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Bear With Us
Bear Family Records is doing the Lord’s work. The German reissue label has decided there are no country, rockabilly or soul artists too minor or obscure not to rerelease in […]
Readin’, Writin’ and Rockin’
When he remembered to put people in his movies, George Lucas directed American Graffiti, the best rock & roll movie ever made. He focused not on musicians, whose stories have […]
Bad Moon Rising
Surviving punk is a tough business. The inflammatory statements that make bands sound revolutionary eventually sell them out. Johnny Rotten said he wanted to be an anarchist, but now, judging […]
The Dolls’ Saga and Death As Art
When critics write the history of punk, they inevitable name the late ’60s and early ’70s forerunners TheVerlvetsStoogesMC5andDolls in one breath, but they were hardly four versions of the same […]
Forest’s Own Brand of “Hell”
The blues imply a story. Every “hurts so bad” lyric is a moment caused by something that happened in the past; someone or something made the singer hurt that bad. […]
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
When Frank Sinatra hosted the Welcome Home Elvis television special in the Spring of 1960, he was trying to maintain a measure of hip with teenagers by rubbing a little […]
Grown Up All Wrong and Great Pop Things
Nothing starts an argument like a list. When the American Film Institute (AFI) announced what it considered the Hundred Greatest Movies last May, critics and moviegoers pounced on the list, […]
Hip Hop America by Nelson George
Last Fall, Charles Aaron wrote, “What the White Boy Means When He Says Yo” for the pierceder-than-thou Spin, The piece was an excellent exploration of the role hip hop plays […]
Mister Satan’s Apprentice & Obituary Cocktail
When you’re trying to hustle down Royal Street, it’s easy to curse street musicians as musical roach motels for unsuspecting tourists. The crowds they attract slow you down, and you […]
