I'm ignoring the laundry hanging out back, the dog hair all over the floor and the dishes in the sink for something far more important - music! So Amy Adams is currently attached to the long-gestating Janis Joplin film, 'Get It While You Can', and of course there are various threads circulating about her casting:... Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Music – Shovels & Rope
O' Be Joyful! isn't just the name of Shovels & Rope's latest album, it's also how I feel when I listen to their earthy, raucous rock-n-roll. They're a two-piece combo consisting of Michael Trent from Texas and Cary Ann Hearst from Tennessee. They don't like labeling their music, but if you had to describe it... Continue Reading →
Sunday in the Plaza with… Das Fluff
This is the kind of thing you dream about – discovering you have hidden talents. Like finding buried treasure in your backyard, or perhaps a cache of secret weapons or super powers hitherto unknown. What would that feel like? What would you do with your gifts? If you’re Dawn Lintern of the band Das Fluff,... Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Music – Foo Fighters!
This goes out to my good pal, Kristin, who sent me a news article about Dave Grohl's keynote address at the recent SXSW music festival and conference. Grohl - currently the busiest man in showbiz - spoke (didn't sing or play) for 55 minutes about his life and music. It was interesting to read that... Continue Reading →
Who Took the Danger Out of Rock-n-Roll?
ATTENTION MILLENNIAL GIRLS EVERYWHERE: Never fear, therockmom is here! To advise, to educate and of course, to embarrass you, as most moms are want to do. (Do what you’re good at, I say.) Yes, I know you’re sinking under a mountain of college debt. Yes, I know it’s tough to get a job or even... Continue Reading →
Monday Morning Music – Sea Stars
Oh the holiday hangover, not the alcoholic kind, but the kids-on-ChineseNY-holiday-week-off-sleeping-late variety. So difficult to get out of bed when the alarm rings at 7am. But now EO and YO are off at school and I'm connecting to a caffeine drip, revising my To-Do list - projects almost completed, ongoing, troublesome - and listening to... Continue Reading →
Focused, Fearless, Feckless or Reckless? You in Your ‘20s
So I was walking through the IFC mall in Central (Hong Kong’s business district), and I couldn’t help but notice this good-looking guy walking by. Just noticing, mind you! He was nicely dressed, well-groomed, good hair but his entire neck was covered in a tattoo. A huge tattoo! And all I could think was: thank... Continue Reading →
Punk On A School Night
We had a mosh pit! We had beer in plastic cups! We had shirtless guy crowd surfing! We had that dude with the cast on his arm – you know the one, slightly unstable, who points a finger at the lead singer like, ‘You should know me, man!’ We had a bit of a scene:... Continue Reading →
Monday morning music – Lianne La Havas
Monday morning, EO and YO finally back at school and I'm supposed to be tackling all those things I didn't do, like some real writing, over the Christmas break. But I'm so enjoying having the house all to myself, listening to KCRW online and reading an article a friend sent about a bunch of old rockers... Continue Reading →
2012: The Year in Random Thoughts & Obsessions
Forget those Best Of / Top 20 / Hot Lists, here's my year's worth of musings: The best music snap of the year (above). Comes from a Berlin disco. Found on the Twitter page of Stana Katic, who's one-half of the TV show, Castle, which my family can tell you I'm senselessly, annoyingly addicted to. It's... Continue Reading →
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