Blender has a list of 100 Days That Changed Music, and not surprisingly a good amount of them took place in New York. Here are a few, see any missing? 99. December 11, 1965: The Velvet Underground play their first show, which was actually at a high school dance in Summit, New Jersey. The following year however, the Velvets became the house band at Warhol's Factory. 96. December 14, 1977: "Saturday Night Fever debuts in......

In our ongoing obsession with the Hotel Chelsea, here's the latest from their blog. Recently Bruno Wizard (of The Homosexuals, formerly The Rejects) dropped by his old habitat. The Hotel blog writers interviewed him, and you can read it all here. Do you think the Chelsea has a special creative energy? It is unique, there’s no denying that. But you can’t say that the building has an energy in it’s own right. Without the people......

Johnny Ramone died last night at age 55 in L.A., after a struggle with prostate cancer. Johnny, born John Cummings, co-founded the Queens band with Joey Ramone in 1974 and the Ramones brought punk to NYC. Reports say that Eddie Vedder, John Frusciante and Rob Zombie were at his bedside along with Johnny's wife. Here's the Ramones' official website. Joey died in 2001, Dee Dee died in 2002, and now drummer Tommy is the only......