It’s on rainy, grey, dark-as-soon-as-it-gets-light days like this one that my daydreams of Miami Beach are at their most frequent and most potent. When I was about 18, my Dad announced (to my great delight) that he was moving… (Read More)
Monthly Archives: November 2009
RECOMMENDED READING
Another great article: Hattie Collins meets Janet Jackson.
The Sunday Times: Janet Jackson on surviving the family circus and missing Michael
HIP HOP IS DEAD
Or at least, Simon Reynolds of The Guardian and Sacha Frere-Jones of The New Yorker seem to think so. The former article is a comment on the latter; both are very much worth reading if you’re interested in Hip… (Read More)
WORDS TO LIVE BY
I’m slightly wary of the whole ‘motivational’, self-help culture that is so pervasive in the US. This is probably a bit (a lot) to do with the fact that I’m a cynical Brit and therefore not naturally disposed to… (Read More)