Recent Performing Arts Features

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Tuesday, June 2 2009

Songwriting and Social Activism: An Interview With Nellie McKay

By Steve Horowitz

"If you keep your opinions and knowledge to yourself, it doesn’t change anything." McKay talks to PopMatters about her current projects, social activism, and philosophy of life in general.

Monday, April 20 2009

Full Circle: Béla Fleck, Paul Simon & America’s Return to the World Community

By Jeffrey Pinzino

Béla Fleck didn't ask to be the Avatar of the New American Culture (avatars never do). He happened to be in the right place at the right time with a banjo and a digital recorder. The remaining dots are ours to connect, and we've begun to connect them.

Wednesday, March 11 2009

The Secret Policeman’s Balls

By Emma Simmonds

The seemingly smutty and initially baffling title is the collective moniker for a series of Amnesty International benefit concerts, held in London.

Tuesday, December 9 2008

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

By PopMatters Staff

Genesis Breyer P-Orridge warns PopMatters 20 Questions readers, "Pleasure is a cultural weapon. Use it wisely."

Friday, August 8 2008

Noise Bleed

By Jenna Humphrey

The surfeit of noise in the modern world demands a genre of music that can match it, squall for squall. Humphrey reports on San Francisco's noise music scene.

Friday, June 6 2008

Adah Isaacs Menken: The First Broadway Star

By Barbara Foster and Michael Foster

A predecessor to virtually all stage and screen sirens, Menken thumbed her nose at the Victorian fetish for decorum that deformed the female figure, and celebrated her body electric, firm and active before being wasted from typhus or riddled by bullets.

Thursday, May 29 2008

Fuse Box 2008 Part I

By Justin Follin

Etiquette breaks down that fourth wall, invites you in, sits you down at its table, and serves you a glass of confusion that implies you are witnessing a suicide.

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