Rolling Stones fans are legendary: some dedicate their lives to transcribing guitar solos from fifty year old live concerts, others to chasing down grandfatherly idols for an autograph.
Category Archives: NYC
Someone is right
Chinese restaurants came to the United States in the 19th century with Cantonese migrants who worked in mines and built railroads. But Chinese restaurants that were also vegetarian did not arrive in New York until the 1980s.
In Minnesota
In the late 80s, the artist Garry Hayes brought a couple of lucky kids to the happiest place on earth: a legendary Minneapolis bar called the Gay 90s.
Turn Turn Turn
The lyrics to Pete Seeger‘s Turn Turn Turn come from the Book of Ecclesiastes. In 1965, The Byrds version of the song topped the charts.
I’ll Be Around
The Young Dogs, a poetry club that performed at the University of Chicago Reynold’s Club Theater, welcomed odd musical groups, some of which later ended up on the stage of The Knitting Factory.