BY VINNY MURPHY The times they a changin’. Vinyl Lounge, what is purported to be the only record store remaining in Rockland County, will close its doors on December 31, 2012, if not earlier. When singer/songwriter Matt Pop opened the shop in late June of 2011, the future seemed bright. Nyack, his hometown for many […]
Puddin’ Don’t is a creation of Jake Barlow, inspired by all manner of silliness, like Berkeley Breathed’s Bill the Cat, Chuck Norris Facts, The movie Machete, and the great Marty Feldman. Puddin’ Don’t can be found daily online at www.puddindont.com.
Friday, August 24 performance at Westchester Broadway Theatre BY GEORGE J. DACRE Johnny Rogers, born in Jackson, Tennesse has been doing Buddy Holly and Elvis and Johnny Cash music since he was 16 years of age. His dad, a Chicago DJ and music promoter, got young Johnny started in show biz at a young age. […]
BY ELISA TAYLOR Pat Benatar rocked out Empire City Casinos Summer Concert Series on August 12, opening up with one of her most popular songs “All Fired Up” the 1988 hit which includes the famous chorus “Now I believe there comes a time when everything just falls in line, we live and learn from our […]
The story of Rockland’s notorious ‘underground’ celebrity BY DYLAN SKRILOFF If you’re from Rockland and you’re not in the “know” you may be curious, who is Vinny Raffa? And why does he have a posse? Vinny Raffa has break-danced with the Beastie Boys and brainstormed with De La Soul. Tony Hawk knows him, but won’t […]
New York and California in battle for more film business BY VINNY MURPHY A battle for supremacy has started, and we’re right in the middle of it. Though it sounds like the tag line to the next big Hollywood blockbuster and even involved Arnold Schwarzenegger at one point, this story is very real. Over the […]