Archive for February, 2007

Adios Kirk

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Photo by Chris Cummins
Kirk Rundstrom, singer, songwriter and guitarist for Split Lip Rayfield, succumbed to cancer yesterday. Living In Stereo’s Best Friend, Roy Kasten, interviewed Rundstrom this past summer before he embarked on one of his last tours.
‘Til Death Do Us Part
By Roy Kasten
Originally published in the Denver Westword, August 31, 2006
Kirk Rundstrom, songwriter, singer […]

“American Eye-Doll Divamatic”

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

 

Our man in Nashville, Barry Mazor, writes about the recent Grammy Awards:
I’m probably not entirely alone in being amused by the fuss coming from some quarters here in Nashville because Carrie Underwood and Rascal Flatts were not allowed to sing their own songs at the Grammy Awards.  Meanwhile, I’m still waiting for the first person to speak […]

Snickering at Homophobes

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

You’ve likely heard about the broohaha surrounding the Snickers ad that ran during last weekend’s Super Bowl. Two auto mechanics eat a candy bar together, each coming in from an opposite end, until finally their lips meet in an inadvertent kiss. They react by shouting the need to “do something manly,” such as pull out […]