JackRabbit Café (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
I read a concert review the other day about a recent Marianne Faithfull show. I've been a fan since"Broken English", and she brings to mind a tough-yet-tender late-night chanteuse, and would be on my short list of people with whom I'd like to share a closing time drink. Today her tipple would likely be sparking water. Not mine. Anyway, the reviewer mentioned her new album, "Easy Come...
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
This is from a reissue of her 1966 recording North Country Maid. It is a folk album, pure and simple. MP3 File yousendit
MSNBC.com: Music (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Marianne Faithfull has never been much for nostalgia throughout a roller-coaster career that's found her constantly reinventing herself. Faithfull - Recreation - Roller coaster - Theme Parks - Attractions
Word Magazine blogs (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
I came across a fantastic new book of the best rock n' roll photography at the bookshop I work in today. Graham Nash (yes, that Graham Nash) selected the images and he's done a great job. Johnny Cash giving the finger, Bob Marley with king size spliff, Marianne Faithfull naked in the shower. Sterling stuff. It's called Taking Aim and it's really worth checking out. The print quality is excellent and...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Marianne Faithfull has never been much for nostalgia throughout a roller-coaster career that's found her constantly reinventing herself. But when her band played "As Tears Go By" on her fall U.S. concert tour, she found herself flashing back to where her wild ride all began.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Ghost Story DVD, Nucleus Films There's cult value to spare in Stephen Weeks's 1974 film – an effective, thoroughly creditable MR James-esque tale of a stately home haunting. Three posh, mismatched ex-university chums spend a few nights in an English country pile in 1930, where the oafish outcast of the group is led by a creepy doll into harrowing flashbacks dealing with the neighbouring mental...
Cinebeats (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Marianne Faithfull Horror film lovers and Marianne Faithfull fans can rejoice! Stephen Weeks’ spooky British thriller Ghost Story (1974) is finally coming to DVD on November 16th from Nucleus Films in the UK. Unfortunately it will only be available in Britain as a Region 2 PAL disc but if you happen to own an all-region DVD [...]
XO's Middle Eight (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
The best day of 2002? July 27, when Jasper came to live with me. Another fucked up year. Seriously, it was very hard to live in DC at this time. We'd had 9/11, followed by ridiculous anthrax attacks and then, as a final insult, we had a sniper killing people randomly for several months. Whatever. Rather than linger on the drama, I thought this week I'd just comment on the music that made my 2002 list...
Die Gestalten (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Destroy your Image! With a trademark portraiture style and mischievous eye, Dazed and Confused -founder Rankin enjoys a reputation as one of the world's leading photographers. So who would dare destroy him? For the charity project and book Destroy / Rankin , former subjects -- including Basement Jaxx, Beck, Jarvis Cocker, U2, Ian Brown, Kylie Minogue, Little Boots and Marianne Faithfull -- were given...
Brooklyn Vegan (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Lincoln Center's acclaimed series American Songbook returns in January for its twelfth season celebrating the diversity of American popular song. For 16 nights of pop, folk, cabaret, country, rock, and show tunes, the series will explore the best of the...
Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
This is from 1979's Broken English and is a very different Marianne Faithful than the one we remember from As Tears Go By. I always think this is her best album. MP3 File yousendit
Haystak Music (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Marianne Faithfull was awarded the Q icon award at the Q Awards 2009. Accepting the award from Jarvis Cocker, Marianne was grateful for her first UK recognition and paid credit to those who helped her throughout her long career, "Thank you very much, I've never recieved an award before in Britain, in England. So this means alot, that it's been noticed. Everything's gone out of my head, I'm very...
No Rock And Roll Fun (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Whoever said the Q Awards were predictable is going to be ordering a large slice of the most humble pie. You'd be expecting them to give best live band to Muse and best band to the Arctic Monkeys, right? Surprise! It's the other way round. Crazy, huh? The winners in full: Best Act In The World: Muse Best Live Act: Arctic Monkeys Best Album: Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum Best Track: Lily...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Kasabian win best album at Q Awards and Lily Allen celebrates best song prize by lighting up in no-smoking ballroom Kasabian, Muse and Lily Allen won the prizes but the mouthy, bickering spirit of Oasis still lingered over the Q Awards, which were held in central London today. The Gallagher brothers have had a long and loving relationship with both the awards and Q magazine . Attendees of past bashes...
Mr Paparazzi's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
[Images: Mr Paparazzi / Big Pictures Words: Chloe Curran] Lily Allen, Pixie Lott, Kate Nash (remember her?), Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Fearne Cotton were just a few of the famous ladies posing for pictures on the red carpet ahead of this afternoons Q Awards, which were held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. One famous lady that refused to pose for any pictures and instead decided to sneak in through...
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