Author Archives: Joshua

Handbags and Gladrags

By Joshua | Published: September 25, 2007
 (This is the continuation of a defense of Rod Stewart (the ’70s version, anyway) that I’ve been working on. Basically, I hold that if you can look past his “Hot Legs” phase of the 1980s and the current “Songbook” phase the old crooner’s in right now, there’s no getting around the greatness of his ’70s catalogue.) [...]
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The Return of Os Mutantes

By Joshua | Published: July 29, 2006
  Os Mutantes Webster Hall New York, NY: July 21, 2006  I went to the Os Mutantes show as something of an outsider. I had been given a ticket basically as a bribe so that my apartment could be used for sleep, eating, and, perhaps, sex (alas, not with me). I knew they were from Brazil, [...]
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