Aerosmith tribute act Toys in the Attic were back in the saddle again at a packed Cohoes Music Hall Saturday night. Stones Alive started it up. Photography by Timothy Reidy. More from Cohoes Music Hall here …  

Bone Smashing for Beauty – The Weird Side of the internet – by Liam Sweeny. I don’t get the incel thing. No commentary; really, I don’t get it. Probably because I don’t try, because I got hugged enough as a kid, who knows? But out of the world of incelia, comes this neat thing called […]

Jim Florentine – An Xperience Interview – by Skye Rickman. RRX: You’ve been a comedian for many years. How do you come up with new material? Jim Florentine: I just talk about everything. Day-to-day life, stuff like that. Sometimes I share old stories. That’s the fun of it. You see what works and try to […]

A conversation with the bassist navigating the creative and technical challenges of Contrarian and Flotsam and Jetsam  By I Am Lorelei!. Some musicians find their lane. Bill Bodily builds entire highways.  William “Bill” Bodily thrives in complexity. As the bassist for Flotsam and Jetsam and Contrarian – and formerly for Toxik – he moves between thrash metal, progressive death metal, and technical extremity with a kind of musical athleticism. Talking to […]

April 2nd saw the debut of Troy artist Nathan Meltz’s “The Golem Trilogy” animation, including a live performance of the score, at No Fun. The screening was preceded by performances of Meltz collaborators Abu Zeyn and Steve Hammond. Photography by Timothy Reidy. Read an interview with Nathan Meltz here …

Whassup in the 518? Friday, April 10th Water for Elephants, Proctors Theatre, Schenectady “Many wonders await audiences in this gorgeously imaginative Broadway musical.” – The New York Times  The critically acclaimed bestselling novel comes to “thrilling, dazzling” life (Time Out New York) in a unique, spectacle-filled new musical! Hailed as a Critic’s Pick, The New […]

Cannabis Corner – An Xperience Column – by MBF and 400 River. “It’s just a plant.” We hear this all the time, and sure, cannabis is just a plant. The cannabis plant, however, is an exceptionally interesting one. It’s also a burgeoning new economy here in New York, now heading into its fourth year of […]