Well. Fuck me. One of the things I learned in school is that journalists (and I use the term loosely) are supposed to create a subjective distance between themselves and their subjects. One doesn’t say, “I think,” or “it seems to me.” One leaves oneself out of the equation entirely. I’m going to give…read more
As if on queue! NPR is leaking streaming I Learned The Hard Way by Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings right now! GO LISTEN HERE NOW!!! 1. The Game Gets Old 2. I Learned the Hard Way 3. Better Things 4. Give It Back 5. Money 6. The Reason 7. Window Shopping 8. She Ain’t a Child No More 9. I’ll Still Be True 10. Without a Heart…read more
Fire With Fire – out now The new Scissor Sisters single ‘ Fire With Fire’ is out this week (currently #11 in the midweeks) and to give it a proper push they performed it today for Radio 1’s Live Lounge. They also unveiled a country-fied cover of Kylie’s ‘ All The Lovers ‘. Fire With Fire Click here…read more
Fuck World Cup kickball. Fuck Basketball. Fuck Baseball and to some extent, fuck the NFL. The greatest sport in America, NCAA Football, has begun and today the 2010 Florida State Seminoles reported for their first practice. The Jimbo Fisher era officially begins and I, for one, am ready for it. Love’d ya Bobby but I am ready to watch winning…read more
High School was a very weird time for me. From being homeschooled, to private school, to public school with no credits and denied the chance to test out. In the class year of 89/90 when I should have graduated I was officially in the 9th grade for the second time. I was angry, attending a school where I was a minority…read more
Since I was expelled in my freshman, supposed to be senior year, this is one horrific experience I shall never have an invitation to attend. But my last year in school was one where I came into my own where musical tastes were concerned but it was also a year where some absolutely hideous music came out and I was…read more
A Great big Pile of Leaves were suggested to me through three different forums I frequent – by different people – and thta suggests to me that I should be checking them out. These guys (3 of them) play some fun music, its rockin, airy and jazzy, indie as fuck. They are an independant band and have been for a…read more
Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Label: Merge Release Date: Aug. 3, 2010 6.5 HANK ALTOGETHER: “In the suburbs I learned to drive” There’s nothing in the new Arcade Fire that interests me as much as the idea of a third album. And frankly, that’s because there isn’t anything that interesting in Arcade Fire’s third LP The Suburbs . As an album, its comprised of a…read more
When I hear of things being influenced by the Eighties, I always find it a bit of a double-edged sword. I think when you were alive and heard things the first time and (crucially) felt the excitement back then as well, then it becomes infinitely harder to give a fuck about the inevitable re-treads and re-evaluations…read more
Ciara wants to go back to school. The 24-year-old singer – who embarked on a music career aged just 16 – is currently focused on her work but would love to further her knowledge of other subjects as she feels it is essential to get on in life. She said: me “I did get some years where I was…read more
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