You can find your identity in the damage that’s been done to you. Very, very dangerous. You find your identity in your wounds, in your scars, in the places where you’ve been beat up and you turn them into a medal. We all wear the things we’ve survived with some honour, but the real honour… [Read more…]
December 5, 2011
Here’s a profile I wrote for Clash in 2006 about two-man band Zero dB. Trace a line from The Police to Sun Ra via a menswear shop, Newcastle and the Big Chill and you’ll emerge through the looking glass into the bent, sun-blitzed world of Zero dB. Where, for the last six years, Neil Combstock… [Read more…]
December 1, 2011
I dig Squidoo. It’s a clever online platform that lets you project your life through a ‘lens’ Check out my first lens: a snapshot of my project management experience on Rock Chic.
December 1, 2011
Not only is Lady Gaga the best pop songsmith on the planet, she has some of the best tattoos. The Rilke quote on her upper arm reads, in part: “In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write.” C’est magnifique.
November 23, 2011
The Lost Brothers started as a “joke” according to Oisin Leech but he and musical partner Mark McCausland soon found people taking their dusty, gentle folk harmonies to heart. Their deubt album Trails of the Lonely is one of my favourites: a Simon & Garfunkle drinking whisky-laced coffee in the rain with Burt Jansch affair… [Read more…]
January 25, 2011
Absolutely love this quote from righteous babe Ani DiFranco. I saw her in concert once, many years ago, and she had a fantastic joy and energy. She’s one if the visionaries for whom life and art are inextricably linked. People who are just starting out are always sort of coming to me for advice as… [Read more…]
January 12, 2011
No idea why, but this has been running through my head today: Zooropa…vorsprung durch technik Zooropa…be all that you can be Meet our winner Eat to get slimmer
January 9, 2010
A little shameless self-self publicity for my Portland Cooking column. An extra-special Elvis birthday goodie – the peanut butter and fried banana sandwich. Make it, love it, go for a run…. “A classic peanut butter and banana sarnie in honor of Elvis’ 75th Birthday…” Click here for the recipe!
October 23, 2009
Posted by Cila Warncke An excerpt from my interview with DJ/producer and philanthropist Jay Haze about his DJs for DRC charity project. Read the original at Ibiza Voice Jay believes music can help save the world and he’s leading by example with his charity project DJs4DRC (DJs for the Democratic Republic of Congo). Jay has… [Read more…]
December 19, 2008
Posted by Cila Warncke Leonard Cohen and Judy Collins performing ‘That’s No Way To Say Goodbye‘, the most beautiful, heartrending song I’ve ever heard.
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