Legs McNeil

Ivan Julian is doing well, played Union Pool with Tommy Keene (pics, review)

Last year, Ivan Julian of legendary punk band Richard Hell & the Voidoids (and other projects) was diagnosed with cancer. He’s been recovering, and has made his return to the stage…

'Please Kill Me' 20th anniversary edition & tour announced; 'Punk' talk happening at Queens Museum

Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain are putting out an expanded edition of their book ‘Please Kill Me’ for its 20th anniversary and celebrating on tour. Also, there’s a ‘Punk Magazine’ talk at the Queens Museum this weekend with co-founder/cartoonist John Holmstrom, photographr Roberta Bayley, and Blondie’s Chris Stein.

Punk Island happens on Governors Island in June; benefit show tonight with Legs McNeil

Make Music New York’s annual punk festival Punk Island returns on June 19, but this year it happens on Governors Island instead of its usual home on Staten Island. As always, it’s free and all ages…

Grant Hart touring, speaking at JFK/NYC/OMG with Exene Cervenka & Legs McNeil (who wrote a Lou Reed tribute)

As you may know, Grant Hart of Hüsker Dü released his newest album, The Argument — one of the most well-received albums of his post-Dü career — earlier this year, and has been supporting it with some sh…

What's going on Tuesday?

The Mountain Goats @ Webster Hall in November 2008 (more by Faith-Ann Young) tonight in NYC * The Loom, Kath Bloom @ Bruar Falls * McCoy Tyner Trio w/ Gary Bartz @ Blue Note * Mickey Leigh & Legs McNeil @ Barnes & Noble * The Mountain Goats, Final Fantasy @ Webster Hall * Kurt Vile, Small Black, DJ Rezound @ Brooklyn Bowl * Over the Rhine, Lucy Wainwright Roche @ Highline Ballroom * Dynasties, Darlings, Video Daughters, Equestrian @ Glasslands * Russian Circles, Young Widows, The Phantom Family Halo @ Bowery Ballroom I’m making an effort to post “What’s Going “On” first thing each day…

Richard Lloyd played Television & Hendrix @ the Studio - pics

words & Like the store that one of the “hosts” of the evening owns, CBGBs it wasn’t. A jerky stroll along downtown New York’s dark and decrepit memory lane, it might have been…

Television's Richard Lloyd playing The Studio, Patti Smith part of the New York City 400

“When I saw Tom Verlaine play for the first time, I realized he had ‘it,’ and all my life I’ve looked to try and teach people ‘it’ and usually come away with great despair,” Lloyd said…