Jay Funk Dawg
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The band is going to release a new song every week leading up to this tour... looking forward to hearing it all. Boys were sounding great at Evolve Fest, I hope some skanks come out for the rare tour run.
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Seemingly out of nowhere, Grand Theft Bus return with their fourth, and arguably strongest, album Say It With Me. A collection of songs mostly new and some old, the material is a further evolution of the band's genre of progressive-pop. You can hear the first single, Vultures, streaming on CBCRadio3 and here:
As always, the songs possess a great mix of styles and captures a restless band following their muse wherever it leads them – whether basic guitar-driven pop, dark synthesizer-driven anthems or instrumental pieces with electronic flourishes. We'll be releasing a song every Tuesday until the album comes out on August 28th. You can also pre-order the CD and hope santa puts this on wax.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Grand Theft Bus
August 11: MESStival - Anagance, NB
August 29: Casa Del Popolo - Montreal, PQ
August 30: Casbah - Hamilton ON
August 31: The Rivoli - Toronto ON
September 01: Mavericks - Ottawa ON
September 13: Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival - Fredericton NB
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Yup Snappy has done a great job on recording the album. Track has some nice moments.
The band just played on Breakfast Television in Toronto - take a look!
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Caught this on Friday, stopped watching just as Hold Steady guy killed Scarlett Begonias. Was watching it with an old DeadHead friend in New England we just loved watching Gordo, Weir, Russo, Donna make those songs come alive.
Who sang Eyes of the World, I thought he did a great job.
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Friday, August 17th, 2012
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
at The Phoenix Concert Theatre
Tickets: $23.50 + Service Charges
Available at Rotate This, Soundscapes
and online here: http://tktwb.tw/O70Gdf
facebook: http://on.fb.me/M36cSe
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, toughened by a half decade of nonstop roadwork, flexed their rock n roll muscles and confirmed that they were in it for the long haul. Now, seven years after hitting the radar, GPN take an exponential leap as the Vermont-based band forcefully takes its place alongside the best of its peers while building on the rich legacy of its inspirations.
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Friday, August 17th, 2012
Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
at The Phoenix Concert Theatre
Tickets: $23.50 + Service Charges
Available at Rotate This, Soundscapes
and online here: http://tktwb.tw/O70Gdf
facebook: http://on.fb.me/M36cSe
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, toughened by a half decade of nonstop roadwork, flexed their rock n roll muscles and confirmed that they were in it for the long haul. Now, seven years after hitting the radar, GPN take an exponential leap as the Vermont-based band forcefully takes its place alongside the best of its peers while building on the rich legacy of its inspirations.
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please take a listen, love your feedback!
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GTB played Evovle and were sounding hot. Poster for Toronto show here:
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
CITIZEN COPE @ 10:15
Venue: The Phoenix
Doors: 8:00
Tickets: $30.50 advance
$34.00 @ the door
19+
Tickets available at HS/RT/SS/TM
I have a couple of pairs to giveaway -
email me at jay @ 360degreesartists.com if you can make it.
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I don't agree with everything this guys says, but he does make a good point on how record compaines invest in the acts via tour support.
The Industry is changing and the power shift seems to be moving towards the promoters. Live Nation can build headliners by putting them in front of the right crowds.
In my experience bands are going on the road to promote their new CD, but also to take advantage of the promotional opportunities that promoters can give them - postering, email blasts, pr, web promo...
I think that companies like AEG, Live Nation, the thousands of festival around the world need bands as big as Radiohead... So as record labels get smaller, the promoters who often have build strong one on one relationships with the audiences will pick up the slack.
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Wild night, very good two night run, the song selection the first night was more to my taste, but we had great seats (11th row, dead centre in front of Trey) + VIP Drinking Area passes. Was way more intimate with the good seats, and Page was much louder than first night. Jams were great and I could see Trey smiling ear to ear.
from:
http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/phish-jones-beach-setlist-and-the-skinny-night-two/
07/04/2012 Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Set 1: Alumni Blues > Letter to Jimmy Page > Alumni Blues, Head Held High, The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday > Avenu Malkenu > The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday, Kill Devil Falls, Bittersweet Motel, The Moma Dance > Gumbo > David Bowie, Alaska, Susskind Hotel, Hold Your Head Up > Purple Rain[1] > Hold Your Head Up, The Star Spangled Banner
Set 2: Boogie On Reggae Woman > Tweezer > Twist > Taste > Quinn the Eskimo > Julius > Rock and Roll > The Horse > Silent in the Morning > Harry Hood > Shine a Light > Show of Life > Slave to the Traffic Light
Encore: Sleeping Monkey[2] > Tweezer Reprise
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love this vid.
