Bowery Boogie | A Lower East Side Chronicle

Today, Lou Reed celebrates his 68th birthday.  Happy birthday, dude!

Dawn Landes has been floating around the indie rock scene for a number of years.  We saw her perform at Joe’s Pub back in January 2008, supporting her last effort, Fireproof.  At the time, she was riding high on a fair amount of music blog buzz due to a cover of “Young Folks,” originally recorded [...]

It appears that the days are numbered for the Jimmy Jazz outpost at the northeast corner of Delancey and Orchard Streets.  Hanging in the window of 86 Delancey is an advertisement indicating that the space is for lease by 2001 Real Estate.  According to their website, the property includes 1,200 square-feet on the ground level, plus basement [...]

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”  -Beautiful Boy
29 years ago…

RIP, John.

To all of our readers, have a happy, happy Thanksgiving!
We now leave you with the poetic musings of Mr. Sandler.

Multi-instrumentalist Chino Maurice has a new music video for his song “Oh My Lord,” filmed outside Billy’s Antiques at the corner of Elizabeth and East Houston.  Note the Keith Haring mural is still there.  The song is currently a candidate in this week’s MTVU Freshmen Videos.  Check it out!