Author: Lissa Townsend Rodgers

Lissa Townsend Rodgers moved from the Big Apple to Sin City over a decade ago and, like everyone else in town, wonders what she's still doing there. She is editor-at-large at Vegas Seven magazine but often freelances around like a common trollop. She preferred Las Vegas when it had neon rather than LED and New York City when it had subway tokens instead of Uber Black.

by Lissa Townsend Rodgers August 24, 2018 Comments1

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On the Beat-up Couch With Jonathan Fire*Eater

CBGBs, Central Park, opening for Blur… Jonathan Fire*Eater was an edgy NYC band that the Village Voice compared to the Stones. What happened?

by Lissa Townsend Rodgers June 3, 2018 Comments1

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1988: Rap’s Golden Year

1988 showcased Public Enemy, MC Lyte, Eric B and Rakim, De La Soul in all their glory. So let’s revisit a time when the rhymes blasting out of boom-boxes were the keys to the culture.