In • Frequencies trailer Last week’s release of NRBQ’s In • Frequencies was the climax of an extraordinarily fruitful year for the band, pandemic touring shutdown notwithstanding. It followed the recent limited edition CD release of NRBQ at the Ardmore Music Hall 2015, a live set recorded in 2015 at the Ardmore, Pa. rock venue with current members of the venerable “Q” and guests including Sun Ra Arkestra’s Marshall Allen and Danny Thompson. Q-related titles out so far this ye

Normally, the 2020 NY NOW home/lifestyle/handmade/gift market trade show would be held, like so many major New York trade shows, at Manhattan’s Javits Center. But because of the coronavirus, the show, which commenced Saturday and runs through Oct. 7, has gone digital, bringing together hundreds of retailers, brands, and product makers together virtually via an intuitive search-and-discovery website engine. No surprise that so many new product offerings at the NY NOW Digital M

The League of Women Voters and the presidential debates After last night’s presidential debate disaster, and today’s announcement by the Commission on Presidential Debates that “additional structure” will be appended to the format of the remaining debates “to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues,” older viewers may well be waxing nostalgic for the time when the nonpartisan League of Women Voters (LWVEF) staged the debates. It’s hard to believe that that was now over