Photo By Gail
The Baby Head is Back, Bitches! Artist Paul Insect has been rocking the iconic Baby Head since around 2008, and I spotted these two stickers — Eyeball Baby Head and Microchip Baby Head, respectively – displayed on a sidewalk Mail Box right outside Jonathan LeVine’s temporary Pop Up Space on West 22nd Street. I hope I can find more of them…
Me with Bill at a Modern Drummer Party
On This Date, December 12th, in 2008, Modern Drummer Editor Bill Miller passed away after a long and hard-fought battle with melanoma. Bill was just 47 years old. I still miss Bill every day and I know that everyone at Modern Drummer does as well. He was not only a great editor who taught me so much about drumming and how to write about drummers, he was also a good friend. Rest in Peace, Bill.
2008 wasn’t the worst year for music. I managed to find ten CDs I really like. These are them.
Gail’s Top Ten Favorite CDs of 2008
1. MGMT, Oracular Spectacular
2. Sloan, Parallel Play
3. Hugh Cornwell, Hoover Dam
4. Weezer, The Red Album
5. The Verve, Forth
6. Secret Machines
7. Bigelf, Cheat the Gallows
8. Robert Pollard is Off to Business
9. Starflyer 59, Dial M
10. Opeth, Watershed
1923 – 2008
This makes me so sad. 1950s Pin Up Model Bettie Page passed away on December 11th, 2008 at age 85.
Mitch Circa 1971: What a Rock Star
Sadness! Legendary drummer and last surviving member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Mitch Mitchell has passed away on November 12th, 2008 at age 61. RIP, Mitch!