The Power of Music The Power of Music
Talking With Eddie Vedder, Boots Riley, Amy Ray, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Morello
Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ann Powers
Desert Island Discs Desert Island Discs
Picture this: you're stranded on a desert island with nothing to comfort you but sand, sun and, miraculously, the solar-powered sound system that washed up with you.
Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors
‘Stakes Is High’ ‘Stakes Is High’
Fifteen years ago, rappers like Public Enemy, KRS-One and Queen Latifah were received as heralds of a new movement.
Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jeff Chang
Russell Simmons’s Rap Russell Simmons’s Rap
Russell Simmons, known for decades as Rush to his friends, is of average height and build for a man his age (45), with a cleanshaven face, bald dome and light complexion.
Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Miles Marshall Lewis
Blowin’ in a New Wind Blowin’ in a New Wind
Ani DiFranco
Nov 26, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro
My Guitar Gently Weeps My Guitar Gently Weeps
"I was in a highly unshaved and tatty state," John Lennon said of his 1966 meeting with a certain conceptual artist, then mounting her first show at London's Indica Gallery.
Nov 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Alex Abramovich
Rockin’ in the Free World Rockin’ in the Free World
In a weapons producing nation under Jesus In the fabled crucible of the free world Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus And entertainment shapes the land
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Jerusalem Calling Jerusalem Calling
On his new album, country-rocker Steve Earle lets politics infuse his music.
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Corn
Of Jazz and Brave Ulysses Of Jazz and Brave Ulysses
Near the end of Jazz Modernism, Alfred Appel Jr.
Oct 3, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
The Mayor of My Hometown The Mayor of My Hometown
It's only August, but I'll go out on a limb and congratulate the Village Voice's Keith Harris for what I feel confident will stand the test of time as the stupidest comment of ...
Aug 15, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman