Culture Rooted In History, 'The Nickel Boys' Is A Great American NovelNPR - Maureen CorriganIt's pretty rare for a writer to produce a novel that wins the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and, then, a scant three years later, bring out another novel that's even more extraordinary. that's
Bob Dylan Jack White teases collaboration with “incredible mentor” Bob DylanNME - Tom Skinner Jack White has teased a potential collaboration with his “incredible mentor” Bob Dylan. The Raconteurs frontman spoke with Rolling Stone recently, …
Lin-Manuel Miranda If Lin-Manuel Miranda wins Emmy for ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ guest spot, it would be his first major award as an actorGold Derby - Daniel Montgomery Lin-Manuel Miranda has three Tonys, three Grammys, an Emmy and a Pulitzer Prize, so it might be easy to overlook the fact that the awards magnet has …
Retail 5 Bottles That Will Put You at the Center of Irish Whiskey’s RenaissanceFortune Companies have bad years. Facing serious economic headwinds, entire nations can experience a “lost decade.” But you have to start thinking in terms …
Entertainment In 1969, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda’s ‘Easy Rider’ Pushed Hollywood Into the 70sindiewire.com - Tom Brueggemann The low-budget rebel odyssey shook the foundations of Hollywood, ushered in a new era and launched a movie star. This summer marks multiple 50th …
Books My gonzo night at Hunter S Thompson's cabin – now on AirbnbThe Guardian - Kevin EG PerryHe did have a way of consuming more food, more alcohol and more drugs than anybody I’ve ever seen It is 4.30 on a Thursday morning and I am writing these words on the big red IBM Selectric III that once
Iggy Pop Iggy Pop at Mad Cool: 50 years on, rock ’n’ roll’s great survivor is still the most thrilling performerNME - Thomas Smith In the summer of 1969, everything changed. In June, the Stonewall Riots in New York kickstarted the LGBTQ+ rights movement. In July, man set foot on …
David Bowie ‘Space Oddity’: The Story Behind David Bowie’s Influential Songudiscovermusic.com - Martin Chilton David Bowie’s one-time manager Kenneth Pitt said that he knew the singer-songwriter had created something special with ‘Space Oddity’ during a break …
Music James Henke, Rolling Stone Writer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Chief Curator, Dead at 65Rolling Stone - Andy Greene James Henke, a Rolling Stone writer and editor who worked at the magazine from 1977 to 1993 and wrote groundbreaking stories on U2, Bruce Springsteen, …
Kurt Vonnegut 'Slaughterhouse-Five' At 50NPRFifty years ago Kurt Vonnegut published his anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five. NPR's Renee Montagne revisits an earlier conversation she had with the author about the book. When it was published 50 years
Bob Dylan Watching Bob Dylan live can be the treat of a lifetimelivemint.com - Sanjoy Narayan Bob Dylan had been on my mind for a while even before I headed to his gig in Helsinki towards the end of June. I had just watched Martin Scorsese’s …
Play buttonBruce Springsteen Watch Bruce Springsteen’s Surprise Asbury Park Performance With Southside JohnnyRolling Stone - Andy Greene Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance Saturday evening near the end of Southside Johnny’s annual July 4th weekend concert at the Stone Pony …
The Arts Where Does Major American Art Come From? Mapping the Whitney Biennial.The New York Times We mapped 3,600 artists from nearly a century of Whitney Biennials.
Play buttonJimi Hendrix Flashback: Jimi Hendrix Breaks Down Iconic ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ Woodstock PerformanceRolling Stone - Angie Martoccio Just one month after closing out Woodstock with a searing rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix went onto The Dick Cavett Show to …
Movies Film News Roundup: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Paths of Glory’ Gets RestoredVariety - Dave McNary In today’s film news roundup, Andre Caraco and Paul Noble receive promotions at Sony, Stanley Kubrick’s anti-war drama “Paths of Glory” gets …
Velvet Underground Color footage of the Velvet Underground performing in 1969 unearthed!dangerousminds.net Yes, you read that right—previously unseen color film of the Velvet Underground has been discovered! Left sitting on a shelf for who knows how long, …
Neil Diamond Musical about Neil Diamond headed for Broadwayjpost.com - Hannah Brown The untitled project is being produced by Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio, while Michael Mayer (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spring Awakening) will direct. …
Andy Warhol Warhol's Prince series ruled fair use by a New York judge in contested copyright casetheartnewspaper.com - Margaret Carrigan A New York federal judge ruled yesterday that a well-known Andy Warhol series, in which the artist modified a photograph of the pop music icon …
F. Scott Fitzgerald Zelda Fitzgeraldbiography.com American author, artist and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald was the wife and muse of author F. Scott Fitzgerald and an icon of the Roaring Twenties. Zelda …
Play buttonLeonard Cohen Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen: the love affair of a lifetimeThe Guardian - Andrew AnthonyFew of those who gathered on Hydra emerged with their art enhanced or lives more sorted In November 2016, the singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, renowned for his plaintive ballads, died a few months after
A museum canceled its Robert Mapplethorpe show — and decades later, it’s finally trying to make amendsThe Washington Post - By Kriston CappsWhen the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s board of trustees met on June 12, 1989, the first order of business was a 1770 painting by John Singleton Copley. Its condition was fine, its cost was appropriate ($1.6
