Norah Does it in the Living Room! Perhaps in an effort to capitalize on some pending April Fools Day confusion, (or, less cynically, to honor the cozy club,) Norah Jones made a surprise appearance at the Living Room on Monday night. The Ludlow street lounge, which has been celebrating its 10-year anniversary with night after night of packed lineups with a sprinkling of some big names, is where the Queen of Mom Music got her......

The NY Times reflects on Bright Eyes' recent seven night run at Town Hall. Is Conor Oberst so complex that many, many charts analyzing him, his show and his fans outbursts, is necessary? Maybe not, but in an effort to explain "art" with a little bit of "science" the Times actually sent a blogger to all seven shows - to test his endurance, and bring home the cold hard facts. The observations range from......

Bright Eyes Shows Off His Friends Okay Conor, we get it: you have cool friends. This week, during the Bright Eyes 7-night run at Town Hall, the band promised a special guest each night. So far he's brought out the likes of Lou Reed, Steve Earle, Jenny Lewis, Norah Jones and Ben Kweller. Each played a few songs of their own mid set before joining in jamming with the rest of the group. On the......

New York singer/songwriter Jesse Harris might be known for his songs performed by others, in 2003 he won the Grammy for Norah Jones’s “Don’t Know Why," and he's also written songs for Willie Nelson, Bright Eyes, Feist, M Ward, and many others. Tonight, however, he'll be belting out his own tunes at the Living Room. Come check him out, and get to know him a little bit first... What has your experience been like as......

ART OPENINGS: Ann Craven's latest Deer and Beer, will most likely feature new repetitive paintings (that is, her shtick is to repeat the same painting in multiples) of Deer and ... um ... Beer? 6 to 8pm // Klemens Gasser & Tanya Grunert, Inc. [524 W 19th] // Free David Fox's Images of War, features recent monotypes part of an ongoing cycle of work. "Fox explores themes of war and human rights violations brought to......

- High school students slash each other on the Upper West Side, and local residents and business owners confirm that the kids are scary - The Brian Lehrer Show on the need for more public accountability from city agencies like the MTA - The tourist kids who threw paint cans at the police in Midtown were reprimanded by Virginia high school (one was expelled)... - ...and the Bronx high school kids finally got to......

One of our favorite stations to listen to all day is KEXP, run out of Seattle, and through the magic of online streaming - heard worldwide. This week they're in New York broadcasting (as they are twice a year), putting on some shows and having many in-studio guests. They're in Philip Glass' old studio which is now Gigantic Music, where their musical guests include: The Mugs, Bill Janovitz, Favourite Sons, Ghostland Observatory, Goldfrapp, French Kicks,......

Last night, while we were watching Norah Jones "punk" band play the Delancey, Guns n' Roses rocked fans at Hammerstein Ballroom with old favorites and new tunes. Brooklyn Vegan was there and has a ton of pictures (including the photo above) and the promise of a full report to come later. Apparently Sebastian Bach even joined Axl on stage...we won't lie, we kind of wish we were there. Alas, all we have is YouTube.......

Last night we headed to the Delancey to see Pela. When we got there we were told by friends that Norah Jones would be playing at 10:30, in a new "punk band" of hers. We didn't believe it, but stayed - and when Pela ended the singer told the audience to "Stick around for No Jo!" The room was half empty during the set break, and pretty much stayed that way. Then two girls......

- Informal talks between the Transport Workers Union and the MTA - Ken has another makeover to win Barbie back, but, ladies, will carrying a messenger bag and listening to Norah Jones really change things? - When your loved one loves Anderson Cooper - Mayor Bloomberg's other old man fight: Larry Silverstein's press release is a hoot - Johnny Damon thanks his former city with a full page ad in the Boston Globe -......

Today you are hopefully joining approximately 45,000 other New Yorkers and taking part in the 20th Annual AIDS Walk. If not, there is still time. Sign in starts at 8:30am but the walk doesn't begin until 10am. So head to 59th St and 5th Ave...and don't miss the special performance by Norah Jones. Once you're done there maybe cool down with a little stroll in Brooklyn. 20+ galleries + 20+ restaurants = Taste Williamsburg. A......

If you're a fan of artists like Norah Jones, Lucinda Williams or Tom Waits, Gothamist highly recommends New Jerseyan-turned South Sloper Dayna Kurtz, playing tonight at Joe's Pub. She's just come off a big national tour opening for Richard Thompson, and is builiding a nice buzz in singer-songwriter circles. A recent story on National Public Radio led to her new cd Beautiful Yesterday (released Tuesday) reaching #11 on Amazon.com, before it even went on sale.......

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A cocktail waitress at Lower East Side club, BLVD, was raped in a backstage VIP room by two men on Saturday night. The two men, one Long Island resident with an arrest record (though not for violent crime) and the other from NJ, allegedly cornered the waitress, who tried to leave but then fell unsconscious. One of BLVD's security guards was able to apprehend a suspect after BLVD employees found the victim naked and unconscious.......

Scratchy voiced Alan Light and John Rollins (Gothamist doesn't know anything about Rollins' voice, only Light's because he'dcomment on ANYTHING on VH1) bring a new music magazine offering with Tracks, oriented to more adult readers. The Times' David Carr looks at this venture, which seems to follow the music industry's realization that older consumers will buy, versus download, music, but the older consumers are simply not being spoken to. One doubtful industry expert, wondering if......

100 Best Songs?
Gothamist takes aim at VH1's stupid new list (yes, an easy target, but still fun) with some of their and their readers' favorites....

The Grammys are over and the winners now get to calling themselves "Grammy-winning." Remember, so is Christopher Cross (sorry, Christopher Cross, you're just too tempting a punchline). So is a deserving Lauryn Hill, but where are you these days Lauryn? We need you. Norah Jones was the big winner of the night, winning the most prestigious categories, Record, Song, and Album of the Year. Bruce Springsteen represented, winning three, and the Dixie Chicks, Eminem,......