Got a Tip?
tips at gothamist
About Gothamist

Gothamist is a website about New York. More

Editor: Jen Chung Publisher: Jake Dobkin

About Us & Advertising | Archives | Contact | Mobile | RSS | Staff

Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'ahmetertegun'

January 21, 2008

Shine a Light, the film documenting The Rolling Stones show at Beacon Theater in 2006, is about to hit the big screen. And the really, really big screen. The Martin Scorsese-directed rockumentary will be in both regular and IMAX theaters this April, and it won't be the first time Mick Jagger's lips have reached epic proportions; the band recorded their first IMAX concert in the early '90s. Check out the trailer for the latest one,......

Continue Reading "Video of the Day: Shine a Light"

September 17, 2007

As Led Zeppelin announced last week that they would play a reunion show in London, those outside of the UK wonder if they'll embark on a worldwide reunion tour. The one-off show is in honor of Ahmet Ertegun, and will include John Bonham's son Jason on drums. The band is no stranger to New York, one of their album covers was shot on St. Mark's Place, and their 1976-released live concert film was comprised of......

Continue Reading "Video of the Day: The Song Remains the Same"

July 31, 2007

Last year the Rolling Stones played two nights at the Beacon Theater (partly to celebrate Bill Clinton's 60th birthday - we guess Hillary will get Celine). It's just been announced that this September 21st Martin Scorsese will release a documentary filmed at the shows. The larger than life event will become just that in celluloid as it gets the IMAX treatment, but is the world ready for a 50-foot Mick Jagger? Well, it's not......

Continue Reading "The Rolling Stones Hit the BIG Screen"

April 29, 2007

A look at some noteworthy television this week: Nature - Dogs That Changed the World: Dogs by Design (Sunday, 8:00 p.m. WNET 13; Wednesday 9:00 p.m. WLIW 21) The second and final part of the story of the dog looks at how humans created the various dog breeds and the modern day consequences. Today (Monday, 7:00 a.m., WNBC 4) Another outing of Where in the World is Matt Lauer starts Monday morning. The Mormons (Monday......

Continue Reading "Noteworthy Televison This Week: "

December 15, 2006

Ahmet Ertegun, the man who founded Atlantic Records, died yesterday at the age of 83. Ertegun, along with a partner, Herb Abramson, founded Atlantic Records in 1947. They started up in an office in a hotel on West 56th Street in Manhattan. The initial investment of $10,000 was borrowed from his family dentist. 48 years later, in 1995, at the Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Dinner, it was announced that the museum's......

Continue Reading "Ahmet Ertegun, 1923-2006"

June 14, 2004

When Gothamist read about how famed NY restaurant New York Region > Le Cirque Considering Moving on at Year's End" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/13/nyregion/13sirio.html?ex=1402459200&en=acdb02dd1f52aca7&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND">Le Cirque 2000 may have to leave its space at the Palace Hotel, we were surprised that nowhere in the article was there mention of how the restaurant really hit its peak with executive chef Sottha Kuhn and pastry chef Jacques Torres. As Gothamist could only eat our hearts out when we read about Le......

Continue Reading "Cirque du Sirio"

2003- Gothamist LLC. All rights reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy. We use MovableType.