I blog for the New York Times and More Intelligent Life, the Economist’s online culture publication. I’ve blogged for Mother Jones Magazine and Pop and Politics.
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Greenwich Comedy Festival 2010
Flying Lotus Returns to London
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MUSIC:
Interview: A Place To Bury Strangers
Everything Michael Jackson Comes to London
Music Review: Vieux Farka Toure
London Celebrates African Music
Juliette Lewis: “Come on people, this isn’t a fucking movie”
Party Like It’s 1990-Something
Ukulele: The Little Instrument That Could
Seeing, Not Just Hearing, Jazz
Brazilian Life at the Barbican
A Night Out With Banjo Or Freakout
London’s Music Festival Season Begins
Crossing Town To See Michael Garrick
Indie Pop Playlist: Loquat and Thao Nguyen
Zach de la Rocha’s got a new band
Frank Black Takes On The Golem
Lyrics Born is Funky McFunkerson
Why Lou Reed hates mp3s
My first few hours in Austin during South By Southwest 2008 went like this.
Winter Holidays = God Awful Music
LA Punk Has a Sense of Humor, Too
Metal/Reggae: Music Designed to Confuse You
Le Concorde, Ready For Zach Braff
Culver City: Where Dub Meets Lounge
Blending and Bending With UFOs over Bamako
From the Funk Corner to the Hip Hop Block
Ghost Punk is Alive and Well in Brooklyn
ART:
A Festival of Mimes, No Berets Allowed
Celebrating the Art of Confusion
Exhibition: The Northwest Passage
Inside the Head: Art and Mental Illness Explored
Student Art Gets London Spotlight
Good vs. Evil: The Debate Continues
FILM:
London Documentary Festival Expands
Revisiting “Do The Right Thing”
Afghanistan, via Opium Addicts
A Sci-Fi Festival for Die-Hards and Skeptics Alike
“Opium War” Begins Afghanistan Film Festival
What Happens When Young People Call “Action”
Joe Strummer Calling: Know Your Rights!
LIFESTYLE & CULTURE:
Beyond Buildings at London Architecture Festival
London Rides the Flamenco Train
London Rides the Flamenco Train
Music, Meditation, and Maybe Transcendence
Mothballs, Voodoo Dolls, and Saxophones
Bamboo + Burlesque = London Night Out
Four Irrelevant Questions For Zbigniew Brzezinski
