Today, on Christmas Eve, I wanted to give you all at nice little present. It's called "Christmas in Hollis" and it's a little treat from Run DMC from Christmas, 1987. Enjoy!
The Rev and his family are going through a rough time, so best wishes go out to them. It's always tough losing a child.
The Jazz June reunite for one night and a special cause next month in Philadelphia. They are playing a show for their old roadie who's been diagnosed with cancer. The Jazz June were a great band that put out some fantastic albums including, 2000's The Medicine, which to this day is still one of my favorite albums.
"Formed in 1996 in Kutztown, PA, the Jazz June have survived the mid-90's "emo" explosion, its inevitable backlash and current media notoriety - and emerged relatively unscathed. The only noticeable scars appear in the form of their music - which has taken leaps and bounds beyond the simplicity of the jangly pop present on their earliest work. They've grown up in the years since - if The Medicine was their Revolver, then Better Off Without Air is the Jazz June's White Album. A varied, mature slab of catchy and impassioned indie rock that finds the band jumping a few steps up their evolutionary ladder."
is an interview with the band's guitarist, Bryan Gassler who talks about Adam's (tour mgr) health, how they never thought their last show would be their last, and the band's future plants. Give it a read.
Came across this tidbit the other day. The Limelight, now known as the Avalon, will close it's doors early next month, and become a Mini-Mall. Yikes! To be honest, it was a horrible club, with horrible sound, staff and booking, but it's fate is even sadder. You won't be missed, but sucks to be you.
The other day, I heard about this photo exhibit “Enrique Metinides photographed his first dead body before he was 12,”
Michael Kimmelman writes of the man known as Mexico ’s Weegee. Shooting for pulp magazines and the newspaper La Prensa, Mr. Metinides made “visual sense out of urban mayhem and life’s general unpredictability.” The exhibit on view at the Anton Kern gallery shows gory scenes of death, accidental and otherwise; the photos are so well composed they often look like film stills, with an artistry that’s “rough and plain as day.” Enrique Metinides’s photographs, through Jan. 13 at Anton Kern, 532 West 20th Street, (212) 367-9663. I've seen Weegee's work, and from the looks of Metinde's work, it seems to be pretty awesome. A gritty look at the macabre. Yeah, not what you shouuld be talking about on Xmas Eve, but, worth checking out if you're into cool photography. Happy Holidays and to all a good night.
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