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If anyone out there wants to live somewhere the Olympics will never happen, move here. (Believe me, Toronto's tried, but it's like those in charge think, "Oh what a nice little city, wouldn't want to change a thing.")

Oh, so that's where your name comes from! (Obviously I haven't read any Collins, though a friend of mine who loves him tells me Armadale's his best, in her opinion.)

Too funny for hipsters, perhaps. Has there been a sociological study of hipsters? Is that possible?

And his great album, Hounds of Mass Destruction...

I heard that Coldplay were influenced by (gasp) Kate Bush. I'm not sure if it worked, though.

Quote: Let's not forget that what drives rockism is the industry, and what it perceives to be marketable. I was listening to the radio this morning, flipping the dial between the 'classic' rock station (Q107) and the 'alternative' one (102.1 The Edge)and found them both talking about the...

Adding oil to water is unnecessary; to keep your pasta from sticking, stir it around, and don't overcook it. As long as it's hot it keeps 'cooking' so you might want to stir it again once it's in the sieve. Adding a bit of salt to anything you're boiling improves the taste of it, whether...

An article I read in, of all places, <i>Time</i> talked about how Bono & The Edge played their new songs for their non-pseudonymed rhythm section and they basically told them to take 'em back to the shop until they were more cheery/rocking songs that could actually be played in stadia around the...

Within You Without You - Sonic Youth A Day in the Life - The Fall Both from Sgt. Pepper Knew My Father. and, why not, The Grey Album.

Very indie, if 'indie' means Canadian indie music like Arcade Fire, DFA79, Broken Social Scene...the Indie Hour on The Edge is usually the best hour of the week.

Y'know, I was going to post here about how a blogging friend of mine (who started out in print journalism and has been on radio as well) is trying to drag the Torstar Corp. into the 21st c. by getting them into blogging, but after Rachel's reveries all I can think of is a certain big-eared...

Very big thanks to those who started this forum; I arrived here via Koons and I like it here so far, though I am beginning to suspect I'm one of the few women posting so far, which may or may not be a good thing. I am a North American (I call myself this as I am technically an American but have...

As a North American I used to read <I>MM</I> and the <I>NME</I> in the late 80s (MM more, I'll admit) and I was alternately amazed and amused a lot of the time by what I read - the complete intensity of some of the authors, the sincere hyperbole (if that's not an oxymoron) - so different from...