Critical Theories in Education
Starbucks won’t brew Devils & Dust Starbucks Corp., a growing force in the music scene (responsible for selling a third of the 3 million copies of Ray Charles last album), says it chose to keep Bruce Springsteen’s new album, “Devils & Dust,” off the menu at its coffee shops, partly because of concerns about its […]
Neither an FBI investigation nor Dave Marsh’s exhaustive account inLouie Louie:The History and Mythology of the World’s Most Famous Rock ‘n Roll Song; Including the Full Details of Its Torture and Persecution at the Hands of the Kingsmen, J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI, and a Cast of Millions; and Introducing for the First Time Anywhere, the […]
Well, GBV is still in heavy rotation (particularly the Hardcore UFOs box), but Pollard et al. is in serious competition with: The Coup/Common/Michael Franti (mix cd courtesy of m.h. @ Crank Magazine) Patty Griffin (courtesy of d.b.) M. Ward Johnny Cash’s Unearthed John Hammond’s In Your Arms Again Solomon Burke’s Make Do With What You […]
In the past several months, I’ve had a couple of buddies give me cds they’ve made, several of them “mix tapes.” (I’m really into the mix of The Coup, Common, and Michael Franti, btw). Anyway, I’m a mix tape fanatic, from doing tapes for our wedding reception to a series of mix cds for The […]
Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph certainly thinks so. As Coldplay readies to take over the world and with art-punkers Bloc Party–who owe a lot to Gang of Four, Joy Division, and Sonic Youth–poised to be this year’s Franz Ferdinand, McCormick has lot’s of ammo to back up his claim. McCormick says “American pop culture […]
In recent days, China has seen the biggest public protest since the Tiananmen Square demonstrations of 1989. Thousands of people, in over a dozen cities, have participated in anti-Japan protests. China-Japan relations are now at their lowest point since diplomatic relations were established in 1972. The protests have been fueled by a number recent actions […]
Just finished Chronicles, Volume One, Bob Dylan’s recently released memoir. Wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised to find Dylan writing in a fairly straightforward way. Rather than being obscure or coy about major life-events, he offers frank, detailed (but often incomplete) takes on narrow slices of his life. Chronicles is basically […]
This past Thursday, the New York Public Library held a “sold-out” forum on the question of “who owns culture?” The stars of the show were Wilco leader Jeff Tweedy and Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessing, the author of Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity. […]
What’s that voice in my head? Something has crawled in my ear, bored a hole in my brain, and now I’m guided by a voice. The voice is Robert Pollard’s and the real-life earwig is Guided by Voices.Admittedly, I was late to the scene. But, with the possible exception of Tommy Guerrero, the legendary Bones […]
I’ve been listening, pretty much non-stop, to Beck’s “Guero” since it came out on Tuesday. The first few tracks sounded quite strange because for the past month I spent a fair amount of time listening to Beck’s E-Pro EP. Weird to hear the remixes first, which as Colin pointed out to me sounded like they […]
Follow
