An Open Letter to Michael Anthony Who Isn't In Van Halen Anymore (Which Bums Me Out)
Seeing Van Halen play the Garden was sublime because of who was onstage, but more than a little wistful because of the one man who was not.
By Steve Kandell 11.14.07 4:00 AM
Deputy editor Steve Kandell's open letter to Michael Anthony, which, to our knowledge, has not yet been postmarked.
Dear Mike,
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The Rainbow Connection
Music Editor Charles Aaron imagines a conversation between R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe and chef Mario Batali, if they'd stayed up Wednesday night listening to Radiohead's In Rainbows in Stipe's TriBeCa penthouse loft, and later went out for food at an unknown location, possibly where saffron risotto was being served. Then the music kicked in.
By Charles Aaron 10.11.07 3:00 AM
"Oh, pipe down and eat," says Stipe.
"I do soliloquize at times."
"A tad."
"But the beat on '15 Step' is just so, oh, ambrosial, I could eat it with an acorn squash caponata."
"So glitchy, but so decadent, I know."
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Brit-Brit: A Dissenting Opinion
In the aftermath of last night's VMA performance, everyone's shoveling dirt onto the lowered casket that is Britney's pop career -- but don't expect her to be as freaked out about it as we are.
By Spin Staff 09.10.07 3:00 AM
Over the past two weeks, there was much uncertainty surrounding Britney's ballyhooed VMA performance in Vegas: Was Criss Angel masterminding the spectacle? Would she duet with Justin? Would she remember what night it was?
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(Courtney) Love Hangover
Spin's Charles Aaron breaks down the pros and cons of Courtney's gig last week at Hiro Ballroom.
By Charles Aaron 07.16.07 3:00 AM
There was a sketchy edict before this RSVP Manhattan cattle call that it wasn't "for review" and that journalists should, I guess, just stand around and sip $10 cocktails and act like we didn't see that gruesome, babbling death-mask video after a recent London show and instead reminisce about our favorite Hole concert at the Academy in Times Square in the mid-'90s when Courtney planted her blac
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