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January 4, 2012
Metallica Should Collaborate With These Five Old White Guys Next
Are you ready for some new Metallica? You bet you are, because while plenty have made valiant and noble attempts to enjoy it, Lulu, the band's collaboration with rock 'n' roll animal/poet Lou Reed was a tough one to get through. You can't fault the band's ambition, and it is cool to imagine 14- ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Get Him to the Greek: Crude on the Outside, Sweet in the Middle
Are you ready for some new Metallica? You bet you are, because while plenty have made valiant and noble attempts to enjoy it, Lulu, the band's collaboration with rock 'n' roll animal/poet Lou Reed was a tough one to get through. You can't fault the band's ambition, and it is cool to imagine 14- ... More >>
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December 24, 2009
My Name Is Jay Bennett, and I’m a Guitarist From Chicago
Are you ready for some new Metallica? You bet you are, because while plenty have made valiant and noble attempts to enjoy it, Lulu, the band's collaboration with rock 'n' roll animal/poet Lou Reed was a tough one to get through. You can't fault the band's ambition, and it is cool to imagine 14- ... More >>
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November 12, 2009
Pirate Radio Gets a Tame U.S. Release, but We Still Love Rock 'N' Roll
Are you ready for some new Metallica? You bet you are, because while plenty have made valiant and noble attempts to enjoy it, Lulu, the band's collaboration with rock 'n' roll animal/poet Lou Reed was a tough one to get through. You can't fault the band's ambition, and it is cool to imagine 14- ... More >>
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December 9, 2008
Pitchfork Stays Sub-Par and Pretentious with New "Greatest Songs" Guide
The horde of amateur music critics at Pitchfork Media has just crapped out a tome titled The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present (Fireside). The book purports to present "edifying essays" about the greatest 500 songs of the past thirty years and "all-new reviews" ... More >>
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March 14, 2008
Geekus Musicus Maximus? Not me!
The horde of amateur music critics at Pitchfork Media has just crapped out a tome titled The Pitchfork 500: Our Guide to the Greatest Songs from Punk to the Present (Fireside). The book purports to present "edifying essays" about the greatest 500 songs of the past thirty years and "all-new reviews" ... More >>
Music
August 4, 2005
Critical Fatwa
Cutting off Source
Music
November 13, 2003
Can You Feel the Silence?
Clinton Heylin (Chicago Review Press)
Film
July 3, 2003
Bemoaning Mahowny
If there was any life to this reality based drama, the filmmakers seem to have missed it.
Culture
April 10, 2003
Made With Love
Rosanne Cash is the friend who will say, or sing, what you can't
Music
February 7, 2002
In Their Own Write: Adventures in the Music Press
Paul Gorman (Sanctuary Publishing)
Music
January 31, 2002
Dogs' Life
British punk-era warriors Slaughter and the Dogs regroup for a shot at the respect they never got
Music
July 19, 2001
Life of Riley
Sun Records' rock 'n' roll pioneer survives cult-hero status
News
April 26, 2001
Joey Ramone Leaves Home
Paying respects to the man who unwittingly threw me a life raft as a kid
Music
December 28, 2000
Critical Mass 2000
Our panel of writers offer up their takes on the top discs of Y2K
Music
November 16, 2000
Lou Reed
Metal Machine Music (Buddha Original Masters Series)
Film
September 21, 2000
Backstage Past
Cameron Crowe's autobiographical Almost Famous is a classic rock gas
Music
July 27, 2000
Britneymania!
What would the face of rock history have looked like if the British Invasion had been a Britney Invasion instead?
Music
November 18, 1999
Accidental Genius
Bomp! Records celebrates 25 years of personal and creative craziness
Music
July 1, 1999
Recordings
Bomp! Records celebrates 25 years of personal and creative craziness
Music
June 10, 1999
Jonesing for Joan
Trashman laments the decline of the American record store, and gets his Joan Jett fix
Music
July 3, 1997
Recordings
Trashman laments the decline of the American record store, and gets his Joan Jett fix
News
September 26, 1996
Letters
Trashman laments the decline of the American record store, and gets his Joan Jett fix
Music
October 20, 1994
KISS IN OUR TIME
THE WORLD'S GREATEST-- OR DUMBEST-- ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND REFUSES TO DIE. PUCKER UP, BUTTERCUP.
Film
July 21, 1994
OLD CALE IS FRESH CALE EX-VALVET UNDERGROUNDER HAS HIS VERY OWN ANTHOLOGY
THE WORLD'S GREATEST-- OR DUMBEST-- ROCK 'N' ROLL BAND REFUSES TO DIE. PUCKER UP, BUTTERCUP.
Music
April 8, 1992
COVER ME
HAVING SUNG EVERYONE ELSE'S SONGS, YO LA TENGO NOW WRITES ITS OWN

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