January 2009
Matchbooks of the Lost City →
A couple weeks ago, I descended into my cellar to retrieve some Christmas decorations. While there, I stumbled upon a dusty old plastic bag filled with matchbooks. When I was younger, I used to grab…
Matchbooks of the Lost City: The Recently Deceased →
Marion’s, died on the Bowery this year. A Florent matchbook from way back when. I mean the late ’80s. The Old Minetta Tavern. Not the one McNally is going to reopen soon.
Happy new year - last post for 2008 →
Happy New Year from peteski on Vimeo. Special thanks to all of the Stupefaction readers out there. We appreciate your eyeballs. Also big thanks to my fellow bloggers - you…
December 2008
Coney Island Rally →
CONEY ISLAND COALITION CALLS FOR NEW YEARS DAY RALLY In what is probably the biggest and most devastating vanishing of 2008, with our backs turned, in the dark of winter, Coney Island has been…
Time Warner Cable could lose all Viacom channels... →
MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and more could soon by pulled from Time Warner Cable’s lineup after Viacom demands an extra quarter per month for its channels. The current contract expires at…
Paulette Goddard →
NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE. Paramount, 1940.
683 × 800
Оригинал (2049×2400)
Whore? Sure →
Angry man: You’re a crackhead whore! Woman: I ain’t no crackhead, I am an alcoholic. —Metro North Train Overheard by: Steve Scheno Alsome | Thumbs up | Thumbs down | Link · …
Happy Birthday! →
Paul Westerberg of The Replacements turns 49 today. The Replacements, clockwise from bottom left: Paul Westerberg, Chris Mars, Bob Stinson and Tommy Stinson. Wikipedia: The Replacements
2008 Vanishings →
The year in review. It’s a staple. To keep it simple, if hardly exhaustive, here’s my list culled only from the 2008 Vanishing New York archives. For other end-of-year lists and round-ups, see Lost…
S is for Steichen #11 →
Greta Garbo (1928)
They Were Collaborators #535 →
Dino, Desi and Billy
The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson with guests... →
An amazing line-up for the 1965 New Year’s Eve edition of The Tonight Show.
HUH? →
Just click here.
Soul Stirrers #4 →
Wilson Pickett
Happy Birthday! →
Patti Smith turns 62 today! Wikipedia: Patti Smith Official Website: pattismith.net Video: Patti Smith - Free Money - live - 1978 - youtube Blogload: Patti Smith - Radio…
Department S - Is Vic There? →
On this date in 1980, Department S released their debut single, “Is Vic There?”. It was backed by “Solid Gold Easy Action”. The single was re-released in 1981 with a different B side, “Put All The…
Happy Posthumous Birthday! →
Robert Quine of Richard Hell and The Voidoids would have turned 66 today. He died of a heroin overdose on June 5, 2004. The Voidoids, left to right: Ivan Julian, Robert Quine, Richard Hell…
Happy '09 for music writers? →
Not likely… I’m gonna have my annual round-up of best music journalism here in PopMatters in about two weeks and part of that includes an intro where I talk about the state of the biz. As you’d…
Join Me! →
At the Ear Inn….
or McGovern’s..
Or we can break into the Long Island Restaurant…HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The Perfect hairdo →
Evan "Funk" Davies's Best of 2008 →
As is the case every year, this list is based first on a computerized analysis of my playlists from the past year, during which I note how frequently I played songs from the different releases…
Scritti Politti - Work In Progress →
On this date in 1979, Scritti Politti released their second EP, Work In Progress. It was a four song offering of recordings from Peel Sessions. The tracks were “Messthetics”, “Hegemony”, “…
"Jazz Party" with Host Art Ford (1957... →
posted by Ira Gallen’s tvdays
"Chris Bell's passion for music still... →
“Thirty years ago today, the body of Chris Bell was laid to rest. But his music, his spirit, have yet to be buried.”
“It’s been a banner year for the work of the late singer-songwriter
and…
Peanuts - Hey Ya →
This is for reader & fellow Peanuts fan Deborah A. who so kindly sent me a Quicktime version of this video that didn’t work for some reason. Oh well. Here’s one from YouTube. …
RIP →
Delaney Bramlett - RIP Freddie Hubbard - RIP
Freddie Hubbard dies at 70 →
Freddie Hubbard Somehow 70 seems too early for this masterful trumpeter, known as much for his work with Ornette Coleman on Free Jazz, Eric Dolphy on Out to Lunch and John Coltrane on Ole…
Nice rack! →
Brother Jack McDuff “Hot Barbeque” Prestige Records (1966) With George Benson. I real organ-guitar groover! Check it out!
Smooth operator →
“Caderno de Notas” Ribamar e seu Conjunto Columbia Records (Brazil)
Porgy and Bess on a budget →
“Porgy and Bess” Plymouth Hi-Fi Orchestral Highlights by the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra