One of my favorite writers, musically and otherwise, Peter Holsapple has published an insiders dissection of the dB's "Love is for Lovers" in the New...
BetaNews (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
The labs that brought you the MP3 codec have moved their Mufin music-finder project into the public-beta phase, adding two widgets options to their collection.
ASA Citation (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Changes are an unpredictable thing. You never know what happens next, whether it will be a change for the better or not. However, we have nothing to do but accept the laws of nature. So many things are said about changes, so many songs are devoted to changes. Still, it will always be one of the most [...]
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
You may have seen one or two of these around town… Photo: Tim Griffin The schedule for Season 1 of “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…” has been released and it looks like this: Wednesday, December 3rd at 9:00pm “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Sir Elton John Wednesday, December 10th at 9:00pm “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Lou Reed + Julian Schnabel” Wednesday, December 17th at [...]
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Something new from WNYC's John Schaefer (a Park Sloper) and host of the show Soundcheck. They invited musicians and artists to help create a map of their favorite destinations in New York City – where they go in this hectic city for creative inspiration or just for fun. From parks and coffee shops to bowling alleys and museums, jazz clubs to vintage shops, musicians and artists such as Quincy Jones,...
The Revealer (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Sharlet: I recently met an activist and memoirist named Michael Patrick McDonald, who for his second book, Easter Rising , got the only blurb I've ever truly been jealous of. He'd been trying to contact Patti Smith to win permission to quote a line from her amazing "Gloria" -- "Jesus died for somebody's sins, but not mine" in his memoir of punk and South Boston...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
Songwriter Rodney Crowell slipped off country music radio some time ago, but he likes to think that he and his long-standing fans continue their dialogue off the air. "My audience seems to be holding up their end of the conversation," Crowell says from his...
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2008
Filed under: Free MP3 of the Day Spinner.com : Artist: Dar Williams Songs: 'It's Alright'Album: 'Promised Land' [iTunes]Sounds Like: Rosanne Cash , Emmylou HarrisDownload: 'It's Alright' (MP3)[Get Winamp] [Download Help] Next MP3... Read more
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Lou Reed, The Police and Jenny Lewis are among the guests who have been lined up to appear on a new talk show hosted by Elvis Costello.
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
Last night in a screening room lit by flickering candles at New York City’s exclusive Norwood Club, less than 40 people attended an intimate screening of Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison, the documentary about Cash’s seminal live album currently making the international festival rounds. Rosanne Cash, director Bestor Cram and writer Michael Streissguth were on [...]
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/01/2008
In “Science of the Five Senses,” a series of talks starting on Monday at the New York Academy of Sciences, teams of researchers and artists will explore the inner workings of the sensory mind.
Billboard (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Fred discusses chart action from AC/DC, Carrie Underwood, Labelle and more.
kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
Although she lives around the corner from me, and Michael sees her regularly, I FINALLY ran into my hero Rosanne Cash, after brunch on Sunday. She was sweet if not a bit skeptical when I gushed and told her that her 1996 album, "10 Song Demo," is my favorite album EVER. " Ever ?" she said, sounding like she'd almost lost respect for me for saying it. (I probably meant my favorite album of HERS ever...
Celebrity Smack! (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
Johnny Cash’s At Folsom Prison: Legacy Edition is finally out in stores, but this is your opportunity to WIN this awesome 40th anniversary 2-CD and DVD box set here and now! This classic footage was filmed January 13, 1968, when Cash played two shows at the one and only Folsom prison. This box set is like no [...]
