Posts Tagged: music
ON COMPARING
“Like apples and oranges”. “Beyond compare”. “No comparison”. “Like sleeping with your girlfriend and then her mother”. In Persian we say “do not even want to compare”- with huge emphasis on the want. So, we use this linguistic twitches falsely,
ON COMPARING
“Like apples and oranges”. “Beyond compare”. “No comparison”. “Like sleeping with your girlfriend and then her mother”. In Persian we say “do not even want to compare”- with huge emphasis on the want. So, we use this linguistic twitches falsely,
HOW COME BEYONCE’S MOM ISN’T DEAD WITH JOY?
Seriously. I received a phone call this morning- barely two hours ago- asking if the princess could play the piano at another school, for some event. She had played in front of her whole school at some event a few
HOW COME BEYONCE’S MOM ISN’T DEAD WITH JOY?
Seriously. I received a phone call this morning- barely two hours ago- asking if the princess could play the piano at another school, for some event. She had played in front of her whole school at some event a few
MORAL WORTH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ARTISTIC TALENT
I love, love, love how mature and smart Christina [Aguilera] is. I mean, I’ve always liked that about her, but I love it when people are able to be good about breakups and divorce for their kids. I cannot WAIT
MORAL WORTH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ARTISTIC TALENT
I love, love, love how mature and smart Christina [Aguilera] is. I mean, I’ve always liked that about her, but I love it when people are able to be good about breakups and divorce for their kids. I cannot WAIT
JAGGER NEEDS TO PAY HIS BILLS
As usual, unlimited contraband satellite in Iran gives me ample opportunity to catch up with important events in the developed and undeveloped world, and it was thus that I noticed Oh dear! Another Great Skinny Old White Male Rock Star
JAGGER NEEDS TO PAY HIS BILLS
As usual, unlimited contraband satellite in Iran gives me ample opportunity to catch up with important events in the developed and undeveloped world, and it was thus that I noticed Oh dear! Another Great Skinny Old White Male Rock Star
KIOSK: THIEVING MUSIC ARTSY-FARTSIES
You thieving music geeks, Kiosk, what were you thinking of? Gone are the days when Iranian “artists” could thieve and recycle Western material and pass it off as their own. These days, everybody has an internet connection, everybody watches satellite
KIOSK: THIEVING MUSIC ARTSY-FARTSIES
You thieving music geeks, Kiosk, what were you thinking of? Gone are the days when Iranian “artists” could thieve and recycle Western material and pass it off as their own. These days, everybody has an internet connection, everybody watches satellite
ANTAGONIZE THE MOTHER WHO LIKES COFFEE
-”Don’t you understand? You haven’t even listened to those songs, have you? The Live Era songs! All you know is November rain! MTV stuff- pretentious crap for the crowds! Have you even seen his hair in Welcome to the Jungle?
ANTAGONIZE THE MOTHER WHO LIKES COFFEE
-”Don’t you understand? You haven’t even listened to those songs, have you? The Live Era songs! All you know is November rain! MTV stuff- pretentious crap for the crowds! Have you even seen his hair in Welcome to the Jungle?
JAGGER THE REAL
“…shoot for the stars….” As the brittle, bossy tones of Adam Levine rang out for what felt like the fiftieth time that day, I turned to the princess, who was watching his indefinably evil face with rapt attention while teetering
JAGGER THE REAL
“…shoot for the stars….” As the brittle, bossy tones of Adam Levine rang out for what felt like the fiftieth time that day, I turned to the princess, who was watching his indefinably evil face with rapt attention while teetering
LATELY
In the world of modern rock music, Axl Rose embodies Shakespeare’s tragic heroes. In the nineties, he was Hamlet performing Estranged: screeching outbursts alternating rage and beauty, a manic dynamo whirling and screaming on the stage, drowning in sorrow
LATELY
In the world of modern rock music, Axl Rose embodies Shakespeare’s tragic heroes. In the nineties, he was Hamlet performing Estranged: screeching outbursts alternating rage and beauty, a manic dynamo whirling and screaming on the stage, drowning in sorrow
SING ALONG
Listening to music has become an activity fraught with danger in thenewcomer household. The princess enjoys singing and dancing. The golden boy, although as obsessive about his music as any of the newcomer family, has a peculiar and deep hatred
SING ALONG
Listening to music has become an activity fraught with danger in thenewcomer household. The princess enjoys singing and dancing. The golden boy, although as obsessive about his music as any of the newcomer family, has a peculiar and deep hatred
ADVICE TO PARENTS
It is a common complaint among parents that although they themselves, blessed children of the sixties, seventies and, alright, ‘eighties, may have the superior musical taste which allows them to appreciate the finer tunes of our age, their children do not. Thus,
ADVICE TO PARENTS
It is a common complaint among parents that although they themselves, blessed children of the sixties, seventies and, alright, ‘eighties, may have the superior musical taste which allows them to appreciate the finer tunes of our age, their children do not. Thus,
