The New York Optimist
January 2009
Music
elodieO
elodieO's official website
Stubborn
Starscream
Mel Merio
elodieO
Uh oh!!! its another complete vacation for the
mind  when singer and musician elodieO took
the happy party people at Leroyale on a
complete vacation performing her new CD
Stubborn live. This club is now officially my
favorite place to see music, dark and moody
with mirrored walls and a kick ass sound
system this two floor gem nestled on the
corner of Leroy street and Seventh Avenue in
the West Village is hosting some of the hottest
and most talented
Sonia Montez


New York music
scene queen, Bella
Saona, and her band,
Fire and Reason.
Publisher's Pick of the Week:
June 30th
Stevie Wonder
Live on Sesame Street
Publishers pick of the week
June 7th, 2008.
Pink Floyd, live @ Pompei.
The Publishers Pick Of The Week, originated
from our publisher and editor listening to
cool jams while laying out the issue for the
coming week. We have so much fun
listening and watching the vintage or rare
video coverage, we figured to add it as a
feature in our issue. We hope you enjoy
some of these vids and welcome comments
or suggestions.
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Souled Out on Sunday
By Tola Brennan

While standing in the audience, I get into that horrible state of mind where as
soon as something good happens, I start waiting for it to get bad again, and thus
invalidate my peachy reaction. This is the result of too many disappointments. I
can’t avoid it. If I hear a couple impressive songs, I start getting excited, and
then, BANG. I lose. Everything turns lame. I have to keep my guard up and not
get too invested. I can’t trust the music to be splendiferous because it usually isn’
t. So, keep in mind that I have this annoying complex which always causes me to
be unimpressed.
Two weeks ago, Conor Oberst played a few nights in a row at Terminal 5. If you’re
wondering who Conor Oberst is (and you shouldn’t be, considering as everyone
should know about him; but, just in case), here is a short illumination. Conor
Oberst is the band leader and singer/songwriter of the band Bright Eyes. The
group has pretty much always been Conor Oberst with a back-up band, since
around 1996, when they first started. Since that time, they’ve released a
number
Fire and Reason
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