Wednesday 10th
Holiday parties! We’ll try to maintain our dignity -what’s left of it after tumbling headlong down a set of stairs in an evening gown last weekend-at The Observer ‘s shindig at a seedy boîte somewhere in midtown …. ‘course we’re not telling you exactly where , silly! Here’s hoping our commercial real-estate Read More
The world is not exactly rife with rock musicians who’ve made successful forays into writing. But at least a few rockers-Pete Townshend, Nick Cave and Julian Cope among them-have shown they can manage a pen as well as a plectrum. On the other hand, I can think of only one proven writer who’s gone on Read More
Not to generalize too much, but ever since 1993′s Exile in Guyville , I’ve noticed that male and female fans of Liz Phair tend to experience her differently. That clever concept album’s lifelike songs about relationships-or actually, sex, particularly the meaningless and depressing kind-were free of euphemism, full of words that can’t be played on Read More
