(New to the countdown? Catch up here.) Coming back from the commercial, we see a short clip of Stewart singing “Forever Young” at the MTV Video Music Awards. His drummer has some hexagonal drum pads in the kit; Stewart is wearing a glitzed-up leather jacket and gesturing wildly on the line “be courageous and be […]
posted 18 June 2009 in 1988. 2 comments
Trolling through my hard disk yesterday, I stumbled on this short but thoroughly entertaining interview I did with Keira Knightley four years ago. It was pegged to the forgettable Domino movie, but we touched on a variety of other topics (Pirates of the Caribbean, the drinking age, detention slips) and she was much funnier than […]
posted 15 June 2009 in Archives, Articles. no comments yet
Taken last month, on an extended L.A. stroll.
posted 12 June 2009 in Photos. no comments yet
(If you’re new to the countdown, you can click here to catch up.) We kick off this commercial break with the spot for MTV’s “Big Bang ’89” broadcast that we’ve seen three times before. A lot of big hair among the featured acts: Poison, Winger, Daryl Hall, Escape Club, Vixen. But even at age 40, […]
Back in 2005, before The Colbert Report started, I was lucky enough to spend several days trailing Stephen Colbert as he put together the show with his staff. Colbert’s in the news this week–well, he’s always in the news, but this week he’s broadcasting from Iraq–and since the show is now a pillar of late-night […]
posted 8 June 2009 in Archives, Articles. no comments yet
Sports fans are crazy everywhere. But since moving to Los Angeles a couple of years ago, I’ve noticed that Laker mania expresses itself in an unusual fashion: during the playoffs, Angelenos mount Lakers flags to their cars. I’ve never seen this in any other city, and other L.A. sports teams don’t seem to get the […]
posted 5 June 2009 in Photos. no comments yet
Consulting the Midnight Oil entry in my ever-handy Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop, I learn (1) “underneath the radical politics and lean, driving guitar rock, Midnight Oil remained an honest and compassionate group of optimists with a strong pride in their own country” (2) it only takes 35,000 units sold to certify a […]
posted 3 June 2009 in 1988. 5 comments
I have an embarrassing number of friends who are also talented authors. No fewer than four of them have books out right now. You should, of course, spend all your free time doing nothing but reading them. I would prefer that you did this blindly on my say-so, but in case you want to know […]
posted 1 June 2009 in Links. no comments yet
If I told you where I took the picture, would that spoil the fun?
posted 29 May 2009 in Photos. no comments yet
Another Warhol diary entry starring Bianca Jagger, this time featuring Jade, her daughter with Mick. At the time of this entry, Jade was five years old. Thursday, April 21, 1977 Went with Bob to pick up Bianca to take her to a dinner that Sandy Milliken was giving at his loft in Soho and Jade […]
