Category Archives: music

The Street

Posted on 7/30/2005 by cheesefairy

Random babble! A few weeks ago, Saint Aardvark and I switched rooms. Now I’m in the living room by the south window and he has managed to cram all 82 of his computers into the little “second bedroom” where I … Continue reading →

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Watch ME Rock, Mr. Navarro! Watch ME!

Posted on 7/11/2005 by cheesefairy

I think half the contestants on Mark Burnett’s new slice O pie, “Rock Star,” are Carole Pope in disguise. You figure this show is made for me, right? Interested as I am in bad television and being a rock star? … Continue reading →

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Poverty

Posted on 7/4/2005 by cheesefairy

I’m confused. How, exactly, is a giant rock show, even one that’s held all over the world and broadcast to 3 billion people, meant to influence the decisions of the G8? Do the world’s political leaders go to musicians for … Continue reading →

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The Streets? They Have No Name.

Posted on 5/28/2005 by cheesefairy

Tonight GATS is watching his U2 Live DVD again. I can hear it through our open windows, across the traffic. What does he get from repeated viewings of sweaty Bono and screaming fans and solemn nods from Edge and frenzied … Continue reading →

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I Love…

Posted on 5/12/2005 by cheesefairy

…Mike Doughty’s (nee Soul Coughing) blog on a regular basis but I especially love this post . The cell phone lights so pretty in the night and the blissed-out bearded man is a dead ringer for Saint Aardvark. Gonna have … Continue reading →

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