Interview: Pete Seeger – When Will They Ever Learn?
“Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.”—Pete Seeger Before the Byrds or…
Blooms & Busts: Lollapalooza 2012
The sort of manic energy present at a music festival compressed into ten square blocks of downtown Chicago is hard…
YOU COMPLETE IDIOT: My Gwar Experience
Why does the beverage Jagermeister hold such appeal to Gwar? BECAUSE IT GETS YOU WASTED, YOU COMPLETE IDIOT. ...Read on…
No Contest: The Ali-Warhol Tapes
Victor Bockris: On the other hand, you always said you just like to have people who talk a lot when…
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…