"It is dark in that it’s an ode to the Hindu goddess Kali which is about destruction but she is also the goddess of creation. You realize that you have to destroy so that new things can be rebuilt." Saul Williams talks about his new book, , said the shotgun to the head with Suicide Girls.
Franklin Bruno has written a book about Elvis Costello's Armed Forces album for Continuum's 33 1/3 series, and I'm excited about the convergence of a great album and a favorite songwriter. The book is scheduled for an April 2005 release.
The Guardian talks to the people who coined the term "world music" eleven years ago.
Yet another live Streets review, this time from Chart Attack.
Salon profiles Jeff Tweedy and Wilco.
"You have to believe that everything you do is for the last time," he said. "You may not get another chance. The idea of getting something right the next time, at some time in the future, is completely alien to me." Robert Smith talks to The Globe and Mail about his band, the Cure, and their new album.
Posted by david on June 29, 2004April 2005?? How many billions of these are they printing?
Posted by: jimec on June 29, 2004 03:56 PMHas any heard anything about/have an opinion on Continuum's 33 1/3 series? It looks interesting to say the least. Good or bad?
Posted by: ieinz on June 29, 2004 04:06 PMI've read Joe Penice's book on the Smiths' The Queen Is Dead and Michaelangelo Matos's contribution on Prince, and they were both very good. I've heard that some of the others are uneven, but I can see myself reading them all.
Posted by: david on June 29, 2004 10:46 PM