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Pawns, Puppet Heads, and Paranoia: An Eccentrics Reading List

by Chris Wheatley January 31, 2023January 30, 2023

“They’re a little eccentric” is a phrase I suspect most of us have heard used to describe a certain kind of memorable person. For me, it evokes my childhood dentist — an elderly man who favored colorful bow ties and humming loudly as he worked, and who once wagged his finger in my face and […]

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The Black Vanguard in White Utopias

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 5, 2022October 19, 2022

“Country music issues a promissory note to its white listeners. The promise is that no matter how much the world around them may be changing, a country radio station or concert will be a safe space for white sentimentality.”

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Prince & Place

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“Prince’s sound is a musical hybrid, in which the history of Minneapolis, its people, and the social forces organizing life there are brought together.”

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Marilyn Manson: The Monster Hiding in Plain Sight

by Carolyn Wells November 16, 2021October 19, 2022

“Even as speculation grew online that Warner was Wood’s alleged abuser, the traditional media remained largely silent. Virtually no major outlets prior to 2020 directly referenced or alluded to the accusations against him in their profiles, interviews, or album reviews.”

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My Time with Kurt Cobain

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 23, 2021October 19, 2022

“Despite Kurt’s torment—or in a determined attempt to overcome it—Nirvana made life-affirming music. It made me feel better.”

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Sinead O’Connor Remembers Things Differently

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 19, 2021October 19, 2022

“The mainstream narrative is that a pop star ripped up a photo of the pope on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and derailed her life. What if the opposite were true?”

Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Musicians Come Clean on How They Live, Create, and Thrive While Sober

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 16, 2019October 19, 2022

Chris Heath at GQ interviews nine sober musicians on thriving creatively.

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Creating While Clean

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Musicians Steven Tyler, Ben Harper, Joe Walsh, and others speak with candor about their journeys to sobriety and how they are in much better places, personally and creatively.

Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews

Living to Create: Talking Music and Writing With Drummer Emily Rose Epstein

by Aaron Gilbreath November 23, 2018October 19, 2022

Musician Emily Rose Epstein talks about her dual life as a rock drummer and writer.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

J.R.’s Jook and the Authenticity Mirage

by Longreads September 10, 2018October 19, 2022

When a young white musician gets invited to a house-party, the musicians he plays with show him a slice of blues culture many people assumed had died.

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