Nick Lowe: So It Goes At first you want to start singing: You know that chick that used to dance a lot Every night she'd be on the floor shaking what she'd got Man when I tell you she was cool, she was red hot I mean she was steaming So, is there some trivia here that I don't know about? Both singles were released in '76.
Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… The new season of Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… kicks off on December 9, 2009 on the Sundance Channel with Bono and The Edge. The schedule for the rest of season looks like this: Spectacle: Elvis Costello With… Season 2 Schedule December 9 at 10:00 PM – Spectacle: Elvis Costello with Bono and The Edge December [...]
Poster by Barney Bubbles for Elvis Costello’s Get Happy!! (1980). Adelita, the publishers of Reasons To Be Cheerful: the life and work of Barney Bubbles, announced this week that Paul Gorman’s essential collection of BB graphics has been named Book of the Year in Mojo magazine: Reasons To Be Cheerful – the acclaimed study of the life [...]
"Marie Provost" - Nick Lowe Amanda had a very disturbing post yesterday that combined the horror of the tased ten-year old girl in Arkansas with the repulsive revelation that James Dobson beats his twelve pound dachshund with a belt. Thus...
Bend It Like Bender! – Devin Townsend Project from Addicted (2009) Blue Cheadle – Cheer-Accident from Fear Draws Misfortune (2009) Cruisin’ With The Deuce – Quarterflash from Quarterflash (1980) Elegy – Bob Belden from Black Dahlia (2001) Hard Shoulder – Mark Knopfler from Get Lucky (2009) Love’s Got A Lot To Answer For – Nick Lowe from At My Age [...]...
The Tripwires-House to House . There's something about hearing this Seattle band's fun-loving, good-time power pop that brings a smile to my face when I hear one of their tracks. Following up their 2007 debut Makes You Look Around, The Tripwires (consisting of members and former members of The Model Rockets, The Minus 5, and Screaming Trees among others) assert themselves as the 21st Century Rockpile....
A couple of weeks ago, I went out with some people from my running club to a local bar. We caught the early act (the place gets taken over by students after about 10). It was a duo that did...
The contents of Interzone #225 (Cover art by Adam Tredowski ) have been posted : Stories "Here We Are, Falling Through Shadows" by Jason Sanford "By Starlight" by Rebecca J. Payne "The Killing Streets" by Colin Harvey "Funny Pages" by Lavie Tidhar "Bone Island" by Shannon Page & Jay Lake Features Ansible Link by David Langford BookZone by Jim Steel...
You knew Cool Nutz wouldn’t step away from the game for long. Sure, he’s been working in radio and promotions a lot as of late and keeping a relatively low profile with his own music, but the longtime Portland MC often strikes without warning. Luckily, we got a little heads-up from him today. Turns out that [...] Related posts: Mic Check: Nick Lowe Also see How Much Would You Pay for the...
Filed under: Marvel , Interviews On the eve of his November 11 Marvel Comics Debut, artist Steven Sanders has a lot on his mind. "S.W.O.R.D." #1 arrives in stores Wednesday, but the world's not slowing down quite enough for him to savor it in full. He's contending with pages from ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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For those of you not reading on Blogger, go have a look at the poll on the right of the blog over there. I'll wait. Ah, there you are again, that didn't take long. The wisdom of crowds has spoken, and it says that the five Hugo nominees for the Short Form Drama category next year will be episodes from:Doctor Who.Dollhouse.Lost.True Blood.Fringe.Now, of course the poll doesn't allow for
KURT VONNEGUT : A granfalloon is a proud and meaningless association of human beings. I have not for decades felt the need to cite a quotation from the master of making the whimsical seem profound; not at least since the day long ago when I made the adolescent-switch away from airplane glue to pleasures more organic. Now, having made the adult-change-of-life-switch in drug of choice from alcohol to...
In the days of i-phones, blackberrys and all sorts of methods of instant messaging and communications, it must be high odds against ever meeting someone for the first time and having to resort to ink and skin for the oh-so-vital phone number:- mp3 : The Jags - Back Of My Hand Released in September 1979 and hitting the #17 spot, this was it for The Jags in terms of chart success. A classic example of...
I went to see the marvelous Brendan Benson last night at the Electric Ballroom and it occurred to me how similar he is to the great Nick Lowe. 1. Both men write perfect 3 minute pop songs. 2. Both have made solo albums and albums by committee (Rockpile & Raconteurs) 3. Both have a few songs with very dark lyrics (eg Sittin' Pretty & Marie Provost) The only irony seems to me that Nick Lowe...