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From the Archives: Simon Frith (2002)
Online Exchange with Simon Frith (September 2002) Simon Frith is perhaps best known to fans of rock criticism as the author of Sound Effects (titled The Sociology of Rock in an earlier incarnation) and...
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From the Archives: John Morthland (2002)
Making It Up As We Go Along: Interview With John Morthland By William Crain (December 2002) John Morthland, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, was an active participant in the mid-wifing of rock...
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From the Archives: Michael Azerrad (2002) (I)
His Book Could Be Your Life: Michael Azerrad by E-Mail By Scott Woods (2002) Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life is, for me, that rare breed of scene-and-place rock chronicle–as opposed to an...
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From the Archives: Michael Azerrad (2002) (II)
Michael Azerrad in Person By Jeanne Fury (2002) Photo of Michael Azerrad by Joel Azerrad. Michael Azerrad is the author of two books, Come As You Are: The Story Of Nirvana and Our Band Could Be Your...
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From the Archives: Ben Ratliff (2003)
Waking up to what’s possible: Ben Ratliff By Steven Ward (2003) Ben Ratliff is one of “those” music critics. You know the ones I’m talking about. The ones who can show you something brand new about an...
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From the Archives: Steve Jones (2003)
Critiquing the critics: Steve Jones on the value of rock journalism By Simon Warner (February 2003) In late 2002, a new volume appeared on the shelves–the first coordinated attempt to gather a group of...
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From the Archives: Michael Erlewine (2003)
All Music Guy, Michael Erlewine By Barbara Flaska (July 2003) If you’re at all curious about music and have access to the Internet, chances are good you’ve already encountered the All Music Guide, the...
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From the Archives: Steven Rosen (2003)
Steven Rosen gets his byline on By Steven Ward (September 2003) Veteran rock writer Steven Rosen has been traveling with musicians and profiling them–mostly guitarists–since the early ’70s. He has...
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Pet Shop Boys, Critically (6)
The Status of the Gay Question: Phil Dellio’s 1988 Interview with Neil and Chris of the Pet Shop Boys (audio) Getting this interview transcribed—or, even better, digitized and posted—was something...
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Quote of the Day (3/11/14)
“I think maybe I feel a little out of place in the critic’s world because a) I’m a scientist and, b) I’m damn handsome. I would have enjoyed being a medical researcher, I think. It’s a good thing I...
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Carl Wilson Talks About Love (Not the Arthur Lee-led outfit)
MT: After release the book took on a life of its own, in terms of publicity and reach. Did that surprise you? CW: People have been wonderfully nice. But that’s always the hope. I would call it more of...
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Interview with Raul Sandelin (dir. A Box Full of Rocks)
Because he’s so closely identified with Creem magazine and Detroit on the one hand, and New York City and post-punk on the other, it’s easy to forget that Lester Bangs’s roots lie somewhere else...
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From the Archives: Kandia Crazy Horse (2003)
Kandia Crazy Horse Rips it Up By Scott Woods (November 2003) Kandia Crazy Horse is the Editor of the upcoming music tome, Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock ‘n Roll, which will be published by...
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From the Archives: John Kordosh (2004)
The Zen of John Kordosh: Inside the Hallowed Halls of ’80s Creem By Anthe Rhodes (May 2004) John Kordosh can blindside anyone with science or pop culture. He was Creem‘s quick-witted everyman who went...
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From the Archives: Andy Secher (2003)
Andy Secher, Hit Parader By Steven Ward (November 2003) Steven: How long have you been working at Hit Parader and what was your job title when you were first hired? Andy: As amazing as it may...
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Pop as Self-denial
“I’ve long suspected that those who rail most vehemently against the banalities of mainstream pop do so because they can’t stand the fact that they react to the music. It drives them crazy to hear a...
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Dave Marsh radio interview, 1987
A good (albeit brief) interview with Dave Marsh, conducted by Kevin Courier in 1987, re: Glory Days. (Original link here.) Dave Marsh on Springsteen, Interview with Kevin Courrier (1987) by...
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podcast interview with jeff pike (@ new digs)
As I slowly step away from this site (…), I have decided to start hosting my podcasts and audio excursions in a new WordPress space: and you can dance to it. How active this mostly-talk site becomes...
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But at the same time, you told me when we talked last week that this is yet another clichéd sentiment, that music was at one time the center of the culture and that the internet has ruined that. You...
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Rock Critic Bill Wyman in Conversation with Chris Buck
Rock critic Bill Wyman Bill Wyman has been a music critic and arts editor for over 30 years but his ranking stories for New York Magazine’s “Vulture” section has recently raised his profile. In these...
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