Ringo Starr: Fifty Years Later and the Birth of the Beatles
“You’re the greatest drummer in the world. Really.”—Paul McCartney, the day after the band’s infamous rooftop concert at Apple Studios…
Listen When You Leave: Nico’s Chelsea Girl
In 1966, Nico recorded with The Velvet Underground. They recorded The Velvet Underground and Nico. The band’s first album.…
A Fragrant Interview with Yeasayer’s Anand Wilder
When I called Anand Wilder, the lead guitarist and designated press mouthpiece for Yeasayer, he didn’t pick up, Three times.…
Beyond the Two-State Solution
Fast forward to 2048. The world is greatly changed, and in this year China invades France, occupying Paris and a…
The Forecastle Music Festival in Twenty-First Century Spontaneous Prose
The definition of a (or rather, the) Forecastle, as given by the festival’s website, goes as such: "Fore·cas·tle (f’ok_sol) n.…
Interview: Budd Carr on Savages and Having the Best Job in the World
Budd Carr has one of the more easily envied job that I have ever heard of; he picks out the…
Album Review: Egg Cracked, The Bird Went Wild
My muddled childhood impression of Willie revolves around his distinctive long hair and dress: cowboy boots and flannel shirt, which…
Fifty-Five Years Down the Road: Kerouac’s Contradictions
On April 23, 1949, a month after signing a contract with a Madison Avenue publisher for his first novel The…
Andy the Doorbum: Musical Reconstruction
With his lawless mane of dirty-blond locks, the sort of facial kudzu familiar from photos of Civil War officers, and…
Two Poems by George Bilgere
We said last year in our review of George Bilgere's poetry that, "It’s the self-appraisal and introspection that not everyone…