popcorn youth

[From the Ithaca Times; archive photo above of Stockhausen; all text by Aaron P. Tate]
In music’s digital age, year-end surveys and ‘best of’ lists have become simultaneously more popular (e.g., every blogger and music critic has one) and more deficient in coverage. That’s the nature of the beast, one supposes, given the enormous number of […]

At the end of 2007, Luke wrote a nice piece reflecting on the year in music, film, and the arts in general. He made mention of Jennie Stearns’ residency at Felicia’s last year, worth reproducing here:
6.) Jennie Stearns’ Residency at Felicia’s: Speaking of couples in the non-romantic division, Jennie Stearns and Michael Stark came together […]

The good folks over at No Radio Records have pointed out to me that their blog, Diagnosis: No Radio, will be revived for 2008, so definitely check that out for the latest in music, film, and arts-related news, local or otherwise. But only after you’ve read it all here, first. Joking! Seriously, though, you can […]

Here are my picks for best concerts of 2007. I had such a fantastic year, concert-wise, and there are plenty of shows that I regret not being able to include here (Pharoah Sanders, Mission of Burma, Jamie Lidell, Zygmunt Krauze, Sonic of Youth @ Webster Hall, Broken Social Scene/Yo La Tengo, The National, The Pines, […]

[Text by Luke Z. Fenchel; full article appears in this week’s Ithaca Times]
Anyone who maintains that a white man can’t sing the blues has likely never come across “Spider” John Koerner. A Rochester native who was integral to the Minneapolis, Minnesota folk scene of the ’60s, Koerner has spent much of his career creating albums […]

Yikes! Sorry to have been away from here for so long. This past month really flew by, but we are so excited for 2008 and everything it has to offer. We feel wide-eyed and bushytailed, and we have so many ideas, plans and goals for this year. We’ll start posting much more regularly now, but […]