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Valentine’s Weekend Events on Long Island

For some, Valentine’s Day is merely a made-up holiday peddled by the greeting card, flower and chocolate industries to make a guaranteed buck once a year. For others, it’s a day of love and...

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Valentine’s Day 2011: Valentine’s Day History, Facts, Trivia

It’s Valentine’s Day. A day of love, a day of bitterness. But whichever you choose you should at least know the history of the day. Valentine’s Day is celebrated each year on Feb. 14. The origins of...

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Missy Elliot Has Graves Disease, Thyroid Problem

Rapper Missy Elliot hasn’t been around lately and she just made the reason for her absence public. The star once walked around in inflated garbage bags (were you at Lilith Fair at Jones Beach in 1999?)...

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“Long Island: The World’s Largest Resort” Interactive Exhibit Opens July 7

Right here on Long Island we have 400 miles of beaches, 130 golf courses, 60 vineyards and 30 wineries with tasting rooms and scores of recreational attractions – all accessible from 60+ hotels, motels...

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Bouncing Souls Rock NYC’s Highline Ballroom

The Bouncing Souls New Jersey punk stalwarts the Bouncing Souls rocked the roof off New York City’s Highline Ballroom Wednesday, tearing through two incendiary sets comprised of their first two studio...

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Live Music Preview: Sonic Youth at The Williamsburg Waterfront

There’s really no blueprint or precedent for Sonic Youth’s career model: No other band in the history of rock music has a comparable longevity:relevance:excellence ratio. The band’s first official...

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Books: A Dance With Dragons by George R.R. Martin

This year, HBO introduced millions of otherwise fantasy-averse viewers to George R.R. Martin’s complex, rich, densely layered and decidedly adult A Song of Fire and Ice universe with its terrific...

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R.E.M. Breaks Up

Seminal rock band R.E.M. has called it quits after 31 years. "Band on the floor, crowd on the stage. At the Pier, Raleigh NC, 1980" (Photo by Chris Seward, Courtesy of REMHQ.com) “To our Fans and...

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Descendents Slay NYC’s Roseland Ballroom

Punk rock legends The Descendents delivered a pulverizing sold-out performance at New York City's Roseland Ballroom on Sept. 23, 2011. (Photo by Chris Ramone) Punk rock legends the Descendents...

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Heidi Fleiss Dog Grooming Business Evicted in Vegas

Former Hollywood madam and Celebrity Rehab star Heidi Fleiss’ dog-grooming business has been evicted from its Las Vegas home, according to TMZ, but Fleiss is refusing to leave. Fleiss was served with...

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Top 11: The Best Movies of 2011

The Descendants George Clooney drops his macho persona for a sensitive and insecure one, in this richly rewarding  dysfunctional family story. Anyone who has confronted major grief in the passing of a...

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Review: Van Halen’s A Different Kind of Truth

Van Halen A Different Kind of Truth (Interscope) Rating: [8/10] Reunion albums are that diciest of musical propositions—the proverbial idea that works far better on paper than it ever does in reality....

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Record Review: Joan Osborne, Bring It on Home

Joan Osborne Bring It On Home (Saguaro Road) Rating: [8/10] One of music’s most soulful singers, the idea of Joan Osborne cutting an album of all-blues covers isn’t that far-fetched given that she’s...

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B-List Celebrity Horoscope: Jennifer “I Carried a Watermelon” Grey

JENNIFER “I CARRIED A WATERMELON” GREY March 26, 1960 Jennifer Grey AKA Baby, star of ’80s cult classic Dirty Dancing, is an Aries, an adventurous fire sign. While she started out wearing Keds and...

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Revolution: New Bar & Music Hall Opens in Amityville

In the location that was once Ollie’s Point, Revolution has taken over with state of the art sound and light systems and a rock-themed menu adorned with mug shots of your favorite celebs with offerings...

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Stengelfest @ Smithtown Masonic Temple

This mini-festival, stretching over three days with local and national artists, has been the culmination of local promoter John Stengel’s (Live Source Long Island) work for the past six years. Planned...

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Create Your Own Style Contest/Stiletto Sprint @ Tanger Outlets at the Arches

Come see the hottest looks of the season and learn how to create your own look plus new arrivals by Andrew Marc, Talbots and Wilsons Leather. Six local finalists compete on stage at 2 p.m. to win one...

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Record Review: Tommy Stinson, One Man Mutiny

Far from living off his Replacements fame following the band’s 1991 breakup, Tommy Stinson has kept busy as both a frontman (Bash & Pop, Perfect) and a bassist in two bands (Guns N’ Roses, Soul...

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Dee Snider & Friends Jam for Autism @ NYCB Theatre

Attempting to hijack the moniker of being the hardest-working man in show business, Dee Snider has kept busy in recent years. In addition to a plethora of reality-show appearances, (Celebrity Wife...

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Classic Rock Art Show Stops at Tanger Outlets at the Arches

Join Tanger Outlets and Q104.3 in welcoming famed Beatles animator Ron Campbell, best known as the animator of the Beatles film “Yellow Submarine.” The free exhibit features rare artwork created by...

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