Last Friday, Democratic candidate Barack Obama was speaking in Philadelphia. Obama promised a tough response to Republican attacks. He warned that the general election campaign could get ugly. “They’re going to try to scare people. They’re going to try to say that ‘that Obama is a scary guy,’” he said. A donor yelled out a [...]
More Stripes Covers
Following on yesterday’s post, two more White Stripes covers from a few years ago. I can’t make up my mind about Joss Stone. Is she a blue-eyed soul wannabe? A cross between Hannah Montana and Janis Joplin? I’ve never paid close enough attention to make up my mind. What I do know for sure is [...]
Come dance with the Stripes
Continuing with finds from London record shopping, you get not one, but two covers of the same White Stripes song. The tune in question is “Seven Nation Army,” the lead track off the White Stripes’ 2002 album Elephant and the Stripes’ biggest hit. It’s been covered a number of times, both recorded and live versions. [...]
The dress code
So, the two of us are walking along in London a few weeks ago. It’s gotten a little cold and we’re tired. Up ahead of us, we see The Ritz Hotel. Of course! That’s what we should do. We should stop in and get a drink at the Ritz. We step into the lobby and [...]
Come dance with Fela
The thing about English record shops is that they know their stuff. They’ve got the cool records. But they also know what they’re worth. You will not find a bargain in such an environment. There is a certain kind of experience I only have in a London record shop. In 1989, I walked into an [...]