Rock Snobbery Archives
- THE REAL “JUST DANCE”
- RON ASHETON: NOOOO!
- BEST ROCK-SNOB T-SHIRT DESIGNS EVER...
- ‘ROCK SNOB’ IN SEMINAL-GROUP REUNION!
- STILL MORE BEATLE HUMO(U)R FROM PETER SERAFINOWICZ
- SOMETHING EVERY ROCK SNOB SHOULD KNOW
- BRIAN WILSON ENDORSES MCCAIN
- “YACHT ROCK” AUTEUR TO SCREEN IN NYC
- THE INEVITABLE FEIST APPEARANCE ON “SESAME STREET”
- ROCK SNOB RELEASE OF THE YEAR: DENNIS WILSON’S “PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE”
- “YACHT ROCK 11” LIVE AT LAST
- JEW TUBE
- FIVE SONGS THAT SOUND LIKE THEY OUGHT TO BE SUNG BY THE MUPPETS
- ROCK SNOB MUPPETRY
- DOWNRIGHT FASCINATING SYD CLIP
- MORE “YACHT ROCK” FICTION/REALITY BLUR
- LE RIP-OFF
- MUCH BETTER, SLY!
- A PHAX FROM SLY STONE
- MARTY DI BERGI RETURNS
- ARCHITECTURAL ROCK SNOBBERY
- WHAT GENERATION GAP?
- “LOVE” IS REAL... BUT NILSSON IS REALER
- BRILLIANT SNOBWORK BY U2
- DEPT. OF PRESS-RELEASE E-MAILS WE NEVER FINISHED READING
- LIVE FROM NEW YORK, IT’S “YACHT ROCK”
- COCONUT TEASZER, WE HARDLY KNEW YE
- LILY ALLEN “GETS” ROCK SNOBBERY
- TWILIGHT OF THE ROCK CRIT
- THE WRECK OF THE ARTHUR LEE*
- TAMERLANE PHILLIPS HAS BAD LUCK WITH AIR BEDS
- THE MADCAP CROAKS
- JOHNNY CASH: AMERICAN V
- IT'S A VERY, VERY... MAAAD WORLD
- FREDDIE’S DEAD
- YES, THAT WAS RICHARD BRANSON
- BEATLE HUMO(U)R FROM PETER SERAFINOWICZ
- XM PREVIEW! A LITTLE TOUCH OF BOB IN THE NIGHT....
- KURT LOVES FRIDA
- SCOTT WALKER, WEIRDO ROCK-SNOB MASCOT, RESURFACES
- COSMIC SLOP
- HOLD THE LINE! HISTORIC YACHT ROCK SUMMIT!
- WHAT IF GOTH GIRLS WERE HUGE NBA FANS?
- ROCK SNOB DALY TO APPEAR ON POST-PUNK PITKIN PANEL
- THE SKUNKSTER ON “TODAY”
- M.U.: THE BEST OF SNOBSITE 2005
- THE ROBERT CHRISTGAU ROCK-SNOB APTITUDE TEST
- RE: RE: JOYCE
- THE SNOBS AT THANKSGIVING
- SNOB FOR THE HOLIDAYS
- HARRY POTTER AND THE REPLICA OF TROUTMASK
- GREAT MOMENTS IN ROCK SNOBBERY (PART OF A CONTINUING SERIES)
- AMEN, SLATE BROTHERS!
- RE: JOYCE
- EXCERPTS FROM VH1’S UPCOMING “I LOVE THE AUGHTIES, PART ONE”
- ODDS AND SODS: POSTHUMOUS PEEL SNOBBERY, CAMERON CROWE COINAGES, AND THE MYSTERIOUS “JOYCE”
- MUSIC (AND JOKES) FROM BIG BEARD
- GRAM PARSONS: THE DAVID CASSIDY YEARS
- A LITERAL MINI-MOOG
- OUR HANDSOME, ENGLISH, NOVELTY-BOOK-PURVEYING COUSIN
- ROCK SNOBS GOT JOBS
- BEST. ROCK SNOB. PARODY. EVER!
- THE PEER-PRESSURE PITCH: WHY HAVEN’T YOU SNOBBED?
- SOLO SNOBBING
- OUR ROCK SNOB FRIENDS
- WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS (II)
- WHEN THE LEVEE BREAKS
- ALL SNOBS CONSIDERED
- ROCK SNOBBERY IN THE NEW REPUBLIC
- ROBERT MOOG, 1934-2005
- NOTES ON KRAUT, ROCK, AND KRAUTROCK
- AND THE “GOOD SPORT” AWARD GOES TO...
- SOME LOOSE BOOTY FROM THE SNOB ARCHIVES
- QUÉ... ONDA JAF-FEE! ... QUÉ ONDA JAFFEE!
