Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell: The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Lou Reed
Ward Six (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
This seems to be the year in which my favorite writers publish novels that don't make any sense . I'm talking about the new Jonathan Lethem, Chronic City , an exhaustingly unmoored narrative about weird male friendship, set in an alternate-universe Upper East Side. There's lots to like here, especially if, like me, you like Lethem--an escaped tiger wreaking havoc, giant urban conceptual-art pits in...
<B>Patrick Joubert Conlon</B> (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
I didn't listen to pop music for almost 40 years until recently when I moved here. I prefer opera but only the local NPR station plays classical music and then only for half the time. The other half is taken up with commie politics. So, if you want to listen to the radio while driving long distances, you've got a choice between the local talk radio station (which is only interesting when they run the...
There Goes The Fear (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
There must be something in the water in Sweden because as of late, the Scandinavian country has been producing a disproportionate amount of talented musicians. Dance-pop princess Lykke Li and the DJ/producing duo Bloodshy and Avant (currently masquerading as two-thirds of Miike Snow) spring immediately to mind. And here’s yet another. El [...]
Classic Rock and More (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Peter Gabriel is reportedly set to release an orchestral covers album. Called "Scratch My Back" the album is reported to be a "song swap" with a host of "extremely legendary artists" set to cover each other's material. "The songs are not simply covers," Gabriel collaborator John Metcalfe told BBC 6 Music. "They are major reinterpretations of some famous...
Jake Weird (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
A musical video featuring some pictures and stills from movies with Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Moonlight Mile, The good girl, Brokeback Mountain, Zodiac, Prince of Persia: The sands of Time, etc). Songs "I want to boogie with you" by Lou Reed and "Country Boy" by Johnny Cash.
Travel (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
By Brian Jackson With a shop near every neighborhood, video stores have been the most convenient way to get movies for years. Instead of buying or renting the dvd, people now can choose a movie download instead. Following is a list of a few movies that you can get using a movie download site. The Indian in the Cupboard: A boy (Scardino) acquires an old chest as a birthday present, and finds that while...
ReadWriteWeb (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The Inside Source is eBay's latest announcement. The searching, buying, and selling habits of its 88 million active users have added up to an enormous dataset, one that could have easily been hoarded and sold to marketers, brands, and others with a vested interest in online retail and trends. Although eBay isn't releasing raw stats into the wild, it is publishing editorial content and news on trends...
PopMatters Music (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
To hear Sarah Assbring say it, Lou Reed's "Heavenly Arms" had a massive impact on her ability to even begin to write the new album: "I knew from the beginning I was going to do an album of love songs but as I was far from in an amorous state of mind at the time I realized, I couldn't write anything that would be pretending I still believed in love. I wanted to though. Desperately.…...
Castle in the Air (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
We're all back from our jaunt now, transitioning from the fantasyland that is Halloween in New York to the equally bizarre and expectant pre-Christmas world at Castle in the Air. More on that soon, but today I want to describe my dream world experience on Halloween day. Somehow my vacation let my body get a nasty cold, but I was determined to attend the amazing day of multimedia presentations that...
Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
It is 8:27 a.m., and I have already made coffee, blipped some Lou Reed, read and put together some material ahead of time for Five Star Friday, written a couple of paragraphs for National Novel Writing Month, worked on the beginnings of my article... Click on the title to view the full weblog entry. 10% of Schmutzie.com's ad revenue goes to Kiva.org, so a visit to Schmutzie.com is a donation to a worthy...
kenneth in the (212) (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
I suppose it could just be that more cool things tend to happen in entertainment at the end of the year, but for the third time in a row I received the final copy of one of my magazine subscriptions that I wasn't planning to renew (for general lack of interest) only to find it to be the most wonderful issue I've seen in ages. This time around it's INTERVIEW , which happens to be the 40th anniversary...
It's Eclectic! It's Eccentric! It's RadioNowhere's... (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
JESSICA 6 1972 3.November.2009 NORMAN ROSE – Deteriorata CHICORY TIP – Son Of My Father LIEUTENANT PIGEON – Mouldy Old Dough MOTT THE HOOPLE – All The Young Dudes DAVID BOWIE – Ziggy Stardust T. REX – Metal Guru ELTON JOHN – Rocket Man (I Think It’s Going To Be A Long, Long Time) AMERICA – A Horse With No Name NEIL YOUNG – Heart Of Gold CAPTAIN...
Consequence of Sound (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
This is a big step for a guy who's always been seen as "the frontman." However, Phrazes for the Young changes all of that.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Rock music is good for Michael Clark. His latest work, Come, Been and Gone, shown as part of bite and Dance Umbrella, returns to the music of his teens: Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, David Bowie. Even the programme is designed to look like a 7-inch record sleeve. With this soundtrack, Clark and his company gleam with purpose. It's the best thing he's done in years.
Pop Tarts Suck Toasted (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The sultry voice of El Perro Del Mar is usually enough to make us swoon, but when you add in the fact that she's covering Lou Reed's "Heavenly Arms" in the video above we have gone well beyond melted to a new state of absolute devotion to this songstress. She explained why she chose to cover Reed and this is what she had to say... "For some coincidental reason Lou Reed worked as some...
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