Sonia Tetlow — Own Way Home
I apologize for the radio silence this past week. Public schools had Veterans’ Day off, and on Sunday I decided I’d simply ignore any and all obligations. That meant lots of work for my real job on Monday and catch-up…
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Rebuild, Renew
I recently reviewed Paul Sanchez’s Nine Lives. As we learn more about the devastation caused by Sandy, the closing number is a prescient reminder of the work we need to do. If you can spare it, the Ali Forney Center…
Paul Sanchez and Colmen DeKay — Nine Lives
I haven’t always been proud to be a New Yorker. It’s true. Mostly because I hadn’t really lived outside of New York until college. It wasn’t just that I hated living in suburbia (or near a city that has an…
The Successful Failures — Here I Am
Something happened in the ’90s. I guess as a reaction to grunge, slacker-rock bands like the Refreshments made bank. The songs should have been sad — they were about alcoholism, service economy-induced unemployment, and dysfunctional relationships. But things were going…
Paul Sanchez and the Rolling Roadshow — Reclamation of the Pie-Eyed Piper
I’m almost tempted to cheat and say that this is the best album of 2012, even though it was released back in November. It’s because I didn’t even know it existed until this week — a criminal oversight, I know.…