by Downtown Magazine | Nov 17, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
Colin Hay first became a household name in the early 1980s as the frontman and songwriter of Men At Work. With hits like “Down Under,” “Who Can It Be Now?” and “Overkill” to their credit, Men At Work was internationally-known, but once the band broke up in 1985, very...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 16, 2015 | Culture, Editor's Pick, Entertainment
“Let’s just say that if I lived my life by the rules every time I wouldn’t be anywhere near where I am today” -George Wallace (page 11 of Laff It Off) A steadily-working comic for the past four decades, George Wallace is both one of the...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 16, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Music
I first discovered Aaron Lee Tasjan when our mutual friend Kelly Jones introduced us at The Living Room. That friend had told me that Aaron – then in his early 20s – had played guitar with The New York Dolls, Marc Cohn, Ben Kweller and Semi-Precious Weapons, among...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 15, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Events, Music
While The Goodnight Darlings are a relatively-new band, the duo at its core – Kat Auster and Wilson Jaramillo – is not new to the New York City music scene. Kat, a graduate of Julliard, was the vocalist of Majorette. Wilson has played guitar with The Fugees, Mary J....
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 14, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Music
Miranda Lee Richards first burst onto the scene in the late 1990s as a member of The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Her tenure with the Massacre was shown in the award-winning documentary DIG! and lasted three albums through 1999’s Bringing It All Back Home. In 2001,...