Mark Linkous has committed suicide, his family have confirmed. The Virginia singer/songwriter died yesterday (March 6), reports Rolling Stone. The details of his death have not been released. Linkous‘ age
Last night in Troy, Mike Gordon and his five-piece band kicked off a quick March Tour at the sold-out Revolution Hall. For show number one, Cactus and his band mates
[Originally Published: March 10, 2009]
In honor of today’s anniversary of the Phish reunion shows, we wanted to reprint Hidden Track founder Ace Cowboy’s thoughts Hampton.
To accurately describe what it’s like having the popular rock band Phish back on the Hampton Coliseum stage, let me steal a quip from that lovable ol’ drunkard Arthur when he tells Linda about owning a yacht: “It doesn’t suck.”
[All Photos By Dave Vann]
This weekend was absolutely top-drawer, a once-in-a-lifetime gala event. This weekend was all about energy, and not in that typical hippie bullshit geodes and quartz kind of way; not “energy, brah.” This weekend was about everyone’s stories being interwoven with their own, connected by being part of something bigger, a participatory séance, the resurrection of a lost world. This weekend was about thousands of people at the exact same time falling collectively back in love with something they once adored so much.
Page is getting most of the accolades, and deservedly so. I’m not sure if he’s louder in the mix than ever before, but he played magnificently this weekend. Fishman and Gordon, as well. I made a joke on my Twitter page that Trey is now the worst player in the band, though I really don’t believe that. Page, Mike and Fishman clearly all had better weekends than Big Red, but there’s an unfair burden on Trey – no matter how well or poorly Page and Mike and Fish play, all eyes will always be on Crimson Dago. Everything he does on stage is magnified and parsed and agonized over.
Trey’s got the unenviable task of playing the hero or the goat every single night. It’s like he’s the A-Rod on a team full of Jeters. He’s become Trey-Rod. Let’s take him out from under the microscope for a while. He fucking nailed every single melodic, chirpy jam on the run; he just needs to find his sea legs on the so-called Type II jams. And he will. Anyone really want to go on record and doubt him? Just say so.
READ ON for the rest of Ace Cowboy’s thoughts on the Hampton run…
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been pointing you in the direction of a fantastic new website called Epicurean Musician that features interviews with musicians about every aspect of food.
Don’t ask me how it happened, but somehow back in high school, my closest friends and I became massive John Denver fans. We only saw him play once live, but
If you live in New York City, there are some cool new food spots you may – or may not – have heard about that opened within the last few months that are fun, cool and well within anyone’s budget.
[Photo by Robyn Lee from Serious Eats review of Sigmund on 11.5.09]
First up is Sigmund Pretzel Shop located at 29 Avenue B in the East Village. Sigmund has been open since early November last year and has been featured on The Martha Stewart Show and written up by Serious Eats, The NY Times, Blackbook, and The Village Voice amongst other publications. According to the Village Voice article…
The shop is the brainchild of Russian-born pastry chef Lina Kulchinsky who learned classic Viennese pastry under Alex Grunert when they were both at Bouley (he’s now at Blue Hill). Kulchinsky says she always had a fascination with German and Austrian confections and breads. Instead of baking traditional Bavarian pretzels, Kulchinsky explains that she’s making pretzels that are in the German style but also “very New York.” That’s because an old-school Bavarian baker would probably balk at flavoring pretzels with ingredients like gruyere and smoked paprika, caramel and pecans, or cheddar and jalapeno, as Kulchinsky does.
As I work in the East Village, I made a trip over there last Tuesday and can say Believe the Hype! Our office has tried the sandwiches: Roast turkey with gouda and apple, Ham with greens and gruyere (both served hot and heated IN AN OVEN, not a microwave) as well as the Smoked salmon with dill cream cheese. For $7 , they are filling and a great value. The pretzels are also great just noshing and dipping into any of their sauces (whipped butter, wholegrain mustard, honey mustard, beet-horseradish mayo, herb goat cheese, cream cheese and nutella). The best thing they sell though is their Chocolate chip cookie which now has risen to easily become one of my favorite NYC cookies.
READ ON for more of this week’s Friday 4 the Foodies…
This Sunday at 3PM, HT Faves The McLovins take the stage at Brooklyn Bowl for a free show. Does it get much better than McLovins + Brooklyn Bowl + Free,
Words: Mike Sherwood
THE BEAST
The Hydra known as Umphrey’s McGee carved its way through the Northeast this past weekend, leaving a path of sonic destruction in its wake. For those who are unfamiliar with Greek mythology, the Lernaean Hydra was a 9 headed beast that Heracles had to slay as his second of twelve labors. In 2010, I don’t think the son of Zeus would stand a chance if he had to contend with the increasingly mythic Umphrey’s McGee.
Umphrey’s McGee – A Day In The Life
Umphrey’s McGee is made up of six musicians (Brendan Bayliss, Jake Cinniniger, Joel Cummins, Andy Farag, Kris Myers and Ryan Stasik), sound caresser Kevin Browning, light magician Jeff Waful and another “head” representing an organization of people who are committed to pleasing UM’s diehard fanbase in fresh and innovative ways. When you couple the collective talents of the band members and the dedication of their support staff, you have the makings of a band that seems destined to make their own mythology in the jam scene and beyond…
THE SHOW
I was fortunate enough this past week to be able to catch three UM shows in four nights. The first of which was at the Nokia Theatre in Manhattan last Thursday. Having lived in Manhattan for eight years prior to moving to Boston last summer, I was very much looking forward to another Nokia show.
READ ON for more of Mike’s thoughts on Umphrey’s at the Nokia…
For the first time in nine years, the God Street Wine website has been redesigned. Of particular note is a comment at the top of the page stating “you should
If you haven’t seen Jeff Bridge’s brilliant portrayal as the revered down-and-out, country singer Bad Blake in Crazy Heart, stop what you’re doing and go to your local theater and
