The Rise and Fall of Books , a documentary by  Jake Gorst ,  (Leisurama (2005), Farmboy (2006) Modern Tide: Midcentury Architecture on Lo...

Hey! Who's that man and what is he and his friend doing at The Cool House? That's Richie Saccente of Young Rebel Goombas , wit...

A cocktail followed by: the setting sun over the bay an inside joke sparklers after dark music and dancing at a local bar - expanding the e...

Young Rebel Goombas (l to r) Richie Saccente, Cosmo Mallardi, Uncle B Johnson and Richie Cannata keeping it real at a special event @ CW Po...

The Goombas Special Show at Long Island University's C.W. Post Campus on Thursday September 3rd (1:00 - 2:30 pm) just keeps getting big...

Music . You hear it, you play it, hum it and sing along to it but have you ever asked yourself: How does it happen? How does a tune get pair...

A quick round-up of the weekend: Highlights : Dinner with Mme Faboolosity and Hubby in the old 'hood, followed by Jill Sobule concert ...

This weekend Run-D.M.C. will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after the hip hop group from Hollis, Queens unleashed ...

From spiffworld a new video of Jonathan Coulton's Tom Cruise Crazy . Stick around until the very end of the video when, over the credi...

Guess who is going to see Leonard Cohen in concert and whose tardiness meant they missed out on tickets? If I wasn't coughing so badly ...

Get up and dance around - It's Friday afternoon after all.

The incomparable and inspirational Miriam Makeba , or Mama Afrika as she was also known, singing Pata Pata on tour in Brazil, 1968. Miriam ...

Ready for a little bit of Belgium? Come on, you know you are. It's a grainy video but the tune gets into your brain and before you know ...

OK, I tried to resist but this song is now firmly in my head. So I'm passing it on to you. Enjoy!

More than you ever wanted to know about Steely Dan - a band you either love or hate*, and I'm definitely with JWH on this one, I'm a...

The highlight of vacation week was definitely Friday when The Cool House provided the backdrop for a music video shoot. Emmy® Award Winners ...

Jean over at Renovation Therapy has an enormous Grey Gardens obsession and is feeding it with a competition to find the best Big or Little...

Fantastic start to summmer . Jonathan Coulton at The Highline Ballroom with Paul & Storm. Geeks and nerds abounded. We got to play pira...

We're off to the City tomorrow night to celebrate the start of summer with a Jonathan Coulton concert. As recent events and other expe...

To counteract the blues from this week's posts and to celebrate Friday evening let's pogo around a little to The Wombats a band fro...