Archive for June, 2010
Posted on June 29th, 2010 in Diary (2009-2011)
i think it can’t be all bad, losing your girl to mick, if it inspires a song like this. incidentally, roxy’s biggest hit in almost four years at the time. heartbreak is motivational i guess. i wouldn’t know, i’ve always been a frigid bastard and if i’d been in roxy i would have been eno [...]
Posted on June 28th, 2010 in Diary (2009-2011)
what a great version of this song. i devoted a whole chapter to “as tears go by.” finished a rough version of it today. felt like it was the first (and maybe only, discounting “some girls”) track that frank sinatra (or morrissey) could have sung but dad’d be hard pressed to top this nancy version. [...]
Posted on June 26th, 2010 in Diary (2009-2011)
i went to see the joan rivers movie with my mum the other day and we were crossing the street by lincoln center and she said, “do you ever miss driving,” and i didn’t up until that moment but all of a sudden i was like, “yeah. yeah i fucking miss driving.” on a day [...]
Posted on June 19th, 2010 in Diary (2009-2011)
the early 80s were just a time of superstar duets, weren’t they? i mean it was like junk bonds, just throw two big names together and then cash out before anybody realized the (mostly cover) tracks weren’t very good. in a way, you have to hand it to things like “State of Shock” or “Say, [...]
Posted on June 16th, 2010 in Diary (2009-2011)
like a-rod i am sitting the shit out. i woke up with a blinder of a headache. i don’t even really drink anymore. but i guess i’ve smashed my ear nose and throat so badly for the last twenty years that whenever it threatens rain or there’s a smidge of condensation anywhere, i literally feel [...]
Posted on June 15th, 2010 in Diary (2009-2011)
today was a strange and busy one. interviewed spike jonze this morning for an oral history of Jackass that i’m writing. then went to cafe and wrote the anita pallenberg/performance chapter of the jagger book. then came back here and interviewed john waters for the same feature (the premise being Jackass is a more recent [...]
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