Our Five Favorite Christmas Songs
For me (and, I suspect, others of my generation) Christmas will always be the Yule Log on WPIX, the…
December 22, 2014-
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Last Minute Holiday Spirit: A Wine and Spirits Gift Guide
We all have tricky recipients on our list, and time is running out. Here are some gift ideas to help you wrap up (no pun intended!) and relax into the festivities:
December 19, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “The Summer House” by Alice Thomas Ellis
Margaret is to be married to Syl. Margaret is quite young, perhaps 20, and Syl is rather older, in…
December 19, 2014 -
Tell the Bartender Episode 49: Politics, Facebook and Friendship
Listen to Episode 49: Politics, Facebook and Friendship Download From iTunes Here In this Episode: Shawn joins The Bartender to talk about political discourse in the age of social media, “Racebook”, and how he handles situations when the police are involved. Then Korde tells a story about a funny coincidence that happened when he first moved to New York. It’s kind […]
December 17, 2014
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We All Know the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame Blows. Can We Try to do Something About It?
Listen, there is very goddamn little need to add my churning, gasping puffs of breath to the howl of…
December 17, 2014 -
Derwood Andrews, and the sound of a post-punk, post-blues Catcus Acid Milkshake
Let’s put it this way: If TONE POET, VOL. II was a new album by Beck, it would almost…
December 16, 2014 -
Darius Rucker, Race, and Turning a Moment in Time into a True Movement
I understand that Darius Rucker is on the pants-end of a social media ass-kicking because he sang “White Christmas”…
December 15, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel” by Ari Shavit
A key component to growing up is to consider, and come to terms with, the compromises one must make…
December 12, 2014 -
The Ten Greatest Guitar Riffs of All Time, Revealed!
There is a delicious squabble going on in the webbernet: Kinks’ guitarist Dave Davies is appropriately livid that his…
December 11, 2014 -
Johnny Depp, Evan Dando, LSD, and Me
Another damn true story. Evan Dando and Johnny Depp were standing in the door of my office. It was…
December 9, 2014