Boy George should have thought of his Culture Club lyrics "Do you really want to hurt me?" about a year and half ago when he chained a Norwegian male escort to his bed in his London flat. It was revealed today in East London's Snaresbrook Crown Court that George apparently "told Carlsen,":http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/boy-george-faces-jail-term-after-guilty-verdict-in-escort-case...
My shell was officially hacked into when I sat down at a Blockbuster Music at age 14 and listened to Yoko Ono's "Plastic Ono Band." That opened my mind more than drugs. It opened me to the possibility of the other. I love that woman more than words for that. I open this next beer and dedicate it to her. To Yoko, I say! TO YOKO.However, I needed someone else to help pry open the eggshell of priv...
and some torn pages:So, I waited. Grabbed my crate of records and carried them to my bed. Dumped them all out. Disarray. Opened the window and lit a cigarette. Not that it mattered tonight. Mom and that man she married were out. The little brother sent off to Grandma’s. Again. I wish I’d gone with him. Wish I was still that little girl who could get lost in those long hallways. The stack of bo
Boy George was sentenced today in a London court to 15 months in jail over the unlawful imprisonment of a Norwegian male escort. George had been accused of chaining the escort to the wall of his apartment and beating him in an April 2007 incident. The singer claimed that he had invited him to discuss suspected tampering done to George's computer by the escort on a previous visit. The esco...
Links, links, links...as you can see, my Google Reader was a mess towards the end of last week, but I've done my duty to you and waded through the muck.-Dazed Digital has an interview with Joel Karlsson and Henrik Markstedt of Air France-Here’s a short interview with The Lonely Island (Andy Samberg’s rap group) from NY Mag-The Howling Fantods has an interview with David Foster Wallace from 199
This video by Pogo is fantastic. I'm always struck by the precision of these videos; they must take forever in Final Cut. More of the same are available here. (via)-The Fader talks with Invasion-NPR links: a Fall Music Preview with the folks from Idolator and a full concert from Sondre Lerche-Shanghaist interviewed Handsome Furs-The Village Voice has an oral history of All Tomorrow's Parties...