Video: Diane Birch, “What Is Love?” on Wurlitzer electric piano
A) Haddaway, the original “What Is Love?” artist, actually has a pretty fascinating bio. B) Diane Birch, who’s covering the song above, also has an interesting bio.
A) Haddaway, the original “What Is Love?” artist, actually has a pretty fascinating bio. B) Diane Birch, who’s covering the song above, also has an interesting bio.
The Girl Who Ate Everything: Back from Honolulu"My ol' Canon 20D died. Out of nowhere, the shutter went berserk, which doesn't seem to be an uncommon problem, although one that costs a few hundred dollars to repair. While I was looking to buy a less expensive camera, I ended up getting a new Canon 7D [...]
I’m writing this from the cabin of a JetBlue plane somewhere over the Atlantic. I just looked out the window and saw the engine read “www.jetblue.com.” Now why would they advertise their URL to people already on board, I thought. But, aha! … It’s there for all the people who like to take photos out [...]
A few things tied together with a very thin thread … First, I read A. O. Scott’s “Gen X Has a Midlife Crisis” in the New York Times this morning. Online initially and then, yes, switching over to my iPhone when I had to leave the house for work. (Scott says, “I see you rolling [...]
In reporting on the unfolding events in Times Square right now, the New York Times‘s City Room blog lapses into almost Onionesque territory when it mentions a vendor who reported a suspicious duffel bag earlier this morning: Mr. Elbaz, an immigrant from Egypt who lives in Jackson Heights, Queens, said he was relieved. It was [...]
On Saturday I went to the 2010 Whitney Biennial with my friend Justin and his ol’ lady. I’ll tell you, I was actually more excited about the food options at the museum than the exhibit. I mean, 2008′s biennial sucked a big ol’ donkey’s ass and I vowed not to ever go to another. Well, [...]