Old School
Sean MurphyOld School This is old school, I say To my niece who, at five years old, is now The same age her uncle was when his parents Transported him to…
They Will Rock You (They Are The Champions)
Part One: Introduction (and Apology) October ’08. In the spirit of two quintessentially American inventions (obsessions, really), baseball and rock and roll, it seemed like a swell idea to merge…
Flashback
Take a guy. Let’s say he is about my age: old enough to own a place and pay almost all his bills sometimes; young enough to understand that he is…
Chinatown (from Popmatters.com Cinema Qua Non)
Chinatown Director: Roman Polanski 1974 Chinatown does not usually make the short list of best American films. In fairness, it probably shouldn’t. It will have to settle for merely being…
An Appreciation of Rick Wright (Popmatters.com)
Sound Affects The PopMatters Music Blog Pop Past 19 September 2008 The Great Gig In The Sky: An Appreciation of Rick Wright Back when Pink Floyd was the first band…
Five Reggae Albums You Cannot Live Without: Part Five (Popmatters.com Blog)
If Mikey Dread (Michael Campbell) had never decided to pick up the microphone and sing, his status would be secure in reggae history. His groundbreaking weekly show on Jamaican radio,…
God Is Dead (Again): Remembering Stevie Ray Vaughan (Popmatters.com blog)
Eighteen years ago today. First day of classes, junior year. Standing in the bathroom with too much shaving cream and not enough whiskers, getting geared up for another semester of…
Five Reggae Albums You Cannot Live Without: Part Four (Popmatters.com blog)
Five Reggae Albums You Cannot Live Without: Part Four Walking the Streets of Glory: Israel Vibration’s The Same Song The cardinal rule for any serious appraisal of art involves a…
The New Cynicism (from Topplebush.com)
Friends, Democrats, Republicans, lend me your minds; I come to pillory John Edwards, not to praise him. Okay: he proved himself susceptible to the same ego-driven misdeeds any run-of-the-mill narcissists…
Melvins: Nude with Boots (Popmatters.com Review)
Good News! Melvins are back.Melvins are not a band so much as a machine. For almost a quarter of a century they have rumbled and rolled over the earth, leaving…