She’s a Lady(hawke)

I remember the day I first heard Paris is Burning as it was yesterday. I heard it on the radio in a show where David and Stephen from Soulwax chose the tracks. That day, I fell in love with Paris is Burning. I downloaded it off some blog, and I listened to it a lot. [...]

Missing In Action

Today M.I.A. announced she’s cancelling her European tour.
I couldn’t be more gutted, I’ve never seen her live and I’d been looking forward to her show at Les Ardentes for months and months and months. So now she isn’t coming because she’s exhausted of the neverending touring. Which is understandable, of course. But still, it’s sad.

She’s [...]

Bow for frYars

“You have a womb, you shall deliver me a boy” he sings in Olive Eyes; “do you sometimes wish your siblings were miscarried” in HappY. Has nineteen year old Ben Garrett a darker, more morbid side to contrast his curly hair and innocent smile? The answer is yes, to say the least.
Ben shepherded us to [...]

Loretta Lux

A couple of years ago I sat next to a man reading a newspaper in the train and I noticed an article about a German photographer called Loretta Lux. I don’t know why but I remembered her name and googled her. I immediately fell in love with her work and I rediscovered it last week [...]