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Pretty incredible show.. our seats were probably the worse, but we had fun and boogied down. Tonight I have VIP tickets, the only place in the 15,000 person venue you can buy beer
?loved that they said "Fluffhead came to New York!"
Jam in Sand Run Like An Antelope, song picks Bug, The Wedge & Backwards Down the Numberline were also highlights
from http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/phish-jones-beach-setlist-and-the-skinny-night-one/
Setlist…
Set 1: Skin It Back, Possum[1], Tube, Happiness Is a Warm Gun, Mike’s Song > I Am Hydrogen >Weekapaug Groove, Halley’s Comet > Axilla > Ya Mar, Joy, Jesus Just Left Chicago, Backwards Down the Number Line > Golgi Apparatus
Set 2: Chalk Dust Torture[1], Sand[2] -> Golden Age, Wolfman’s Brother -> Walk Away, Bug >Fluffhead[3] > The Wedge, Run Like an Antelope
Encore: Character Zero
[1] Skin It Back tease.
[2] Izabella tease.
[3] Dave’s Energy Guide tease.
Notes: Skin It Back was played for the first time since July 29,1988 (1,417 shows). Happiness is a Warm Gun was played for the first time since October 31, 1994 (658 shows). Possum and Chalk Dust Torture contained Skin It Back teases. Sand contained an Izabella tease. Fluffhead contained a Dave’s Energy Guide tease.
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I've got tickets for both shows, looking forward to seeing some Canadians! Who's coming?
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Chameleon Project plays Saturday!
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Please take a moment and check out the new single by House of David Gang. Recorded by Snappy Homefry (Chameleon Project, BOK, Dub Monkey) at Playhouse studios in Toronto, the song captures that vintage reggae sound with a touch of modern production. Fans of Jimmy Cliff, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh will enjoy! This song was played on CBC Radio in Southern Ontario yesterday at 5pm.
We'd love to hear your comments.
Best I Can Be - House of David Gang by dj?uesquecest
Upcoming Concerts
August 5 Irie Music Festival, Toronto, ON w/ Third World
August 1, Explorer's Cafe, Midland, ON
August 17 Periwinkle Music Fest, Penetanguishene, ON
August 25 Rasta Fest,Toronto, ON w/ Mighty Diamonds,
August 26 Muskoka Reggae Fest, Bracebridge, ON
September 24 Jamaica 50th Nanaimo, BC
September 25 Jamaica 50th Vancouver, BC
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Make it (Funky) Reggae & Nufunk Presents...
Friday, June 29th, 2012
House of David Gang - Album Fundraiser
www.houseofdavidgang.com
with Dirty Dubsters (Irish Mosh, Dublin), Farbsie Funk (Make it Funky, Toronto)
plus Amber Coates & April Johnson and special guests DJ Reddafire of MUVA COLLECTIVE
Waterfalls Indian Tapas Bar
303 Augusta Avenue Toronto
$12 Advance / $15 at the door
Ticket Link: http://tktwb.tw/MLldnb
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/399000520146017/
Reduced guest list by emailing jay@makeitfunky.ca
"House of David Gang is one of Canada's best Reggae Bands"
- Metro Morning - CBC Radio
House of David Gang is one of Toronto's longest running reggae acts. Named after a Queen West after-hours club run by band members in the late 80's and 90's, the reggae collective is near completion of their debut album, 20 years in the making. With 350 hours of studio time clocked at Snappy Homefry's Playhouse, over 20 musicians from Toronto reggae scene's participation and with funding support of the Ontairo Arts Council and FACTOR, the band is looking to its fans for financial support for the last step of the release of the album, slated for September which they will be pushing for a 2013 Juno Nomination.
House of David Gang
www.houseofdavidgang.com
www.facebook.com/houseofdavidgang
House of David Gang is a Toronto-based reggae outfit that delivers late 70s and early 80s style Jamaican reggae originals mixed with folk, soul, calypso, afrobeat, hip hop as well as classic reggae material of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Formed in Toronto over 20 years ago, the band is fronted by seasoned reggae veteran King Selah – a fixture of the Canadian Jamaican Reggae scene. The House of David Gang takes its name from the legendary House of David afterhours on Queen Street West in Toronto, where artists from the city's burgeoning reggae scene would meet to jam until sunrise.
