Friday, January 23, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Favorite Christmas Present Ever...
...came courtesy of my dad this year. We went down to Morrison Hotel in SOHO and he purchased the following picture for me. The shot was taken by Mick Rock and it will look lovely on the wall in my apartment...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Bhutto's daughter sings of pain in hip-hop tribute
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The elder daughter of Pakistan's assassinated former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has written a rap song expressing her anguish over her mother's death.
The song, entitled "I Would Take the Pain Away," and a five-minute video of clips and photographs of Benazir Bhutto has been broadcast on the state-run Pakistani television and posted on the video-sharing website YouTube.
"My mother was murdered. I don't even comprehend. Was it worth dying for? I'm walking through screened doors," Bakhtawar, 18, sings in English on the lilting hip-hop song.
"No comfort or ease. I'm begging you please God bless the deceased," Bakhtawar sings.
Information Minister Sherry Rehman, for years an aide to Bhutto, said Bakhtawar, a student at Britain's Edinburgh University, wrote the lyrics and music.
"It's a tribute of a grieving daughter to her iconic and loving mother," Rehman told Reuters on Monday.
Music was a hobby for Bakhtawar and she had no plan to pursue it as a career, Rehman said.
Bhutto, 54, was murdered in a suicide gun-and-bomb attack in the city of Rawalpindi in December 2007. The then government, led by former president Pervez Musharraf, blamed the attack on Islamist militants.
Bhutto's widower and Bakhtawar's father, Asif Ali Zardari, become president in September.
Their son, Bilawal, 20, studies at Oxford University in Britain and another daughter, Aseefa, 15, also studies abroad.
The song, entitled "I Would Take the Pain Away," and a five-minute video of clips and photographs of Benazir Bhutto has been broadcast on the state-run Pakistani television and posted on the video-sharing website YouTube.
"My mother was murdered. I don't even comprehend. Was it worth dying for? I'm walking through screened doors," Bakhtawar, 18, sings in English on the lilting hip-hop song.
"No comfort or ease. I'm begging you please God bless the deceased," Bakhtawar sings.
Information Minister Sherry Rehman, for years an aide to Bhutto, said Bakhtawar, a student at Britain's Edinburgh University, wrote the lyrics and music.
"It's a tribute of a grieving daughter to her iconic and loving mother," Rehman told Reuters on Monday.
Music was a hobby for Bakhtawar and she had no plan to pursue it as a career, Rehman said.
Bhutto, 54, was murdered in a suicide gun-and-bomb attack in the city of Rawalpindi in December 2007. The then government, led by former president Pervez Musharraf, blamed the attack on Islamist militants.
Bhutto's widower and Bakhtawar's father, Asif Ali Zardari, become president in September.
Their son, Bilawal, 20, studies at Oxford University in Britain and another daughter, Aseefa, 15, also studies abroad.
Led Zep Plantless Plans... LAME!
A Led Zeppelin album and tour without Robert Plant?
Well that seems to be what’s on the agenda. While Jimmy Page is ready to go, Plant has no interest. So, the boys have decided to move on without him. Well personally I have lost interest in all of this… this doesn’t do it for me at all!
Will I check out that album… likely not. Will I check out the show, I’m not sure. Everything in my head thinks that it sounds pretty lame… especially at the prices that you know they are going to come with.
Well that seems to be what’s on the agenda. While Jimmy Page is ready to go, Plant has no interest. So, the boys have decided to move on without him. Well personally I have lost interest in all of this… this doesn’t do it for me at all!
Will I check out that album… likely not. Will I check out the show, I’m not sure. Everything in my head thinks that it sounds pretty lame… especially at the prices that you know they are going to come with.
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Ron Asheton Dies.(The Tripwire)
According to a Police report today in the Ann Arbor News, famed rock-and-roll guitarist of The Stooges, Ronald “Ron” Asheton was found dead in his home this morning. He was 60 years old.
Asheton, 60, was an original member of The Stooges, a garage-rock band headlined by Iggy Pop and formed in Ann Arbor in 1967. Asheton was a long-time resident of the Michigan city.
According to the Ann Arbor News, Asheton’s personal assistant contacted police late Monday night after being unable to reach Asheton for days, Detective Bill Stanford said.
Officers went to the home on Highlake Avenue at around midnight and discovered Asheton’s body on a living-room couch. He appeared to have been dead for at least several days, Stanford said.
Detective Sgt. Jim Stephenson said the cause of death is undetermined but investigators do not suspect foul play. Autopsy and toxicology results are pending.
Asheton was born in Washington, D.C. His brother, Scott, who lives in Florida, is the band’s drummer.
In 2007, The Stooges reunited and released “The Weirdness,” their first album in three decades.
Asked how it felt to be back with The Stooges, Asheton told The News in an interview that year that it was “great to be back on the road.”
Asheton, 60, was an original member of The Stooges, a garage-rock band headlined by Iggy Pop and formed in Ann Arbor in 1967. Asheton was a long-time resident of the Michigan city.
According to the Ann Arbor News, Asheton’s personal assistant contacted police late Monday night after being unable to reach Asheton for days, Detective Bill Stanford said.
Officers went to the home on Highlake Avenue at around midnight and discovered Asheton’s body on a living-room couch. He appeared to have been dead for at least several days, Stanford said.
Detective Sgt. Jim Stephenson said the cause of death is undetermined but investigators do not suspect foul play. Autopsy and toxicology results are pending.
Asheton was born in Washington, D.C. His brother, Scott, who lives in Florida, is the band’s drummer.
In 2007, The Stooges reunited and released “The Weirdness,” their first album in three decades.
Asked how it felt to be back with The Stooges, Asheton told The News in an interview that year that it was “great to be back on the road.”
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