Xperience Monthly

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Zan Strumfeld – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. RRX: This is exciting. I got the press release and it says “Local musicians play murder ballads about the region’s creepy past.” I am all about that! ZS: Love the spooky. RRX: 100%. I mean, I’ve been infatuated with the ghost over at the Cohoes […]

Singin’ Guru – An Xperience Column – by Jeff and Crystal Moore. Dear Singin’ Guru, I’ll just put it out there – how in the hell do you learn to sing and play guitar at the same time? People make it look so easy, but I’m struggling! Help! Signed, Struggling   Dear Struggling, First of […]

Moochie the Dumpster Kat, An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. RRX: I (Rob Smittix) appreciate Peggy of Troy and yourself (Niki Kaos) asking me to be involved with Moochie The Dumpster Kat  Musical. NK: We’re excited to have you on board. RRX: So my particular character is the shopping kart man and your character […]

Fabio Frizzi – An Xperience Interview – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: When I watch a movie, I don’t always turn my ear to the score, but obviously, it affects me deeply. It’s one of those things where you take it for granted; you would notice it a lot more if it wasn’t there. So I […]

Jimi Bell – An Xperience Interview – by Dick Beach. Jimi Bell is a left-handed shredder. A Very Tasty shredder. He’s a member of Beyond Purple coming to the Cohoes Music Hall on October 26, 2024. Autograph, Beyond Purple, and House of Lords. We talk influence, picking, shredding, and Close Encounters of the Ozzy kind. […]

This month we’ve decided to have an early Christmas and give you a 64-page issue! Featuring shredder Jimi Bell, horror composer Fabio Frizzi and Grammy-winning percussionist Zakir Hussain. Also, Albany back rooms, dumpster kats, and good times in Antarctica!

Of Spirits and Secrets – An Xperience Article – by Will Mukrdechian. “Justin” wants to be called “Justin” because—he asks, with a rhetorical flourish—“What good comes from revealing what’s in a hot dog?”  I’m here at the New Scotland Spirits Tasting Room, Center Square’s newest installation at the intersection of Lark and State Streets, to […]

Joe Mele – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. Photography by: Stephanie J. Bartik JM: Okay so this is how the Troy Music Mafia began. Art Hilton asked me to open Hilton Music on 3rd Street in Troy in 1968. I was running the store, and all of a sudden all of these younger […]

Kids are going back to school, so now you finally have time to read all the summer issues. But start with this one. Slab City, The founding editor of PUNK magazine, and the original guitarist for The Misfits.

DJ Joe Grossman – Xperience History- by Liam Sweeny. There’s a universe that operates on a natural law of rhythm, of galaxies spinning on the turntable of a black hole and the intricate interplay of planets passing by, moons revolving in such a way we could set our watch to them, and in a way, […]


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