Author Archives: Brian Currin

Who is Jane S. Piddy? | Brian Currin

Though Rodriguez personally denied this when I asked him, I believe ‘Jane S. Piddy’ is a deliberate misspelling of “Janis Pity” – a sort of tribute to Janis Joplin. Rodriguez said in March 1998: “The people [in my songs] are fictional. I tapped on the writer’s poetic licence giving them names and shape. Almost asContinueContinue reading “Who is Jane S. Piddy? | Brian Currin”

Exclusive: Searching For Sugar Man Clip | Movie News | Empire

Every year there seems to bring at least one music documentary that gets tagged “the new Buena Vista Social Club”. But to borrow from The Three Amigos!, this year’s Buena Vista Social Club could be the real Buena Vista Social Club. Sorta. The film is Searching For Sugar Man and we’ve got a new internet-freshContinueContinue reading “Exclusive: Searching For Sugar Man Clip | Movie News | Empire”

Searching for Sugar Man | KING5.com Seattle

A fascinating new documentary chronicles the search for a mysterious folk musician who unknowingly became a rock legend half a world away. Searching for Sugar Man tells the story of an American singer-songwriter in the early-70s named Rodriguez, who was considered a talented recording artist but somehow disappeared into oblivion. At the same time, aContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man | KING5.com Seattle”

Mabu Vinyl Experiences the Crazy White Bitches

From Mabu Vinyl So we gave the Crazy White Bitches***….what do you mean you don’t know who the Crazy White Bitches are, seriously??? Wake up man, go find out….so we gave these hip Cape Town fashion(s)istas, known as Fani, Isa and Jane, some of our new range of T-shirts (which they then gave their ownContinueContinue reading “Mabu Vinyl Experiences the Crazy White Bitches”

The Yale Spizzwinks (?) FREE concert in De Waal Park on 27 May 2012

From Martin Myers From the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean to the shores of Cape Town comes a group of acappella singers that personifies talent and encapsulates outstanding entertainment – the Yale Spizzwinks (?). The group came into existence in 1914 at Yale University and the torch has been passed down the generations ofContinueContinue reading “The Yale Spizzwinks (?) FREE concert in De Waal Park on 27 May 2012”

Free Basin’ Fridays – RODRIGUEZ! « Light in the Attic Records

It’s been a crazy year for Rodriguez. The documentary Searching For Sugar Man was one of the first films to be purchased (by Sony Pictures Classics) at Sundance and picked up two awards on the way (World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary and World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Prize for its Celebration of the Artistic Spirit).ContinueContinue reading “Free Basin’ Fridays – RODRIGUEZ! « Light in the Attic Records”

Backbeat: Rodriguez Plays Riveting SXSW Showcase, Screens ‘Sugar Man’ Doc | Billboard.biz

The bright lights of Paramount Theater marquee gave director Malk Bendjelloul a distinct charge as he wandered outside the venue a half-hour before the 9:30 p.m. screening. His film “Searching for Sugar Man” about the ’70s singer-songwriter Rodriguez had won two awards at the Sundance Film festival where it premiered, but “it was nothing likeContinueContinue reading “Backbeat: Rodriguez Plays Riveting SXSW Showcase, Screens ‘Sugar Man’ Doc | Billboard.biz”