People who have been to the FAT DUCK (and lived to tell the TALE):

- How far ahead should one think of going, reservation wise?
- How much did it cost?

Three things by me ( Read more... )

Best post-Times appearance Popular comment.

"TO: Wichita Lineman…too bad that there is a sense of envy in your critique of David Whitfield’s, ‘Cara Mia’ classic ( Read more... )

"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. It was the combination best of times and worst of times."

If you're on Tumblr you might like to add this to your follows: http://iconography.tumblr.com/ - he's going through every Madonna single and video in the lead-up to the release of her G Hits package ( Read more... )

Maybe it's the Pitchfork list, maybe it's withdrawal cos katstevens is away and can't post new polls, but I got DECADE FEVER ( Read more... )

http://newvulgate.blogspot.com/2009/07/issue-4-july-29-2009.html

For people interested in the 'birth of rockcrit' stuff we had going on, here's a piece about the folk-focused Little Sandy Review (founded 1959)

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How come rock'n'roll didn't trigger the birth of rock criticism? (i.e. why wasn't Crawdaddy or an equiv started in 1957 or 1958?)

And indeed how come swing and jazz didn't start a fanzine culture?

1. Muck ( Read more... )