Happy 51st birthday to Axl Rose...
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Wow. As of today, Woody Guthrie's previously unpublished 1947 novel, House of Earth is available for us to purchase. Finished in 1947 and lost to readers until now, House of.
Hope you all are having as good a Saturday night as Zevon did when writing "Carmelita."
One of the last links to World War II-era popular culture has passed.
A good Saturday night song.
This amusing piece by Charles Davis on how he went to capitalist summer camp and became a communist reminded me of this old Yglesias approval of a pretty cheap shot.
This is a fascinating interview with Henry Horenstein, photographer of country music. I have a Johnny Cash picture, but it’s no good. Same thing with Merle Haggard. But at the time that I was shooting I wasn’t looking for the stars. Dolly Parton hadn’t yet...
The life of a musician is one of high-risk, if for no other reason that they are on the road all the time. Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera is the latest.
Doc Severinsen does King Crimson's "In the Court of the Crimson King." From 1970.
Another great one is gone.
The great composer has passed at the age of 103. Here's a recording of his 1976 piece "A Symphony of Three Orchestras," performed by Pierre Boulez and the New York.
We've seen a lot of coverage of lockouts lately because professional sports league owners have used the tactic to try and wring major concessions out of unions. But it is.