Reefer Man: Did Louis Armstrong turn Richard Nixon into his drug mule?
Ah, this is a good one. But, before we dive deep down into this wondrous legend, let’s get one thing straight: In the Jazz community…
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No One’s Little Girls: The Raincoats were Kurt Cobain’s favorite band
Although I grew up in the punk era, it was really the post-punk stuff that turned my crank, and still does. During that time there…
None Dare Call it FASCISM: How the NSA has (already) privatized tyranny
Though most people seem to be dimly aware of the fact that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was not technically an employee of NSA or the…
Avant psychedelia: The Art Ensemble of Chicago show up in French hippie movie ‘Les Stances A Sophie’
In 1970, Egyptian-born Israeli filmmaker Moshe Mizrahi directed Les Stances A Sophie, a groovy, post May ’68 film which featured not only the music of…
Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese and Tim Robbins discuss Samuel Fuller
Ah, Samuel Fuller. The great director, on some levels, exists in his very own category, creatively hitting up in the Kubrick/Kurosawa/Bergman leagues and yet hardly…
Iggy Pop explains the meaning of ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ to Howard Stern, 1990
Between Marc and Richard’s recent posts on old skool local New York TV, I’ve been combing the mulch pile of my memories from back in…