The New York Times is Idiotic, AGAIN, and It Gives Me an Excuse to Rave About Echo & The Bunnymen
Dear New York Times: Once upon a time, when we wore Adidas, watched Melba Tolliver, were confused by the…
August 20, 2014-
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Billy Rath R.I.P, and the Heartbreakers Rock Forever
Despite all our ascents into art and madness (decade-long day trips to the hills to hear the humming airsome…
August 17, 2014 -
The Solution to All Our Problems: Not Your Average Goat and Your Average Goat
There is a great beauty in confusion. The seemingly random assembly of events, geometry, words, sounds, forms, colors, and…
August 15, 2014 -
FIVE GREAT SONGS (Just Because!)
Because it’s Wednesday, and because it would simply be tasteless to engage in a detailed discussion of the Rule…
August 13, 2014 -
The New York Times Pisses Me Off Endlessly
A rather grievous error in the New York Times – yes, yet another one – has set me off…
August 12, 2014 -
Roedelius and The Secret History of Rock’n’Roll
When I use this phase “The Secret History of Rock’n’Roll,” I am not talking about hushed conspiracies, or Masonic…
August 11, 2014 -
My Life As A Child News Junkie Climaxed 40 Years Ago Tonight
As children, we are awed and entertained by dinosaurs because they have a scale and size incomprehensible to us,…
August 8, 2014 -
Letter to a Young Alternative Rock Fan
Dear Layne: Most of my personal myth seems to refer to events that took place in the early 1980s. …
August 7, 2014 -
I Turned Down A Date With Morrissey
There are some artists who announce themselves so forcefully, so brightly, with such power and grace; at these moments,…
August 6, 2014 -
The Unbearable Lightness of Being Vini Reilly
Sometimes – so very rarely – a piece of music journalism is exactly right; it reveals something new about…
August 5, 2014