Thursday, September 22 2011
Social Climbers: Social Climbers
On this 1980 album, the words lack the confidence the music conveys, so instead of luring you in with a convincing musical world, it more often ends up throwing a fit for attention.
Friday, August 19 2011
Chet Baker: In New York
A defining figure of '50s West Coast jazz meets up with some defining figures of '50s East Coast jazz. And they make an adequate record out of it. No foolin' -- totally adequate!
Thursday, June 16 2011
Summer in New York Is Musical Heaven
It's the scavenger spirit of self-discovery, with the relative high frequency of opportunities to catch bands at small venues early on, that makes the summer in New York a joy.
Friday, June 10 2011
Despite many bright notes, theater in New York seems to be having an identity crisis
Friday, February 4 2011
Ólafur Arnalds: 25 January 2011 – New York
Ólafur Arnalds is an Icelandic composer who creates fragile and stark instrumental music. In the beginning of 2011, he made a short sojourn around the States, which he rarely frequents, with stops on both coasts.
Wednesday, January 12 2011
‘America’s Medicis’: The Rockefellers’ Love of Art and Its Impact on American Culture
America’s Medicis explains how the Rockefellers nurtured world-class museums, art collections, plazas, and stunning works of architecture around the country.
Friday, September 17 2010
Can You Imagine Standing in Line Just for a Newspaper?
'Suddenly and with little warning: STRIKE!' So began a 17-day newspaper delivery strike that prevented newspapers from getting to newsstands and doorsteps, as immortalised in the 1945 short, 17 Days: The Story of Newspaper History in the Making.
Monday, August 9 2010
‘Visions of New York City’ Is a Breezy, Celebratory Visual Travelogue—Join the Tour, Here
New York was already the largest American city by 1820, and although it wasn't the birthplace of the skyscraper, it would quickly boast the densest concentration of such buildings in the world.