- ROCK SNOB MINI FILM FESTIVAL
- THE SCOTTISH SNOB’S EARLY YEARS
- COR BLIMEY! THE U.K. LOVEFEST BEGINS
- GREAT MOMENTS IN ROCK SNOBBERY (PART OF A CONTINUING SERIES)
- REPORTER SEARCHES FOR MAN-ON-THE-STREET ROCK SNOBS
- ODDS AND SODS: BEARDY PARODY, OUR PISSY STALKER AT THE INDEPENDENT, AND BONO USES THE WORD “SEMINAL”
- NEW YORK TIMES GIVES SNOBS THE THUMBS-UP
- A HAIKU RE: NICOLE KIDMAN’S iTUNES CELEBRITY PLAYLIST
- SEMINAL OLDER BROTHER IN GUEST ROCK-SNOB APPEARANCE
- FUN FOR ROCK SNOBS AND TYPEFACE SNOBS
- ROCK ON POP (HAVE A SNOBBY FATHER’S DAY)
- REMEMBER TO CHECK OUT SNOB COMIX!
- ROCK SNOBS TO INVADE BRITAIN ON–WAIT FOR IT–JULY 4TH!
- GREAT MOMENTS IN ROCK SNOBBERY (PART OF A CONTINUING SERIES)
- IN CASE YOU MISSED IT...
- MORE HONEST/SNOB DESERT ISLAND DISC LISTS FROM OUR READERS
- MORE ODDS AND SODS
- NOT BLOGGY ENOUGH?
- ROCK SNOBS TO RETURN TO WNYC
- FATHER’S DAY IS SNOB’S DAY
- REJOICE! SNOB COMIX!
- WHAT’S WRONG WITH BEING SEXY?
- STYLISH ROCK SNOBS: THEY DO EXIST
- PEACE, LOVE, UNITY, AND HAVIN’ FUN
- YOU GO, GREIL!
- LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL ROCK SNOBS UNIT
- THE (SNOB) KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
- DIS IS NOW KALLED DER SNÖBBENSÏTE
- GREAT MOMENTS IN ROCK SNOBBERY
- READERS' REAL/SNOB DESERT ISLAND DISCS
- AN AUSPICIOUS WEEK FOR THE ROCK SNOBS
- BOOK-READING REMINDER
- ROCK SNOBS ATTEMPT BRAZEN SELF-SABOTAGE STUNT! OH, THE SHAME!
- GUILTY!
- ROCK SNOBBERY LIVE!
- SHIPWRECKED ON SNOB ISLAND
- BOSTON GLOBE GOES GAGA FOR SNOBS!
- A LITTLE BACK-PATTING, A LITTLE PLUGOLA
- SNOBS DEMANDING VOLUME II OF DICTIONARY ALREADY!!!
- ODDS AND SODS
- THE INEVITABLE GRUMPY, SNOBBIER-THAN-THOU VILLAGE VOICE REVIEW!
- ROCK SNOB BLATHER AVAILABLE VIA WNYC
- ROCK SNOBS TO VISIT WITH WNYC'S BRIAN LEHRER
- BENEDICT XVI: NOT THE POPE OF ROCK
- ROCK SNOBBISH THINGS TO ASK PINK FLOYD'S NICK MASON WHEN HE APPEARS AT THE BARNES & NOBLE ON UNION SQUARE, NYC, ON TUES, APRIL 19
- PLEASE ALLOW US TO RE-INTRODUCE OURSELVES (WE'RE SNOBS OF WEALTH AND TASTE)
- ROCK-CRIT LOVEFEST!
- ORIGINAL RAMONES TO REUNITE DESPITE THREE MEMBERS' BEING DEAD!
- TWO-TIME SUPER BOWL MVP IN ROCK SNOB SHOCK!
- KING ROCK SNOB (HAS SURELY COME)
- THE EXPLODING ROCK SNOB INEVITABLE: "HAPPENINGS" HAPPENING SOON
- WE'RE SNOBBY ABOUT OTHER THINGS, TOO
- COUNTRY ROCK IMBROGLIO!
- ROCK SNOB BLOOD, ENGLISH HEART
- ROCK SNOB "MASC-FEM" BOOK-CD PROMOTIONAL SYNERGY
- AHOY, ROCK SNOBS!
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Nyro, Laura. Bronx-born progenitor of soulful Rhoda-rock. The precocious Nyro released her debut album in 1966 at the age of 19, and shortly thereafter saw the Fifth Dimension and Barbra Streisand score hits with her free-swinging compositions “Wedding Bell Blues” and “Stoney End,” respectively. Snapped up by aspiring agent David Geffen, she signed a $4 million contract with Columbia Records—putting both herself and Geffen in the big leagues—and released two SEMINAL albums, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and New York Tendaberry, before growing fed up with the music industry and the limitations it placed on her free spirit and eccentric habits. (She demanded, for instance, that one of her albums be pressed on perfume-infused vinyl, and named her publishing company Tuna Fish Music, after her daily lunch choice.) At the age of 24, Nyro moved from Manhattan to New England, and flitted in and out of retirement until her death in 1997. 