My thoughts on “The Runaways”
I caught a screening of The Runaways with my dear friends Curran, Masashi, and Kristen at Act Your Age. How do I put this? . . . It was terrible. It was off to a promising start with the movie’s first...
View ArticleHappy birthday, Selena
Today would’ve been Selena Quintanilla-Pérez’s 39th birthday. I was pleased to discover it was being celebrated when I went to the Bob Bullock Museum earlier today to meet up with my partner’s mother,...
View ArticleCourtney Love: Behind the Music
Let’s start this post with a bit of name-dropping, since the subject of this entry is a master of the form. When I interviewed Jessica Hopper during GRCA’s SXSW day show, I asked her who she wanted to...
View ArticleBarbara Lynn and the left-handed guitar player
My friend and guitar teacher David sent me a clip of Barbara Lynn rockin’ “You’ll Lose a Good Thing” earlier today. Given that Rachel at Deeply Problematic recently requested more attention be paid to...
View ArticleTowering Infernos: EMA’s Erika M. Anderson and YACHT’s Claire L. Evans
In the film adaptation of High Fidelity, one of the protagonist’s ex-girlfriends talks about how tall KISS bassist Gene Simmons always looks onstage. Charlie Nicholson’s point is that height—or at...
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