It could only happen in America. I can just picture hundreds of thousands of psychedelic beach chairs, picnic hampers and parasols spread out on the ‘Empire polo field’ (that famous rock’n’roll venue…) as Bob Dylan, the Stones, Paul McCartney, The Who, Roger Waters and Neil Young perform at a mega-gig in Indio, California this October.Continue reading “Rock Dinosaurs Team Up”
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What I Hate about Sequels
I write this as I emerge from a bout of flu that has kept me horizontal for a week. This attack has been milder than last year’s instalment – no projectile vomiting or fainting on the bog this time – and I suppose from a dramatic perspective you could say it’s been a bit of a disappointment.Continue reading “What I Hate about Sequels”
Hipsters: The Phantom Menace
To many, they are the scapegoats of the age, the visible minority it’s ok to hate. Not gypsies, junkies or chavs but HIPSTERS. Here they come with their beards and bobble hats, on rusty racers and skateboards, to take over derelict buildings, open coffee shops and artists’ studios. Uniformly non-conformist, they are the 21st centuryContinue reading “Hipsters: The Phantom Menace”
Tom George 