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One strong theory for why the Pixies didn’t exactly catch on fire during the time of their short-lived initial existence is that music and l...

TV of the Month: The White Lotus - Season 1 (HBO Max): nobody has ever gotten into the mind of a beach resort as well as this show. Steve Z...

Novel of the Month: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain : Billy Lynn is on a victory tour for two weeks with his Bravo Company, ...

Little Richard, the self-proclaimed “architect of rock’s roll,” died just over a year ago, back on May 9, 2020. I recently re-revisited his ...

Graphic Novel of the Month: Criminal: Vol. 1, Coward : Ed Brubaker is my favorite graphic novelist that I’ve discovered this year. This is n...

Puncture was a great music magazine in the 1990s and some of its former editors have released an impressive compilation titled  Now Is the T...

Now that Magnet Magazine seems to have finally been laid to rest, the best source for finding the best music is easily The Big Takeover . I...

The last section of essays in the fabulous Read the Beatles collection, released in 2006 and edited by June Skinner Sawyers, is all about t...

TV Show of the Month: Breaking Bad - Season 4 (Netflix): Like all seasons of this show so far, it’s flawless. Hank and Gus are cornering Wa...

Classic Rock Magazine  digs deep into history, and the cover story for Issue 276 puts all of the The Beatles’ final album, Let It Be (even t...