February 2008
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Interpol Live at the Hordern Pavillion →
U2: The Joshua Tree 20th Anniversary Reissue...
The Joshua Tree: 20 years and yet no relief from writer’s puns on ‘I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For’.
This narrowly avoided running on Pitchfork (though an email with the subject line “You Will Run This Review With A 10.0” does get you a response). That’s ok. We all know Achtung Baby is the truly masterful U2 album.
An Interview With Anton Corbjin →
This is my favourite interview, both because Anton Corbijn is such a hero to me, and because he was so sweet it was like he was made of cakes. I also nearly peed myself on discovering that Margaret Pomeranz was the interviewer before me, as we passed eachother at the hotel room door. My editor got a very cute note from the publicist later in the week:
“… Just wanted to let you know...
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The Elton John Live SMS Review Transcript
One somewhat ill-fated evening, Kirsty (my editor then at the Brag) and I pants-wetting excitedly trooped off to see Elton Hercules John perform solo. We caught the train to Homebush (which is far), and dorkishly rolled off our dream setlists the whole way. Following is the twenty-odd dollars worth of text messages sent to eachother across the caverns of Acer Arena, later reproduced in the Brag...
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The Killers Live Review →
The Killers: How many ways are there to say ‘terrible’?
This was the first time I ever gave an overwhelmingly negative review. As you can see in the comment thread, it sure divided the citizens.
An Interview With Gene Simmons: Into the Belly Of... →
Gene Simmons: very, very long… sentences. Marketing guru, king of commerce, television producer, action figure likeness, one time partner to Cher. Oh, and he plays bass in that band, KISS. You’ve heard of them, right? No? Surely you jest. Well then, as promised, allow us to introduce you…
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Stop Interrupting Me, Gene Simmons →
This interview with Gene Simmons is going online next week. Hell, handbasket - something something. Here’s an audio grab. Here’s Defamer’s item. (Photo credit: Daniel Boud.)
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