I went shopping in the city last night. I haven’t been for a while and the idea of beating at least some of the Christmas rush had its appeal, big time. Predictably, I ended up at Rocking Horse Records. I was scanning the racks for something I didn’t find. Instead, I discovered that just about [...]
Entries from November 2008
November 17, 2008
Emiliana Torrini
The email arrived out of the blue late on Friday. Would I like to see Emiliana Torrini on Sunday night at the Powerhouse? Are you kidding? Of course I would.
I’ve been a bit of an Emiliana Torrini fan since 2005 when I heard her second album, ‘Fisherman’s Woman’. I remember being first intrigued by [...]
November 7, 2008
Jimmy Carl Black
“Hi boys and girls, I’m Jimmy Carl Black and I’m the Indian of the group.”
Thus spake, Jimmy Carl Black, during an unexpected break in the song, “Concentration Moon” on the third Mothers Of Invention album, 1968’s ‘We’re Only In It For The Money”. I always liked Jimmy Carl Black. He was quite a character [...]
November 6, 2008
The Dandy Warhols At The Tivoli
I went to see The Dandy Warhols last night. I wasn’t really feeling up to it because I was still feeling less than fit from this head cold but the tickets had been secured ages ago, and I was going as part of a crowd. I couldn’t back out. I’d already passed on a special [...]
November 6, 2008
Gossip In The Grain
I’m so fed up with being full of gunk. I don’t want to dwell on it, but nobody plans on getting a cold. And though it was not as aggressive as the flu bullet I failed to dodge this time last year, it’s kicked me in the arse just the same. I was taking medication [...]
