I Was The Oldest Guy Who Went To See Fall Out Boy Last Night And All I Got Was This Stupid Article Published About It
Comic book superhero Radioactive Man's masked sidekick Fallout Boy made his first appearance during The Simpsons' first season, on May 9, 1991. Bart and two friends found a rare comic book for sale, and as they flipped through the pages they discovered a red-suited Flash/Superman hybrid with a Robin-esque sidekick whose primary role was to warn the hero to "Watch out!" BY JOHN VILANOVA
Monday, June 3, 2013A Portrait of the Artist as a Sad Man
The first time I ever wrote about music was for a journalism class I took during one of my first years in college. The assignment was simple-review a song. There were no real directions other than this. At the time, I was obsessed with Eric Clapton, whose Derek and the Dominos recordings had fortuitously made their way onto our building's illicit servers that spring. Eric-or Derek, as it were-and I felt like kindred spirits frustrated by loneliness and unrequited love. Between his impassioned vocals and guitar work and Duane Allman's slide transcendence, what felt like raw, unbridled emotion oozed from my small pair of speakers and into my soul. "Layla," of course, was the album's undisputed masterpiece, and it made the ideal choice for my review. In my head, I was Derek and his pain was mine. BY JOHN VILANOVA
The Rise of The Lyriqs
The Lyriqs, an unknown rock band that aspire to someday become famous, played their first gig on a rainy Saturday night at the Yippie Café in the Bowery. The Yippie is a hippie holdout from the 1960s. Poets and songwriters used to gather there to talk revolution over coffee. One wall holds a mural of Abbie Hoffman. Another wall, a painting of a giant mushroom. Bob Dylan used to play the Yippie when he was starting out, his small audiences clueless he would become the voice of their generation. Turnout is low is at the Yippie on this rainy night as well. BY ALEX VADUKUL