IT'S ALL THE STREETS YOU CROSSED NOT SO LONG AGO: August 2010

Monday, August 30, 2010

When walking one day on the Lower East Side...

Debbie Harry and Chris Stein list a few NYC haunts crucial to Blondie history in this short NY Post article.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

It continues to burn the Midnight Lamp

The NY Times did a nice story on Electric Lady Studios' 40th Anniversary yesterday. Yup, one of these days I must do a Generation club post, but I think I might have to wait until Google puts up the 1968 archives of the Voice.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

A blessed find for Bankeheads

Click on over to Bedazzled and marvel at a rare clip from a Live from the Bitter End TV show featuring the Left Banke doing "Shadows Breaking Over My Head" with LIVE vocals!!! You might have to download it first to watch it, that's the only way I could get it to work.

UPDATE 9/15/2010: It's also been uploaded to Youtube.

Required Reading

Some months ago Binky Philips wrote me a very nice note informing me that he was writing for Sonic Boomers, but my new pal Tomthefunky just let me know Binky has now set up shop at the Huffington Post. If you're in need of irresistibly fun first-person NYC rock & roll memoirs, look no further.

I'll crank out some more 1970 posts when time allows...just a bit too occupied with "staycation" stuff at the moment.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

1970 Ads: Fillmore East

Selected 1970 Voice ads for the Fillmore East. As before, I didn't bother collecting the regular weekly column ads, since near-complete show lists have already been compiled. I saved the ads for special events, and the separate concert announcements which were sponsored by various record companies.

1/5/70 issue.

1/22/70 issue.

2/19/70 issue.

2/26/70 issue.

3/12/70 issue.

3/19/70 issue.

3/26/70 issue.

4/2/70 issue.

4/2/70 issue.

4/9/70 issue. There's a review for this in the 5/7/70 "Riffs" column (link is to a nearby ad).

4/9/70 issue.

4/23/70 issue.

5/7/70 issue. A review for this screening appears in the 5/14/70 issue (link is to a nearby ad).

6/11/70 issue.

6/25/70 issue.

7/23/70 issue.

10/1/70 issue.

10/9/70 issue.

10/22/70 issue.

10/29/70 issue.

11/5/70 issue.

11/5/70 issue.

11/12/70 issue.

11/19/70 issue.

12/10/70 issue.

12/17/70 issue.

12/24/70 issue.

12/24/70 issue--regular ad, but with a certain holiday flair.

12/31/70 issue--same deal.

Links to various Fillmore-related concert reviews and articles:

The Grateful Dead (1/8/70 issue). The continuation of this "Riffs" column discusses the Tuesday night new-talent showcases, as does part of the "Riffs" column in the 1/29/70 issue (link is to a nearby ad).

Renaissance (2/26/70 issue--link is to a nearby article, but unfortunately, much of the "Riffs" column got cut off during microfilming).

Taj Mahal, B.B. King, & John Mayall (3/19/70 issue--link is to a nearby article).

Joe Cocker (4/2/70 issue).

Ray Charles and Dizzy Gillespie (4/23/70 issue--link is to a nearby ad).

The Mothers of Invention (5/21/70 issue).
Clouds (5/28/70 issue--link is to a nearby ad).

CSNY (6/11/70 issue).

The 6/18/70 "Scenes" column has a report on the growing problem of scalping outside the Fillmore.

Pink Floyd (10/9/70 issue--link is to a nearby ad).

The 10/15/70 "Riffs" column has a review for a Public TV program called Fanfare: Welcome to the Fillmore East (link is to a nearby ad).

Derek & the Dominoes (10/29/70 issue).

The Flying Burrito Brothers, the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble, and Albert King (11/19/70 issue--link is to a nearby ad).

I'll leave you with a bit of non-Fillmore but definitely NYC rock & roll-related news...apparently a Rascals reunion tour is in the works for next year!!!