Big City Dreams and a Shoe Box Full Of Cups

My oldest has settled into the big city nicely. It was just a week ago that she moved into her apartment on the Upper East Side of New York for her 15-week college internship. As far as I know, she’ll be working for a small publishing house going over manuscripts. Maybe editing them? I wasn’t […]

Jump Off Into Infinity With Numün’s “First Steps”; Album Drops September 4th

There’s an organic quality to the deep space vibes of band Numün. Numün is a New York City-based band which consists of “ambient country” pioneer Bob Holmes (from SUSS) as well as new music composer and artist, Joel Mellin, and percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Romero (both from Gamelan Dharma Swara). I’m completely new to the […]

Eff, With An E : The Urban Sleaze Of Mr. Eff

Mr. Eff was not your high school chemistry teacher. Nor was Mr. Eff a friend of Mr. Brown or Mr. Pink in Reservoir Dogs. Mr. Eff is a producer and musician that makes musical odes to terror on subways, burned-out city street lamps, and dark alleyways. His sound is based in hard knocks funk, early […]

Full Frontal : Greg W. Locke Talks The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Independent Filmmaking

I’ve known Greg W. Locke for close to 10 years now. Granted I’ve never met the man to his face or shared a beer with him, but we’ve discussed music and cinema via this thing called the internet on several occasions. I was probably aware of the guy before 2006, but only through his album […]

New York Groove : Kelly Sebastian Talks ‘Forever Into Space’ and the Indie Film Hustle

New York by way of Pennsylvania artist/filmmaker/actor Kelly Sebastian has been steeped in the arts for a long time; both as a lover and maker of them. As you’ll soon find out during the conversation I had with her recently she’s always had an interest. The need to create came a little later, but when […]

Julian Casablancas+The Voidz :: Tyranny

So what happened to Julian Casablancas, or has he always been really weird? I guess there’s always been an element of weirdness to the guy, even back when he was the king of New York cool. That weirdness still felt slick and tough, that is until 2006 with The Strokes’ First Impressions of Earth. While […]

‘Forever Into Space’: Greg Locke’s Cinema Dreams

by E.A. Poorman Greg W. Locke is the kind of guy you want to know. Someone you could spend hours getting drunk with and espousing about art. He’s the kind of creative and artistic soul that has long suffered the pain of the dreamer. No matter how impossible something may seem he doesn’t back […]

Front and Center: Sam Fogarino and EmptyMansions

by E. A. Poorman Sam Fogarino is known mostly as the drummer and metronomic time keeper for New York City’s Interpol. To say Interpol has been successful since their 2002 debut Turn on the Bright Lights would be an understatement. Their equal parts early 80s New York sleaze and slick with late 70s Manchester goth […]