Iggy Pop is not stupid and he’s not poor and he’s not not-famous. So, I’m still not sure why I had to be confronted with this advertisement at Gatwick Airport a few weeks ago. I mean: COME ON, GUY! At least when Bob Dylan did the ad for Victoria’s Secret it was left-field enough for [...]
This post (currently with 3 comments) was created on July 16, 2009 at 14:37 and categorized under Capitalism, Downer, Music, Punk, UK.
I normally don’t post a lot of singer-songwriter stuff here but these two pieces have been in somewhat steady rotation at the old domicile. Rhett Miller used to sing for a much-loved Texas cowpunk band called the Old 97s (yes, named after the Johnny Cash song Wreck of the…). I was lucky enough to see [...]
This post (currently with no comments) was created on July 14, 2009 at 22:32 and categorized under Berlin, Music, Tuna, UK.
I should confess that I’ve read a lot of David Foster Wallace, but I’ve never completed the gargantuan “Infinite Jest,” his quote unquote magnum opus and legitimate shot at the Great American Novel. I’ve read nearly all his interviews, short stories and his first novel “Broom of the System.” I’ve even read books by authors [...]
This post (currently with no comments) was created on July 13, 2009 at 18:30 and categorized under Literature.
featuring bassist Keepyahjoy as “Bucketman” and his well-tuned paint buckets
This post (currently with one comment) was created on July 6, 2009 at 23:07 and categorized under Berlin, Music, Video.
Fiah ina Kreuzberg. Holla.
AP also playing Yaam Sunday 19:00.
This post (currently with no comments) was created on July 3, 2009 at 10:41 and categorized under Berlin, Event, Kreuzberg, Music.
