Archive for the ‘gerrie lim’ Category
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Sick of the tired comparison with Nirvana? Here're Smashing Pumpkins with some Blank Generation Blues. By Gerrie Lim. The article was published in BigO #96 (December 1993).
So this is Generation X, I'm musing to myself in the lobby of the Hollywood Palladium, as I contemplate the horde of twentysomething kids ...
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Thursday, August 20th, 2009
Nowadays, people - especially young people - remember Paula Abdul as the ditzy co-host of American Idol, the one who is the butt of all the jokes on those late night talk shows. But she wasn't always like that. A talented dancer and singer, a Grammy and Emmy winner, Paula ...
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
In 2008, the biopic Cadillac Records was a celebration of Chess Records but in 1997, when the legendary Chicago blues label celebrated its 50th anniversary, it was something to shout about. Gerrie Lim talks to the Grand Marshall of the blues - Marshall Chess. The following article was published in ...
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Thursday, July 9th, 2009
It was early 1995 and X-rated star Traci Lords had just released a brand new rave album. Anyway, it's always fun to shoot the breeze with someone who has something to say about the porn industry. Gerrie Lim gets it all down... and that's only half the tape. The rest, ...
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
In 2007, the Cowboy Junkies released Trinity Revisited, a re-recording of the album that propelled them into the limelight. With its basic set-up, the 1988 Trinity indeed provided a stepping stone for the band to hone its craft, allowing the Cowboy Junkies to experiment and release subsequent albums such as ...
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Linda Ronstadt doesn't look like one of those artistes who will do a lot of press but she did consent to meet up with Gerrie Lim when she released her 1993 album, Winter Light. As Gerrie says, on this album, Ronstadt has recaptured pop with an ethereal shimmer. This article ...
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Thursday, March 19th, 2009
You think you know her but you don't. That's because Grace Quek's porn persona, Annabel Chong, is not just a "piece of meat" who set a world record in 1995 when she had sex with 251 men. Grace's quest is a re-definition of female sexuality, where women can be the ...
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Introducing... Days Of Future Past, our new column where we revisit classic interviews and articles that were published in BigO magazine. To kick off the column, here's an interview with Patti Smith which appeared in BigO #117 (September 1995). To celebrate BigO's 10th anniversary in 1995, BigO released its list ...
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