Category: Music

  • Danielle’s Magic, indeed.

    the internets rule because you get to hear/see stuff like this:

  • Oh Bumbershoot, How You Have Grown!

    When I lived in Seattle (1990=1995) Bumbershoot was a fun art festival. Now its an entertainment festacular! Maybe they’d like to hire me to curate the performance and make it a full-on Live Arts Festival. Check it out: BUMBERSHOOT®: SEATTLE’S MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL, PRESENTED BY SAMSUNG MOBILE LABOR DAY WEEKEND: SEPTEMBER 5 – SEPTEMBER…

  • Is It Far Enough Along to Not Be Embarassing?

    Somewhere in my parents’ basement I have an original copy of this  poster:   Hats off to Ben Ratliff for going public. Maybe the time has finally come to overlook the patchouli-stink and muddle-headed vacuity of so many Deadheads and start regarding the Grateful Dead as major inventors and innovators the New American Folk Music.

  • Ella muere sola. Ha quedado fuera del mundo

    Algunas reflexiones sobre La Traviata que acaba de estrenarse en el Teatro Avenida en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, por su  régisseur, Pablo Maritano. “Ella muere sola. Ha quedado afuera del mundo. Ella está en el altillo de la casa que ha habitado y en donde queda, apenas, un par de muebles. La ópera, para nosotros,…

  • Justin Bond at Joe’s Pub

    I am pissy at having to miss this one: cabaret glam-star Justin Bond will be concluding his Rites of Spring tour with 4 dates at Joe’s Pub – tomorrow, April 12, 20, and 26. I can’t say enough good things about Justin’s shows. They are a BeDazzled glass of whiskey for your spirit. + =…

  • Beowulf- ROCK OPERA

    Okay the listing in the New Yorker says: BEOWULF: A THOUSAND YEARS OF BAGGAGE Shotgun Players perform a comedy with music derived from the epic poem. Written by Jason Craig, with music by Dave Malloy; Rod Hipskind directs. In previews. Opens April 5. (Abrons Arts Center, 466 Grand St. 212-352-3101.) The mistakes are – its…

  • Discount Beowulf

    Banana Bag & Bodice Bring It: And you can have it broughten to you for only $10!!! Use code “PS122” and get $10 tix for performances through April 5. Click here, mortal.

  • Lolita: An Imagined Opera

     American Premiere of Lolita: An Imagined Opera April 3 • 7:30PM April 4 • 8:00PM April 5 • 3:00PM Alexander Kasser Theater in  Montclair, NJ. Looks cool! To learn more, watch this video in which composer Joshua Fineberg speaks on his work: 

  • The Hazards of Love

      Usually when Culturebot gets offered swag it’s pretty lame. every once in a while though, we get something good. we were pretty pleased to receive a copy of the new Decemberist’s CD. I had heard of them but never actually listened to their music so I was looking forward to checking them out. And…

  • hrrrrrrothgar!!!!!

    last night i ran into jason craig from the banana bag & bodice.  in case you ain’t done bought your tickets yet for opening weekend there’s a 2 for 1 ticket deal  for opening weekend (April 1-5) if you buy before March 25th BUY YOUR TICKETS  HERE  and use the Code  “BAGGAGE”  for this deal ! Oh and here’s a video…

  • St. Ann’s Warehouse to present American premiere of La Didone

      “Completely fearless…[La Didone] combines an often piercing sweetness with a dry sense of humor…Unexpectedly moving and wistful.” – The Guardian “For this kind of experimental stuff to work, it has to be done by a master, preferably with a sense of humor. This is one.” – The Daily Telegraph “…a mind-blowing vision inspired by the…

  • The Music of Arthur Russell at Le Poisson Rouge

    The Music of Arthur Russell Saturday April 4th at 10:00pm Le Poisson Rouge 158 Bleecker Street Tickets: $12 advance/$15 door. Le Poisson Rouge presents a tribute to the composer Arthur Russell, who established himself in New York’s vibrant downtown music scene of the 1970s as an eccentric chameleon, creating across and playing his cello in…