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In this, our "Deep Voice" first installment, we find 1) a 1986 preview of the Beasties opening for RUN DMC at the famed Apollo Theater from a writer with no byline who calls them "lazy fucks" 2) a 1989 article by Robert Christgau that features the D...
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I was told by my roommate the night before that passing out would be "uncool." "You're getting a cool person tattoo," she said half-jokingly, half-concerned. "If you pass out or cry, that would defeat the purpose."
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Dita Von Teese might be offended when we call her the Founding Mother of Modern Burlesque, but the shoe fits. Teese spent the 1990s dragging striptease back from the grimy brink of tawdriness, recovering a lost, pre-war world of fan dance glamor. So ...
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Janis Joplin gave what would be her last interview ever, with Village Voice writer Howard Smith. The last time the two were set to speak, Joplin cancelled after Rolling Stone had written a critical piece which upset her greatly. Here, in an illustrat...
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Marnie Stern
New York is full of wonderful things. That's why you live here, right? Out-of-towners see a very crowded place, but we know that this city is crowded with amazing people, restaurants, parks, bars, concerts, stores, and theaters. Becau...
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Drake has been so convincing in his vulnerability, that he's actually been able to convince the world that it's all accidental. From bedazzled slogans like "YOLO," to the way his romances seem ...
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If you happen to be walking past Herald Square around noon today, and you see hundreds of people doubled over, butts jutting: Stay calm. It's just Big Freedia and her army of twerkers. As a promotion for her upcoming reality show on Fuse TV, the New ...
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If you've listened to the radio in the past week, chances are, you've heard a Nile Rodgers song--and probably more than one. Besides co-writing and playing guitar on Daft Punk's internationally chart-annihilating hit, "Get Lucky," Rodgers has produce...
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Eddie Vedder or Darius Rucker?
Did you know that there are people out there--kids, mostly--who can't tell Pearl Jam and Hootie and the Blowfish apart?
No, seriously, we've witnessed it with our own eyes.
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Drake's new album, Nothing Was The Same, is due out today, but it leaked last week.
It is one of the year's best projects, as has been the case with any album Drake has released, with the possible exception of Comeback Season if you want to be parti...
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Hi Fan!
I'm a freshman in college in Pennsylvania. Before enrolling, I was the lead singer of a Buffalo, New York band. We are reasonably successful and noteworthy in the area (having played nearly all of the biggest venues of the area, recording an ...
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It's been 20 years since Tajai introduced his counterparts Phesto, A Plus, and Opio (aka The Souls Of Mischief) one by one over the intro to "From 93 Till Infinity." Obviously, a lot of has changed since the days when Opio had dreads and Phesto was s...
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For more shows throughout the week, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily.Monday, 9/23:
Dave Douglas Sextet
York Theatre at St. Peter's Church
7pm, $20
The Festival Of New Trumpet Music has been taking place this week, givin...
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Better Than: Megadeth.
It was anything but amateur night at the Apollo Theater Saturday night as Metallica, unarguably the world's preeminent metal band, raged through a two hour-plus private concert on the hallowed Harlem stage.
About 1,500 Siriu...
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Better Than: Jimmy Buffett. Way better.
Toward the end of their headlining set at Barclays Center on Friday night, Vampire Weekend took an abrupt left turn from "Don't Lie," a harpsichord-laden mid-tempo number off their third LP from earlier this ...
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This week in New York city comedy is packed with heavy hitters, real deals, and genuine articles. From rapid-fire topical jokes at The Magnet to drunken literary critiques in a community bookstore, the city's funny people are bringing the goods in al...
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285 Kent
New York is full of wonderful things. That's why you live here, right? Out-of-towners see a very crowded place, but we know that this city is crowded with amazing restaurants, parks, bars, concerts, stores, and theaters. Because it's so j...
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Duane Pitre performs with Eleh as Pitreleh at ISSUE Project Room on September 21.What was the first instrument you learned to play to a proficiency that you were ...
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For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily.Friday, 9/20:
Laura Benanti
54 Below
8pm, Friday & Saturday; 11pm, Friday, $50-$60
She's strutted on Broadway musical stages and nabbed a Tony, she...
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More than just extracting the saccharine from her sound, Britney has reinforced another important cultural influence she's had: her mainstay as a gay icon.
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Before the single premiered...
