NYC Show Obsessive

   Bill: Goblin (Performing Score To Deep Red (1975 dir: Dario Argento) Venue: City Winery , 25 11th Ave ., New York, NY Date: 10/24/25 Door: $100/$80/$65/$55/$45 (had a +1) 8pm Claudio Simonetti's Goblin Active: 1972 (Rome, Italy) Latest Release: The Other Hell (Soundtrack) (Cinevox, 2025 Reissue, 1979) Biggest Release: Suspiria (Cinevox, 1977) First Release/Featured Release: Profoundo Russo (Deep Red) (Cinevox, 1975) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify The split of keyboardist Claudio Simonetti and guitarist Fabio Pignatelli went all the way back to 1978 after the Zombi (Dawn of the Dead) soundtrack.  Claudio Simonetti still tours as Goblin and feature archival material.  This year being the 50th Anniversary of Deep Red, the bands debut Soundtrack, Simonetti is scoring the film live before doing a set of career scoring highlights after (Suspiria, Halloween.  Bass player Cecila Nappo joined in 2018 and she is the...

 Bill: The Legendary Pink Dots/Orbit Service Venue: The Sultan Room , 234 Starr St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/23/25 Door: $34.09 (DICE Ticket, I won pair on DoNYC) 8:30pm The Legendary Pink Dots Active: 1980 (London, UK/Nijmegen, Netherlands) Latest Release: So Lonely In Heaven (Metropolis, 2025), Chemical Playschool Vol. 25 (Legendary Pink Dots, 2025) Biggest Release: The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse (Play It Again Sam, 1990) First Release: Only Dreaming (Legendary Pink Dots, 1981) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify Missed: Orbit Service Trying to figure out the set times was a little difficult with a 7pm door.  My guess was somewhere in the 8:45-9:15 range with the opener at 8, but from my 8:38 arrival, the Dots were already on. The Legendary Pink Dots lead by Edward Ka-Spel are one of those long running (45 years since 1980) entities that have cranked out a nearly infinite amount of music.  The ones I knew were the ones Pl...

  Bill: Psychedelic Furs Venue: Brooklyn Paramount , 385 Flatbush Ave. Ext. , Brooklyn, NY Date: Sun 10/19/25 Door: $74 (had friends extra won pair) 9:40pm Psychedelic Furs Active: 1977 (London, UK) Latest Release: Made of Rain (Cooking Vinyl, 2020), " Evergreen " (Cooking Vinyl, 2021) Biggest Release: Midnight To Midnight (Columbia, 1987) First Release: The Psychedelic Furs (Columbia, 1980) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Spotify 8pm Gary Numan Active: 1977 (London, UK) Latest Release: Intruder (BMG/The End, 2021), A Perfect Circle: Live (BMG, 2025) Biggest Release: The Pleasure Principle (Atco, 1979) First Release: Tubeway Army- Tubeway Army (Beggars Banquet, 1978) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube   Spotify Psychedelic Furs were a long time "bucket list" band I never got around to seeing.  Stars aligned, a friend of mine won two pairs of tickets, a friend in town was an old fan...

  Bill: Iron Chic/Moving Targets/HAVAK/Hasty Venue: TV Eye , 1647 Weirfield St . Ridgewood, Queens, NY Date: 10/17/25 Door: $20 9:45pm Iron Chic Active: 2008 (Long Island, NY) Latest Release: You Can't Stay Here (SideOneDummy, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 9pm Moving Targets Active: 1982 (Boston, MA) Latest Release: Red Eyes (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube 8:15pm SAVAK Active: 2015 (Brooklyn, NY) Affiliated: Obits, Holy Fuck, The Cops Latest Release: Squawk!  (Peculiar Works Music/Ernest Jennings Record Co., 2025) Bandcamp   Facebook   Instagram   Discogs   AllMusic   Setlist   Wiki   YouTube 7:30pm Hasty Active: 2024 (Brooklyn, NY) Latest Release: e.p. (Hasty, 2024) Bandcamp  I nstagram   It's always a great day when Kenny Chambers comes to town.  Moving Targets has had a burst of activity in the past 7 years...

  Bill: Land-Line/Tough Darling/Gojumo/Young Virgo, Hilarious Book Launch and Party hosted by Joey Truman Venue: Tom Fruin's Studio , 240 6th St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/11/25 Door: Free 10:30 Land-Line 9:45 Tough Darling Affiliated:  Peri Masco - Keys/Vocals (PinkLips, I.C.U., Wharton Tiers Ensemble), Michael Jung - Guitar (Alice Donut, Mustafina, GoJuMo), Gina Marie Rodriquez - Bass (World Inferno, Topaz, Telomeres), Jules Ross - Drums (Nuclear Family Fantasy) Instagram   YouTube 9:00 GoJuMo Active: 2024 (Brooklyn, NY) Affiliated: Alice Donut, Cinema Cinema, Um, Mustafina Latest Release: Get Otta The Van  (GoJuMo, 2025) Bandcamp   Instagram Missed: Young Virgo Land-Line got invited to play Joey Truman's new book launch Hilarious, so we played our second gig at Tom Fruin's Studio in Gowanus.  Obviously, I didn't take my own clips but a couple people sent them so I might as well save them for posterity. Peri Masco's new band Tough Darling played and I have...

  . Bill: Swans/Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch Venue: Brooklyn Steel , 319 Frost St ., Brooklyn, NY Date: 10/7/25 Door: $40 (had a free +1) 8:30pm Swans Active: 1982 (New York, NY) Latest Release: Birthing (Young God, 2025) Bandcamp Facebook Instagram Discogs Setlist AllMusic Wiki YouTube Missed: Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch Michael Gira requested at the start of the show to refrain from cell phone use during the performance, so in the spirit of that, I didn't get any photos or clips.  I'm sure somebody will put something up down the road.  I went with a pro photographer and got her plus one which meant we got to hang in the upper area that was roped off.  She got her photos up front in the prescribed 30-minute allotted time and I "held" a spot in the front of the section.  I thought maybe being up in back might save my ears, but no Swans are still fuckin loud, and my ears are still a little shot this morning although not as shot as they used to...