I resisted the temptation for a while, but the urge to dink with the iPhone just became too much to resist. Particularly because I have a collection of Brian Eno ringtones from the Nokia 8800 that I’m fond of using. They’re not particularly great as ringtones actually, since they have the same sense of immediacy [...]
With all the Lollapalooza hullabaloo, I nearly forgot I saw Grinderman (Nick Cave’s side project) at the Metro the other day with Stu. Faith asked me last night why I love live music so much, and shows like this are why. I have to admit that I didn’t really “get” the Grinderman album until I [...]
I used to think that the reason I invested less passion and effort into Lollapalooza was that since I saw it after Coachella, it always felt like a bit of an afterthought. But since I didn’t go to Coachella this year, that excuse doesn’t hold up. There are two reasons I put less into Lollapalooza. [...]