Friday, September 9 2011
Counterbalance: Year One
In this special one-year anniversary edition of Counterbalance, Eric Klinger and Jason Mendelsohn discuss their first year combing through the pop music canon (as determined by Acclaimed Music's calculations of every best-of list available), share a few favorites, and justify a couple items on their expense account.
Monday, April 18 2011
Modern-Indie-College-Alternative Rock for Hipsters (MICAH for Short)
Here's your introduction to MICAH rock, my admittedly cheesy acronym for music that has, at one time or another, been defined as modern, indie, college, alternative, and hipster music.
Monday, October 19 2009
The Velvet Underground: An Illustrated History of a Walk on the Wild Side by Jim DeRogatis
Great visuals aside, this collection is hit-and-miss. Like any textual description of music that falls short of actually hearing it, the words can't keep up with the images.
Tuesday, August 14 2007
All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Warhol Years 1965–1967, Part Two
In the second of two exclusive PopMatters book excerpts from The Rough Guide to the Velvet Underground, Hogan offers a who's who of Andy Warhol's Factory people.
Monday, August 13 2007
All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Warhol Years 1965–1967, Part One
In the first of two exclusive PopMatters book excerpts from The Rough Guide to the Velvet Underground, Hogan details the energizing effect that meeting Andy Warhol had on the Velvet Underground's career. Stay tuned for part two tomorrow.
