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Observations and Ramblings from a Cranky Old Guy – May – An Xperience Column – by Jeff Spaulding. Over the next two issues, I’ll be reflecting on my parents, in honor of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. I‘m going to share what I call “unusual memories” of who they were and how they made me […]
Show Detective. Friday, May 10th Jennifer Tefft & The Strange, Hangar on the Hudson, Troy, 7pm-11pm Recently recognized as the New England Music Awards “Female Performer of the Year” 2021, Jennifer Tefft is a fired up, energizing presence that creates earthy music from its roots and breathes fresh, soulful, rock and roll life into them. […]
Come Back to the Hop – An Xperience Column – by Johnny Mystery. Hypocrisy is prevalent in every generation of every civilization. A cult of personality is built up to the point of gods and goddesses who are appeased with the fatted calf of adulation by the unwashed, the starry-eyed, and the humble. Whether these […]
Prog Digest – An Xperience Column – by Klyde Kadiddlehumper. What a long strange trip it’s been. No, this is not another Grateful Dead article. While I like the Dead and have a ’72 VW bus with a custom plate, that is not where we are headed this month. We are going to be visiting […]
PapaSweenBean’s Friday Night – Seltzer Review – by Liam Sweeny. It’s seven at night and I’m in Troy, the one and only, the Collar City, only no one’s wearing collars ‘cause it’s sweet as fuck outside right now. Also, it’s Friday. I am in search of an effervescent bliss that only comes spiked with a […]
Jukebox. TikTok In a win for songwriters and artists, Universal Music Publishing Group, the world’s largest record label, has reached a deal with social media platform TikTok over three major issues after pulling their music from TikTok on January 31st. The issues were monetary compensation, the use of AI, and protections for songwriters, artists, […]
Show Detective Friday, May 3rd Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Troy, 8pm A celebrated musical juggernaut for four decades, thrilling audiences from Tasmania in the South Pacific to Svalbard in the Artic Circle, Windsor Castle to Carnegie Hall, the all-singing, all-plucking Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain continues to break the […]
Richard Lloyd – first published in the September 2021 Issue. Interview by Liam Sweeny. The first thing you learn about publishing is: 12 point, Times New Roman, double-spaced. Second thing you learn is that no one wants your memoir, unless you’re famous. But if you’re famous? If you managed to reshape the landscape of American […]
Jukebox. Mr. Bungle Mr. Bungle will be going on tour in a couple of weeks, startin on May cth in the fine city of Dallas, Texas.It will hit a few previously announced festival stops: “Welcome to Rockville, in Daytona Beach on May 10th, “Sonic Temple” in Columbus o May 17th, and “Milwaukee Metal Fest” on […]