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Toes Across the Floor: Remembering Shannon Hoon
On October 21, 1995, Shannon Hoon left his hotel room…
The Best Songs You’ve Never Heard
What makes a song great? Objective standards exist that can…
Liza Minnelli and the Perfect Work of New York Art
Liza Minnelli’s recently reissued concert album, Live in New York…
Catching The Flow With Ben Harper And Friends
Award-winning multi- instrumentalist singer, songwriter, composer, producer Ben Harper has…
Ten Reasons Why You Should Honor Little Richard’s Memory
When people talk about rock and roll trailblazers, it’s almost…
Spin The Black Circle: A Pearl Jam (Of The ’90s) Song Countdown
Pearl Jam’s first decade yielded five albums, a handful of…
The Ten Commandments of Pitching the Daily Vault
In an average week, publicists, labels, and artists send about…
How to Kill the Daily Vault, in One Easy Step
Don’t buy music. It’s really that simple. If you don’t…
The State Of Yes 2011: Their Morals Disappear
This is a story about a lot of things—creativity, ambition,…
Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse: An Appreciation
Mark Linkous of Sparklehorse took his own life on March…
My Argument With Lester Bangs
This writing-about-music business has ushered all sorts of intriguing new…
Who Is ‘The Artist Of The ’70s’?
One of my distinguished colleagues recently posed a question on…
The Years That Were: 1969/1994
1969 and 1994. Two watershed years in music history.One marked…
Live’s Throwing Copper — Ten Years Later
Kurt Cobain's death was marked, and in many media circles,…
The Return of Metallica: Looking Forward, Looking Back
I can remember:. . .hating Metallica because they were too…
