My Bloody Valentine, New York, Sept. 22
I’ve been assaulted at the Roseland Ballroom by two men and two women who call themselves My Bloody Valentine. But I’ll get back to them after light discussion of the opening acts. Wow, I’m not really into you guys at all. Le Volume Courbe kicked off the show. It’s really a vehicle for singer Charlotte Marionneau backed by a nu-folk band. Her vocals come off like a flat night for Bjork fronting the Flying Burrito Brothers. If that sounds interesting, it really...
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Ed Lin is the author of Waylaid, This Is A Bust, Snakes Can't Run, and One Red Bastard. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. Ed lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung.