Loading ...If you were Leonard Cohen, and you kept hearing how no one considers your version of “Hallelujah” to be the best one—and, trust me, most people do not—you might be tempted, on your new tour, to change the song’s arrangement a bit. Make it a little more like that dead pretty boy, with chiming guitar, or more like the viola guy from that Warhol band, a little peppier and piano-driven. But did he?
Posts Tagged ‘John Cale’
Kindly Reminder To Famous Musicians: Pay Your Taxes
Mon Nov 19 2007 by jharv
And I say that as someone who flubs filing on time almost every year. But it seems folks like Jay-Z’s former partner Damon Dash–”whose estimated $50 million fortune bought him a chauffeur-driven $400,000 Maybach sedan, diamond-encrusted watches and more than 1,000 pairs of sneakers”–still think neglecting to write that $2 million tax check will be totally cool with the really nice dudes at the IRS. And Dame isn’t the only musicianmusic-related duder to make this New York Post article on “the state’s list of tax deadbeats,” including artists more likely to get written up in The Wire than XXL.
John Cale Helps Relieve This Damn Heatwave
Wed Oct 10 2007 by jharv
If it finally feels like fall where you are–look, I’ll take the high 60s over close to 90 and muggy as “fall”–I suggest taking a listen to the stately title track from John Cale’s Paris 1919, long recognized by folks fond of words like “autumnal” as one of the go-to records for when the leaves… More »
