I peggiori concerti della nostra vita
Qual è stata la tua esperienza più brutta sul palco? Il Guardian ha fatto questa domanda a una serie di musicisti. Poi ha chiesto ad alcuni dei suoi giornalisti di raccontare la propria esperienza in fatto di concerti brutti. Tra le testimonianze più interessanti c’è quella di un disastroso live dei Wilco a Londra, nel 1997. Certo, Jeff Tweedy non era nel suo periodo migliore. Ma il racconto di Michael Hann sembra confermare il luogo comune per cui non bisognerebbe mai conoscere i propri miti.
A while later I was buying CDs at the Virgin Megastore in central London. Jeff Tweedy was at the till next to me. I turned to him, smiling, and said I had tickets to see Wilco the following evening, and that I hoped he was feeling happier than he had been last time he’d been in London. “I’ll feel however the fuck I want to fucking feel,” he said, or something along those lines, and turned away. Fuck you, too, Jeff.
E comunque le ultime due apparizioni milanesi dei Wilco (2005 e 2009) rientrano a pieno titolo nella top ten dei migliori concerti visti da queste parti.
I cellulari fanno male?
I dubbi del Guardian sulla ricerca dell’Oms.
First, transparency: science isn’t about authoritative utterances from men in white coats, it’s about showing your working. What does this report say? How do they reason around contradictory data?
Nobody can answer those questions, because the report isn’t available. Nobody you see writing confidently about it has read it. There is only a press release. Nobody at IARC even replied to my emails requesting more information.This isn’t just irritating. Phones are a potential risk exposure where people can make a personal choice. People want information. It’s in the news right now. The word “possibly” informs nobody. How can we put flesh on that with the research that is already published, and what are the limits of the research?
The Guardian 190th anniversary – in pictures
Photograph: Guardian
The first issue of the Manchester Guardian appeared 190 years ago today, on the day that Napoleon died. Unfortunately, news of his death did not reach the UK for several weeks, and the first item in the new paper was an advertisement for a lost labrador. This collection of images marks significant moments in the Guardian’s history
I Radiohead e i giornalisti: quando i ruoli si invertono
I Radiohead pubblicano un “giornale” e la redazione del Guardian risponde registrando una cover di Creep. C’è anche il direttore alle tastiere.
(Source: twitter.com)
Olafur Arnalds: the indie kid who knows the score
On a damp morning in Reykjavík, a hungover Olafur Arnalds is reflecting on one of the many upsides of life as a musician in Iceland. “It’s easy to sell a lot of CDs here,” he says, “because we all know each other and you don’t want to steal from your friends. I’ve never downloaded an Icelandic album illegally – it wouldn’t cross your mind.”
Damon Albarn forma un nuovo gruppo
As if he wasn’t already too busy with Gorillaz, the Good, the Bad & the Queen, and some little group called Blur, Damon Albarn has formed a new band. Albarn has “three-quarters finished” the debut of a new, as yet unnamed group, which features Flea, Tony Allen and some of the singer’s “favourite African musicians”.
Il Guardian pubblica una gallery di NYC in notturna vista dall’alto. Le immagini sono state scattate dal fotografo Jason Hawkes a bordo di un elicottero e fanno parte di un libro che si chiama - chi lo avrebbe detto mai - “New York at Night”.
Via Internazionale
Come ti divento uno stalker grazie a Foursquare
The Guardian
Scrivete alla professoressa di indie music
Insegna antropologia all’università di Ucla e ha trascorso gli ultimi 18 anni della sua carriera accademica a studiare il mondo indie. Curriculum che trasforma inevitabilmente Wendy Fonarow nella prima e unica “indie professor” al mondo.
Il Guardian ha deciso di affidarle una rubrica settimanale dal titolo Ask the indie professor.
Ecco come si presenta ai lettori
This column will be a place where your questions about the music scene or industry can be answered. Why Keds and Converse? Why do people love the Reading festival? How do bands make a living? Why are people at gigs recording the event rather than watching the band or dancing? And please someone ask me about why Americans think they invented indie. I’ve been dying to answer that one.
