I went to the Governors Ball this past weekend, and found my prince. Actually, I found a few of them. Jack White. Julian Casablancas. Chancelor Bennett, aka Chance the Rapper. Andre 3000. James Blake. Through their respective sets, I found joy, and release, and delight, and solace – and just good ol’ fun. It was […]
Hello from JFK – off to LA to interview the director of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. * Hugh Jackman played fabulous host for the Tony Awards – as Bryan Cranston and Neill Patrick Harris, his fellow do-it-all pals, picked up top honours. Cranston’s All the Way scored best play, while A Gentleman’s […]
Memories from last year, of trudging through knee-deep mud and dealing with torrential downpours – together with the lack of planning by organizers who weren’t prepared for a summer storm – were enough to say ‘never again!’ to Governors Ball. But, when the line-up for this year held on it the promise of an OutKast reunion in NY that distaste began to […]
This year, just like previous years, Austrian chef Wolfgang Puck has been working with his team of 350 people, making Oscar-shaped food – from statue-shaped salmon bites to his famous little 24-gold-covered chocolate Oscars. His other specialities are there too, like his famous little chicken pot pies and macaroni with truffles. But this Sunday there […]
* Insanely muddy, terribly messy, and more akin to the UK’s Glastonbury, but in the end, Kanye West, Bloc Party and Foals helped turn NYC’s Governors Ball into, well, a ball. Torrential rain on Friday meant that Kings of Leon‘s headlining slot had to be cancelled. But the Brothers (and Cousin) Followill shifted their trip to […]