In the last several years, "The Gang" has been one of Canada's busiest touring reggae bands. Their annual Bob Marley Birthday Tribute and Food Drive tour has become a staple of the winter music calendar across Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. In Toronto, hundreds of reggae lovers come out for their springtime Original Wailers Showcase and Peter Tosh Tribute. House of David Gang has performed in front of thousands at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, Atlantic Jazz Festival, Evolve Festival, Nufunk Festival, The Word On The Street, Ottawa Reggaefest, Toronto Freedom Festival, and more.
Dirty Dubsters (Irish Moss Records, Dublin, Ireland)
www.dirtydubsters.com
NEW SUMMER MIX: http://www.mixcloud.com/DirtyDubsters/dirty-dubsters-summer-festival-ragga-bass-mix-2012/
The Dirty Dubsters is a Dublin based production/DJ duo collaborating together on various productions and as part of the Break-Down crew since early 2006. Their sound is everything from nu funk, party breaks, bootlegs, breakbeat, drum n bass, hiphop and house. There is a definite theme running through all their tracks, with the majority of the tracks strongly glued down by reggae samples combined with big drum beats and fat driving bass grooves.
2010 was a busy year for the Dirty Dubsters, with over 60 tracks down over 20 different releases on various labels including their own digital label 'Dirty Dubster Digital'. Their digital label has proved very successful, with Dirty Dubster releases remaining in the bestseller lists consistently since the label was established. The 'Don't mean a thing if aint got that Swing EP' went to No. 5 best selling release on the entire Juno download site over all genres. The Dirty Dubsters profile has developed rapidly this year, with many well known producers and DJs proclaiming themselves fans of the big beat Dublin duo – including Fort Knox Five, Rust B (All Good Funk Alliance), Mr Benn, BadboE, Danny Massure, DJ Shepdog (niceUP! Records), Mungo HiFi, Fuzzbox Inc, DJ Wood, Pimpsoul, Slynk....... to name just a few.
Dirty Dubsters collaborated with many different MC’s from around the globe while working on their Dirty Dub-Plate Series. These included Bass Nacho (Florida, USA), Chip Fu (Las Vegas, USA), Whandah the Dainty Queen (New York, USA), Jah Clarity (Kingston, Jamaica) Screechy Dan (USA, JA.) Afu Ra (USA) and Chantelle Ernandez (Kingston, Jamaica) Top Cat (UK). These collaborations have proved very successful with the 1st release with Bass Nacho receiving rave reviews and the B-side even landing on Don Letts playlist on BBC Radio 6. They're pushing the creative boundaries both musically and visually to bring fun entertaining media to the party massive.
Promoted by:
www.nufunk.ca
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Very cool.. Burt Lives!
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This Friday!
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Make it (Funky) Reggae & Nufunk Presents...
Friday, June 29th, 2012
House of David Gang - Album Fundraiser
www.houseofdavidgang.com
with Dirty Dubsters (Irish Mosh, Dublin), Farbsie Funk (Make it Funky, Toronto)
plus Amber Coates & April Johnson and special guests DJ Reddafire of MUVA COLLECTIVE
Waterfalls Indian Tapas Bar
303 Augusta Avenue Toronto
$12 Advance / $15 at the door
Ticket Link: http://tktwb.tw/MLldnb
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/events/399000520146017/
Reduced guest list by emailing jay@makeitfunky.ca
"House of David Gang is one of Canada's best Reggae Bands"
- Metro Morning - CBC Radio
House of David Gang is one of Toronto's longest running reggae acts. Named after a Queen West after-hours club run by band members in the late 80's and 90's, the reggae collective is near completion of their debut album, 20 years in the making. With 350 hours of studio time clocked at Snappy Homefry's Playhouse, over 20 musicians from Toronto reggae scene's participation and with funding support of the Ontairo Arts Council and FACTOR, the band is looking to its fans for financial support for the last step of the release of the album, slated for September which they will be pushing for a 2013 Juno Nomination.
House of David Gang
www.houseofdavidgang.com
www.facebook.com/houseofdavidgang
House of David Gang is a Toronto-based reggae outfit that delivers late 70s and early 80s style Jamaican reggae originals mixed with folk, soul, calypso, afrobeat, hip hop as well as classic reggae material of Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer. Formed in Toronto over 20 years ago, the band is fronted by seasoned reggae veteran King Selah – a fixture of the Canadian Jamaican Reggae scene. The House of David Gang takes its name from the legendary House of David afterhours on Queen Street West in Toronto, where artists from the city's burgeoning reggae scene would meet to jam until sunrise.
