“The British kids were trying to escape the past as quickly as they could and the guitar offered them the best means to do that.”
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Posted inArts & Culture, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Nina Simone’s Three Years of Freedom
At Guernica, Katherina Grace Thomas turns a lens on the years Nina Simone spent in Liberia in the mid-1970s.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Quotes
Where Have All the Guitar Heroes Gone?
Where’s the next generation of guitar heroes? The guitar industry misses you.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Prog Rock: The Musical Genre That Won’t Die
The “progressive” form of 1970s rock and roll still has as many devoted fans as it does diehard enemies. Why?
Posted inProfiles & Interviews, Story
Faster Than the Speed of Sound: An Interview with Holly Maniatty
American Sign Language interpreter Holly Maniatty uses every molecule in her body and the beautiful nuances of ASL to interpret musical performances for Deaf concert patrons.
Posted inCurrent Events, Reading List
Stories are Everything: A PJ Harvey-Inspired Reading List
Frank Matt, inspired by PJ Harvey’s 2011 album Let England Shake, shares an article that resonates for each song on the record.
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How The Whitest Singer Of The ’70s Became An Icon In The Philippines
Karen Tongson — named after the ’70s soft rock music icon Karen Carpenter — immigrated to the United States from the Philippines soon after Karen Carpenter died in 1983, at age 32. As she returns to the country of her birth, Karen examines what fuels the Carpenters’ huge continuing popularity in her home country and […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
While They Were Creating the Album, the Beastie Boys Were Also Creating Themselves
A look at how the Beastie Boys invented themselves with their 1992 album Check Your Head.
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A New Day Dawning: How ‘Check Your Head’ Invented the Beastie Boys
“While they were creating the album, the Beastie Boys were also creating themselves.” After Paul’s Boutique was released and viewed as a failure, the Beastie Boys had total freedom to work on their next album. The result—1992’s Check Your Head—presented their most ambitious vision yet, and allowed the trio to finally come into their own.
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This Lawsuit Goes to 11
This Is Spinal Tap is a comedy classic, but its creators made practically no money from it. Robert Kolker looks at the legal battle over what Hollywood owes Harry Shearer, Rob Reiner, Michael McKean, and Christopher Guest.