HT’s Benji Feldheim will be representing us at the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago this weekend. While we wait for Benji to file his report from the meeting of the hipster
With the continuing onslaught of hot weather I’m going to keep this intro brief, cause frankly I’m just tired of sweating and I’m trying just enjoy some frigid AC before
Live Nation held a meeting for the company’s investors at Irving Plaza in which the company tried to allay shareholder’s concerns about the sad state of the live music biz
Boston Red Sox first baseman Kevin Youkilis has put together a compilation for Rounder Records to benefit Hits For Kids foundation called Music Hits Home. The album, which comes out
As we are now into summer and things tend to slow down in the restaurant business here in NYC, sometimes it’s tough to come up with a story that hasn’t been written about by the big guys like Eater, Grub Street, The Feed Blog etc… so I thought I would share with you some of the smaller food blogs that I am currently following which offer as much foodie value to me as do “The Big Blogs.”
All of the blogs listed below are currently on my Google Reader’s RSS feeds. Some of these blogs you may have heard of, some you may not have. All of them provide me with unique, fun and informative food news I can use to try new restaurants, recipes and road trips.
Here we go:
89th & Broke – Another set of eyes, mouths and stomachs scoping out NYC food. They post cool stuff like Favorite Food Finds and restaurants not just in Manhattan. Here is their description of the site: “We’re young professionals residing in Murray Hill and Upper East Side who are always looking for something fun to do or the best place to grab a drink and dinner at an affordable price around the city.”
A Passion for Food – The subtitle to this blog is “One real purpose in life. Eat. Try Everything. Anything. Anywhere. In the end, we all want to be happy and good food makes me happy.” It is written by Kathy YL Chan. Another well connected foodie sharing their food experiences via words and pictures. Here is part of her bio from the site “Born & raised in Honolulu, Hawai’i, now calling the East Village of NYC home. It’s perfect here. I write the Sugar Rush column at Serious Eats.”
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While the songs on Squeeze’s new greatest hits album Spot The Difference may all be familiar to longtime fans, it actually features all new recordings by the band as a
PBS is the place for the best music on TV this weekend. The second season of The Artists Den rolls on with Tori Amos, while a repeat of Austin City
The Northside Festival held in Brooklyn, NY on June 26th and 27th, 2010.
With the release of her debut album, Nomad, Anna Rose offers listeners a slick blend of singer/songwriter based pop and rock – and although on a certain level her sound isn’t the most unique sound you may ever hear, it works as it brings to mind comparisons to famed artists such as Harvest-era Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor and the like.
Mason Jennings will release his first live album, Live At First Avenue on August 24th via Stats & Brackets. The live album was recorded during the last night of his