In the last several years, "The Gang" has been one of Canada's busiest touring reggae bands. Their annual Bob Marley Birthday Tribute and Food Drive tour has become a staple of the winter music calendar across Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. In Toronto, hundreds of reggae lovers come out for their springtime Original Wailers Showcase and Peter Tosh Tribute. House of David Gang has performed in front of thousands at the Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, Atlantic Jazz Festival, Evolve Festival, Nufunk Festival, The Word On The Street, Ottawa Reggaefest, Toronto Freedom Festival, and more.
Dirty Dubsters (Irish Moss Records, Dublin, Ireland)
www.dirtydubsters.com
NEW SUMMER MIX: http://www.mixcloud.com/DirtyDubsters/dirty-dubsters-summer-festival-ragga-bass-mix-2012/
The Dirty Dubsters is a Dublin based production/DJ duo collaborating together on various productions and as part of the Break-Down crew since early 2006. Their sound is everything from nu funk, party breaks, bootlegs, breakbeat, drum n bass, hiphop and house. There is a definite theme running through all their tracks, with the majority of the tracks strongly glued down by reggae samples combined with big drum beats and fat driving bass grooves.
2010 was a busy year for the Dirty Dubsters, with over 60 tracks down over 20 different releases on various labels including their own digital label 'Dirty Dubster Digital'. Their digital label has proved very successful, with Dirty Dubster releases remaining in the bestseller lists consistently since the label was established. The 'Don't mean a thing if aint got that Swing EP' went to No. 5 best selling release on the entire Juno download site over all genres. The Dirty Dubsters profile has developed rapidly this year, with many well known producers and DJs proclaiming themselves fans of the big beat Dublin duo – including Fort Knox Five, Rust B (All Good Funk Alliance), Mr Benn, BadboE, Danny Massure, DJ Shepdog (niceUP! Records), Mungo HiFi, Fuzzbox Inc, DJ Wood, Pimpsoul, Slynk....... to name just a few.
Dirty Dubsters collaborated with many different MC’s from around the globe while working on their Dirty Dub-Plate Series. These included Bass Nacho (Florida, USA), Chip Fu (Las Vegas, USA), Whandah the Dainty Queen (New York, USA), Jah Clarity (Kingston, Jamaica) Screechy Dan (USA, JA.) Afu Ra (USA) and Chantelle Ernandez (Kingston, Jamaica) Top Cat (UK). These collaborations have proved very successful with the 1st release with Bass Nacho receiving rave reviews and the B-side even landing on Don Letts playlist on BBC Radio 6. They're pushing the creative boundaries both musically and visually to bring fun entertaining media to the party massive.
Promoted by:
www.nufunk.ca
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www.nufunk.ca presents...
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
FIVE ALARM FUNK (Vancouver's Champions of the Party-Funk Orchestra)
and DJ Farbsie (Make it Funky)
Rivoli - 322 Queen St.
$10 Advance Tickets available online, $12 at the door
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/192493174211540
Sponsored by Fusicology, Fingers on Blast & Make it Funky
After an incredible tour de force performance at Lee's Palace in May, Vancouver's Five Alarm Funk return to Toronto for a special intimate engagement at The Rivoli.
Five Alarm Funk (Vancouver, BC)
www.fivealarmfunk.com
Five Alarm Funk is a horn powered, percussion fuelled sonic and visual assault. For more than six years the band has brought their relentless and unforgettable live show to clubs and major festivals across Canada and the United States. The band on stage is an unstoppable orgy of energy. Ten musicians perform intricate and airtight arrangements with delirious dance moves and full on headbanging. Choreographed arm movements coincide with melodic climaxes while the four percussionists create a true spectacle.
Five Alarm Funk's third studio album Anything is Possible was released July 2010. The genre-spanning, groove-straddling opus reveals 14 tunes of unbridled energy. The first track, Infernal Monologue, begins with an angelic children's choir before quickly moving into classically inspired heavy prog-rock. From there the party gets started with some straight-ahead funk on Zenith Escalator before turning to driving world-rhythms and burning middle-eastern inspired horn lines on Titan. Influences as diverse as Frank Zappa, Yes, J.S. Bach and Antibalas all make an appearance before Anything is Possible is finished. Chartattack calls it "a potent mind altering substance" and gives it a rating of 4.5 out of 5. The album charted as high as #16 on the national college radio chart.
From over 300 Five Alarm Funk shows some highlights include: Vancouver Jazz Festival, Toronto Jazz Festival, Ottawa Blues Fest, Shambhala, Sunfest in London Ontario, Ness Creek Festival in Saskatchewan, Summer Meltdown in Washington, the Keelung Mid-Summer Festival in Taiwan, and numerous sold-out shows at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
Recently the band had a number of performances for the Vancouver/Whistler 2010 Olympic games. Minutes after Canada was awarded the gold medal in hockey Five Alarm Funk took the stage at the Hockey House and performed to a delirious crowd.
