If not a hurry-up job to get something on the market, for whatever reason, this at least is some kind of transitional job. Resembling its pr...

This very strange novel by Stephen Wright—hollow at its core, infinitely detailed at its edges—attacks with a strategy as baffling as it is ...

The story on this is that Iggy the Pop, at or nearing the peak of his post-LA/heroin comeback, released this as a throwaway to get out of a ...

Anyone who might think that Van Morrison is more an artifact and purveyor of '70s post-folk singer/songwriter gentle on my mind fare (no...

Well, the Clash. For five years, from 1977 to 1982, they arguably had all of rock culture by the throat. They blew up and they were huge—the...

The basic word on this—as a perusal of practically any edition's blurbs will attest—is "Best Rock Bio Evah." I think the Bosto...

"Love Comes in Spurts" Welcome to 1977. While most partisans may claim Never Mind the Bollocks as the year's signature album...

Visit ..::THE-ROADHOUSE®::.. Another hard disk adequacy warning and this time I really, really mean it. This blog aggregates postings foun...

It's 30 years later and this album still resides comfortably in the top 20 list of all-time album sellers, reason enough for many (in fa...

My introduction to this came via the Glenn Close/John Malkovich Hollywood vehicle of 1988, which I enjoyed. (I understand the Milos Forman-d...