The Aquarian

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They come out of Brooklyn—as do I—with spit and polish: a nine-piece charge. Hey, I’m a sucker for a good...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: The Book Of The Year

Mike Greenblatt

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April 30, 2012 0

RJ Smith’s prose style in The One: The Life And Music Of James Brown (Gotham Books) crackles with static electricity...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Bruce

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

April 13, 2012 0

Maybe it’s my Jerseyboy aesthetic…or the fact that we were born within months of each other…or my penchant for really...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Adam Gyorgy – The Classical Piano Man

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

April 9, 2012 0

“…and the piano it sounds like a carnival,” Billy Joel, 1973. Those words, written by Billy Joel in 1973, were...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Words On Music

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

April 2, 2012 0

Two new books made their way to my eyeballs and both were worth the read. Where The Action Is! (Publish...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: The Coloursound

Mike Greenblatt

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March 19, 2012 0

It’s the toughest thing in the world to be an independent band nowadays. Talent, unfortunately, isn’t even high on the...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: The Bitch Is Back! Bettye LaVette At The Musikfest Cafe

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

March 12, 2012 0

You heard her before you saw her. After a greasy fatback funk by her crack back-up band, that scratchy pained...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: The Who, Aretha, Bad Rap and Back Porch Dogma

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

March 2, 2012 0

So after everybody’s favorite Who album, Who’s Next, in 1971, Pete Townshend set upon one-upping my favorite Who album (their...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Schmekel – Transgender Jewish Punks

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

February 10, 2012 2

It’s a safe bet to say that there’s never been a band like Schmekel (Yiddish for small penis). Guitarist Lucian...

Rant ‘N’ Roll: Ned Evett – All In

Mike Greenblatt

Columns

January 23, 2012 0

In the popular poker game Texas Hold ‘Em, the concept of going all in is when you put all your...

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