Broken Social Scene with Land of TalkSaturday, November 22, 2008Club Cinema, Pompano BeachCanadian
experimental/indie-rock supergroup Broken Social Scene descended on
South Florida last night like a swarm of indie bees, and buzzed up a
two-hour storm for jubilant fans at a packed Club Cinema in Pompano, on the last night of their U.S. tour. Land
of Talk, also from Canada, opened the show with an enjoyable yet
forgettable set, featuring talented young Montreal-based vocalist and
guitarist
A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be subtitled "Ten More Albums You've Never Heard of and Will Never, Ever Hear," plenty.
Technology has made the world smaller, and in response, we've found smaller and smaller worlds to inhabit. Think
It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again.
BILLY JOEL
The Stranger
(Columbia/Legacy)
As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" and "Anthony's Song (Movin' Out)" remain priceless snapshots of Annie Hall-era NYC, the title track bares real teeth, and the Kenny Chesney fave "Only the Good Die Young"
Flickr: jvhseoChristy Turlington in an ad for RED​Christy Turlington turned 40 this year, and despite having spent a good portion of those years jet-setting to exotic locations, strutting down runways, and hanging with friends like Bono, the memories that have recently taken hold of her were formed 30 years ago in Palm Beach County, the last place she had a remotely normal life.Born to a Salvadoran mother who was a flight attendant and a father who was a pilot for Pan Am, Turlington grew up in
