I just received the above from my friend, John Mendelsohn (Christopher Milk, Sparks, critic on Rolling Stone). John wrote and performed My Country Tortured, a haunting song about the realisation of what America did under the Bush administration. Another excellent track is The Afghanistan Song by Superbia, a two-man outfit I met at the St […]
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Madam Miaow’s video shot from three seats away Well, that’s divas for you. Lucky she has circus skills. We had top seats for Monday’s Noisettes gig at the Shepherds Bush O2 Empire thanks to Bill and Rachel, guitarist Daniel Smith’s parents. Ah! Nuthin’ like sitting in comfort sipping Strongbow from a plastic mug, I’m that
Curious how the significant places of one’s childhood that once seemed vast appear so much smaller when you visit them years later. Last night (Monday 5th October), the Hammersmith’s Apollo looked minuscule compared with the days when it was called the Odeon and I queued all night to get front row tickets for David Bowie
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Saw Jeff Beck at the Royal Albert Hall in London last night, an idyllic way to spend a glorious summer evening before the predicted storms over the next few days. We even caught an old-fashioned Number 9 Routemaster bus complete with a proper conductor for the last leg of the journey, something that turns us
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The Cowboy, the Punk and the Queens of Funk For all you NME babies and blues fans out there, Charles Shaar Murray’s new band, Crosstown Lightnin’, features the Cowboy, the Punk and the Queens of Funk: CSM on guitar and vocals, Buffalo Bill Smith on harmonica, the sublime Max Doray on bass and JoJo Ruocco
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Anna Chen performs Anna May Wong Must Die! rap at the Roxy Bar & Screen, London, 26th May 2009, from an extract of her show as part of an Anna May Wong themed evening which included a screening of Piccadilly. Anna May Wong Must Die! is a multimedia personal journey through the life and crimes
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