Jean-Michel Basquiat Defacement: the tragic story of Basquiat's most personal paintingThe Guardian - Dream McClinton in New York“It could have been me,” Jean-Michel Basquiat would say at the mere mention of the untimely death of Michael Stewart. Stewart, a 25-year-old artist, was allegedly drawing on the walls of the subway on
Gay RightsStonewall's cry echoed 'round the world!': New book celebrates 50 years since the riots that galvanized the modern Gay Rightsdailymail.co.uk - Tate Delloye In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that galvanized the modern LGBT movement, Zed Books has re-released a volume titled …
Jack Kerouac The Queer Crime That Launched the BeatsThe Paris Review - James PolchinThe first time Jack Kerouac’s name appeared in the press was August 17, 1944, when he and William Burroughs were arrested as material witnesses to murder. While the headlines were consumed that day with
Bob Dylan The Chaotic Magic of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder RevueThe New Yorker - David RemnickI may be wrong about this, but I don’t think so: music, particularly pop music, will never reach you in a more visceral way than it does when you’re very young. Something about the hunger and plasticity
University of San Francisco Frisco 1956: The Best of Times?beyondchron.org - Jonah Raskin “San Francisco teems with young poets. Hundreds from about sixteen to thirty may show up and engage in an enthusiastic, freewheeling celebration of …
SFMOMA New Andy Warhol exhibit pops at SFMOMA7x7.com Would you believe that Andy Warhol—the man, myth, and legend of American pop art, creator of such iconic pieces as the Marilyn Monroe series or the …
Mark RylanceSir Mark Rylance quits Royal Shakespeare Company after 30 years over BP sponsorship and blasts firm by comparing it to 'andailymail.co.uk - Harry Howard Oscar-winning actor Sir Mark Rylance has resigned from the Royal Shakespeare Company in protest at the organisation's sponsorship deal with oil giant …
Andrew Scott Andrew Scott: 'It’s mind-blowing being described as a sex symbol'The Guardian - Rich PelleyI was brought up in Dublin. My parents are from Tyrone and Mayo. I went to a Catholic boys’ school. It was a different time for Ireland back then. With the same-sex marriage referendum of 2015 and the
Culture Rooted In History, 'The Nickel Boys' Is A Great American NovelNPR - Maureen CorriganIt's pretty rare for a writer to produce a novel that wins the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and, then, a scant three years later, bring out another novel that's even more extraordinary. that's
Bob Dylan Jack White teases collaboration with “incredible mentor” Bob DylanNME - Tom Skinner Jack White has teased a potential collaboration with his “incredible mentor” Bob Dylan. The Raconteurs frontman spoke with Rolling Stone recently, …
Lin-Manuel Miranda If Lin-Manuel Miranda wins Emmy for ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ guest spot, it would be his first major award as an actorGold Derby - Daniel Montgomery Lin-Manuel Miranda has three Tonys, three Grammys, an Emmy and a Pulitzer Prize, so it might be easy to overlook the fact that the awards magnet has …
Retail 5 Bottles That Will Put You at the Center of Irish Whiskey’s RenaissanceFortune Companies have bad years. Facing serious economic headwinds, entire nations can experience a “lost decade.” But you have to start thinking in terms …
Entertainment In 1969, Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda’s ‘Easy Rider’ Pushed Hollywood Into the 70sindiewire.com - Tom Brueggemann The low-budget rebel odyssey shook the foundations of Hollywood, ushered in a new era and launched a movie star. This summer marks multiple 50th …
Books My gonzo night at Hunter S Thompson's cabin – now on AirbnbThe Guardian - Kevin EG PerryHe did have a way of consuming more food, more alcohol and more drugs than anybody I’ve ever seen It is 4.30 on a Thursday morning and I am writing these words on the big red IBM Selectric III that once
Iggy Pop Iggy Pop at Mad Cool: 50 years on, rock ’n’ roll’s great survivor is still the most thrilling performerNME - Thomas Smith In the summer of 1969, everything changed. In June, the Stonewall Riots in New York kickstarted the LGBTQ+ rights movement. In July, man set foot on …
David Bowie ‘Space Oddity’: The Story Behind David Bowie’s Influential Songudiscovermusic.com - Martin Chilton David Bowie’s one-time manager Kenneth Pitt said that he knew the singer-songwriter had created something special with ‘Space Oddity’ during a break …
Music James Henke, Rolling Stone Writer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Chief Curator, Dead at 65Rolling Stone - Andy Greene James Henke, a Rolling Stone writer and editor who worked at the magazine from 1977 to 1993 and wrote groundbreaking stories on U2, Bruce Springsteen, …
Kurt Vonnegut 'Slaughterhouse-Five' At 50NPRFifty years ago Kurt Vonnegut published his anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five. NPR's Renee Montagne revisits an earlier conversation she had with the author about the book. When it was published 50 years
Bob Dylan Watching Bob Dylan live can be the treat of a lifetimelivemint.com - Sanjoy Narayan Bob Dylan had been on my mind for a while even before I headed to his gig in Helsinki towards the end of June. I had just watched Martin Scorsese’s …
Play buttonBruce Springsteen Watch Bruce Springsteen’s Surprise Asbury Park Performance With Southside JohnnyRolling Stone - Andy Greene Bruce Springsteen made a surprise appearance Saturday evening near the end of Southside Johnny’s annual July 4th weekend concert at the Stone Pony …
The Arts Where Does Major American Art Come From? Mapping the Whitney Biennial.The New York Times We mapped 3,600 artists from nearly a century of Whitney Biennials.
