MetaFilter posts tagged with NYC and music

At last, the present is getting Soul!

myopicman — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:45:40 -0800

Soul! New York City PBS affiliate WNET have digitized 9 episodes of Soul!, a early 1970's live music program, providing a groovy video interface with chapters to break down each hour long episode. I ran across this whilst looking for Rahsaan Roland Kirk and his multiple saxophone performances and wow, I never would've thought I'd find something like his appearance on October 4, 1972.

It's The Ones Who've Cracked That The Light Shines Through

StopMakingSense — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:50:23 -0800

Jeffrey Lewis brings you The Complete History of Punk Rock and Its Development on the Lower East Side (1950-1975) in eight and a half minutes. A comic book artist and antifolk singer, he makes "low budget docu mentaries." And videos. Sometimes for his songs. Sometimes for other people's songs. Sometimes for his songs about other people's songs. Sometimes other people make actual low-budget documentaries about him. Or actual low-budget videos for him. Sometimes he makes actual low-budget videos for himself. Here are some interviews. And here he is playing with Daniel Johnston. Here's a playlist of most of the above.

The Curator of Punk

kimdog — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:45:03 -0800

Hilly Kristal has died at age 75. First the club, now the man.

Gentrification and Tonic

Benjamin Nushmutt — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:35:13 -0800

Tonic closes. At the end of a farewell performance, Marc Ribot and Rebecca Moore refused to leave the stage. They were arrested for trespassing, and hope to bring attention to New York's dwindling number of performance spaces for independent music. Previous discussions.

Flavorpill adds Art & World Events mailing lists...

dobbs — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:21:59 -0800

2 years ago I FPP'd FlavorPill, a company that sends out permission-based emails for books (Boldtype), music (Earplug), and fashion (the JC Report). They've since added ArtKrush (it's art, stupid! - nsfw) and Activate (world events) to their aresenal. In addition to the topic-specific mailing lists, they offer city-specific lists for London, New York, SF, LA, and Chicago. Sample issues are archived on the site.

When I say "Chicken", y'all say "Chicken wing!" Chicken!

arto — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:18:54 -0800

Harlem's in the house. More specifically, 5-10 year old rappers from Harlem are in the house. Unbridled innocence, spacey '80s electro-scifi production and candy as a metaphor for candy. Brought to you by the fine folks at WFMU.

See you at the rock show!

mr.curmudgeon — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 07:07:53 -0800

Tourfilter: Track your favorite bands. See who else is tracking them. Never miss another show! [Boston, Chicago, New York for now - other cities on the way.]

Lys and missed connections

swift — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 06:27:55 -0800

Gem sweater / missed connections.

Maybe there is a mini-jonmc out there...

Ufez Jones — Wed, 04 Feb 2004 11:09:49 -0800

Li'l G n' R - the first ever Guns N' Roses Kids Tribute Band. Check the audition video here (quicktime). They're playing CBGB's in a couple of weeks. Only $5, c'mon NYC MeFi'ers....one of you has to go and report.

Mo Nickels — Sun, 14 Apr 2002 07:52:57 -0800

Rekha Malhotra is a New Yorker of South Indian heritage who can be given credit for popularizing Bhangra and promoting the UK Punjabi dub and beat sounds in NYC. She says this about an event she hosts regularly: "Basement Bhangra is very urban. It's Bhangra with a hip-hop sensibility. It's raw and percussive, unadulterated. It's got a lot of meat to it and demands that you dance. It's not head-nodding music—it's body-moving music." More. More. More.

Mo Nickels — Thu, 27 Jan 2000 12:40:48 -0800

Turntable Coffee Kitchy Brooklyn Thingy Last night, I was there. Groovy vinyl, sofas, chairs, coffees and huge brownies. DJs most nights. I like it. 227 Smith Street, Brooklyn, New York City. F Train, Bergen Street Stop.