John Gushue . . . Dot Dot Dot (Free subscription) | yesterday
This post on Word magazine's blog is great conversation fodder: Name some excellent songs that open up albums. (You do remember albums, right? Even on CD format') It's a cool idea, but one that may be threatened ... how many people still pop a record or a CD on its entirety? Not as many as a decade ago, that's for sure. Here's the starting list on Word: Gloria - Patti Smith (from Horses) Just Like...
The Guardian - TV & Radio blog (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
What is your favourite version of Way Down in the Hole? Or the top five Omar catchphrases? Or the best Bunk/McNulty moments?
andPOP.com News (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Cat Power is releasing yet another batch of covers, this time re-imagining tunes from the likes of Otis Redding and Creedence Clearwater Revival. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
New Musical Express (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
Cat Power has announced that she will release an EP of cover songs this December.
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
SOMETIMES it’s best not to revisit things from your childhood.
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Recommended The Movie: Director K. Ryan Jones' 2007 documentary Fall From Grace (not to be confused with the documentary on the life of The Pogues' frontman Shane MacGowan of the same name) is a fascinating look into the life and horribly skewed theology of one Reverend Fred Phelps. Notorious in certain circles for his extreme hatred of homosexuals, Phelps, who worked as a lawyer before devoting his...
Indymedia ireland (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
North Beach Poetry at Galway City Museum on Tuesday 7th October at 7 pm presents a reading by poets Caroline Lynch, Pete Mullineaux and Susan Millar DuMars
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Burberry Prorsum brought a splash of romance to Milan Fashion Week with a spring/summer collection entitled “The Garden Girls”.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
At Milan fashion week Burberry again proved that in spirit it remains British to the core
BrothersJudd Blog (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Harper's 'political pit bull' (Linda Diebel, 9/06/08, The Star) Doug Finley has a puckish face and a macho swagger. He loves the two-fisted Celtic rock of the Pogues, likes to laugh at himself and wears the weirdest ties and a wistful comb-over. He is, according to former Liberal MP Rod Blaker, "a very gentle person – gentle to every human being I ever saw." Such is one image. But there are other...
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Doug Finley has a puckish face and a macho swagger. He loves the two-fisted Celtic rock of the Pogues, likes to laugh at himself and wears the weirdest ties and a wistful comb-
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Simon Israel speaks exclusively to Helima Aziz.
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Simon Israel speaks exclusively to Halima Aziz.
Used, but not abused (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
“He knew he was totally mediocre, he was a measly old poet, Wordsworth, and never made it at anything like Coleridge,” Shane MacGowan said, adding, “He had really bad teeth.” Mr. MacGowan, the principal singer of the Celtic rock band the Pogues and a man fabled for his thirst, affinity for illicit substances and terrible [...]
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Charles Clarke talks to Gary Gibbon about Gordon Brown's future.
