The Heart, The Mind, The Albums:
Our newest write at Daily Duranie wrestles with his heart and mind while revisiting every album.
Tag: Guest Blog
Boy Panic!
Before visiting England last week, I made several mental notes of Duran Duran historical sites to visit (ok, I made an entire Google map of places). I assumed Nick, and perhaps Simon, would be in town and I fancied I’d bump into them if I walked around enough. Turns out, London is a large city… Continue reading Boy Panic!
The Heart, The Mind, The Albums
The Heart, The Mind, The Albums:
Our newest write at Daily Duranie wrestles with his heart and mind while revisiting every album.
Big Trashy Thing
No one cares, but this is their best by miles. – Robert Christgau As much as I love and appreciate every word Robert Christgau has ever written on music, he has never been a fan of my favorite bands. The Big Three for me as I turned 13 were Duran Duran, Howard Jones, and Thompson Twins.… Continue reading Big Trashy Thing
Post-imperial funk: Notorious
In 2010, Pitchfork contributor Tom Ewing helped define the concept of imperial phases as it applies to popular music. Coined by Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, also a music critic, it’s the sort of term that obsessive music fans and writers grasp immediately. Ewing laid out certain parameters for what constitutes a band’s imperial phase… Continue reading Post-imperial funk: Notorious
Why Don’t They Drop the Bomb
The annual list of nominees for the rock-n-roll hall of fame came out yesterday and I spent the better part of my day haunted by the idea of the Dave Matthews Band being inducted. Don’t get me wrong. I absolutely owned their first two (three if we count Remember Two Things) CDs in college. One… Continue reading Why Don’t They Drop the Bomb
Paper Gods 2.0
As the curtain (finally) comes down on the Paper Gods era, we turn our attention to what lies ahead. While I saw more Duran Duran shows then ever before during the Paper Gods tour, it was more a matter of geography than passion for the new material. Their booking agent seems to have a thing… Continue reading Paper Gods 2.0
Guest Blog: Warren vs. the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Debate
By Bart Van Bemmel Let’s do a little experiment… Go get all your Duran records and sprawl them out on the floor. I know you’re ranking them — it’s hard not to. I do it too. Maybe you’re one of those fans that doesn’t count anything that John Taylor didn’t play on, yet it was somehow okay if Roger and Andy… Continue reading Guest Blog: Warren vs. the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Debate
Your mission: Find Duran Duran
More puzzling than why Jane Fonda installed floor-to-ceiling shag carpet in her spacecraft, is why it has taken me all these years to watch Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy (1968). As the second-highest-grossing film in the UK that year, it isn’t surprising that a few young men from Birmingham would come across it and choose… Continue reading Your mission: Find Duran Duran
Paper Gods 2.0
As the curtain (finally) comes down on the Paper Gods era, we turn our attention to what lies ahead. While I saw more Duran Duran shows then ever before during the Paper Gods tour, it was more a matter of geography than passion for the new material. Their booking agent seems to have a thing… Continue reading Paper Gods 2.0