October, 1969: The New York Mets Invent Me
Before we believed in Beatles, before we believed in Kinks, before girls made us damp with tears or uselessly…
October 17, 2014-
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Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights” by Katha Pollitt
It’s been more than 40 years since the United States Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade, limited the restrictions…
October 10, 2014 -
We are from the Suburbs. We are Born in the City. DAVE STEIN 1962 – 2014
All good revolutions start in the suburbs, everyone knows that. Do you think cultural change just emerges, whole and…
October 10, 2014 -
Hawkwind and the Hadacol Space-Age Buddy Bolden Dream
Joe Meek’s thumping balls + the Kinks Sacred Riffing + Eddie Cochran’s slippery soul + Krautrock’s endless highway +…
October 9, 2014 -
What Happened to Sid’s Ashes? Let’s Ask John Lydon
A long time ago, I sat behind penny-colored pints of too-cool lager at a reasonable pub in Los Angeles…
October 7, 2014 -
Sting Inspires Me!
Recently, I was flipping around the TV, searching for a good documentary (perhaps one on Hitler’s relationship with Albert…
October 5, 2014 -
May 4, 1970 and Chris Butler
Before college rock was a lifestyle, before it was even a cult, before it was even a rumor, there…
September 30, 2014 -
Why Jam Bands Suck and Hawkwind Doesn’t
I was recently revising my Worst Bands of All Time list, and I asked myself, “Why are there no…
September 29, 2014 -
Brooklyn Bugle Book Club: “Visitation” by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky
Twentieth century Germany lost two world wars, murdered many of its own citizens, and surrounded part of its former…
September 26, 2014 -
Revisiting My Thoughts on The Replacements and The Captain (Plus Let’s Honor Malcolm Young)
This is not an apology; let’s say that I am reviewing a play on appeal. The Replacements reunion still…
September 25, 2014