VAGUE SPACE Having moved to Hoboken in May, I'm much closer to the hub of indie rock concert activity -- NYC -- only a 10 minute train ride away. Of course, I'm now much further from Philly, where I used to go frequently, but all in all the exchange allowed me to see a grand total of 34 concerts this year. Unfortunately, I had tickets to probably 50 shows but due to work and other responsibilities I was not able to attend them, leaving me short of my goal of 40 shows this year. Also, the legendary Maxwell's in Hoboken, which is only a 10 minute WALK away, closed down in July, just after I moved here, so I didn't get to feast very long on the amazing feeling of walking to a concert and then walking home. So it's been a bit of a mixed bag. But this has been a pretty great year of concerts that was quite difficult to cull down to a top 20 list. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
GoodShit › Ta-Nehisi Coates - Authors On Monday, 66-year old Joan Tarshis accused Bill Cosby of raping her. Tarshis says the attack took place in 1969, when she was 19 and working as comedy writer: ... [H]e told me that he wanted to work on a monologue together, and I had an idea for something about an earthquake that had just happened. Tarshis is the fifth woman to publicly accuse Bill Cosby of raping her. Perhaps it is not fair for a journalist to consider, or even publicize, anonymous allegations of criminal activity. Most of these allegations came after Constand sued Cosby in civil court. A defense of Cosby requires that one believe that several women have decided to publicly accuse one of the most powerful men in recent Hollywood history of a crime they have no hope of seeing prosecuted, and for which they are seeking no damages. I spent parts of 2006 and 2007 following Bill Cosby around the country. The author of this moment is Bill Cosby. I published a reported essay in 2008, in this magazine, on these call-outs.
smitten kitchen We All Want Someone To Shout For Best Audiophile Label Recordings—Jazz (TAS 197) | AVguide November 23rd, 2009 -- by default Source: The Absolute Sound Gerry Mulligan Meets Scott Hamilton, Soft Lights & Sweet Music. Concord-Mobile Fidelity (hybrid SACD). Teamed with tenor player Hamilton, Mulligan’s baritone is richly captured in this fine and mellow set. Oliver Nelson, The Blues and the Abstract Truth. Red Norvo Quintet, The Forward Look. Horace Parlan, Speakin’ My Piece. Art Pepper, Meets The Rhythm Section. Sonny Rollins, Our Man in Jazz. Sonny Rollins, Way Out West. The Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Frank Sinatra, Only the Lonely. Frank Sinatra, The Voice.
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