Fifty years ago, Bob Dylan began recording his iconic “Blood on the Tracks” in New York City. ( Xavier Badosa/Wikimedia Commons) “Blood on the Tracks,” Dylan’s Most NY Centric Album Was Recorded Here 50 Years Ago This Month Fifty years ago, in September 1974, Bob Dylan started recording the New York sessions for his masterpiece, “Blood on the... News 05 Sep 2024 | 06:05
The MTA Eagle team and the NYPD began a crackdown on fare evaders, handing out $100 tickets to anyone it caught skipping out on the $2.90 bus fare. The MTA data said the agency $315 million a year in lost bus fares as nearly half the bus riders skipped out on paying. ( Photo: Marc A. Hermann / Metropolitan Transportation Auth) As Crackdown Begins on Bus Fare Evaders, MTA Should be Embarrassed It Took So Long A few years ago, in these very pages, I wrote a story asking whether I was a hero or a sucker for doggedly paying my bus... News 30 Aug 2024 | 01:11
On August 12, Audacy announced that WABC 880 would stop being an all-news station, after 57 years. The building that houses Audacy’s corporate HQ, in Hudson Yards, is pictured above. ( Photo: Jack Ahern ) WCBS All News Radio Gives New Yorkers a Bitter Milestone Even in New York, where we keep a stiff upper lip and roll with the punches as a way of life, some news developments are... News 13 Aug 2024 | 04:19
Citifield was the scene of the recent Met/Yankees Subway Series which saw the Mets sweep their cross town rivals. Photo: Chris6d/Wikimedia Commons Mets Clobber Yankees in Subway Series; Now Where Do Both Teams Go From Here? The first Subway Series of 2024 has come and gone, raising expectations for the Mets while casting further doubt on the Yankees’... Voices 28 Jun 2024 | 12:26
Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks and Rangers, won’t be rocking quite as often now that the Knicks have been eliminated from the playoffs. But the Rangers are continuing their first quest for their first Stanley Cup since 1994. Photo: Wikimedia Commons Knicks Fans Heartbroken While Rangers Continue Quest for Stanley Cup Ultimately, the Knicks ran out of miracles on Sunday and now their thrilling season is over. Meanwhile, the Rangers are alive... News 20 May 2024 | 12:55
The Empire State Building started the night bathed in green light but switched to a red white and blue strobe light after the Rangers double OT win versus the Hurricanes in Game 2 of their series. Photo: Keith J. Kelly Knicks and Rangers Prompt Championship Visions New York’s Knicks and Rangers charged into the second round of their respective playoff series, with two convincing wins... Voices 06 May 2024 | 12:11
Madison Square Garden will be rocking this playoff season with both Knicks and Rangers in the hunt for a championship. Photo: Wikimedia Commons As Rangers and Knicks Start Post Season Journey, Can Either Win a Championship? New York sports fans haven’t experienced this kind of rapture from their hockey and basketball teams since 1994. That year,... Voices 19 Apr 2024 | 01:27
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
