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Iconic

My dear Siouxsie Sioux graces the April/May issue of FADER magazine. Interesting choice for the magazine's icon issue, but I'm all for it as the former Banshees frontwoman is one of my all-time favorites and deserves such recognition.



Download issue 67 here.

Also this week, more downloadable content for the awesome and popular Rock Band video game franchise were released. In addition to tracks by the Violent Femmes, Coheed and Cambria and Supergrass, Siouxsie & the Banshees' "Peek-A-Boo" are now available on the XBox 360, Playstation 3, and the Nintendo Wii consoles. I'll definitely be downloading this for my Wii!

Because the Light

Check out this retro goodness. In 1979, Patti Smith performed Debby Boone's 1977 chart-topping hit "You Light of My Life" on the ABC Sunday morning show, Kids Are People Too. After her performance, the sincere and sweet Smith took questions from the teenage audience and the kids' questions are pretty entertaining.



Thank you Kathleen Hanna for pointing this out.

Also, tomorrow, Patti Smith will be honored by ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) at its 27th annual Pop Music Awards at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, where she will be given the ASCAP Founders Award. She deserves it!

Mixed Up

New Yorker Christian Marclay has been mashing tunes behind the decks for years, but he's also mashing up album sleeves. If you love Sleeveface, you'll love some of Marclay's imaginative displays.





[Thanks to the Design Inspiration].

Linder: Morrissey's BFF

Morrissey interviews Linder Sterling aka Linder in the March 2010 issue of Interview magazine. The former frontwoman of '70s art punk act, Ludus, who's also made a career as a visual artist and performance artist, chats about how she and Moz first met, the influences and meanings behind her art, the sexuality found in her many collages, and more.

"I grew up with pop, and pop will die as you and I die—if not before. When I was young, everything was neat and tidy, except for me. I have never felt clean inside, and I never felt beautiful." — Linder

Quite an interesting and peculiar read. You can see how she and Morrissey bounce off one another. Her photography book on Morrissey, the now out-of-print Morrissey Shot, is quite incredible.

Did you know that the Smiths song "I Won't Share You" is about Linder? L-L-l-oooove.

March 'Muppet' Madness

March Madness is here my dear blogosphere friends and it's my favorite time of year! You know, it's where 65 college basketball teams battle for the NCAA championship title. My beloved Michigan State Spartans nearly had it last year, but lost to the North Carolina Tar Heels, who by the way, didn't make the tourney this year. Um, what?

Anyways, I love this! Apparently someone who loves college basketball and the Muppets does too. If you're not too cool, check out the 2010 Muppet Madness Tournament.

Because it's St. Patrick's Day

My favorite holiday is nearly over, but I'd like to celebrate with a little Waterboys, who joined The Frames for a performance of "Be My Enemy" in 2001. Fantastic stuff from two of my very favorite bands.

Shamrock shortage?

St. Patrick's Days is less than 24 hours away and many around the U.S. and Ireland will be wearing some incarnation of the beloved holiday's treasured shamrock tomorrow.

Not so fast. Apparently there's shamrock shortage going on in Ireland, says Irish Central.

Botanist Dr. Declan Doogue of the Royal Irish Academy says the "shamrock was 'hit hard' by the severe winter weather and 'won't be easily found" this week. He also said the national plant was under threat because of modern farming methods.

The growth of the shamrock was delayed, like many plants, because of "frost damage" and that fake shamrocks would be used in its place.

So maybe wear a pin tomorrow?