Category Archives: Music

Paul is Still Not Dead: My Middle-aged Mania for Late-stage McCartney

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Mark Donato

Rumors of Paul McCartney’s creative drought are greatly exaggerated. Mark Donato brings us up to speed on Macca’s remarkable and largely unremarked-upon (until now) output these last couple of decades. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Music | Tagged Chaos and Creation, Memory Almost Full, middle age, paul mccartney, Rusty Anderson, The Fireman, Youth | 2 Comments

The Girls, Their TVs and The Monkees

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Amanda Nazario

Hey, hey, it’s the Monkees, still stealing hearts and wowing audiences after almost a half-century. Writer-DJ Amanda Nazario checks out the band – and the intense fandom – at the Borgota Casino, and leads us into her unwavering, soul-deep crush on one of the best pop groups ever. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, The Arts, The Weeklings, Uncategorized | Tagged Amanda Nazario, borgota, Davy Jones, don kirschner, Head, JAck Nicholson, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, nick at nite, Peter Tork, Raefelson, The Monkees | 6 Comments

Rock On – A Life (So Far) In Music

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Robert Burke Warren

What do The Roots, RuPaul, Buddy Holly, Rosanne Cash, a disco mullet, and tot rage have in common? The Weeklings’ new music editor, Robert Burke Warren, who shares a bit of his life as a globe-trotting bass player, singer-songwriter, and practitioner of “the quickening art.” Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Music | Tagged athens, bassist, buddy holly, classic rock, danceteria, garage rock, heavy metal, ian mckellen, immanuel kant, Jimmy Fallon, late night with jimmy fallon, little steven's underground garage, new wave, pyramid club, queer, R.E.M., robert burke warren, Rosanne cash, RuPaul, sean cassidy, the bangles, The Fleshtones, the roots | 7 Comments

What is Your Inner Classic Rock Persona?

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Sean Beaudoin

Whether we want to admit it or not, we all have a Classic Rock persona buried inside us. Way, way down inside. With this new precision chart you can unlock your umlauts and allow your hidden self to rampage up and down the Hollywood strip like Jim Morrison’s ghost. Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 70s, ac/dc, buddy holly, budgie, classic rock, don felder, Fleetwood Mac, gearjammer, genesis, george thorogood, guitar, heavy metal, J. Geils Band, Led Zeppelin, les paul, muddy waters, Rickey Medlocke, riggs, Robert Johnson, rock and roll, rolling stones, rush, slade, Sting, telecaster, the eagles, The Police, tygers of pan tang, Wise Young Fool | Leave a comment

Step Into the Freezer: “Fuego” and the Tao of Phish

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Lenny DeFranco

Over the next two months, Phish will play 25 shows in which the new album’s ten tracks will subsume into the most expansive oeuvre in music, like baby sea turtles wading toward the ocean, and try to find their way. Lenny DeFranco looks at the second-greatest jam band of all time. Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged "Reba", "Tweezer", Fuego, Halloween shows, jam bands, Jon Fishman, Junta, Lawn Boy, Mike Gordon, Page McConnell, Phish, Picture of Nectar, Rift, Trey Anastasio | 1 Comment

THE WORLD ACCORDING TO MARKY RAMONE

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Thomas Dimopoulos

“It never ends. The Ramones just seem to go on and on.” Thomas Dimopoulos talks with Marky Ramone, the drummer of one of the most iconic bands of all time. Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged blondie, cbgb, drumming, johnny ramone, marky ramone, New York Dolls, pet semetary, punk rock, queens, richard hell, steven king, the ramones, thomas dimopoulos, three chords | Leave a comment

Rock and Roll Coffee: An Interview with Nick Hipa of Wovenwar

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Joe Daly

Wovenwar guitarist and co-founder Nick Hipa sits down with Weeklings Music Editor Joe Daly to discuss the origins of his band, the collapse of As I Lay Dying and just what “Wovenwar” really means. Continue reading →

Posted in Monday Rock City, Music | Tagged as I lay dying, extreme metal, heavy metal, jordan mancino, josh gilbert, metal blade, metalcore, nick hipa, phil sgrosso, tim lambesis, True Crime, wovenwar | 15 Comments