This is an old favorite of mine. I originally wrote it for my Livejournal blog and decided it was time to import it over here. Still holds up, except for the fact that the Verve broke up shortly afterwards. That and the Robbie Williams line about not wanting to rejoin Take That.
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Containing not one but two references to “Insane in the Brain!” I couldn’t be prouder of myself. (subscription required)
Maybe this reunion tour, and not the Simon & Garfunkel one, should have been called “Old Friends” — with old meaning “former.”
Pearl Jam brought its Backspacer Tour to Madison Square Garden on May 20. What did I think of the show?
Once upon a time, concept albums were hip. It was a long time ago, back when the shower curtain wasn’t the only piece of vinyl in your house, and the only CDs were the ones issued by banks. If you were bored of singing the standard pop ditties about love, cars and having fun, then concept albums were the way to go. Artists like Pink Floyd, the Who and David Bowie wrote about serious issues like war, madness and consumerism and elevated themselves as artists.
Elizabeth Taylor. Billy Graham. Fidel Castro. What do they have in common? In this context, they’re among the most popular picks in death pools.
What a cast! What cinematography! What choreography! What a script! Wait, what script?!
Manhattan Federal Judge Kimba Wood Calls Record Companies’ Request for $75 Trillion in Damages ‘Absurd’ in Lime Wire Copyright Case. Not as absurd as Rebecca Black’s “Friday” – an Auto-Tuned …
“The Vertigo Tour” hits MSG. Here’s my review of the concert.