Archive for January, 2007

Gail’s Top Ten CDs of 2006!

January 28th, 2007

Like, Better late than never, right? Top CDs of 2006, According to Me #10. Black Stone Cherry Initially, I was very resistant to the idea of Kentucky-based, Southern Rock Revivalists, Black Stone Cherry for two sharply pointed reasons. One being that unless a “Southern Rock” band is going to improve on Molly Hatchet’s “Flirting With [...]

Trader Joe’s: Another Reason to Love The Germans

January 21st, 2007

This is Not the Trader Joe’s on 14th Street, But Use Your Imagination Three things changed my life in 2006, as follows 1. Getting a full time job with benefits and paid vacations. Yowsa! 2. Writing a Pop Culture Blog that rocks. Woo Hoo! 3. Trader Joe’s Market opening on 14th Street here in NYC, [...]

Kinder Bueno: The Tastiest Candy in the Universe

January 18th, 2007

Kinder Bueno, The Candy of the Gods Do you enjoy tasty snacks? I sure do. I am actually not much of a candy eater, but one of the Directors in the London office of the Investment Bank I work for as a day gig recently introduced me to this amazing candy called Kinder Bueno. And [...]

Gail in Print: Modern Drummer, March 2007

January 16th, 2007

Vinnie Colaiuta is on the cover and my hot update with Dave Buckner of Papa Roach is inside!

RIP Yvonne Decarlo

January 11th, 2007

"Oh Baby, Lily Munster Ain't Got Nothing on You" Munsters star Yvonne De Carlo, Dead at 84.

Awesome Photo of the Week: Actor/Director Vincent Gallo!

January 11th, 2007

Yes! Nothing says, “I Love The Seventies!” quite like this photo of Vincent Gallo, which was sent to me this morning by some dude I know, whom I believe secretly wishes to be Vincent Gallo. Which reminds me, I finally saw The Brown Bunny last summer and it’s definitely worth adding to your Netflix queue, [...]

Like a Complete Unknown: What it Means to Write for Rolling Stone

January 7th, 2007

Back in March of last year, my friend and fellow rock journalist, Nicole, phoned me up to read me an ad she’d just seen somewhere on line. “You’ll never believe this,” she says to me – which is what she always says when she’s about to hip me to something that’s totally ridiculous. “Rolling Stone [...]

Smash It Up

January 5th, 2007

Ask Me What Happened to that 11 x1 4 Framed Halftone of Green Gartside So, I’m fast asleep in my bed when I am awakened by a loud crash/bang/boom which I immediately identify with some kind of commotion (i.e. loud, drunken assholes who have no sense of consideration for sleeping people) going on between the [...]

Xavier Muriel, Drummer for Buckcherry.

January 2nd, 2007

As my first interview ever, Gail made me feel totally comfortable and at ease with the whole process. Her pleasantness and warm spirit was a pleasure to work with. I look forward to another meeting.

Must-See Movie Of The Week: Pan’s Labyrinth

January 2nd, 2007

The Stuff That Nightmares Are Made Of When you plan a trip to your local movie theater, do you secretly wish to find an arty, foreign language film that manages to combine elements of Through The Looking Glass with Saw, while also giving you a Reader’s Digest condensed peek at life in rural Spain during [...]

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