Play buttonJimi Hendrix Flashback: Jimi Hendrix Breaks Down Iconic ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ Woodstock PerformanceRolling Stone - Angie Martoccio Just one month after closing out Woodstock with a searing rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner,” Jimi Hendrix went onto The Dick Cavett Show to …
Movies Film News Roundup: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Paths of Glory’ Gets RestoredVariety - Dave McNary In today’s film news roundup, Andre Caraco and Paul Noble receive promotions at Sony, Stanley Kubrick’s anti-war drama “Paths of Glory” gets …
Velvet Underground Color footage of the Velvet Underground performing in 1969 unearthed!dangerousminds.net Yes, you read that right—previously unseen color film of the Velvet Underground has been discovered! Left sitting on a shelf for who knows how long, …
Neil Diamond Musical about Neil Diamond headed for Broadwayjpost.com - Hannah Brown The untitled project is being produced by Ken Davenport and Bob Gaudio, while Michael Mayer (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Spring Awakening) will direct. …
Andy Warhol Warhol's Prince series ruled fair use by a New York judge in contested copyright casetheartnewspaper.com - Margaret Carrigan A New York federal judge ruled yesterday that a well-known Andy Warhol series, in which the artist modified a photograph of the pop music icon …
F. Scott Fitzgerald Zelda Fitzgeraldbiography.com American author, artist and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald was the wife and muse of author F. Scott Fitzgerald and an icon of the Roaring Twenties. Zelda …
Play buttonLeonard Cohen Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen: the love affair of a lifetimeThe Guardian - Andrew AnthonyFew of those who gathered on Hydra emerged with their art enhanced or lives more sorted In November 2016, the singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, renowned for his plaintive ballads, died a few months after
A museum canceled its Robert Mapplethorpe show — and decades later, it’s finally trying to make amendsThe Washington Post - By Kriston CappsWhen the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s board of trustees met on June 12, 1989, the first order of business was a 1770 painting by John Singleton Copley. Its condition was fine, its cost was appropriate ($1.6
Jean-Michel Basquiat Defacement: the tragic story of Basquiat's most personal paintingThe Guardian - Dream McClinton in New York“It could have been me,” Jean-Michel Basquiat would say at the mere mention of the untimely death of Michael Stewart. Stewart, a 25-year-old artist, was allegedly drawing on the walls of the subway on
Gay RightsStonewall's cry echoed 'round the world!': New book celebrates 50 years since the riots that galvanized the modern Gay Rightsdailymail.co.uk - Tate Delloye In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots that galvanized the modern LGBT movement, Zed Books has re-released a volume titled …
Jack Kerouac The Queer Crime That Launched the BeatsThe Paris Review - James PolchinThe first time Jack Kerouac’s name appeared in the press was August 17, 1944, when he and William Burroughs were arrested as material witnesses to murder. While the headlines were consumed that day with
Bob Dylan The Chaotic Magic of Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder RevueThe New Yorker - David RemnickI may be wrong about this, but I don’t think so: music, particularly pop music, will never reach you in a more visceral way than it does when you’re very young. Something about the hunger and plasticity
University of San Francisco Frisco 1956: The Best of Times?beyondchron.org - Jonah Raskin “San Francisco teems with young poets. Hundreds from about sixteen to thirty may show up and engage in an enthusiastic, freewheeling celebration of …
SFMOMA New Andy Warhol exhibit pops at SFMOMA7x7.com Would you believe that Andy Warhol—the man, myth, and legend of American pop art, creator of such iconic pieces as the Marilyn Monroe series or the …
Mark RylanceSir Mark Rylance quits Royal Shakespeare Company after 30 years over BP sponsorship and blasts firm by comparing it to 'andailymail.co.uk - Harry Howard Oscar-winning actor Sir Mark Rylance has resigned from the Royal Shakespeare Company in protest at the organisation's sponsorship deal with oil giant …
Andrew Scott Andrew Scott: 'It’s mind-blowing being described as a sex symbol'The Guardian - Rich PelleyI was brought up in Dublin. My parents are from Tyrone and Mayo. I went to a Catholic boys’ school. It was a different time for Ireland back then. With the same-sex marriage referendum of 2015 and the
