Pete Alonso, who has hit 192 home runs in his first five seasons with the New York Mets, is in the last year of his contract and could be come a free agent at the end of the season. Photo: D. Benjamin Miller/Wikimedia Commons Mets and Yankees In Race...Towards the Bottom Diehard New York baseball fans are looking forward to seeing their beloved teams compete in pennant races in 2024. Unfortunately,... Voices 20 Mar 2024 | 04:13
When the Beatles performed on the Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964, that attracted 73 million viewers, at the time the largest tv audience in history. ( Photo: Bernard Gotfryd/Library of Congress: P&P) Feb. 9, 1964: When The Beatles Changed NYC Forever You can pretty much divide the hipness history of New York into two parts: before and after Feb. 9, 1964. That Sunday night,... Voices 06 Feb 2024 | 06:46
Bob Dylan in concert. Photo: Xavier Badosa/Wikimedia Commons Dylan’s Return to a Live Concert in NYC Came 50 Years Ago This Week New York has hosted its share of memorable rock and roll concerts over the years. Remember The Concert for Bangladesh in... Voices 22 Jan 2024 | 05:24
10 NY Sports Questions for ‘24 In 2023, our beloved, forsaken sports teams competed intensely. Unfortunately, it seemed each was determined to look more... Voices 22 Dec 2023 | 07:54
John Lennon and Yoko Ono, seen here performing at the Sinclair Freedom Rally in December 1971, had just released the “Double Fantasy” album in 1980 shortly before Lennon was murdered outside the Dakota apartment building where they lived. Photo: University of Michigan/Wikimedia Commons John Lennon: In My Life Whenever Dec. 8 rolls around, I take time to reflect. It occurs to me that nothing is real and all you need is love and life... Voices 07 Dec 2023 | 07:02
Bob Dylan (right) was 22 years old when he appeared with Joan Baez on Aug. 28, 1963 during a civil rights March on Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech. Sixty years later, Dylan is on his latest live tour that includes a Nov. 16th appearance at the Beacon Theater. Photo: National Archives and Records Admin/Wikimedia Commons True Troubadour: Bob Dylan is Flourishing by Acting His Age At an age when Bob Dylan could be clipping coupons at home in Malibu, polishing up his Nobel Prize for Literature or sipping... Voices 16 Nov 2023 | 05:46
Taylor Swift (at mic) in concert in July 2022. Photo: Raph PH/Wikimedia Commons Would Taylor Swift Have Approved of Me at Her Movie? There was a strange vibe at the Imax AMC Theater when I saw the highly entertaining Taylor Swift concert film Eras. I went... News 25 Oct 2023 | 05:13
Robert DeNiro starred in “Mean Streets” a seminal movie about NYC fifty years ago. Photo: David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons As “Mean Streets” Turns 50, Is NYC on the Brink Once Again? Fifty years ago, “Mean Streets” was released, and it immediately branded itself into popular culture with its unflinching... Voices 11 Oct 2023 | 12:55
Rupert Murdoch accepts an award from the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank, in 2015. Photo: Hudson Institute The Murdoch’s Can’t Afford to Shake Up Fox News Here we go again. When Rupert Murdoch, 92, announced he is stepping back and appointing his 52-year-old son, Lachlan Murdoch,... Voices 27 Sep 2023 | 04:38
Giants QB Daniel Jones (left) engineered a dramatic come from behind victory in Week 2 while Jets QB Zach Wilson tossed three interceptions in the fourth quarter. Photos: Wikimedia Commons After Week 2, Jets and Giants Both Sport 1-1 Records But QBs Moving in Opposite Directions In the second week of the 2023 NFL season, Daniel Jones saved the Giants’ season, in a scintillating, 31-28 comeback win.... News 17 Sep 2023 | 11:47
How the city’s two major tabloids covered the locals disastrous week one exploits. Crash Landing: Where Do Jets and Giants Go From Here? Charles Dickens famously wrote about “the best of times” and “the worst of times.” If Dickens covered the Giants and the... News 12 Sep 2023 | 05:15
The iconic photo of a young woman wrapped up by her boyfriend’s blanket became the cover of the Woodstock soundtrack album. The young couple, Bobbi Kelly and her then-boyfriend, Nick Ercoline, married a few years later and were together for 54 years until her death in March. Photo: Pintrest Mid-August Festival at Woodstock in ‘69 Forever Changed the Way World Looked at Younger Generation The year 1969 will forever be remembered for one of three major events: a) the three-day peace-and-love Woodstock extravaganza... News 25 Aug 2023 | 02:30
Robbie Robertson was the leader of The Band, which backed Bob Dylan as he transformed from an acoustic guitar folk hero into his all electric era. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The Band’s Robbie Robertson Lived in a Magical New York Robbie Robertson, the leader of The Band who died on Aug. 9, was a true New Yorker. Back in 1965 and 1966, he called Manhattan... News 18 Aug 2023 | 02:39
The New York Times is replacing its sports department with content from the digital sports site The Athletic, which it bought in 2022 for $550 million ( Photo: Ajay Suresh, Wikimedia Commons) Sign of the Times: Turmoil At NYT’s Sports Section Means Less Coverage of Local Teams The New York Times Co. recently made a controversial decision to replace its homegrown sports section with the Athletic,... Voices 04 Aug 2023 | 02:07
Janeane Garofalo performed at City Winery. Photo: Gaelen Hadlett, Wikimedia Commons Janeane Garofalo Musters Up A Stream-of-Consciousness Energy To Garner Laughs Janeane Garofalo is not slick. She is not smooth. She is not polished. She uses whatever manic, stream-of-consciousness energy... News 17 Jul 2023 | 12:22
