Waynerobins
@waynerobins.bsky.social
Lifelong music critic (Creem, Village Voice, RS, Newsday/NY Newsday) now writing weekly at http://waynerobins.substack.com.
Paul Simon's Final Concert (Not!) open.substack.com/pub/waynerob... An updated repost of a 2018 essay from my abandoned reader-less blog. New subscribers welcome.
Paul Simon's Final Concert (Not!)
Six years after his final bow, he's on the road again
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April 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Paul Simon's Final Concert (Not!) open.substack.com/pub/waynerob... An updated repost of a 2018 essay from my abandoned reader-less blog. New subscribers welcome.
This post ran on my Substack just three weeks ago, when I found out that he was very ill. Now he is gone, but the joyous spirit with which he represented rock & roll will live forever.
New York Dolls: Johansen Looks Back
"We might as well been called the Tehran Dolls."
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March 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This post ran on my Substack just three weeks ago, when I found out that he was very ill. Now he is gone, but the joyous spirit with which he represented rock & roll will live forever.
My latest Substack updates one I wrote three years ago. My students at St. John's agreed with the Rich Lebowski that Jeff should get a job. Also, on late career MA fellowship at NYU 1997-1998, I did a paper: "The Big Lebowski Meets the Big Sleep." The story pulls the essay together. Pse subscribe!
The Big Lebowski Meets The Big Sleep
Students Liked the Movie, But They Can't Abide The Dude
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March 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My latest Substack updates one I wrote three years ago. My students at St. John's agreed with the Rich Lebowski that Jeff should get a job. Also, on late career MA fellowship at NYU 1997-1998, I did a paper: "The Big Lebowski Meets the Big Sleep." The story pulls the essay together. Pse subscribe!
Trump To New York: Drop Dead
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Wayne Robins on Paul Krugman
"The rage some Americans obviously feel at any suggestion that people should change their behavior for the common good": The USAID.gov main page is now blank, but its Office of the Inspector General l...
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February 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trump To New York: Drop Dead
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waynerobins.substack.com/p/belle-and-... Between 1995 and 2002, I took a hiatus from writing about music to cover food, cooking, and the great chefs of the NY area before they all had TV shows. But Belle & Sebastian, Scotland band often called "twee," turned up the volume on this great album.
Belle and Sebastian's Grand Slam
"Dear Catastrophe Waitress," 2003
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January 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
waynerobins.substack.com/p/belle-and-... Between 1995 and 2002, I took a hiatus from writing about music to cover food, cooking, and the great chefs of the NY area before they all had TV shows. But Belle & Sebastian, Scotland band often called "twee," turned up the volume on this great album.
waynerobins.substack.com/p/slinky-vag... Missing David Bowie? Lots of fresh Bowie-like music and interview stuff in my latest post. #Music #Rock #Bowie
SLINKY VAGABOND: BOWIE REPLICANTS
The Man Who Sold David Bowie to Target
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January 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
waynerobins.substack.com/p/slinky-vag... Missing David Bowie? Lots of fresh Bowie-like music and interview stuff in my latest post. #Music #Rock #Bowie
waynerobins.substack.com/p/have-a-rot... At least I got to see the Sex Pistols live, because 9 days later, they were mostly dead. There are also interviews with John Lydon in my Substack archives, always free. #Writers @🎧
Have a Rotten New Year!
The Sex Pistols Live in Atlanta, 1978
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January 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
waynerobins.substack.com/p/have-a-rot... At least I got to see the Sex Pistols live, because 9 days later, they were mostly dead. There are also interviews with John Lydon in my Substack archives, always free. #Writers @🎧
waynerobins.substack.com/p/southside-.... Now that Southside Johnny retired from the road, an update of a story I did in 2015, hanging with the main Juke at a giant New England fair in West Springfield, Mass. #music
Southside Johnny Hangs Up His Rock & Soul Shoes
No Hits But a Home Run Career
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December 28, 2024 at 6:34 PM
waynerobins.substack.com/p/southside-.... Now that Southside Johnny retired from the road, an update of a story I did in 2015, hanging with the main Juke at a giant New England fair in West Springfield, Mass. #music
The Baal Shem Tov brought me tranquility for Chanukah.
December 25, 2024 at 6:58 PM
The Baal Shem Tov brought me tranquility for Chanukah.
"Lesley Gore: The Quincy Jones Sessions" my latest post. Chances are you've heard some of this, but might not have known the monumental talent behind it.
Lesley Gore: The Quincy Jones Sessions
This is Not a Trick Headline
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December 20, 2024 at 6:33 PM
"Lesley Gore: The Quincy Jones Sessions" my latest post. Chances are you've heard some of this, but might not have known the monumental talent behind it.
waynerobins.substack.com/p/the-great-.... Boy, I've spent some of the emptiest seconds of my love pondering Yacht Rock, but then I watched and enjoyed the "dockumentary." Is Steely Dan YR?: My opinion has evolved from no, never, to maybe, to sorta, to a "startling" (not really) conclusion.
The Great Yacht Rock Scare of 2024
Steely Dan Is/Is Not/Is Yacht Rock
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December 14, 2024 at 12:00 AM
waynerobins.substack.com/p/the-great-.... Boy, I've spent some of the emptiest seconds of my love pondering Yacht Rock, but then I watched and enjoyed the "dockumentary." Is Steely Dan YR?: My opinion has evolved from no, never, to maybe, to sorta, to a "startling" (not really) conclusion.