When was the first time you heard music? No, not the first Oldies song that you knew all the lyrics to or the Paula Abdul music video that you studied obsessively. When was the first time you realized music would become as important in your life as, say, three meals a day? When did music … Continue reading
To bring you Generation Catalano! Doree Shafrir has a particularly great article in Slate this week, which is itself a response to an interesting think-piece in New York Magazine by 27-year-old Noreen Malone, who wrote about her generation, the Millennials. In the article Shafrir muses that there should be a little micro-generation that can fit … Continue reading
So, not exactly breaking news but, then again, this site doesn’t really do breaking news. PJ Harvey won the UK’s 2011 Mercury Music Prize earlier this week for her album, Let England Shake. This is her second Mercury Prize. The first was ten years ago for her album, Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. … Continue reading