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From the Archives: Dave Marsh (2001)
A meaty, beaty, big, and bouncy interview with Dave Marsh By Scott Woods (February 2001) I recently called rock critic Dave Marsh — one of the founders of Creem (and more recently, Rock and Rap...
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From the Archives: Lester Bangs (1980/2001)
Everyone’s a rock critic: The lost Lester Bangs radio interview In 1980, following the release of Blondie, Lester Bangs was interviewed for a radio program called “News Blimp.” A copy of the tape was...
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From the Archives: Richard Riegel (2001)
Richard Riegel: From Jester to Lester By Steven Ward (March 2001) There was a time when Richard Riegel worried about his idolization of a friend. Worshipping a friend, co-worker and colleague doesn’t...
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From the Archives: Paul Williams (2001)
Here’s the interview rockcritics.com published 12 years ago with Paul Williams. It was Pat Thomas, I’m pretty sure, who suggested the title, and I saw no reason to dispute it. - - - - - - - -...
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Cage
From the latest edition of Perfect Sound Forever: “….in Cagean spirit, the following is a series of aleatoric impressions of the ideas and music of John Cage…” i.e., This might be a good time to put in...
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From the Archives: John Mendelssohn (2001)
A rousing interview of self-affirmation with John Mendelssohn, King of L.A. By Steven Ward (March 2001) Although no one has written a biography about him, portrayed him in a movie, or released a...
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From the Archives: Gina Arnold (2001)
Gina Arnold in the present tense E-mail Interview by Steven Ward (April 2001) Love her or hate her, rock critic Gina Arnold writes from her own point of view. For Arnold, when writing about music,...
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From the Archives: David Dalton (2001)
El David: Saint Dalton Shoots His Mouth Off By Steven Ward (May 2001) David Dalton was a founding editor of Rolling Stone Magazine. In between 1968 and 1971, Dalton penned Rolling Stone cover stories...
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From the Archives: Ira Robbins (2001)
Caught With His Trousers Down: The Ira Robbins Interview By Steven Ward (May 2001) If anyone out there has a million dollars and wants to start a music magazine, please let Ira Robbins know about it....
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From the Archives: glenn mcdonald (2001)
glenn mcdonald’s War Against Rock Criticism By Steven Ward (June 2001) glenn mcdonald is one of the most important rock critics working in the field today, though maybe “working” is not a good word; he...
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From the Archives: Mike Saunders
Metal Guru: Inside Mike Saunders’s Brain By Scott Woods (July 2001) ‘Metal Mike’ Saunders belongs to that unusual breed of species known as rock-critics-turned-musicians, an esteemed list that also...
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From the Archives: Jon Pareles (2001)
The Grey Lady’s Pop Music Man: Jon Pareles in Conversation By Steven Ward (July 2001) Whenever I interview rock writers for this site, I always ask them to name their favorite music critics — writers...
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From the Archives: Tom Moon (2001)
Man On the Moon: An Interview With Tom Moon By Steven Ward (August 2001) Former professional musician Tom Moon, currently the pop music critic at the Philadelphia Inquirer, started his career in rock...
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From the Archives: Joel Selvin (2001)
San Franciscan Nights: Music Writer Joel Selvin in Conversation By Barbara Flaska (August 2001) Joel Selvin has been in motion on the field, providing a play-by-play account of the Bay Area music...
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From the Archives: Milo Miles
Some Smiles With Miles: Milo Miles in Conversation By Steven Ward (September 2001) If you have read rock criticism consistently during the last two decades, odds are, you have a read a piece by Milo...
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More on Zigzag
All through school, I had been taught the importance of getting a secure job, so I went to work for the Prudential Assurance Company as a Trainee Surveyor. I stuck it for eight years, but my interest...
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From the Archives: Fred Schruers (2001)
Flaubert On the Off Days: Interview with Fred Schruers By Steven Ward (September 2001) From an early stint at Circus, through a tenure at Rolling Stone magazine that spanned from the late ’70s to the...
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From the Archives: Robert Duncan (2001)
Cum on Read The Noise: An Interview with former Creem writer, Robert Duncan By Steven Ward (October 2001) Rock critic Robert Duncan, a second generation Creem writer — he joined the magazine in the...
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From the Archives: Don Kaye (2001)
Covering the Dirty, Nasty, Offensive, and (Occasionally) Stupid: Metal Critic Don Kaye By Steven Ward (October 2001) Heavy Metal. It’s a music genre most music critics won’t take seriously. Worse than...
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From the Archives: Writing About Dancing (2001)
Writing About Dancing: Disco Critics Survey By Scott Woods (March 2001) “He tried pretending a dance is just a dance/But I see.” – “Let the Music Play,” Shannon (1983) Cineaste magazine recently ran a...
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