Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
The Pickmaster Plectrum Punch is an ingenious device that creates guitar picks from plastic or cardboard. If only somebody could design a similar device that creates usable saxophone reeds, I’d be a happy man indeed.
I can’t stop listening to Chic, whether it’s their own material or the sublime offerings produced by The Chic Organization. Good Times indeed, for all The Family!
Dear John, the new magazine for men, written exclusively by women (though edited by the brilliant Conor Creighton).
Bossa Nova – a compilation of the best bossa nova record sleeves (well, the best according to Giles Peterson and Stuart Baker). If there’s any justice in this world, Marcos Valle’s Provisao do Tempo will feature prominently.
Sonny Rollins hits 80 today. Sonny – you’re a giant of the tenor saxophone, we salute you. Now, about those free tickets for your gig at the Barbican…
Today we discovered Bottom & Co’s “Do A Funky Thing Together” from the album “Rock Bottom”. By jove, it’s a motherfucker, you should track it down A to the S to the A to the P.
The poster for this year’s Soul Revue at Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, is pretty hip. Last year’s is also worth a look.
