I've never been to Hawaii. My parents promised my sister and I a trip there when we were kids, but then we moved from Washington to Tennessee, and suddenly it was no longer feasible. They took us to the Bahamas instead. Now I'll admit the Bahamas are nice, but they ain't Hawaii. My fiance and I looked into a trip there recently while honeymoon planning, but as soon as we saw the cost of airfare, it...
Today’s Guest: Cary Pratt of Prairie Cat Ever wondered what it’s called when your senses trigger memories, like when you smell a certain perfume and it reminds you of someone? I don’t know if there’s a name for this phenomenon, but I’m pretty sure we all experience it. I’m also certain that music can be as powerful as scent. Think of the songs you’ve heard...
The high point of most people’s career is a promotion with a corner office that overlooks the Au Bon Pain across the street. The high point of supermodel Helena Christensen’s career was rubbing her sand-speckled Danish yabbos on Chris Isaak. And although your Au Bon Pain is now a Panera, Helena is still doing what [...]
Helena Christensen Documents Climate Change in Peru is a post from: Words About Things Helena Christensen Documents Climate Change in Peru is a post from: Words About Things Helena Christensen was one of the most recognizable supermodels of the 1990’s, she stared in the video for Wicked Game by Chris Isaak and was a Victoria’s Secret Angel. Now she has turned her hand to photography in...
NME's latest free Daily Download is: Exlovers Cover Chris Isaak's Wicked Game - Free MP3 Old Daily Download favourites Exlovers just released a cover of Chris Isaak's 1989 classic 'Wicked Game'. [...] Read more!
White House Punk by digby Among all the stories I've read today about White House state dinners, this has to be the one I enjoyed the most. Howie Klein: My secretary buzzes me to say the White House is on the phone. "Is that that damn Daisy doing an imitation of President Clinton," I asked. "No, no," she said, "it's the office of the White Houses social director." Skeptical,...
Not coincidentally, Dec. 5 marks the beginning of UO's holiday celebrations, including the How the Grinch Stole Christmas musical at Islands, the Macy's Holiday Parade at the Studios plus its new three-night Holiday Concert Series -- Mannheim Steamroller on the 5th, Chris Isaak on Dec. 12 and Natalie Cole on Dec. 19. All those events are included in the Holiday Pass and regular park admission. (Note...
Ride The Frightening Grooms (née Muggabears) from Brooklyn create the kind of hedonistic fantasy grunge that Sonic Youth and Pavement did in their heyday, combining powerful, churning guitar lines and intelligent basslines merging blissfully in a mélange of shimmering, powdery drums and whiny adolescent vocals. ‘Dreamsucker’ is an immediate favourite, with its glistening guitar...
For their Elle magazine photo shoot, creative director Joe Zee let "American Idol" alums Kris Allen, Adam Lambert and Allison Iraheta express their individual styles.
Creative director Joe Zee lets the 'American Idol' stars express themselves in photo shoot. By Jocelyn Vena Adam Lambert in the December 2009 issue of <i>Elle</i> Photo: Elle Kris Allen , Allison Iraheta and Adam Lambert all certainly have very distinct sense of style. So when the trio of "American Idol" stars teamed up for an Elle magazine photo shoot, they each got to express...
Back in August, my wife and I went to see Chris Isaak in concert. It was awesome! If you get the chance to see Chris in concert, GO! Anyway, below is a live video of my favorite song from his newest CD, “Mr. Lucky.” Enjoy…
From Daily 49 People who craved post-Halloween music watched Jace Everett perform at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach. More than 100 people came to watch Everett perform Sunday night, including the theme song of the HBO show about vampires, “True Blood.” Alex’s Bar, also known as Fangtasia on the HBO series, is a punk rock/dive bar and is definitely not where just-turned-21 youngsters...
Chris Isaak is one of those men that gets better with age. Although he was still handsome when he was younger, there is just ‘ something ‘ about him now that he has gotten older. He goes on my list . Here he is performing live at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles . I’ve been trying to find out if this man is married because he wears a ring on his wedding finger, but according to ask.com he is not and...