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John Carpenter Escapes to New York

October 15, 2025 Jason Gross 0 Comments 2025, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble in Little China, Christine, Halloween, John Carpenter, Knockdown Center, Lost Themes, New York, Queens, They Live

Septuagenarian horror master brings his film music to life in Queens

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Hip Hop Rap 

How Run-D.M.C. Revolutionized Hip-Hop in 1984

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments 1984, Daryl McDaniels, DMC, Eddie Martinez, Hard Times, Hollis, Jam Master Jay, Jason Mizell, Joseph Simmons, Larry Smith, Queens, Rev Run, Rock Box, Run DMC, Run-D.M.C., Russell Simmons

Looking back on 40 years of the rap trio’s seminal debut

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Beatle Pop Rock 

It Was 60 Years Ago Today When The Beatles Landed At JFK

February 7, 2024February 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1964, 60th anniversary, George Harrison, JFK Airport, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Queens, Ringo Starr, The Beatles, The Ed Sullivan Show van Show

And my mom was there to greet them on the tarmac

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Punk 

Tommy Ramone: The Bones of the Ramones

January 29, 2024February 9, 2024 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 75th birthday, CBGB, Dee Dee Ramone, Forest Hills, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, New York, Queens, Road to Ruin, The Ramones, Tommy Erdelyi, Tommy Ramone

Honoring the punk rock legend on his 75th birthday

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Rock 

The Who Live at Shea Stadium to See Official Audio Release

January 18, 2024February 9, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1982, John Entwistle, Kenney Jones, live album, Mercury Studios, New York, Pete Townshend, Queens, Roger Daltrey, Shea Stadium, The Clash, The Who

The famous 1982 concert will be released on CD and vinyl March 1st

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Power Pop Punk 

Pansy Division To Celebrate 30 Years of Undressed in Queens, NY

November 16, 2023November 16, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Choked Up, LGBTQ, Lookout! Records, NY, Pansy Division, Queens, San Francisco, The Ritchie White Orchestra, TV Eye

Catch them at TV Eye in Ridgewood on Saturday November 18th

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Hip Hop Rap 

Made You Look: Nas Turns 50

September 14, 2023September 14, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 50th Birthday, Illmatic, King's Disease, King's Disease II, King's Disease III, Magic, Magic 2, Magic 3, MC Shan, Nas, New York, Queens

Some thoughts as we wait for Magic 3 to drop

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Blues Folk North Americana Rock 

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raise The Roof In Queens

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022 David Seville 0 Comments Alison Krauss, David Bowie, Forest Hills, Forest Hills Stadium, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Neil Young, Queens, Raise The Roof, Raising Sand, Robert Plant, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Rock & Roll

What this current tour says about the Led Zeppelin singer’s staying power at 73

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Rock 

Hollis Brown: Straight Outta Ozone Park

June 25, 2019June 26, 2019 j. poet 0 Comments Goner Records, Hollis Brown, Hollis Brown's Ozone Park, Queens

The white hot Queens, NY band puts the roll back into rock ‘n’ roll with their new album, Ozone Park

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Hip Hop 

Eight Is Never Enough

January 15, 2019January 15, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments Aesop Rock, Edan, Homeboy Sandman, Queens, Stones Throw

Homeboy Sandman and the crucial nature of consistency

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Pop Rock 

Goodbye Paulie, King of Corona

September 26, 2018September 26, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Farewell Concert, Graceland, NY, Paul Simon, Queens, Simon & Garfunkel

Paul Simon’s farewell chronicled the beauty, and death, of American togetherness

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