The Killers and Mitt Romney
When Sarah interviewed The Killers last month the band were careful to appear as politically neutral as possible. They did, however, suggest they though Mitt Romney might have been namedropping them a little bit to appeal to the kids. As in, he was kinda fakey fakerson.
It turns out America agreed.
Anyway, to read the full story head over to Spinner by clicking here.
Filed under Music, Politics, Shameless Promotion
Pumpkin Rob Zombie
Every year music publications do a “dress like your favourite musicians” story around Halloween.
This year I did something different and instead contemplated which musicians might actually be monsters.
Jack White, Rob Zombie and Lana Del Rey were amongst the non-humans.
To read the story head over to Spinner by clicking here.
Filed under Culture, Music, Shameless Promotion
Ron Sexsmith
The latest edition of my Polaris People column is online over at the Polaris Music Prize website.
There’s some Ron Sexsmith news — mostly about someone else. There’s some Julie Doiron news — mostly about coleslaw. And there’s some Sarah Harmer news — mostly about the Minotaurs.
To read it, go here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Esthero
If you’re reading this post, it’s too late. You’ve officially lost your opportunity to have your name tattooed on electro pop soul singer Esthero‘s ass.
Sorry.
To find out why you’ve lost this glorious opportunity you’ll have to check out the story Sarah wrote about Esthero’s ass for Spinner.
I happened to walk into the room during Sarah’s interview with her and the pair were clearly getting on like seven year old besties. So I’m sure you’ll be hearing more about Esthero’s ass and potentially other stuff in the future.
To read about Esthero’s ass, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Here’s a spooky cello thing
My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.
This one features some talk about one of the greatest songs ever recorded — the “Monster Mash.” Monster fucking Mash. It’s the best. Seriously. Also, Leon Theremin, the guy responsible for the spook-noise machine the theremin, he died.
To find out more things that made music history, click here.
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 