Earlier this month, a mix of bad and good news regarding the fate of CBGB started floating around. First of all it was confirmed that the club is absolutely closing. ...
<h2>My Asian fetish was doing backflips</h2> NYC uses an assortment of blockade devices in an attempt to move the crowds along in a orderly fashion on New Year's Eve. There are blue wooden police horses, sections of silver metal resembling crib sides and large white slabs of concrete amon...
<h2>Even after announcing myself as a writer...</h2> ... this so-called cool musician type got pissed over the idea of ending up in an article....
My friend Joy and I started our night at The Russian Samovar (256 W. 52nd St, NYC). We wanted to show support for their recently announced lawsuit against the TWU. During the short, illegal strike many businesses lost substantial amounts of income thanks to the crippling of the city's abil...
<h2>A bunch of us gather for a night of celebration</h2> Three words that have been known to send shivers up the spines of employees everywhere. However, I personally enjoy these shindigs. Mainly due to the fact that most people think I'm a freak, so there is little chance that I'll do an...
<h2>Celebrating upcoming the nuptials of my friends in Little Italy</h2> A bitchy girl gets on the bus pissed that she couldn’t pay with a five. So pouts and says to her boyfriend, "If he would just let me pay with a five, there'd be no problem." As if driver sets up the machines to only ...
<h2>Live at Ace of Clubs, NYC</h2> As luck would have it I actually got to Ace of Clubs (9 Great Jones St, formerly Under Acme) early. I can't stand the new name of this place. I just think it sounds like a cheesy gentlemen's club or something....
<h2>Coolest Independent Radio on the Web</h2> OK I have to take a moment to say God bless Rob Sacher and his kick-ass web radio network Radio-Indie-Pop.com!...
<h2>Poe never figured on the flatware...</h2> My friend Liz and I finally met for drinks after weeks ... months ... of trying to get together. We're always talking about trips to Austria, parties and other fun things that just never seem to happen thanks to our respective insane lives and...
My phone's been slowly loosing it's umph over the past month or so. This afternoon it died completely and I decided it was time to get a new one. After work I headed off to a local Verizon dealer to take care of business. I'm not into fancy cell phones. In fact all I wanted was the same mo...
<h2>Live @ Goldhawk, Hoboken</h2> Now I'm not big on the whole Christmas thing, but tonight promised to be the perfect holiday party....
<h2>By Tuesday, this week was already too long for me</h2> So when Lisa called me on Wednesday to meet for drinks at Lua in Hoboken my answer was, "Hell yes!" The last time I was at Lua I was not drinking. It's a tough place for me to be sober. It's very fancy-schmancy and the choice of m...
<h2>Live @ Connolly's, NYC</h2> I stood perplexed in the entranceway for a moment. There was a bar to my right packed with revelers and clearly not hosting live music. ...
<h2>ArtKore.org Open Mic at the Goldhawk</h2> After several carafes of vodka at the Russian Samovar, it was time to get to Hoboken for some music....
<h2>Where's the popcorn? Heck ... where's the movie?!</h2> On Saturday, Lisa and I wanted to go see the new Harry Potter movie. Since it had been selling out everywhere, we thought it would be smart to go to a late showing. We've done this in the past for the first movie and it was great ...
<h2>Live @ Maxwell's, Hoboken</h2> I had seen David Childs a few times at the Goldhawk open mic but could never remember his name....
<h2>I began questioning my drinking habits once again</h2> Since I've been back off the wagon, a strange new fact has come to light. I really don't enjoy mixed drinks now. This may be a temporary effect of the sobriety. As a matter of reflex and habit, Eric ordered me what was always my u...
<h2>Fun and Frolic of Law Enforcement?</h2> I received an email the other day that stated: <strong>"If you are sick of your job, be a cop it's fun"</strong> ... Yes they are now trying to sell being a cop as something that is fun....