Long Live the Beastie Boys: Their Five Most Underappreciated Songs
PopMatters looks at five Beastie Boys songs that are not only underappreciated, but some of their best.
James A. Cosby
Jim is an attorney and an author and lives in Philadelphia. Jim's first book, DEVIL'S MUSIC, HOLY ROLLERS, AND HILLBILLIES: HOW AMERICA GAVE BIRTH TO ROCK AND ROLL (McFarland, 2016) (Kirkus: "illuminating and intriguing"; Minnesota Public Radio Rock Book Club Selection), is on sale everywhere, as well as featured at legendary Sun Studio (one of five such books), The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Delta Blues Museum.
Jim has also published legal scholarship on children's rights and the Constitution, as well as writing on music-related topics as a regular contributor to PopMatters since 2013, and elsewhere.
Jim's follow-up book (working title): A New History: Rock Music, Authority, and Western Culture, 1964-1980, will be published sometime around the end of the year with McFarland Books.
Five Ways ‘Animal House’ Changed the World
Wherever the bar was set for '70s college parties, Animal House took that bar, broke it into kindling, and made a bonfire.
America, Slavery, and McQueen and Tarantino’s Two Very Different Movies
12 Years a Slave is every bit as intense as one might imagine, though not completely depressing, whereas Django Unchained aestheticizes its extreme violence.
Dave Chappelle: 21 December 2013 – Philadelphia, PA
Dave Chappelle jokes that Philly, as the birthplace of America, is "the perfect place to end my career".
