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Paul McCartney “Kisses on the Bottom…”
By Margaret Hedderman Paul McCartney “Kisses on the Bottom.” Why? Because he can. Macca’s latest album, to be released February 7, is a tribute to the classic tracks his father once played in English jazz clubs. It’s also an album … Continue reading
Why Paul McCartney is Still the Coolest Guy Around
By Margaret Hedderman There are very few 70-year-old men that make me want to burst into a fit of sobbing hysteria. Dick Cheney, for example, does so, but for very different reasons than Sir Paul McCartney. That’s right, I should’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Margaret, Music
Tagged new york city ballet, ocean's kingdom, paul mccartney, peter martins, Stella McCartney, Swan Lake
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The Urchin Mix Tape
These are the songs currently stuck on our minds and in our heads! Thao and Mirah Thao is the lead singer of the adorable San Francisco-based quartet Thao with the Get Down Stay Down, driven by Thao’s gravelly, soulful voice … Continue reading
Posted in Collaborative, Music
Tagged antiwar song, career opportunities, charlotte kemp muhl, cold cold water, indie, jardin du luxembourg, John Lennon, la carotte bleue, lyrics, mirah, paul mccartney, political punk, Punk, rock, sean lennon, thao and mirah, thao and mirah and the most of all, thao with the get down stay down, the beatles, the clash, the ghost of a saber tooth tiger, this is england, tommy gun, urchin mix tape, we're so sorry, when we swam
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Linda McCartney, Toad-in-the-Hole, and a Veggie Spectacular
By Margaret Hedderman With names like Bubble and Squeak, Toad-in-the-Hole, and Bangers and Mash, why the Brits aren’t renowned for their cuisine is beyond me. Sure, there’s the unfortunate Black Pudding made from dried pig’s blood, and Haggis, which contains … Continue reading
Sing for Hope, for Change!
“The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn’t the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.” What would John Lennon say of this decade? Of … Continue reading
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Tagged John Lennon, paul mccartney, The Beatles Revolution, Lennon/McCartney, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, kent state shootings, Tupac Changes, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are A-Changin', Blowin In the Wind, Neil Young Ohio, Billie Holliday, Strange Fruit, Vietnam War, Nixon Administration, War Edwin Starr, If I Had A Hammer, Peter Paul and Mary, The Weavers, Get Up Stand Up, Bob Marley, Gimme Shelter, THe Rolling Stones, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Merry Clayton, What's Going On, Marvin Gaye, Renaldo Benson, THe Four Tops
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1st Annual Urchie Award Winners!
What a show! Sincere thanks to all who read and voted! Here they are, your winners! Book of the Year Imperial by William T. Vollmann Novelist (that’s right, novelist) William T. Vollmann spent ten years of his life on this … Continue reading
Posted in Art & Money, Collaborative, Examples in Urchinism, Film & Television, Literature, Music, The Urchies, Travel
Tagged 826, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, award shows, Away We Go, beatles, belgium, books, brussels, cheryl cole, chris cleave, clean breaks, dave eggers, edinburgh, ewan mcgregor, george clooney, hanson, imperial, inglourious basterds, inherent vice, jackson browne, jeremy smith, kathryn bigelow, nonfiction, paul mccartney, richard hammond, scotland, st. vincent, The Hurt Locker, thomas pynchon, Up, urchie lifetime achievement award, urchies, vendela vida, Washington D.C., Where the Wild Things Are, william t vollmann
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1st Annual Urchie Award Nominations!
[UPDATE: Find out who won!] The day you have been waiting for is finally here. The Golden Globes and Grammys have passed. The Oscars loom forebodingly in the not-so-distant future. But none of that matters! The only important award show … Continue reading
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Tagged 826, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, academy awards, award shows, Away We Go, brussels, cheryl cole, chris cleave, clean breaks, dave eggers, edinburgh, ewan mcgregor, film of the year, george clooney, grammys, hanson, imperial, inglourious basterds, inherent vice, jackson browne, jeremy smith, judd apatow, little bee, long way round, Oscars, paul mccartney, Pixar, Quintin Tarantino, richard hammond, st. vincent, Stand Up Stand Up, The Hurt Locker, thomas pynchon, Todd Phillips, Up, urchies, vendela vida, Washington D.C., Where the Wild Things Are, william t vollmann
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