The setup: High School Record, written/directed/photographed by Ben Wolfinsohn (who also did the Friends Forever documentary), is a film about a senior at an art high school who decides to document his last year there with his video camera. The... CONTINUE READING HIGH SCHOOL FLICK STARS MEMBERS OF NO AGE, MIKA MIKO, LAVENDER DIAMOND ... AND MIKE WATT»
Posted on September 24, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Lavender Diamond | Mika Miko | Mike Watt | No Age
We all like to listen to Daydream Nation while sipping skinny mochas at the local Starbucks. Of course we do. Making that guilty pleasure a little bit easier, 14 celebrities of various stripes each chose a SY track for a... CONTINUE READING SONIC LATTE»
Posted on May 22, 2008 in (50 comments)
Tags: Beastie Boys | Beck | Catherine Keener | Chloë Sevigny | Dave Eggers | David Cross | Eddie Vedder | Gus Van Sant | Michelle Willams | Mike Watt | Portia de Rossi | Radiohead | Red Hot Chili Peppers | Sonic Youth | The Flaming Lips
As promised, here's our last photo roundup of the shows we hit and folks we pestered on the streets of Austin during this year's South By Southwest music festival. All in all we had a great time, saw some old... CONTINUE READING SXSW: LAST DAY IN AUSTIN»
Posted on March 19, 2007 in (26 comments)
Tags: Aziz Ansari | Bill Callahan | Donovan | Eugene Mirman | Iggy Pop | Jesse Harris | Joanna Newsom | Kings Of Leon | Mike Watt | Spoon | SXSW | The Apples In Stereo | The Good The Bad And The Queen | The Pipettes | The Polyphonic Spree | The Stooges | Thunderbirds Are Now!
The Stooges: Version '07's distinction from its earlier incarnation is best illustrated with this line from the band's profile in this weekend's NY Times:While recording, Iggy swam laps in the hotel pool every day before going to work at noon.... CONTINUE READING NEW STOOGES - "FREE AND FREAKY"»
Posted on February 26, 2007 (11 comments)
Tags: Iggy Pop | Mike Watt | The Stooges
We scoffed at the first reports of this odd couple, but sure enough, ex-Minuteman and now Stooge Mike Watt is laying bass down on the next Kelly Clarkson record -- and Pitchfork has the photographic proof! Nice nab for Kelly!... CONTINUE READING MISS INDEPENDENT & MIKE WATT»
Posted on November 21, 2006 (26 comments)
Tags: American Idol | Kelly Clarkson | Mike Watt | Ted Leo
