88 BoaDrum feat. Gang Gang Dance at East River State Park (08/08/08) More 88 BoaDrum pics on Flickr Have no fear hipsters, your insatiable need for free outdoor concerts will not go unmet this summer: Stephanie Thayer, executive director of the Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn, a nonprofit group that coordinated last year’s concerts,…
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RIP Brooklyn Blogger Robert Guskind (Gowanus Lounge)
Bob Guskind Photo: Aonghais MacInnes I was shocked and saddened to hear the news of Brooklyn blogger and veteran reporter Robert Guskind‘s (1958-2009) passing today. For those of you not familiar with the man or his work, Bob was the founder of the excellent Brooklyn blog, Gowanus Lounge, and up until January Bob also worked…
Tinted Windows Playing SXSW
This is certainly one of the most the bizarre “supergroups” to emerge over the years: Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, Hanson’s Taylor Hanson and Fountains Of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger have formed a new band, Tinted Windows. [Billboard.com] Tinted Windows will play its first major show at Billboard’s…
BRIT Awards Winners
The BRIT Awards were last night (Feb 18), here’s a list of the winners: British Female Solo Artist: Duffy International Female Solo Artist: Katy Perry British Breakthrough Act: Duffy International Group: Kings of Leon British Male Solo Artist: Paul Weller International Album: Kings of Leon, Only By The Night British Live Act: Iron Maiden British…
M.I.A Has Baby Boy
M.I.A. at xXx (10/11/08) M.I.A had a baby boy on Wednesday, here’s the update from her MySpace page: T O F A N S F R I E N D S O N F A M I L Y . M Y B A B Y I S H E R E HAPPY VALENTINES! SUNDAY…
2009 Grammy Winners… An Industry Joke Continues
The Grammy Bump on Amazon.com If you watched the Grammys last night, you know the good news is that T-Bone Burnett can finally complete that outhouse he’s been building out of Grammy statues, and the bad news is that the awards show continued its time honored tradition of eternal lameness. Sure Raising Sand is not…