Living in Austin, one of the perks (or downsides, depending on how you view traffic jams and industry insiders taking over your town) is being around for the annual SXSW festival. Having never been to this mega-fest in years past, and always looking on rather enviously, I’m now actually living at Ground Zero for some …
Category Archives: Music
Laura vs. Interscope
As the promised follow-up to my last post, here’s the email I received today from Apple’s customer service rep regarding the censorship of the new Lady Gaga album: Dear Laura, My name is Lisa and I would like to thank you for contacting the iTunes store. I understand that you would like to have the …
Laura vs. iTunes
I recently purchased a copy of Lady Gaga’s latest album, The Fame Monster, because the Lady is a delightfully sexy tramp, and anything she does must be immediately snapped up. (Also, I was smitten by “Alejandro” and “Telephone” from the beginning.) Upon listening to the iTunes versions of the songs, I got the impression that …
The Gossip in Montreal
The Gossip are in town tomorrow night (October 13), and tickets are an unbelievable $20! I have no idea if any are actually still available, as the Admission.com website doesn’t seem to want to sell me any (stupid technology), but that doesn’t mean you can’t snag a few at the door (also for only $20). …

