Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown…
How do you know you've made an indelible impact on culture? Here's how. Listen: this story has been told so many times it is inextricable from the history of…
How do you know you've made an indelible impact on culture? Here's how. Listen: this story has been told so many times it is inextricable from the history of…
I grew up in the '70s. Did you?
From Popmatters. Miles Davis is responsible for so much incredible music that at times it’s overwhelming to grapple with his legacy. To be certain, no one who knows anything can…
PopMatters keeps the party going, plowing through the calendar year of 1999, reminiscing about important albums that dropped that year. For my part, I'm tackling the yang to Fantomas' yin:…
A writer should always set challenges: it keeps things interesting and guards against formulaic and predictable assessments. Still, as Harry Callahan sagely observed, "A man's gotta know his limitations." I…
This man is speaking big, and increasingly necessary, truths. E.J. Dionne articulated the political stakes of the health care "debate", David Sirota looks at the bigger picture and The Krug…
To those too clueless to be concerned: First, let this letter serve as my formal request to cancel my subscription, effective immediately. Second, let me express my ardent hope and…
At least once per year, SPIN magazine justifies the $9.95 I pay to renew it each year. A few years back it was the review of the reissue African Roots from…
What it is, is very clear.
I don't have much to add to that picture, above. Except that I saw it, at a bar at Martha's Vineyard (quite appropriate, since as most folks know, Amity Island,…