Goodnight Sweet Princess
Sean MurphyI grew up in the '70s. Did you?
Cancel My Subscription: An Open Letter to the Washington Post
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…
Sound and Vision at GigPosters.com
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…
There’s Something Happening Here…
What it is, is very clear.
Observations From The Acela Express: 127 Newark to D.C.
When I first read John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley: In Search of America I was a freshman in high school and not yet old enough to drive. Still, I felt…
Whoopin’ the Blues
The sand people always ride single file to hide their numbers... There is only one possible response to this picture:
Kwai Chang Caine, R.I.P.
While I could appreciate where Quentin Tarantino was coming from with Kill Bill and the ways he dutifully pays homage to old school pop culture icons, there were a couple…
Stevie Wonder + Sesame Street = The ’70s
Okay. It's cool enough that the great Stevie Wonder appeared on Sesame Street. That he played "Superstition" is beyond cool. That he--and his full band--played an extended, scorching version of…
A History of Violence
When you think about the distinctive ingredients of Americana, the elements that comprise what we think about when we think of what makes America so...American, it's easy to recite the…