Not To Mention a Nice Life: An Excerpt*
Sean MurphyTake a guy. Let’s say he’s about my age: old enough to own his own...
The Howling or, 105 Years of the Big Bad Wolf
Who’s afraid of the big, bad Wolf? Plenty of people, and for good reason. Fortunately...
Wagner at 200 or, Get Your Götterdämmerung On (Revisited)
Or, If Loving Wagner is Wrong, I Don’t Want To Be Reich. (More on one...
The 50 Greatest Hockey Enforcer Names of All Time
I. Hockey rules, eh? ARE YOU WATCHING THE hockey playoffs? Don’t worry, no one else is...
Pet Sounds: The Kind of World Where We Belong (Revisited)
5/16/66. A day that changed music, forever, for the better. A case could, and probably...
All This Useless Beauty: The National Spelling Bee*
Look: More death and destruction. On TV, obviously. Only this is the worst one yet,...
Ray Manzarek: The Key to the Doors (Revisited)
When it comes to this great American band’s legacy, the best thing about the Doors...
This Week in Music, 1983 (Revisited)
I don’t know what you were up to but I was partying like it was...
50 Albums You May Not Know…But Need To Own: Part Five (Revisited)
10. Material: Hallucination Engine Speaking of Bill Laswell, if any single artist can be said...
50 Albums You May Not Know…But Need To Own: Part Four (Revisited)
20. Rashanim: Shalosh Shalosh showcases Jon Madof’s infectious surf guitar attack, but also represents an...