Features
Tuesday, September 22 2009
Bea Arthur’s Subversive Sexuality
I would always rank Bea near the top of my desired celebrity conquests, alongside more conventional choices like Natalie Portman and Jenny Lewis.
Monday, July 20 2009
Sex in the U.S.A.: Male Sexuality in Springsteen's American Dream
Born in the U.S.A. turns 25 this year. Hohman looks at how Bruce Springsteen stresses male sexuality as imperative to the American Dream on the seminal album, but asks, where does that leave the women?
Reviews
Wednesday, September 23 2009
Heavy Rotation by Peter Terzian (ed.)
This is a book strictly for the upper middle class by the upper middle class, confessions of the comfortable. It could use a better program director, and a bit more variety on its playlist.
Wednesday, August 19 2009
Mindy Smith: Stupid Love
On her third album, Mindy Smith still has the exquisite voice of a hummingbird, and the emotional fortitude of one.
Friday, July 24 2009
Caroline Peyton: Mock Up / Intuition
Recent reissues position '70s folkie Caroline Peyton as an undiscovered treasure, but she's more a performer of unrealized potential.
Monday, July 6 2009
Deer Tick: Born on Flag Day
Deer Tick's boozy and bloozy sophomore album finds no future in America's present, and a troublesome comfort in America's past.
Friday, May 15 2009
Tommy James and the Shondells: 40 Years: The Complete Singles Collection (1966-2006)
Tommy James sells both the Shondells and his own legacy short with a chintzy, useless new "career-spanning" retrospective
Blogs
Sunday, December 7 2008
Rock and Roll Cage Match
Rock and Roll Cage Match: Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided - Sean Manning - Three Rivers Press [$13.95]
