...nk," she said. "Would you do that?" "Yes," Robert replied uncertainly. They walked down to a small bar, music low, dark pleasant. He paid for her drink, something he'd never done before. Robert's han...
... out his hip on the fourth, eyes serious and straight ahead. Hands up, he spun her, arms out. The music was loud, but did not blare—guitar; flute, maybe; a bit of horn. The song ended and Edd...
... and journalist is pursuing her MFA at North Carolina State University and misses midnight sirens, house music , and cheap corner-store Chinese food. The only other thing she loves more passionately th...
never been below Fourteenth Street heard you’re edgy heard tales of young men with mustaches and tight pants heard you draw clouds that look like Toni Morrison, scribble poems about Etta James, harmon
...l history. It's pretty easy to go on default mode, after all.
I've been thinking a lot lately about my music . The kind I've written? Nope, hardly (unless it involves my extensive kazoo compositions)...
Irvin, the middle-aged blues player,always has a gig on New Year's Eve;tonight, he jives on about how the 80smade him a metal manrubs a hand over his closely shorn skulltalks about big hairtells me ho
..., nodding in excitement.
"Hey!" says a teenage kid who apparently decided to take cues on what's cool music ally from his parents. "So you a Buffett fan?"
"Um, well, no. I just--"
"Because we're...
...do I find that most nights I dream if only briefly of flying
Tony Brown, 47, is a poet, performer, music ian, freelance writer, and consultant from Worcester, MA. He spends as much time in ...
...rt fiction by, for and about New Yorkers -- literal and spiritual. Showcasing emerging writers, artists, music ians and other notable New Yorkers, it offers a multi-faceted look at New York City and th...
...y mother would come up and see what was wrong. This, incredibly, was my coping mechanism. Meanwhile, the music we had shared, I told myself, just fueled the internal fire I kept trying to put out -- l...
New York was a disappointment.
I moved here following the advice of this music ian friend of mine named Bobby who had escaped from the generic suburb we both grew up in. He’d been living in New Yo
...poet-playwrights (Reg E. Gaines, Felice Belle), poet-playwright-actors (Sarah Jones, Regie Cabico), poet-music an-actors (Saul Williams) and poet-playwright-novelists (Carl Hancock Rux).
But others b...
...otanical Garden and Main Library. You can lose yourself for hours in the borough of Babylon listening to music , sitting in the park or drinking at one of the many cafés without ever being physically a...
...sp; The sweet mix of Fifties ballad and bawdy blues fills the bar and Carmella is adrift, swaying to the music and finding the hope she needs for another day.
Lisa Marie Kelleher grew up on Long...
...rt fiction by, for and about New Yorkers -- literal and spiritual. Showcasing emerging writers, artists, music ians and other notable New Yorkers, it offers a multi-faceted look at New York City and th...
...l Smith or Jet Li some other brother with an attitude and a quick punch to save the day. Waiting for the music al score to signify victory. But there is no victory in this amongst the soot and ash of f...
I hear shouting, music ,vendors hawking sweet ice. I lean far out from the railing of the fire escape to watch. No one notices. Everyone’s too busy being busy. The streets here are deep with peop
...rt fiction by, for and about New Yorkers -- literal and spiritual. Showcasing emerging writers, artists, music ians and other notable New Yorkers, it offers a multi-faceted look at New York City and th...
... poetry and watching her daughter sing the lead in school plays.
Tony Brown, 47, is a poet, performer, music ian, freelance writer, and consultant from Worcester, MA. He spends as much time in ...
...rt fiction by, for and about New Yorkers -- literal and spiritual. Showcasing emerging writers, artists, music ians and other notable New Yorkers, it offers a multi-faceted look at New York City and th...
... poetry and watching her daughter sing the lead in school plays.
Tony Brown, 47, is a poet, performer, music ian, freelance writer, and consultant from Worcester, MA. He spends as much time in ...
Reviews of New York City-centric books, movies, music and more.
Self-professed music addict Stephanie Myers is sad that she can't take you to her favorite New York record shops where she acquires her fixes, but she's more than happy to tell you her stories behind
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