Steve Smith

  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the September 24, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates September 19-25. (Click on any listing to enlarge it.) [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the September 17, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates September 11-18. (Click on any listing to enlarge it.) [link] [link] [link] [link]

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the September 10, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates September 5-11. No, your eyes do not deceive you: Each of these events happens on September 7 (though happily, one provides a wider range of options)… and this isn't even everything happening that particular night.…

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  • I wrote for the Village Voice only one time, very early in my professional career, at the tail end of the full-time jazz journalism stage that preceded my return to classical music after around five years of estrangement. The article was published Feb. 27, 2001, or so the website tells me. That I never returned to…

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the September 3, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates August 29-September 4. [link] [This event took place at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth; link.] [This event took place at San Damiano Mission in Greenpoint; link.]

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the August 27, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates August 22-28. [link] [link] [link]

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the August 20, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates August 15-21. [link]  [link]  [link]

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the August 6/August 13, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates August 1-14. [This event took place at the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine; link.] [This event took place at various venues in Skaneateles, NY; link.] [This event took place at the Saratoga…

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. MFCS K | Tim Feeney – Burrow by Marginal Frequency Tim Feeney – Burrow (Marginal Frequency; 2018) Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregor's Autobiography) by Jlin Jlin – Autobiography (Planet Mu; due Sept. 28, 2018) R.E.M. – Monster (Warner Bros.; 1994) Gabriel Kahane…

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the July 30, 2018 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates July 25-31. [This event took place in the Glass Box Theater at the New School; link.] [This event took place at Tanglewood in Lenox, MA; link.] [This event took place at St. Peter's Church, Lexington…

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  • Playlist (Two Weeks).

    A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. July 2-8, 2018 Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube by Stephen Cornford Stephen Cornford – Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube (A Wave Press; 2018) Glorias Navales Presenta El Blues de Istvan by Glorias Navales Glorias Navales – Glorias Navales Presenta El…

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the July 23 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates July 18-24. [link] [link] [link] [link]

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  • A thread from Twitter, begun as a simple response to someone else's tweet on Thursday… Jobs I did before full-time professional* journalism: BabysitterFloor cleaning/maintenanceBusboyDishwasherKitchen prepRecord store clerkRadio program hostPublicist (* but also wrote for my college paper and freelanced for alt-weeklies mag long before that…) https://t.co/WrBpsT9mXm — Steve Smith (@nightafternight) July 12, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js After…

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the July 9/July 16 double issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates July 4-17. [link] [link] [link] [link]

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. King Crimson – The Elements 2018 Tour Box (DGM; 2018) sleep like it's winter by Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke – sleep like it's winter (Newhere; 2018) Opalescence by Norbert Rodenkirchen / Robbie Lee / James Ilgenfritz Norbert Rodenkirchen/Robbie Lee/James Ilgenfritz – Opalescence…

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the July 2 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates June 27 through July 3. [link] [link] [link] [link]

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Gavin Bryars – The Fifth Century; Two Love Songs – The Crossing/Donald Nally, Prism Quartet (ECM; 2017) Blurred Music by Biliana Voutchkova / Michael Thieke Biliana Voutchkova/Michael Thieke – Blurred Music (elsewhere; due July 5, 2018) Musique pour le lever du jour…

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  • A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. AMM – The Crypt – 12th June 1968 (Matchless; 2008; digital via Otoroku) AMM – An Unintended Legacy (Matchless; 2018) Sleep Concert at Gray Area, 24 Feb 2018 by Robert Rich Robert Rich – Sleep Concert at Gray Area, 24 Feb 2018…

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  • The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. Let’s Eat GrandmaI, Gemini(Transgressive; 2016) [before I’ve said a word] “I really like this part of the music, Daddy. I really like the voices. What is this called?” [“You aren’t going to believe it, but this is a group of two young women who…

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  • My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the June 25 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates June 20 through 26. Click on the image to go to the related page on the New Yorker website.

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