Email Author Matt Golosinski

1998 Stories by Matt Golosinski

• Recordings

  published August 20, 1998

  Dave Alvin Blackjack David (HighTone Records) Before radio defined formats such as AAA and Americana, musical styles such as... More >>

• 'Toes of the Town

  published August 20, 1998

  Bob Jacks knows what's important, and what's important isn't carrying high-interest revolving credit debt on his back. In fact, Jacks... More >>

• Munificent Seven

  published July 16, 1998

  "Shoeshine" Joe House, guitarist for Tempe funk-rockers Polliwog, looks like a cross between Medusa and a billy goat. He's got enough... More >>

• Popsicle in the Desert

  published July 9, 1998

  You can almost see the headline splashed across music-industry tabloids: "Phoenix Declared Power-Pop Capital of the World!" Give it another... More >>

• Outer Bass

  published March 26, 1998

  Bill Laswell is like mercury, quick and dangerous, a threat to those who want to keep the recording industry segregated into easily marketable... More >>

• Children of the Corn

  published February 5, 1998

  Champaign County in central Illinois is home to some 175,000 people and 1,500 farms. Glaciers, like massive bulldozers, moved through this land... More >>

• Recordings

  published January 15, 1998

  Rakim The 18th Letter/The Book of Life (Universal Records) In 1967, when American boxing commissions stripped Muhammad Ali of... More >>