by Downtown Magazine | Jul 29, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Music
Los Angeles-based Eleni Mandell came onto the singer/songwriter scene in the late 1990s with a splash, working on her debut album with the legendary Jon Brion. Several years later in 2001, on the opposite coast, The New Yorker called Eleni “the best unsigned artist in...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 29, 2015 | Book Club, Culture, Entertainment
Amber Benson first came into prominence as an actress on the Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV series in the late 1990s. That wasn’t her first role, however, having begun acting in her teens. While she has continued acting post-Buffy (e.g. Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice,...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 28, 2015 | Culture, Music
Mark Piro has been a fixture in the downtown music scene for over 10 years as a record label employee (Razor & Tie Entertainment, Good Morning Monkey Records), and musician (The Shaker Pegs). Working his way up at Razor & Tie after finishing studies at NYU,...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 25, 2015 | Lifestyle, Sports
Golf is a sport that millions of Americans of all ages play regularly. The activity itself is of a competitive nature, while also providing a relaxing, introspective and bonding experience. It is probably one of the few things that Alice Cooper, Celine Dion, Snoop...
by Downtown Magazine | Jul 24, 2015 | Coming Up, Culture, Music
The career of John McCauley is both complex and interesting. He is the singer and primary songwriter behind Deer Tick, who has released five critically-acclaimed albums and a handful of EPs over the past eight years. While that would be enough for the majority of...