The audience was on their feet before the stage was lit. Jeff Mangum (vocals-guitar) walked out to the mic, slung on his old acoustic guitar, and strummed the first chords of “King of Carrot Flowers.” The audience roared as the lights went up, let the hoedown stomp begin. It’s been …
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Elf Power Opens At The Orpheum, Boston, MA
Neutral Milk Hotel shows are sold out almost everywhere. The Orpheum Theatre in Boston was no exception. I was lucky enough to take in the second show on January 17th, 2014. Elf Power opened for NMH, and within a few songs Andrew Reiger (guitar-vocals) engaged the audience. When someone jokingly …
Read More »The Wolf of Wall Street – A Self-portrait
It is all on the shady side – from small crooks in Mean Streets over to mafia bosses in Goodfellas straight to the bankers of Wall Street. Nominated for five Oscars, Martin Scorsese’s latest film The Wolf of Wall Street took seven years to be made and is considered to …
Read More »Daft Punk perform “Get Lucky” f. Pharrell Williams, Stevie Wonder & Nile Rodgers at the Grammys
Daft Punk’s crowd-mover “Get Lucky,” performed by future-clad French duo in a space-age recording booth with vocalist Pharrell Williams and special guest Stevie Wonder, guitarist Nile Rodger and a Le Chic “Freak Out” homage? How cool is this?! I spy Yoko in the audience grooving too! Daft Punk took home …
Read More »17 year old Lorde performs “Royals” at the Grammys-Virago Magazine
Seems like Grammy fame-dome is old hat for this grounded teenager who reminds us of a soulful, pop-electro Kate Bush. 214126278 by
Read More »Bey or Nay? Too much or not enough?
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