In early 1998, when the world first learned the name Monica Lewinsky, a debate erupted: Did Bill Clinton do it, or didn’t he? In the scandal’s first days, before his infamous finger-wagging “I did not have sex with that woman” statement, Clinton’s strongest denial was this: “There is no sexual relationship.”
I remember talking about that […]
A somewhat belated editor’s note:
In college I learned to play guitar a little bit, even played in a band for a year or so with my roommates. I never got very good, but I can accompany myself singing Dylan tunes and similar stuff. Mostly I keep my playing in the bedroom for my own amusement.
A […]
Saturday night Stephanie, Dave, Jason, Nicole, and I went to see Broken Social Scene at Webster Hall. In its century-plus-long history, the East Village landmark has been (working backwards) the legendary rock club The Ritz, an RCA recording studio, and a radical theater space where, according to the official website, “It was not unknown to […]
I was complaining to a record store co-worker the other day about prepackaged bands and how transparent the whole industry has become. He responded that he doesn’t pay attention to the hype: he gets the majority of his music from MySpace.com. I told this story to another friend who also said that the majority of […]
So we, Rebecca and Farrell, share the Thursday blog slot. We just happened to be in Park City this week as our first deadline loomed. It seemed natural to post our reactions to this year’s festival, a quarter-century-old event that Farrell and his brother, Robbins, have attended for the last decade (and Rebecca for the […]