In Praise of Famous Losers: On Kurt Cobain, Beck, and the Idols Who Mythologized a Subculture

In Praise of Famous Losers: On Kurt Cobain, Beck, and the Idols Who Mythologized a Subculture

Benjamin Villegas Remembers the Antiestablishment Allure of the 90s

By Benjamin Villegas | June 30, 2021

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

Need a writing soundtrack? Listen to James Baldwin’s record collection in Spotify playlist form.

By Walker Caplan | June 29, 2021

Solving the Mystery of My Father’s Journalistic Shorthand and Discovering... The Beatles?

Solving the Mystery of My Father’s Journalistic Shorthand and Discovering... The Beatles?

Richard Sanger on the Surprises and Banalities Hidden in “Pitman” Notations

By Richard Sanger | June 28, 2021

Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall heroically cancels himself.

Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall heroically cancels himself.

By Jonny Diamond | June 25, 2021

Is this the best book club ever?

Is this the best book club ever?

By Walker Caplan | June 24, 2021

Iconic Blues Musician Bobby Rush Remembers His Rocky Relationship With James Brown

Iconic Blues Musician Bobby Rush Remembers His Rocky Relationship With James Brown

”If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.”

By Bobby Rush | June 24, 2021

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Sound Designer Arman Naféei on His Unique Role as “Directeur D’Ambiance”

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Ron Friedman on Reverse Engineering Creative Breakthroughs

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How the Stepe Brothers Radicalized Peoria and Inspired a Punk Rock Revolution

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Jonathan Wright and Dawson Barrett on Social Misfits and How a Scene is Born

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Sinéad O’Connor on Discovering Van Morrison in Her Lonely Early Days in London

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Folk Singer Sam Lee on Collaborating with Nightingales

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In Conversation with Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee on the Emergence Magazine Podcast

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Watch Allen Ginsberg perform the first song he ever wrote, on the roof of his apartment.

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How the Poets Wrote <br>of Billie Holiday

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Cedar Sigo on the Voice of a Lifetime, and the Writing it Inspired

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