Kudos & Flowers

Lots of Couture.   Very little Chaos.    There was a lot said about this exhibit at the MET before it even opened.   The costume gala w...

Tonight's All Star baseball game is at Citi Field.  All Stars in Chevys paraded down 42nd St a few hours ago. Photo by Keith Eland ...

There are two very similar named and similar in approach art shows that happened this weekend in the Hamptons.  ArtHamptons is the bigger of...

The beloved metal tags you get with an admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art are gone.  As of yesterday, the museum stopped using them...

Since I'm on my Darlene Love Train (pun intended), I'm posting a few photos from her interview with Brian Gari yesterday at Barnes ...

--> I love a racket.   I love it when it seems like a group is slipping in and out of phase, when something lags and then slides into a...

The story flows. It’s not sappy or self-pitying.   It’s a story of very strong, talented women.   Twenty Feet From Stardom is a powerful ...

Call Off Your Ghost is a new one from Dessa .  The song is based on a true story of running into a former lover at a friend's weddin...

I'm walking the dog up 1st Avenue this afternoon.  Without seeing anyone, I hear a person singing in a loud/bad Liverpudlian accent ...

One of my favorite TV characters of all time is LorelaiGilmore .   She’s witty, strong (even when she thinks she’s not) and houses a great...

I started watching The Followin g for one reason:  Kevin Bacon.  He is one of our best actors and he played Fenwick in Diner, that alone is ...

In memory of my favorite Mouseketeer and Beach Party Gal. My Mouseketeer Hat

Richard Brody pays tribute to Roget Ebert in this New Yorker piece .  It's worth reading for Roger's thoughts on what it takes to ma...

Every obituary I've read about Phil Ramone talks about the artists he worked with which is long and illustrious.  Of course there is B...

Chances are you are British if you saw Joy Division live. They had a tour of the US planned, but they never made it here, another short liv...

Carl Schurz Park this morning.

If you loved Gilmore Girls (and how could you not?), you will like Bunheads .  It's a bit Gilmore-lite, but the fast banter and great p...

Billboard is now incorporating YouTube plays in it's calculation for the Hot 100 charts .  As the magazine editor Bill Werde says in a N...

In 2010 Greg Prato released MTV Ruled The World, The Early Years of Music Video .  I just read it.  I worked at MTV as an intern in it's...