In the summer of 1973, DJ Kool Herc tried something new on the turntables: by extending the beat, […]
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I was wandering through a street fair off Canal Street a few years ago when I came across […]
It’s difficult to overstate the ubiquity of Juan Gabriel’s voice in the everyday lives of Mexicans, both here in the US and in Mexico, where the megastar’s dozens of hits, some of them decades old, still blare from roadside fondas, urban nightclubs, and blown out stereo speakers.
For a generation of youth–queer and non-queer alike–Prince cleared the path to a different way of embodying gender and […]
Occasionally, when I’m speaking to a class of 100 18-year-olds, I make the mistake of referring to them […]
Back in 1997, Stephen Malkmus was asked in an interview when it was that Pavement sold out or […]
After watching the new documentary Amy, I’ve found myself revisiting the catalog of an artist whose creative work […]
The year was 1996—almost 20 years ago, kids—and the alternative revolution was in its dead-ender stage. Kurt Cobain […]