Can NYC handle all of the new venues that are opening in the city this year? The New York Times takes a look at these new concert halls that aim to make their mark, and one of the many tidbits found in the article is the news that Wetlands founder Peter Shapiro is opening a 20,000-square-foot combination bowling alley and performance space in Williamsburg. Spectacular.
We’ve got plenty of other stories left over as well:
- David Sanborn will appear on Ween’s new album La Cucaracha
- Apple will be announcing new iPods on Wednesday
- Superfly unveils a YouTube channel for the Vegoose Festival
- Kenny Wayne Sheppard, Robert Randolph and Buddy Guy are headlining the Experience Hendrix tour
- Lagunitas Brewery now names its beers after Frank Zappa’s albums
- BBC has unearthed a batch of live Bob Dylan solo footage and will present it as part of an 80-minute documentary
- The Police busted out Hole In My Life on their European tour
- Best concert film? Stylus debates Stop Making Sense vs. The Last Waltz
- On November 6th, The Who will release not one but two DVDs
- The North Mississippi Allstars have a new concert DVD out
- Thurston Moore kinda wishes Sonic Youth had broken up, so they could have reaped the rewards of a reunion tour
- Neddy lists the shows of the next week and a half
Have any interesting links to share? Leave a comment below so we can all kill some time until 5 o’clock…
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here’s the rest of the thurston interview: http://www.spin.com/features/magazine/2007/08/0709_thurston_moore/
Amazon.com’s MP3 store may launch in mid-September: “The online retail giant has tentatively set a mid-September target for the launch of its long-anticipated music service, sources familiar with the situation said.”
http://www.nypost.com/seven/08312007/business/lets_dance_baby.htm
http://nationalnitwit.blogspot.com/2007/08/john-mayer-burgeoning-guitar-god-or.html#links