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If you missed it for free in Prospect Park over the summer, Hall Willner's Freedom Rides Project happens again tonight (9/15) at Highline Ballroom, though with a slightly different cast...

Hal Willner's Freedom Rides
Featuring Lou Reed, Tim Robbins, Geri Allen, Eric Mingus, James Carter & more
September 15,2011
Music of the Civil Rights Movement
A Benefit for the Clinton Foundation

Also featuring Art Baron, Steve Bernstein, Steve Cardenas, Carla Cook, Helga Davis, Curtis Fowlkes, Briggan Krauss, JD Parran, Catherine Russell, Tao Seeger, James Staten, Jason Walker, AND MANY SURPRISES!

Performers subject to change

Concert starts @ 9:00PM
Doors open @ 7:00PM
Tickets $55.00 in advance
$60.00 day of show

It's a benefit, but it's still pricey. Save $30 by entering coupon code "Freedom". Keep your eye out for Mario Batali.

Speaking of Lou Reed, I wonder if he was checking out his good friends Metallica at Yankee Stadium last night.

posted at 12:51 PM on September 15, 2011 in music | To Do | Comments (8)

tim robbins

today in NYC
* Lil Wayne in NJ
* Billy Bragg @ City Winery
* Slavic Soul Party @ Barbes
* Tell Your Friends @ Lolita Bar
* Honky, The Dreebs @ Cake Shop
* Jessica 6, Xylos @ Mercury Lounge
* The Constellations @ Brooklyn Bowl
* Donell Jones, Olivia @ Springfield Park
* Miguel Frasconi, David First @ The Stone
* Dan Mangan, Dear Lions @ Mercury Lounge
* Isle of Klezbos, Nedra Johnson @ 92YTribeca
* Sia, Oh Land, Ximena Sarinana @ Webster Hall
* Disappears, The Psychic Paramount @ Union Pool
* Desert Stars, Xander Mcmahan, Bizi Gara @ Zebulon
* Charles Bradley, Beans @ Fort Greene Park
* Average Girl, Hollus, Derrick and the Black Sea @ Bruar Falls
* The Telephones (Japan), Ohnomoon, Exitmusic, White Birds @ Pianos
* Cloudland Canyon, Woodsman, Future Shuttle, La Big Vic @ Glasslands
* Kamala Sankaram, Drew Fleming, Pat Muchmore, Jeff Hudgins @ The Stone
* JD Samson (DJ set), Rusty Lazer (DJ set), American Royalty @ Tammany Hall
* The Postelles, Wavorly, Alex Wong & Ximena, Greg Holden @ Rockwood Music Hall
* Seabrook Power Plant, The Stumblebums, The In Betweens @ Cameo Gallery
* Forro in the Dark (3rd Annual Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival) @ City Winery
* Tim Robbins & The Rogues Gallery Band, The Little Death, Miles Robbins @ Le Poisson Rouge
* Bomb The Music Industry, secret guests (Record release and Silent Barn benefit) @ 285 Kent Ave
* Dred Scott Trio, Todd Clouser's A Love Electric, Michael Daves, Melody Kills, Caitlin Canty, Sara Curtin, Kinetic Method @ Rockwood Music Hall

Ximena Sarinana plays Rockwood Music Hall after opening for Sia and Oh Land at Webster Hall tonight.

Honky, who are playing Cake Shop tonight, features Jeff Pinkus of The Butthole Surfers

Mastodon have a new video for "Black Tongue". Check it out below...

Björk has a new video for crystalline. Check it out below...

What else?

Continue reading "What's going on Tuesday?"

posted at 2:00 PM on July 26, 2011 in music | To Do | Comments (76)

photos by Bao Nguyen

Flight of the Conchords @ Town Hall

Flight of the Conchords played their second of two NYC shows at Town Hall last night (May 7, 2008). They played 'Bowie' at this show. They didn't on the first night. More tour dates HERE. More pictures below.....

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posted at 12:43 AM on May 8, 2008 in comedy | music | pictures | Comments (20)

Woody Guthrie

Billy Bragg, Steve Earle, Tim Robbins, Brad (with Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam), and more. $75 tickets are now on sale. Details below...

Continue reading "a Woody Guthrie benefit @ Webster Hall"

posted at 12:11 PM on September 28, 2007 in music | Comments (10)

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The Sarah Silverman Program @ Comic-Con 2007 in San Diego (CRED)
Sarah Silverman & friends @ Comic Con 2007

The entire cast of The Sarah Silverman Program gathered at this year's Comic-Con to share clips from their second sesaon and a tape of Steve Agee masturbating, or as the moderator, comedian Zach Galifianakis, put it "alphabetizing his testicles." (He was alphabetizing for comedic purposes, of course.) Needless to say, it was an R-rated evening all around. [TV Squad]

I was recently browsing the 92nd St. Y calendar and noticed that they have some unbelievable shows happening in the coming months. They're all very unique, once-in-a-lifetime type shows. Check it:

9/05/2007: Michael Palin of Monty Python with Lorne Michaels
9/06/2007: Larry David in Conversation with Susie Essman
9/23/2007: Alan Alda with Roger Rosenblatt: Talking About Talking
9/23/2007: A Tribute to Robert Altman with Tim Robbins, Bob Balaban and others
10/23/2007: Stephen Colbert: I Am America (And So Can You!)
12/9/2007: Steve Martin

Check out more upcoming shows at the end of this post.

Oh, and Weird Al Yankovic, the nicest man in showbidness, is at the Beacon Theater on September 20th. THAT is going to be awesome. More tour dates at his site, and you can try the presale for tix too.

I rarely mention Mike Birbiglia on here, which is a shame because he is brilliant. In support of his new album, My Secret Public Journal Live, Mike Birbiglia is embarking on a massive tour. Lotsa colleges, lotsa theaters, no NYC. Complete list of dates here. Look out for the record on September 25th.

