Monday, November 7 2011
The Battle to Stay Relevant
Watching your favorite band become irrelevant is like watching Michael Jordan unable to elevate high enough to dunk in his final year in the NBA.
Wednesday, February 23 2011
In the Oft-Reviled Genre of Memoirs, Here are Some Memoirs to Love
A subgenre has emerged that should placate memoirphobes and please memoirfiles: the artist-teacher memoir.
Tuesday, August 10 2010
‘Stones In Exile’: An Autobiographical Rock ‘n’ Roll Bible
By exiling themselves to small-town America's "Main Street", the Rolling Stones began serving up a rich, steamy gumbo of sounds they certainly didn't invent, but undeniably put their stamp upon.
Tuesday, August 3 2010
Turning Over Stones: ‘The Rolling Stones: Rare and Unseen’
Is there anything left to discover about the World's Greatest Rock 'n Roll Band?
Monday, March 1 2010
Verse-Chorus-Verse: The Mutant Blues of Devo and James Blood Ulmer
Artist/producer PC Muñoz mines for gems and grills the greats.
Wednesday, January 20 2010
Rolling Stones: In the 1960s
This two-disc set is a decent attempt at encapsulating the group's early career -- a formidable task given the complexities of both the band and the era.
Friday, April 25 2008
Always Trying to Waste Me: The Rolling Stones’ “Cocksucker Blues”
Onan rejoices. Dionysus despairs. Robert Frank, the Rolling Stones, and Cocksucker Blues -- a polarizing document for upwards of 35-years, now -- unreleased, and perhaps unreleasable.
