Life On Mars?

I checked out the first episode of the 2006 BBC series Life On Mars, which I missed on BBC America and had heard good things about. And indeed, I wasn’t disappointed: judging by the first episode, this looks pretty interesting. The short version: a Manchester cop named Sam Tyler is tracking a serial killer. Unfortunately, […]

Dead Wasps

Last night at the Beauty Bar, I got a chance to check out Manchester electro band Dead Wasps — and I wasn’t disappointed. They’re a really excellent dance band, and lead singer Hayley is totally rocking the Goldfrapp thing. (I talked to ’em about doing a remix, too…hopefully that will pan out!) They’re touring the […]

links for 2008-05-14

Robert Rauschenberg, Titan of American Art, Is Dead at 82 – New York Times (tags: obituary art) Phil Spector recording engineer Larry Levine dies – Yahoo! News Two influential artists with alliterative names (one more famous than another) die on the same day. Levine was the guy who actually created the Wall of Sound for […]

links for 2008-05-12

Nemeton – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia In Celtic culture, a nemeton was a sacred grove used on occasion for performing ritual animal sacrifices, and other such rituals. The grove itself might be personified as Nemetona, attested in votive and founding inscriptions. The word may be traced in th (tags: writing thoughtcloud notes) a456: The Anti-Architecture […]