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How Pretending to Be Paul McCartney Helped Me Write My Book

How Pretending to Be Paul McCartney Helped Me Write My Book

"Sometimes Paul McCartney isn’t Paul McCartney at all."

By Karl Whitney | October 24, 2019

Dead Kennedys in the West: <br> The Politicized Punks of 1970s San Francisco

Dead Kennedys in the West:
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The New Punk Generation Made the Hippies Look Past Their Prime

By Lincoln A. Mitchell | October 22, 2019

On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

On the Groundbreaking Documentary That Brought the Birthplace of Chicago Blues Alive

It Wouldn't Have Been Possible Without “Guitar King” Michael Bloomfield

By David Dann | October 16, 2019

Rihanna: the only girl in the world whose memoir comes with a marble pedestal.

Rihanna: the only girl in the world whose memoir comes with a marble pedestal.

By Katie Yee | October 7, 2019

So You Think You're Cool? On Referencing Pop Music in Fiction

So You Think You're Cool? On Referencing Pop Music in Fiction

Robert Haller on Nick Hornby, Jeffrey Eugenides, Zadie Smith, Jennifer Egan, and More

By Robert Haller | September 26, 2019

Bruce Springsteen's “The River” Spoke to My Working-Class Dublin

Bruce Springsteen's “The River” Spoke to My Working-Class Dublin

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