Die Toten Hosen: The World’s Biggest Punk Rock Band
I have just learned of the death of Jochen Hülder, who passed about three weeks ago. I ask for…
February 5, 2015-
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Van Halen Save the ’70s
I’ve been thinking about the 1970s…specifically, about how much they sucked. If you are too young to have truly…
February 4, 2015 -
Superlatives, The Column
I’ve read the data: my readers respond when I insult icons, dissect shabby and rotting pop phenomena, or reel…
February 2, 2015 -
Tim Sommer’s Letter to Blink 182 Fans
I understand that Tom DeLonge of Blink-182 has written a long and heartfelt letter to his fans, explaining and…
January 29, 2015 -
NYC Drive: The Best Show In Town
Without a doubt, one of my favorite television channels is NYC Drive. It features only one program, continuous but…
January 28, 2015 -
Happy Voyages, Joe Franklin
When his city hummed with radio waves, autumn colored incandescence heating up bakery brown Bakelite, He lived to be…
January 25, 2015 -
Kraftwerk’s Incredible Invention (and Where It Came From)
“The simplest description of emptiness in the Buddhist teachings is this sentence: This is because that is. A flower…
January 23, 2015 -
Tom Petty’s Tiny, Muppet-like Feet, and Other Observations from the Life of a (Sometimes Assholic) Music Journalist
I had the extraordinary good fortune to begin a career as a music journalist when I was barely 16.…
January 22, 2015 -
Reconsidering Elvis Presley
Somewhere in the sun-dulled suburbs clinging to Memphis, bleached yellow by the low, bright winter light and dotted by…
January 16, 2015 -
Lance Loud: The First Real Boy On The Sun
In 1973, I was unarguably a child, arguably pre-sexual, and extraordinarily curious about the world around me. I was…
January 12, 2015