BEASTIE BOYS FOR HALL OF FAME
The Booker eh? So yesterday. The next ridiculous prize to get het up about is the Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall Of Fame. Still, like Julian Barnes’ Booker win, there’s actually an act on the shortlist […]
MUSIC
THE MAN WHO CHANGED MUSIC?
As a former editor of MP3 Magazine (yes, it did exist) it felt right to muse on Steve Jobs’ death in The National. If the iPod had come out a year earlier, perhaps we might […]
AMY WINEHOUSE’S TIMELESS DESIGNS
As Noel Gallagher’s album is released – and widely expected to do better than his brother’s – I wonder whether Liam is better off concentrating on his clothes shops. I went in Pretty Green in […]
CLASSICAL MUSIC HITS HIGH NOTE
There was an interesting news story in Variety recently suggesting classical CD sales were on the up in the States. Is this part of a wider trend? Is classical music cool all of a sudden? […]