“Vinyl is great, but the music is even better,” Matt Black of Coldcut once said. Since I went to see…
Prayer was a staple of my childhood. My family always said grace before dinner, and I recited the Lord’s Prayer…
If you’re even remotely familiar with Diamanda Galᳬ the notion of her playing the Crocodile Cafe this Thursday might seem…
I have a confession to make: I love country music. I’m not one of these fussbudgets who only likes one…
The ring of his cell phone—long, long, short, short, long, like a beauty queen’s wave—pierced Quasimoto’s slumber. The midmorning light,…
In an era when even my 106-year-old great aunt has e-mail, it’s not unusual to forge bonds with people you’ve…
Last Saturday, I had a horrible nightmare: I was dating Diana Ross. I was perched on a sprawling white sofa…
Evil rules the pop charts. Every time you look at MTV, you’ll see yet another emerging musician who is being…
JANUARY—Victoria “Posh Spice” Adams intimates on British television that her husband, Manchester United soccer star and all-around stud-puppet David Beckham,…
Wired for Sound
Gerry didn’t need caffeine to face the day. Regardless, he liked to brew a pot of French Roast while he…
On television, sometimes a spin-off proves just as enduring as the series that spawned it. But when Tina Weymouth and…
I despise liver. But I’ll eat it once in a great while, usually in the form of p at some…
The older I grow, the harder I find it to fall in love with albums. Twelve years ago, when my…
Open-minded Gilles Peterson can work seemingly any time of song into his addictive DJ sets.
I’m so glad 2001 is over, because saying sayonara to another year means I don’t have to worry about doing…
Once a week I try to boost my karma by cooking at Chicken Soup Brigade. I started doing volunteer work…
When interviewing musicians, it’s always good to have a casual icebreaker. If the chat is being conducted via phone, “How’s…
Kelly Hogan does the bummer songs.
“You can’t play guitar on a Screamers cover!” That’s what the hipster next to me hollered as Portland glam-wave trio…
