Over at The Ringer I wrote about the fortieth anniversary of Elvis Costello's Get Happy!!, a remarkable record released in the aftermath of a humiliating controversy that nearly cratered his.
Over at The Ringer, I wrote about the startling new Drive-By Truckers LP 'The Unraveling': a scary, funny and mesmerizing howl of dissent which seeks to light a path to.
Over at The Ringer, I wrote about Guy Stevens, Federico Garcia Lorca and the fortieth anniversary of The Clash's 'London Calling', an album whose clear-eyed humanity is as generous and.
50 years ago this month CCR released Willy and the Poor Boys, their third great LP of 1969. Over at The Ringer, I wrote about the band's legacy, the draft,.
As we approach the official passage of the forty-eight hour window, which typically connotes that I haven't been dreaming, I at last consider myself up to the challenge of addressing.
Over at Oxford American, I wrote about the sad and singular Marvin Gaye and his 1976 concert film shot in Amsterdam. A profoundly unusual genius who accomplished an extraordinary amount.
The Nationals open tonight's World Series as the biggest underdog since 2007, when the Rockies were roundly crushed by the Red Sox. I feel moved to insult by this, but.
Over at The Ringer, I wrote about the 40th anniversary of Damn The Torpedoes, the great LP where Tom Petty's withering, wonderful writing and highly-advanced capacity for umbrage met the.
