“Structure is really important to me,” the Shins’ James Mercer said about his approach to writing and recording. […]
Author: Jim Shahen
Jeff Pearlman writes about sports really well. Author of the definitive Walter Payton bio Sweetness, it was his book Showtime, about the […]
By Brian Watson About a mile out of Woodstock, the town famously thought by many visitors to be […]
It’s a busy week in the NBA and there were some big doings: the Chicago Bulls traded former […]
In 1998, Rob Zombie released the “Dragula” video and changed my life forever. I was 13 and it was […]
“I don’t wanna do 20-minute solos, though I can,” guitarist DeWayne “Blackbyrd” McKnight says to me, in reference to […]
I first heard of Eli “Paperboy” Reed in 2010 after reading a feature on him in MOJO. I […]
There was a lot of great music in 2015. It’s that simple. Lots of places have made comprehensive […]
I’m not interested in eulogizing Lemmy by recounting his life story. You can read his autobiography or check […]
George Clinton beatboxed to me. We were talking about generational changes and how the language of musical expression […]
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