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The Lost Generation and the Art of LivingSara and Gerald Murphy inspired an astonishing array of the century’s greatest writers and artists; they helped float, inspire, and otherwise sustain the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Picasso, Ferdinand Leger, Man Ray, Cole Porter, John Dos Passos and Dorothy Parker, to name but a few. [12 October 2007] Factory Bloke: Tony Wilson 1950-2007He was a (expletive) who incited invective, but he stuck to principle and remained true to his Factory ideal: "The artists own everything, we own nothing." [15 August 2007] Becks Chooses LifeAs a football fan, you can’t help feel that, somewhere along the line, it didn’t happen on the field in quite the way that it should have. [17 January 2007] Louise Brooks at 100: Interview with Peter Cowie"One learned to take with a pinch of salt some of her assertions about people from the silent period. Sometimes it wasn't just her memory failing, it was a liberal attempt to build history in her own image." PopMatters talks to Peter Cowie, author of Louise Brooks: Lulu Forever. [15 November 2006] The Killing of GeorgieRemembering George Best, perhaps the most exciting -- and exasperating -- talent in soccer history. Best died on 24 November 2005. [28 November 2005] Dancing Queen: Donna Summer’s Journey Through the Heart of DiscoDisco is dismal, dire. Disco is done. But not Donna Summer. And the artist we know as Donna Summer is not so much a 'she' as a 'they.' She is one of the most under-rated vocalists of her generation, yet without the production genius of Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, it's possible we might never have heard the name 'Donna Summer' at all. [22 January 2004] True Fictions: An Interview with Two Gallants’ Adam StephensAlready a master storyteller and folklorist at 23, Stephens brings us to the frontier, Thomas Edison, and the drunk tank. [1 January 1995] stellastarr* Is a Groupstellastarr* arrived as part of the New York new wave revival, evoking the likes of Talking Heads and Blondie. PopMatters talks to the blonde in the band, bassist Amanda Tannen. The Chemical Brothers: Still Working It OutTen years on, the Chemical Brothers haven't lost a beat. PopMatters interviews the Manchester beat masters. In the Darkness with Tim BoothFormer James frontman discusses love, lust, and man's darker impulses. One Good Sentence with Another: An Interview with Melissa BankMelissa Bank discusses her new novel, the writing process, and what it feels like for a girl... A Court of Their OwnPopMatters talks to Johnette Howard, author of The Rivals, a book exploring one of the greatest rivalries in all of sports: Chris Evert vs. Martina Navratilova. Reviews
Legends of the Chelsea Hotel by Ed HamiltonSo there you have it. Ryan Adams at the Chelsea -- maybe. [21 November 2007] UnderworldKarl Hyde is not intent on slipping into the comfy chair just yet. Instead, he's donning a sparkly, silver-sequined jacket that begs the question: is all that glimmers really gold? [28 September 2007] 
Underworld: The Riverrun ProjectWhether they've truly subverted the label dynamic by going online-only, or simply succumbed to the long fade of dance music, this three-piece-suite offers both the best and most dreary of Underworld's once-vital work. [17 August 2006] 
This Book Will Save Your Life by A.M. HomesIn any city except Los Angeles such characters grouped together might seem ridiculous, yet one of the ways in which this city undermines fiction is that it defies all attempts to invent the improbable. [30 May 2006] 
Veronica by Mary GaitskillSex may be a physical act, but it's a psychological response. In this respect then, Gaitskill is an author of interiors. [2 December 2005] 
David Bowie: David Live / StageMasterpiece Theatre: David Live, re-mastered, re-issued (again)... and why it's worthy of re-appraisal. [5 April 2005] 
Mark Farina: Mushroom Jazz 5Away from the dance floor and onto the streets: Mark Farina's blunted beats struggle to make the transition. [21 March 2005] 
Kasabian: KasabianTwenty-years of dance-inflected British rock, surveyed through the eyes and ears of, erm, 'Kasabian'. [11 March 2005] 
Tim Booth: BoneThe return of former James front-man, Tim Booth, finds him with much to say, working to the bone... [18 February 2005] 
Brian Eno: Ambient 1: Music for Airports [reissue]Music for Airports began life radically out of step with its own time. As it turns out, this was simply a result of it being out in the stratosphere, waiting for time to catch up. [21 December 2004] 
UNKLE: Never, Never, LandWhile fashion has moved away from electronic music of late, and as it slips back underground and re-groups amidst a cacophony of scarcely original post-punk revivalists, its encouraging to find work such as this that continues to excite and develop. [3 December 2004] 
Gilles Peterson: Gilles Peterson in BrazilGilles Peterson may be a bit cooler-than thou, hipper than all of us -- but you only have to look at his record to see that it's earned. [2 November 2004] 
Sinead O’Connor: Live: The Value of Ignorance + The Year of the Horse [DVD]Throughout her career she displayed a willful perversity for going against the grain, situating herself as a one-woman public relations wrecking crew. [8 March 2004] 
Basement Jaxx: Kish KashBasement Jaxx recordings offer the aural equivalent an over-crowded phone booth in an international train station at rush hour—no space is too small to fill. [19 November 2003] |
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