DJ Farbsie Funk (Toronto, ON)
www.makeitfunky.ca
DJ Farbsie, founder of the Make It Funky Collective got deep into funk at Mo’ Gravy in london in 1996 prior to that his musical influences were formed in the jam band scene traveling to over 400 shows across North America. Having collected thousands of records over the years in 2000 He first stepped up to the decks and the formative years for the Make It Funky Collective began.
In 2005 Make It Funky was born. In the years to follow Farbsie has been spreading the funk gospel and grooving dancefloors across the country. Fusing funky breaks with mowtown sounds, hiphop, calypso, reggae, and classic rock, Farbsie continues to push the boundries of where a dj can take you. Building a journey for the dancefloor that will have you smiling, shouting and singing along as you dance the night away.
Farbsie working with Make It Funky partner Jay Cleary (NuFunk, NuJazz Festival) spent years developing the funk/breaks scene presenting local and top international Breaks, Rare Groove, Turntablism, Classic old school hip-hop and live touring artists to venues across Canada. Farbsie dj skills and addictive flow and track selection has allowed him to share the stage with internationally acclaimed artists like Dj Z-Trip, Afrika Bambaataa, Krafty Kuts, Freddy Fresh, Herbaliser, A.Skillz, Mat the Alien, Fort Knox Five, Dj Czech, Bassnectar, and Deekline and Wizard.
Farbsie’s vision is a concert experience whose mission is to explore the funkier side of all things breakbeat and it’s a mission he brings directly to the dance massive. You’ll get an exceptional night of music, dancing and good fun, with a focus on bringing the cutting edge of funk breaks hip hop and beat driven live music to the masses. Farbsie is just getting started and will shake booty’s on a dancefloor near you. Watch out!
Promoted by:
www.nufunk.ca
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Check out the band's single "Reggae Party" available in digital and vinyl format.
The new album "Reggae Warrior" was funding by Ontario Arts Council and Factor and will be released in September 2012. The album is a mix of reggae, folk-rock, classic rock and has a strong potential for Juno Nomination for 2012.
HOUSE OF DAVID GANG
www.houseofdavidgang.com
HODG takes its name from a legendary rooftop apartment on Queen Street West in downtown Toronto; "The House of David" was the after hours spot of choice for the city's burgeoning reggae scene in the late 1980s / early 90s, a place where members of Selassie I Power, The Resinators, Revelation, Imagine Rainbow Warriors and special guest touring musicians who performed at The Legendary Bamboo Club earlier that evening would join together and jam late into the night. Now with a revamped line-up House of David Gang has been touring heavily in Central & Atlantic Canada, having performed at Evolve Festival (Antigonish, Nova Scotia), Salty Jam (Saint John, New Brunswick), Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival (Fredericton, New Brunswick), Ottawa Reggae Fest (Ontario), Come Together Fest (Owen Sound, Ontario), Barrie Caribfest (Ontario), Beer Fest (Toronto, Ontario), Irie Music Fest (Toronto, Ontario), Rasta Fest (Toronto, Ontario), Word on the Street Fest (Toronto, Ontario) and to over 20,000 people at the Toronto Freedom Festival in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Web Links:
www.houseofdavidgang.com
www.facebook.com/houseofdavidgang
www.sonicbids.com/houseofdavidgang
www.myspace.com/houseofdavidgang
www.twitter.com/House_of_David
Upcoming Festival Gigs:
Wed. June 20 L'Alize, Montreal, PQ
Thurs. June 21 Manhattans, Moncton, NB
Fri. June 22 RIVERJAM 5, Saint John, NB
Fri. June 29 Waterfalls Tappas, Toronto, ON
Thur. July 12 Lula Lounge, Toronto, ON
more info www.facebook.com/houseofdavidgang
coming up:
Rasta Fest opening for Mighty Diamonds, North Toronto, ON
Reggae Muskoka Festival, Bracebridge, ON
Come Together Music Festival, Owen Sound, ON
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US Election
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Who's following this? Hard to say how things are going to play out. It really looks like Obama has the lead, but I am also seeing polls and talk that Romeny is poised to take the presidency.
New York is most certainly going Democrat, but the Republicans have a ton of advantages, deeper seated base, more money and history of vote manipulation as seen in G W Bush win.
Either way it's going to be a tight, intense election. I'm on the edge of my seat!