“The only time I ever loaned Greg Tate a book was when I ran into him on Astor Place. I’d just come from the barbershop, where I finished reading Phillip K. Dick’s brilliant Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. ‘I haven’t read that one,’ Tate said. ‘Can I borrow it?’ Without hesitation I handed him […]
Obituaries
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Remembering Daniel Johnston
This outsider musician made music sound new again to everyone who listened.
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Remembering João Gilberto
Eccentricity was inseperable from this musical innovator’s artistic vision.
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Remembering Roky Erickson
Despite ongoing personal struggle, the psychedelic rock pioneer left a singular body of work that continues to influence musicians and challenge listeners.
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Remembering Scott Walker
When the pop singer went avant garde, he traded narrative meaning for emotional truth to explore those things that lay beyond language.
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Remembering Mark Hollis of Talk Talk
The singer of “It’s My Life” left us a brilliant solo album, then chose to be a family man.
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Remembering Ken Nordine
The ambitious radio personality created his own form of expression, called “word jazz,” to properly accomodate his musical voice and artistic ambitions.
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Margot Kidder Played Every Character, No Matter How Small, with a Vivid Inner Life
A moving tribute to Margot Kidder, as told through the words of her daughter, Maggie McGuane.
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Remembering Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks
The Buzzcocks’ enduring influence might have surprised punk frontman Pete Shelley, but not his fans.
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Remembering Pioneering Studio Engineer Geoff Emerick
Emerick engineered more than The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. He helped re-engineer the way music got made.