Category Archives: music

PRINCE RIP

April 22, 2016 – 9:54 am

Prince’s first show was at the Minneapolis’ Capri Theater on January 5, 1979. Throughout his long career the rock star performed his music at 1,332 concerts. I was lucky enough to catch his Palladium gig in December 1981. Richie Boy, my coke connection, and I was walking down West 14th Street and the concert hall’s […]

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DAZED BY ZEPPELIN by Peter Nolan Smith

April 12, 2016 – 12:57 pm

Everyone in the world has a phone. I can call Fenway’s mom in Thailand and Mam will pick up the phone on the other side of the world. This advancement is a miracle, considering only twenty years ago phone service to foreign countries was a costly and timely expenditure. Now international connections are linked by […]

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JUMP AROUND / House Of Pain

March 17, 2016 – 10:10 am

It’s that time of year again. One question I wanted to ask the parade marshal of New York. Why don’t the Fife and Drum bands play this Irish hip-hop hit?

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Riot At The Ritz

February 25, 2016 – 3:53 pm

In May 1981 PIL, the front band for ex-Sex Pistol Johnny Rotten was approached by the Ritz in the East Village to fill in for Bow Wow Wow. The band wasn’t into doing the gig but according to Ed Caraballo, the band’s cameraman said to the band, “Wait,they have all this fabulous video equipment there […]

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SANTA BABY – Eartha Kitt

December 18, 2015 – 7:02 am
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