Eight drafts and two years later, my new book is finally ready for my crack team of readers to approve. Assuming that goes well, look for it in September!
It irks me that my post about Lana Del Rey from February 2012 is still relevant (click the title). You could sub “Ultraviolence” for “Born to Die” and have basically the same post again. Don’t believe me? Well, dailydot also sees it now: http://www.dailydot.com/opinion/lana-del-rey-inauthenticity-debate/
Jack White performed “Lazaretto” on the Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon and re-created vintage TV images on HD color TV using nothing but lights and costumes. Damn, he’s brilliant. (June 9, 2014)
Old 97’s at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio (June 5, 2014). Two hours of straight-up rock-n-roll: no fancy lights, no smoke machines, just rock.