50 Albums You May Not Know…But Need To Own: Part Five
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Question: What’s Your All-Time Favorite YouTube Clip?
No pressure, right? Favorite YouTube clip? That’s like asking what’s my favorite orgasm (answer: all...
50 Albums You May Not Know…But Need To Own: Part Four
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The Story of My Life (Revisited)
Let me tell you a story. Last week, Jason Herskowitz joined me for a Google...
The Intersection of Technology and Magazine Publishing (etc.): Round Two with Jane Friedman!
My ongoing series “The Intersection of Innovation and ___” continued yesterday. (Previous discussions can be...
Born in the USA: 30 Years Later
(I first wrote this piece in November, 2009 under the title “Born in the U.S.A....
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...
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...
The Intersection of Innovation and Art (cont’d): The Issue of Compensation
My ongoing series “The Intersection of Innovation and ___” continued yesterday. (Previous discussions can be...
Ray Manzarek: The Key to the Doors (Revisited)
When it comes to this great American band’s legacy, the best thing about the Doors...