Got Q magazine which had a review of Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey + a mention of Nightclubbing by Grace Jones in best recent reissues. They also had a big article on Motown + they mentioned There's A Ghost in My House by R. Dean Taylor which I love. (The Fall did a cover version of it back in the 80s I think ( Read more... )

Got new issue of Q magazine as they had a rather good interview with Courtney Love plus a short interview with Tori Amos + a feature on The Horrors. They also had reviews of a couple of books I might check out and the new Manic Street Preachers album plus the reissue of Nightclubbing by Grace Jones. They also had a feature on people who'd had songs ( Read more... )

Shortlist last week had Iwan Rheon + Emun Elliott doing that backpage thing. Stylist had pieces by Caitlin Moran + Erin O’ Connor and Tracey Emin interviewing Joan Collins by e-mail (now I feel the need for a sitcom based on TE + JC being best friends ( Read more... )

Got new issue of Q magazine - they had reviews of the new albums by Sheila E. + Lorde (plus a little bit on Lorde) - I have to say tho' I prefer Sheila E.'s earlier albums to her more recent stuff, it's just personal preference I still think she's amazing. Also had interviews w/Anna Calvi + Cass McCombs (who both sound interesting ( Read more... )

Got the latest issue of Q - it had a good feature on Elliott Smith (I do like the bits of his music I've heard but I find it very sad) + I also liked the interview w/White Lies (tho' I haven't heard any of their stuff). They also had an interview w/John Cooper Clarke (He's doing a Q + A at Tyneside cinema next week alongside a showing of a ( Read more... )

Got new issue of Q which had an interesting article about Varg Vikernes (remember that Norwegian Black Metal guy who killed another Black Metal musician + more recently was investigated for terrorism whilst living in France). they also had some photos of Amy Winehouse + a photo of Slash and Axl on the last date of the Use Your Illusion world tour ( ( Read more... )

Got the latest issue of Q - it had a review of a new live Birthday Party album and a couple of books I might try + check out (including an oral history of metal music tho' when I looked at the preview on Amazon I was very disappointed to see it didn't include a chapter on glam/sleaze). They also had an interesting article on how the music business ( Read more... )

Got new issue of Q which included interviews with Shaun Ryder and Danny Baker and Paloma Faith showing some of her favourite possessions. They also had a big feature where various stars picked their favourite playlists for different situations - Nicky Wire had a really good one for listening to on the Japanese bullet train ( Read more... )

Finally saw Weekend & thought it was so beautifully bittersweet, it's about two men who have a one night stand then spend most of the weekend hanging out together, talking, having sex, arguing and falling in love. It takes a bit of getting into as it seems like one of those films where not a lot happens but it's worth persevering with - it's so ( Read more... )

Got Woman & Home which had a Mick Jagger interview and a feature on the Rolling Stones as its the 50th anniversary of their 1st gig so it had various ppl talking about memories linked to their fave Stones songs. It also had an interview with Erika James who wrote that Shades of Grey book (which I've still not read) - I was most amused to see them ( Read more... )