[photo courtesy of Will Hermes and Love Goes To Buildings on Fire blog ] A couple of years ago, Jesse Jarnow wrote a piece in the Village Voice about NYCTaper. Although I'm obviously not completely unbiased about the writer, I felt it was not a puff piece, and I am certain that it was a well researched and thorough article on the culture of taping and the modern wrinkle that nyctaper represents. So it was a nice bit of news we got last year when we learned that Jesse received a book deal [...]
by Jesse Jarnow There's no real sport in arguing the semeticism of David Berman, who named his band the Silver Jews, and very publicly rediscovered Judaism himself after becoming sober around 2004. "Ain'tcha heard the news? Adam and Eve were Jews," he'd sung on 2005's Tanglewood Numbers. When the 15-year running outfit started to perform live for the first time in 2006, Berman brought them to Israel, where he was filmed at the Wailing Wall, wearing tefillin and weeping. One doesn't have to go hunting for it. Unlike Bob Dylan or Lou Reed or Neil [...]
by Jesse Jarnow "The record business is not a freak business. It is the same as being in the coffin business, or a funeral parlor..." - Syd Nathan At an industry dinner, Goddard Lieberson--the president of Columbia Records for nearly 20 years--once introduced an associate as "that rare combination, a practically unknown combination, I would say--a charming, cultured witty man, an astute businessmen... and a gentile ." Lieberson was clearly not referring to Syd Nathan, founder and "Chief" of King Records. [...]
by Jesse Jarnow I asked Tuli Kupferberg once, "Did you really jump off of The Manhattan Bridge?" "Yeah," he said, "I really did." "How come?" I said. "I thought that I had lost the ability to love," Tuli said. "So, I figured I might as well be dead. So, I went one night to the top of The Manhattan Bridge, & after a few minutes, I jumped off." "That's amazing," I said. "Yeah," Tuli said, "but nothing happened. I landed in the water, & I wasn't dead. So I swam ashore, & went [...]
Yeah, so All Tomorrow's Parties New York. It happened this past weekend upstate and it was epic. Nick Cave played piano with the Dirty Three, who did Ocean Songs in its entirety. David Cross g... Continue reading "Your All Tomorrow's Parties' NY 2009 Memories All in One Place: Nick Cave's Peanut M&Ms, David Yow's Head Kicks, Steve Albini's Poker Table, and More" >
Photos by Rebecca Smeyne Rhys Chatham "A Crimson Grail" August 8 Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park On Saturday evening, at least over our section of Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, a single raindrop f... Continue reading "Live: Rhys Chatham's "A Crimson Grail" at Lincoln Center" >
The author's view Paul McCartney Ed Sullivan Theater Marquee Roof Wednesday, July 15 Like everybody else, the helicopters await Paul. First one, chopping ambiently over Broadway, then two more. When... Continue reading "What Paul McCartney on the Ed Sullivan Theater Marquee Roof Sounded Like From the Ground" >
photo by Harry Shuldman Wilco/Yo La Tengo 13 July 2009 KeySpan Park Brooklyn, NY Things Wilco are not (the American Radiohead; uncute). Things Wilco are (strummable; a great band to sing along to on... Continue reading "Wilco at Keyspan Park (The Live Review)" >
all photos by David Atlas "We miss Jerry!" some guy felt the need to observe loudly last night, during the quietest of last night's three sets by the band once known as the Grateful Dead. "You th... Continue reading "Live: The Grateful Dead's Free Gramercy/Orensanz/Roseland Trifecta" >
photo by Liz Clayton, via the Yo La Tengo diary Eight shows, eight-and-a-half comedians, eight charities, eight mix CDs, 24 sit-ins, and three Velvet Underground covers later, Yo La Tengo brought an... Continue reading "Live: All Eight Nights of Hanukkah with Yo La Tengo" >
by Jesse Jarnow There is a story my uncle tells that might be apocryphal, but--knowing my uncle--probably isn't. Sometime in the late '60s, he walked into the MoMA design store and saw a spherical white motorcycle helmet, on sale as an art object. He bought one. When he got it home, he says, he felt silly owning a motorcycle helmet without a motorcycle. So he bought a BMW bike. After all, like Bob Dylan said, "we all like motorcycles to some degree." I imagine this might have been the case for [...]
photos by Liz Clayton, via the Yo La Tengo diary Yo La Tengo December 21 and 22 Maxwell's "Don't be scared!" some dude catcalled at Georgia Hubley during one of the quiet parts of the first night o... Continue reading "Live: Yo La Tengo (With Stephin Merritt, Britt Daniels, and Ira's Mom) at Maxwell's" >
If you ever wonder what sets apart the folks who successfully pave there way through creative endeavors, Jesse Jarnow cut his teeth "beginning in 2nd grade, when he edited '2nd Grade News' by writing it out longhand and Xeroxing it," and worked on homemade 'zines and school papers ever since. His first published piece ran in John Dwork's now defunct Grateful Dead fanzine, Dupree's Diamond News , and his first regular gig began with the early days of jambands.com . Jesse Jarnow has now [...]
We'd just like to take this opportunity to wish a Happy 30th Birthday to a writer we first came across on the moe.-l discussion list back in 1995, Jesse Jarnow . If you've been a big music fan over the past 10-15 years, you've probably read plenty of JJ's always insightful articles. Happy Birthday, Jesse.
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