Song / When the Riot Calls
I was recently in a conversation about the NYPD and Bloomberg’s green initiative – taking cops out of their cars and putting them back on horses. Apparently, horses were first introduced to the police force for the sole purpose of riot control. They were tall enough to move above the crowd, agile enough to step [...]
New Friends / Talk To Angels
Okay so I want to introduce you to a band. They’re called Talk To Angels, and they’re out of Yorkshire UK. I know you’ve been hearing a lot from me in regards to that cold stony region of the world. But this entry is special. TTA or T2A – not sure which I prefer yet [...]
Note: The true night
Something I wrote last night when I couldn’t sleep. The true night is the one that you wake to. It is not the night that you left when you went to bed and shut the light. That was only a shadow time, a long deep evening tethered to the day from which it came. The [...]
Where You Can Find Me At CMJ 2008
Johnny Foreigner, Birmingham UK Roisin Murphy Crystal Castles Roxy Cottontail The Whip Little Boots The Silent Years Chairlift Violens Talk To Angels Johnny Foreigner And the opening party hosted by the British Consulate. See dates at the CMJ online schedule.
Bailey Math to Produce A Crowd Electric EP
A Crowd Electric in studio with Bailey Math. Photo by Sparrow Hall. Bailey Math, co-producer of The Kiss Off‘s critically acclaimed EP, Brace, has signed on to produce A Crowd Electric‘s upcoming EP. Bailey heads up Terminator Smile, a production and mixing studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn. This is a photo of he and David working [...]
Top 10 Movies That Shouldn’t Be Good, But Are
White Nights A battle of wits between an American tap dancer and a Russian ballet star. Set in a Soviet gulag at the height of the Cold War. Live Free or Die Hard Everything about this film had the markings of a disasterpiece, but somehow it made for a better movie than the last two [...]
Easily the Funniest Show On TV – Ever
It was called Sons & Daughters. On ABC. A lot of it was improv. It was on for about 10 episodes and then was promptly cancelled. Who knows why. Unfortunately, there were so few episodes that it never made it to DVD. But you can find some clips on Youtube (do a search under “sons [...]
Bennington Grads Represent for America at ITC 2008
The Spinto Band / Oh Mandy (Live @ Night & Day Manchester) In the City 2008 Video by Sparrow Hall. The only other Americans I ran into in Manchester for the In the City Festival were The Spinto Band – which makes for an even smaller world since two of the members went to my [...]
What Is That Lightboard?
Here’s a video I found of Little Boots playing that weird lightboard thing… and an endearing cover of Hot Chip’s “Ready for the Floor.” I don’t usually geek out like this. But I’ll make exceptions for girls who make dance music in their bedrooms. Update: Just did some research. It’s called a tenori-on. I seriously [...]
Heavy Rotation – October
Little Boots / In the City 2008 / Manchester UK. Photo by Terry. Halfway Home / TV On The Radio Sex On Fire / Kings of Leon Slave To Love / Roisin Murphy Click / Little Boots Atlas Hands / Lights Nantes / Beirut Double Shadow / Junior Boys Better Than Heaven / Bloc Party [...]
Manchester Shines a Light
Lights / Pictures (Live) Night & Day, Manchester UK In the City Music Festival 2008 Video by Sparrow Hall Lights / Snowship (Live) Night & Day, Manchester UK In the City Music Festival 2008 Video by Sparrow Hall One of the artists I’m most excited about from this year’s ITC is a singer/songwriter out of [...]
Whipping It Up for ITC 2008
Imagine a dance club in an underground warehouse. Now imagine that beneath a train station in Manchester. What you’re picturing is the Warehouse Project, which hosted this year’s kick-off party for the In the City Music Festival. This is a quick video I shot of The Whip, playing Sister Siam, their opening track. As you [...]
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