Teatime with the Grandkids

New Year Old Pictures

Scrapbook time. Duplicating what may be on Facebook. Here are some images from the archives (box in the closet) that need to be kept somewhere -- here.

French Bulldog exploitation

Here is a link to the trailer imdb.com

Movie projected to gross $33.5 M this weekend -- second to "Megamind."

Voice of Hudson, NY

Conscience of Millerton

Columbia County Fair Labor Day Weekend 2010

Crowded House West Coast tour interviews

San Francisco Examiner: Interview with Neil Finn

San Diego Union Tribune: Interview with Neil Finn

Best Thing in Paris Right Now

The Yves Saint Laurent exhibition at Le Petit Palais. Almost 400 incredible costumes in a magnificent building. Buy tickets at FNAC ahead of time. Closes at the end of August (2010)!

More Crowded House press from US tour

Here's an "Intriguer" album review from the LA Times. "Ridiculously infectious," says Randy Lewis about Crowded House.

Gatehouse News Service (!) interviews "energized once again" Nick Seymour.

Courier-Journal from Kentucky gives a 3 1/2 star review to the new album.

NewsOk says "the lights are back on in the House."

Crowded House play in Toronto, ON and finally release the Intriguer album in North America

Here is the review in the Toronto SUN. 3 1/2 Stars (out of 5).

Crap CD review from J.D. Considine picked up by the Toronto Globe and Mail. (Jerk).

Nice Shawn Amos gives nice review in Huffington Post. He's nice.

"Don't Dream It's Over" -- Intriguer is a dream come true says SAME SAME blog.

Ken Shane's excellent review of the album on Popdose.

David Hiltbrand gets it wrong in the Philadelphia Inquirer. A 2 1/2 star album review.

Usual intelligence from the great Jeff Giles on esdmusic.com about the album.

Pop Matters' John Bergstrom gives the very long 7 out of 10 treatment to the Intriguer album.

That's enough for now, I think.

Crowded House NA Media Blitz begins

Click here to find out about Neil Finn's controversial moustache and the answer to the question, "Have the Finns become the Partridge Family?" as told to the Toronto Sun.

“We've probably spent more time in Toronto than any other city" says Neil Finn. More Canada-love in this Toronto Star interview. Click here.

Click Here to see what Neil says to the Montreal Gazette about the second album by the second incarnation of Crowded House.

"Neil Finn lives in New Zealand, bassist Nick Seymour in Dublin, multi-instrumentalist Mark Hart in Los Angeles and drummer Matt Sherrod in Nashville." Insight provided by Hour.Ca here.

July 4, 2010

Well, it's been a very long time since the last posting. Blame Twitter, Facebook, iPad, and life. The diary aspect of a blog becomes more interesting with passing time. It's July 4th. Falling on a Sunday. It's is blissfully hot (not to be working and certainly shite for Broadway attendance) and popping out to do quick heartening and cathartic gardening errands with one eye on Wimbledon and some recessed thoughts that there might be FIFA football on somewhere too -- no Brazil/Argentina showdown, smart ass. How lucky to be in the middle of wooded Columbia County on this most beautiful day with the prospect of another day off work tomorrow. A little peace. And the bonus of wifi and a/c gratification...Last night we went to Tanglewood to see James Taylor and Carole King. We were fortunate enough to be sitting in the front row. Two more legends to tick off the list -- alot of history and so many great standards. Tanglewood is too far from us in Ancram, but the trip was worth it. They play again tonight -- there will be fireworks offstage as well.

French Bulldog moment

New York Post Feb 5, 2010

Hana's puttin' on the dog

In a French (bulldog) twist outside The Plaza yesterday, statuesque Czech model Hana Soukupova is pretty in pink with the latest Jimmy Choo creation. The photo shoot was part of the run-up to Mercedes-Benz Fall 2010 Fashion Week, which starts next Thursday at Bryant Park.

Not worth the calories

Not as bad the the strawberry-flavored Ms of last year. Taste a little bittersweet and smell like the ambient scent in the Mandalay Bay properties in Las Vegas.

Another Year Over and a new one has begun

So the blog as scrapbook seems to be drifting off into cyber history. How many tweets a day am I sending? As you can tell by the lack of entries, the need to post (and the time to post) just isn't there. There is still something satisfying about the relative longevity of the blog post. Ever tried to track down a tweet sent last week in a hurry?

In an effort to do things that should be done before it's too late, I took the BW to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in Soho which closes this weekend. Why is it closing? Too expensive and lousy merch. And rock and roll is dead (long live rock). The exhibit overall is for the ADD crowd. The special John Lennon in New York exhibit was not as special as The Clash show which I saw there when the museum first opened. Alot of facsimile manuscripts and 45rpm sleeves. No green card. Child asking a parent why the eye-glasses on display were covered in blood -- "read what it says." The museum was pretty crowded. Leaving we marvelled at the line stretching down Mercer Street to get into the Uggs store -- now that's Rock 'n' Roll!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Website

about music

Nick Hornby's new book, "Juliet, Naked" is the first book I have downloaded to my Kindle, for fun, rather than work. Here is a really good interview with Hornby on NPR from Weekend Edition. Very eloquent about how the characters of "High Fidelity" don't exist anymore -- they download, they don't browse. Actually, I think I saw some of them (the old sort) yesterday on St. Marks Place, but not many.

link to Weekend Edition

The New York Times has done two stories recently that you could say feed into the Hornby train(spotting) groove.

One ran today about touring the East Village looking for vinyl (records). Other Music of course was featured, along with Rockit Scientist. Restaurants and bars also featured. Link not working right now. I will put it up later.

Records stores in the East Village

Two weeks ago, Ben Sisario did an amazing story for the NYT finding out where all the retailers had gone. Working online and in their large apartments, it seems. I am surprised that the Times would devote so much space -- good thing. It's a fascinating story.

Record Stores: Out of Sight, Not Obsolete

Worth the Calories

The Archive

Passed 200 days of content in the archiving of the CD library. That 72,500 songs so far. Feeling like a character from Nick Hornby's "Juliet Naked." On "Various Artists." The end is in sight.

Worth the Calories

Not Worth the Calories

Millerton, NY

June 6 to August 29, 2009

By the time we got to Woodstock...it was too late

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