anniversaries

On October 29th, 1961, then 20-year-old Dylan claimed he traveled the country with the circus while being interviewed on the radio for the first time by Oscar Brand for WNYC's Folksong Festival.

After many delays, on the afternoon of October 27th, 1904, a little after 2 p.m., the trains began to run.

"Illmatic" hit stores in its finished form two decades ago today. The critical recognition was instant: this was a genre-elevating masterpiece from an improbably young source.

The East Village didn't really become a thing until the Third Avenue El was torn down and opened the area up to those priced out of the Village proper.