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An old-fashioned left-winger with a fondness for newts and old-fashioned dirty politics, or a 19th-century “Masterpiece Theater” Tory with an embarrassing sense of humor, or a gay policeman? It sounds like the mayoral options from a “Tintin” book...
So says Adrian Gill in a distillation of the coming London elections in today's NYT. (There was also ( Read more... )

While it is true a number of my friends in London seem interested in the current goings-on in American politics, I can't say any of us are quite on the level of these folks.

Last night, I was explaining Thanksgiving to a friend. Particularly the part about how it leads into 'the holidays' and how honestly no one works between the end of November and New Year's. Well, office types, at least. Of course, as soon as I said it, I realised that'll probably not be the case here, which made me a bit sad. But then, at the end ( Read more... )

It's all very exciting living in the 'coolest city in the world' (see American GQ's November issue), but the truth of the matter is the ultimate highlight of my Saturday night might have been watching the spectacle that is RhydianBut then again, it might not have been ( Read more... )

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Yesterday, I noticed something at the Tate Modern that I've somehow overlooked in the past, Tate Tracks. It's both cool and naff at once, but that's all right: at least they're trying. My favourite was Union of Knives vs. Cy Twomby (here, mostly cos of the music itself, not because it seemed like really all that connected to the work. Anyway, vic_voltaire's ( Read more... )

Tonight, I think I finally figured out how to pronounce David Wojnarowicz's name properly. Which feels like a minor triumph.

Anyway, I mention that because some of his work appears in the Barbican's Panic Attack!: Art in the Punk Years exhibition, and it was marvelous. Really, my favourite stuff there, although that's partly because it's not quite ( Read more... )

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I'm listening to the Garbage greatest hits comp just now, and it's totally taking me back to the 90s. Remember when 'Vow' started playing on Alternative Nation? Back then Shirley Manson seemed like the coolest woman ever. What can I say? I was young. Still, they made some good music, Garbage did. Even as the songs hearken back to their era, they ( Read more... )