Archive for the ‘gerrie lim’ Category

LIFE AFTER GISH

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 ...

THE PERILS OF PAULA

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 ...

HEP CATS OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

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 ...

TRACI LORDS: THE OTHER SIDE OF AN X-RATED STAR

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, ...

URBANE COWBOYS

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 ...

LINDA RONSTADT: STILL WITHIN THE SOUND OF HER VOICE

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 ...

GRACE UNDER PRESSURE

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 ...

THE POWER AND THE GLORY, THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE

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 ...