Santa Claus

Puss N Boots were in fine spirits as they celebrated their Christmas Extravaganza with a sold out audience at The Bell House on Tuesday night (12/20)…

Though we don’t have any shots of Staten Island’s PS 22 Chorus (my personal highlight of the parade), or of the float with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots (Questlove‘s Instagrams HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE), the Smurfs, Spongebob, hip hop pop star Flo Rida, country music’s Trace Adkins, Don McLean (bye bye Miss American Pie), Oda Mae aka Whoopi Goldberg, Santa Claus and more are prominently featured in our set of 2012 NYC Thankgiving Day Parade photos…

Like Darlene Love did last year (and Arlo Guthrie will do tonight at Lincoln Square), Ronnie Spector helped light a christmas tree at South Street Seaport on Friday…

Robert Franklin as Santa @ South Street Seaport last year (more by Chris La Putt)The South Street Seaport will ring in the holiday spirit on Friday, November 25th when the 28th Annual Seaport Chorus Tree Lighting Spectacular lights up the cobblestone streets of the Seaport’s Historic District…

DOWNLOAD: Crocodiles – Sleep Forever (MP3) Crocodiles will be geting ready to release their new album, Sleep Forever, while on tour with Dum Dum Girls this summer along the West Coast…

Bob Dylan @ United Palace Theatre – 11/17/09 (Frank Beacham)Even Bob Dylan can’t be Bob Dylan all the time. The 68-year-old Boy From the North Country born Robert Allen Zimmerman has been trying to break his own myth since the mid-’60s, when he alienated fans of his early folk albums by plugging in and rocking out…

Live Nation santas outside Irving Plaza – 7/14/2009 (Jason DeCrow/AP Images) Live Nation has been dealing with the recession, or at least their recession, by putting tickets on sale like crazy this summer…

Noah and the Whale are going to make another attempt at visiting our shores, which for the moment just means a Brooklyn show at Music Hall of Williamsburg on February 21st…