Like any good wannabe Jehovah’s Witness, I’ve never been one to make a big deal about my birthday. Usually I just order a non-English speaking female escort and have a subdued Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizza party for two. This year, however, is a little bit different. This year…on March 23…The Bird and the Bee are releasing Interpreting the Masters, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates. That’s right, my favorite pop act of the last 10 years has recorded an album of cover songs from my favorite pop act of the last 30 years, and it drops on my birthday. My worlds haven’t collided this hard since I realized it was acceptable to have alcohol with breakfast on Sundays (you can call it “brunch” if you like, but it’s old fashioned alcoholism to me). Read more »
- Carlo
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In honor of SXSW going down this week in Austin, I wanted to take a look back at one of the highlights from my recent trip to the city Money Magazine named #3 on their list of “2009′s Best Big Cities.” (I often pretend to read Money on the subway in an effort to more easily attract prostitutes in Lower Manhattan)
I had long heard great things about Austin, which was strange to me considering it is the capital of a state which elected George W. Bush to TWO four year terms as governor (a first in Texas history). You remember him, right? He’s the guy who proclaimed June 10, 2000 to be “Jesus Day” in Texas, and then went on to become President of the United States and was elected to another TWO terms. *sigh* What was I saying? Oh yeah, so anyway, when people were first telling me that Austin had this amazing music and arts scene, I was like: really? you mean these guys? Soon, though, I had no choice but to believe the hype, and since I knew someone who lived there, a trip was inevitable. Read more »
- Carlo
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If you watched the Oscars on Sunday night then you already know that The Hurt Locker dominated the awards show, taking away a total of six awards. Hollywood blockbuster, Avatar did not win best picture but fittingly brought home the awards for Cinematography, Art Direction & Visual Effects. These results, which to most people would seem largely agreeable, have left U2 fans around the world scratching their heads and wondering, “Oy, what about Bono?”
It’s true, lead singer/humanitarian Paul Hewson (AKA “Bono”) did not receive a single Academy Award on Sunday night. “What’s worse,” comments one particularly disgruntled fan (Annie_CatDubh) “is that he wasn’t even nominated in the first place!” In a later post she added, “WTF!!!” Read more »
- Matt
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