Archive for 2006/11


The Tate Modern Slides

We’re all adolescents at heart. Although I’d been planning to visit the British Museum, since Harry and Richard kept raving about the slides in the Tate Modern, I followed their instruction.  Crossing over to the Jubilee line, which is SO far underground you figure you’re immune to warfare.  Assuming, of course, the whole thing doesn’t […]

Borat And The Music Business

Nobody knows about it. Yup, that’s what the bigwigs concluded when their market research came in.  The overhyped to the max "Borat" was seemingly unknown in the heartland of our country. It doesn’t square.  God, if I read one more Borat article, I’m gonna PUKE! Yes, I thought it was funny when Sascha Baron Cohen […]

Beatles Love

Don’t ask for my fucking E-MAIL ADDRESS! I read online (well, hitsdailydouble.com, they have a ban on mentioning me, but I don’t have  one on them!) that they were streaming four tracks from the Beatles "Love" album on The Beatles.  So I went to the site to listen to the tracks and…I HAD TO GIVE […]

The Feeling At Shepherd’s Bush Empire

It’s different here.  Everybody’s still a believer. There’s radio.  That everybody listens to.  There’s television, featuring all the new acts.  And tons of TV advertising and billboards to boot.  There’s a vibe here, music is part of the fabric.  David Byrne had it right.  Same as it ever was. At the Shepherd’s Bush Empire tonight […]