May
07

Cohen’s Critics Corner: Sally Shapiro-Disco Romance

Ian Cohen used to blog here. He usually writes here. Periodically, he drops knowledge on us here at the Passion of the Weiss. Neither he nor I are related to Sally Shapiro. We think.Sally Shapiro’s name might fool you into thinking that this is a singer-songwriter album from Cherry Hill’s most renowned ear, nose and… Continue reading »

May
06

Beards, Blazers & Britney

“I am the envy of every 14 year-old girl in America,” I mumble to myself, eyes rolled, approaching the House of Blues-Sunset, Thursday night. Britney Spears is launching her official “comeback” tour, but I’m not sure sure what she’s coming back from. It’s not like she left the public eye, after all the last two… Continue reading »

May
04

Coachella 2007-Day 2

Pharoahe Monch-Coachella Stage (1:30-2:15) I was depressed when I found out that Pharoahe Monch, a 13 year veteran of the rap world was slotted to play the main stage at 1:30 smack dab in the middle of the searing desert heat, a time typically given to rookies playing their first festival ever, and certainly not… Continue reading »

May
03

Coachella 2007-Day 1

Of Montreal-Outdoor Theater (4:55-5:45) width=”425″>But after watching her live show (and watching her stretch the phrase “Hello Coachella” into 34 syllables, I’ve concluded that the ever-evolving Bjork is music’s “Rain Man.” She probably can’t tie her Icelandic Walrus galoshes, but she’s clearly tapped into a higher musical plane than the rest of us. Call her… Continue reading »

May
01

Coachella: 2007:

Sadly, Vigo the Carpathian was not there. But he may have been the only celebrity not sweltering in the desert this weekend mingling gleefully with the Los Angeles cluberati: 27 year-old trust funders, scattering shirt-less from bar to bar, tatted up and bandanna’d, scheming on 18-year old girls giggling noxiously in Marc Jacobs sun-dresses. This… Continue reading »

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