Lots more comedy, BELOW.....

Continue reading "Klaus Kinski's Comedy Canon (08/17/07)"

posted at 4:57 AM on August 17, 2007 in comedy | music | Comments (6)

DOWNLOAD: Kurt Vonnegut & Dave Soldier - Dyot Meet Mat (MP3) (info)
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DOWNLOAD: Fire on the Prairie w/ Kurt Vonnegut & Tim Robbins (MP3) (info)

"[Music] makes practically everybody fonder of life than he or she would be without it" - Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut

* Watch Andrew Bird rock "Plasticities" on Letterman
* Panda Bear (Noah Lennox of Animal Collective) posts lyrics to Person Pitch
* Listen/See The Shins on Morning Becomes Eclectic
* New Caribou (formerly Manitoba) record Andorra out August 21st
* Merlin Mann interviews John Vanderslice
* Wilco's Tweedy talks new album
* Ozzy hits sobriety milestone with new album
* Get tickets for the Polyphonic Spree May 11th in NYC
* Beatles on iTunes soon?
* Tom Morello, Zack de la Rocha Unite in Chicago
* A short interview with Deerhunter
* Racist remarks cost Imus CBS radio job
* Rest in peace, Kurt Vonnegut

posted at 11:38 AM on April 13, 2007 in books | MP3 | music | Comments (9)

Tim Robbins @ Sin-e (MORE)

Last night two different people told me that two different NYC music venues are closing, or already closed.

1) R&R - the short-lived meatpacking district venue is possibly already closed

2) Sin-e - the lower east side venue is supposedly closing in April.

As many of you know, Sin-é (pronounced shin-ay) was an important music venue exposing many New Yorkers to vital talent in the early 90's. Located on St. Mark's Place in the East Village, Sin-é gave wings to such performers as Katell Keineg, Jeff Buckley, and David Gray. The informal atmosphere and devoted regular audience were instrumental in creating a fertile musical scene that flourished until Sin-é closed it's doors in the mid 90's.

Sin-e re-opened in its current LES side location in 2003.

posted at 12:37 PM on January 18, 2007 in music | venues | Comments (15)

Frankies 457 is a vegan-friendly reasonalby-priced fancyish Italian restaraunt on Court St in Brooklyn. The (vegan) food (that I've had) is awesome. In yesterday's Gawker Stalker I found out the Black Crowes are Frankies fans too...

Continue reading "The Black Crowes like Frankies 457 in Brooklyn"

posted at 12:05 PM on July 27, 2006 in music | NYC | veggie | Comments (11)

Pearl Jam @ Irving Plaza "That band/fan synergy was at maximum power Friday during a generous two-hour gig where 1,000 lucky fans got to road test much of the Seattle group's new, self-titled record along with some choice material from the PJ back catalog." [NY Post]

"With arms waving and voices raised, a packed crowd joined Eddie Vedder singing, 'Oh, oh, I'm still alive' at Irving Plaza on Friday night. Mr. Vedder's band, Pearl Jam, is the lone survivor among Seattle's multimillion-selling grunge bands of the early 1990's, and it has held onto its audience in the most old-fashioned way, through constant touring. Its Irving Plaza show was a rare break from an international circuit of arenas and stadiums." [NY Times]

"The venue was tight and tiny. Reminiscent of the early days when Pearl Jam packed small clubs like CBGB’s and everyone in the crowd was warring for centimeters.......Drew Barrymore, Fabrizio Moretti, Flea, Mary-Kate Olsen, Giselle Bundchen, Tim Robbins, Susan Saradon, the lead singer from Anthrax, and Ed’s wife (Jill) and daughter (Olivia) were all there." [Gremmie] (the guys who waited in line for 35 hours)

"I had never actually seen someone leap off the balcony at irving. That was awesome." [Jeddeth]

My friend Nick (the one who waited for 24 hours) took the pics you see below...

Continue reading "Pearl Jam played Irving Plaza | pics & reviews"

posted at 3:26 PM on May 8, 2006 in music | pictures | Comments (76)

Gob Roberts - Tim Robbins @ Sin-e

Susan Sarandon, Mike Myers (also spotted recently eating at Angelica Kitchen), and Mike Neuman were all at Sin-e last night (Nov 9, 2005) checking out Tim Robbins' band Gob Roberts. Mike said the music was classic rock meets Dead Kennedys and they covered an X song. He took these photos.

Continue reading "Gob Roberts (Tim Robbins) @ Sin-e, NYC | pics by Neuman"

posted at 12:42 PM on November 10, 2005 in music | pictures | Comments (29)

"He runs me through his schedule for the next month, which includes acting, editing, visits to London (to prepare but not perform in Embedded) and Venice, and finally a brief tour supporting Pearl Jam with his weekend band Gob Roberts as part of an effort to register voters for the presidential election in November." [Guardian Unlimited talking about Tim Robbins]

Photo of Tim Robbins singing in Gob Roberts while opening for Pearl Jam from here.

Gob Roberts is scheduled to perform at 7:30 TONIGHT (Nov 9, 2005) @ Sin-e in NYC. Candy & the Lucky 13, Majorette, Jesse Diamond & The Thousand, and The Kites are also on the bill.

posted at 2:42 PM on November 9, 2005 in music | To Do | Comments (0)

The letter...

"Dear Friends,
We are in the last 4 days of The Tank's existence on 42nd Street. After this Saturday night we close up shop, and begin moving out so that The Man can bulldoze the entire block sometime in early June.

Continue reading "Last 4 Days of the Tank | Tim Robbins, Bishop Allen"

posted at 4:24 PM on May 19, 2005 in music | music history | NYC | Comments (2)