Email Author Robert Wilonsky

1996 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

• Blood on the Tracks

  published December 12, 1996

  His upper teeth are nearly gone now; they have been replaced by tiny slivers of off-white that peek through rotten gums. His lower teeth, thin and... More >>

• Recordings

  published December 5, 1996

  Van Halen Best of, Volume 1 (Warner Bros.) Warner Bros. has already released volume one in the Van Halen best-of series: It... More >>

• Boldly Going

  published November 28, 1996

  On its 30th anniversary, Star Trek exists only as fetish or fool's pastime. The original series continues to air as a faded relic; the Next... More >>

• Recordings

  published November 14, 1996

  Karen Carpenter Karen Carpenter (A&M) Both A&M honchos (Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss) thought the solo album Karen Carpenter... More >>

• History in the Faking

  published November 7, 1996

  Gary Allan Used Heart for Sale (Decca) Dolly Parton Treasures (Rising Tide/Blue Eye) The modern-day male... More >>

• Preacher Man

  published October 31, 1996

  Chuck D Autobiography of Mistachuck (Mercury) He's still the toughest-talking man in hip-hop, the self-proclaimed "Prophet of... More >>

• Good Old Oy

  published September 19, 1996

  During the opening day of the South by Southwest Music and Media Conference in Austin, Texas, where Kim Fowley is still revered and everyone gets... More >>

• Recordings

  published August 15, 1996

  Ray Bailey Blue Street (Visa Records) Ray Bailey calls his label Visa because that's how he paid for it--by maxing out his... More >>