People, papers and Julia herself tell us that Julia Haltigan’s musical family, a hundred-piece band that includes a singing-quartet alum grandmother and a father talented in the guitar-arts inspired her pursuit of music. Not having been fortunate enough to witness family reunions, we will say this: Julia Haltigan’s music is all leather boots, smoky rooms and whimsy in a way that makes us want to burn our bras while wearing pretty lace and red lipstick; confusing, wonderful, inspiring and astoundingly infectious. Gopher [...]
Julia Haltigan’s cure for boredom
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Julia Haltigan has stolen our Gopher hearts without even knowing it. Tune in for a heavenly experience here, the favourite is “Goodbye Cowboys & Rocket Men,” but they are all gradations of the sublime…
Freddie Stevenson needs our supreme indifference
Freddie Stevenson, the English-born singer-songwriter is a self-taught musical genius. Freddie gives his listeners the kind of musical and lyrical experience usually reserved for the likes of Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon and Bob Dylan. When he told us he loved The Gopher we, quite understandably, nearly fainted from jubilation. Following our celebration [which may or may not have included unstoppable underwear-dancing], and several e-mail exchanges analysing Creed’s “My Own Prison” later, we bring you a story written especially for Gopher-fanatics where he gives us [...]
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Freddie Stevenson will make your heart explode. I usually can’t get through the day without a fix. Don’t tell him I said that.
Stream his music on MySpace, or alternatively, listen and download here.
On Politics: The Left in Latin America
Kyra Choucroun is one of the founders of The Gopher Illustrated and a political fiend (try and stop her, we dare you!) Her interests range from International Political Economy to Development and Conflict resolution. Fresh out of a Masters from the London School of Economics, K-fresh is hard at work at an internship in the UK. A native of Venezuela and a dweller of everywhere else, Kyra has spent most of her life explaining away the intricacies and misunderstandings of international politics to… well… everyone. [...]
