All posts tagged "Rock and Roll"
Non-Fiction Reviews
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon
June 7, 2026I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead is sort of an extended wake for its subject. There’s very...
Music
Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the British Blues Revival
May 27, 2026Interest in Rosetta in Britain was part and parcel of a larger trend: the postwar blues...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of The Beatles
May 10, 2026Oh, no—the cry is almost involuntary—not another Beatles book! What more could anyone possibly say? The...
Music
Album Review: Nick Waterhouse’s Time’s All Gone
May 3, 2026There is the distinctly unnerving sensation of both familiarity and newness; the sound of another era...
Biography
Nothin’ Short of Dyin’ Half as Lonesome as the Sound
April 4, 2026The last time I saw Johnny Cash was the first time I saw Johnny Cash –...
Music
The Funk Brothers
December 14, 2025A few hundred fortunate Californians were sharing a moment of transcendence with the Funk Brothers, the...
Music
The Story of AC/DC by Susan Masino
December 5, 2025Rock biographies, particularly of bands, are an odd subgenre. With an individual singer or instrumentalist, the...
Art
Art Review: Kurt, at the Seattle Art Museum, Explores Kurt Cobain’s Influence on Contemporary Artists
May 24, 2025Nearby, Jeffry Mitchell’s portrait as Kurt is arguably the hidden gem of the exhibit. Self-Portrait as...
Movies
Movie Review: The Runaways
May 14, 2025“It’s not about women’s lib, kitties, it’s about women’s libido!” manager Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon) screams...
Art
The Rock Posters of Rich Black
February 28, 2025A photographic essay: The Rock Posters of Rich Black.
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