On my 18th birthday a friend gave me two books, The Toa of Pooh, by Benjamin Hoff (still one of the best introductions to Taoism as far as I’m concerned), and All I Need to Know I Learned In Kindergarten, by Robert Fulghum. That evening was the beginning of my idle research into eastern philosophy [...]
The Devil’s Snare Lauren Fairweather buy here (scroll down) For those who are not up to date on their Wizard Rock (WRock) knowledge, Lauren Fairweather is one half of the WRock group The Moaning Myrtles. About a year ago Lauren started writing songs outside of the Myrtles and The Devil’s Snare is her first solo [...]
I need to give a hat tip here to Liz, who is the one who turned me onto the UK WRock group Split Seven Ways. A favor for which I’ll be indebted to her for a while yet to come. I mention this because SSW dropped a new EP on Friday, called Slytherin Hearts. The [...]
So I just got back from seeing Stardust, the new film based on the book of the same name, by Neil Gaiman. The book tells the story of a boy, named Tristan, who travels into the world of Faerie in order to fulfill a promise he has made to the woman he loves, to bring [...]
So I ventured out today for my first taste of Wizard Rock in the flesh. I’ve heard from a few people who have expressed trepidation at the idea of going to a show where the crowd would be mostly kids. And not the typical punk/indie types that end up at all ages shows, but honest [...]