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In 1996, four lads from SUNY Purchase took the Roskilde Music Festival by storm before flaming out in a contentious breakup. Ten years later, Buckeye’s songs have been made famous by Oasis, Matthew Sweet, and The Gin Blossoms, amongst others. On Saturday, November 18, the band will reunite to launch it’s “European Thunder Tour.” Try…

Dr. Klion called to congratulate me on my 4:38:17 finish. “Great job,” he said. “You ran an excellent race despite a significant injury. Now, take a well-deserved break. Don’t do anything for at least ten days.” Um… ok. Abbi and I had our post-marathon massages on Monday. Afterwards, as we scarfed a dozen oysters, two…

‘What have you done?’ I thought. Then I started running. Forget the six months of training, or — for the moment — the confidence-shattering knee injury; getting to the start of the New York City Marathon was a marathon in itself. The Staten Island commute began when the alarm sounded at 4:30. Abbi and I…

There’s no turning back now. Abbi and I hit the New York City Marathon Expo at the Javitz Center last night. We breezed through packet pickup in just a few minutes (dodging wide-eyed first-timers and slow-poke internationals), then grabbed a few Power Gels (you know you’re a runner when you exclain either of the following:…

I used to scribble a skewed, antenna-wearing smiley face on all of my set lists to remind me to smile during performances. It’s not that I don’t enjoy playing rock shows. Of course I do. It’s just that I’m so busy remembering chords, and lyrics, and gestures, and eye contact that I forget to smile.…

Rock ‘n roll is like boxing. This is not a terrifically original thesis, I realize. Aimee Mann has a whole concept album relating boxing to life, set to (duh) rock ‘n roll. The title, “The Forgotten Arm,” refers (as she told me in this 2002 interview), is derived from a boxing move in which one…