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March 14, 2023
The Creative, Collective, Queer Project of Raving
In an interview, McKenzie Wark offers insight on the rave as utopia, breaking through gender dysphoria, and her newest work of auto-theory.
Zoë Beery and Geoffrey Mak
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February 1, 2023
Barrett Strong Wrote America’s Most Urgent Anti-War Song
The Motown legend, who died last weekend, cowrote “War,” one of the most electrifying protest songs in American history.
John Nichols
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December 22, 2022
Nelson Lichtenstein on the UC Strike Settlement and Sean Wilentz on Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album
On this episode of the Start Making Sense podcast, we get a new update on the biggest strike in the country and demystify Bob Dylan’s holiday record.
Jon Wiener and Start Making Sense
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November 1, 2022
Kyrie Irving and the Fraught History of Our Collective Liberation
Kyrie’s anti-Semitism isn’t new, but his allies are. And that’s terrifying.
Dave Zirin
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October 22, 2021
Which Version of Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Reigns Supreme?
Is the latest posthumous addition to his canon released today the Holy Grail?
Ethan Iverson
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June 25, 2021
#FreeBritney Is Damn Right
The law has failed Britney Spears and likely many others—young, old, often female. Now it’s time to change it.
Elie Mystal
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March 11, 2021
How Many Movies About Billie Holiday Does it Take…
to capture her immense contribution to music? Apparently more than three.
Ethan Iverson
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December 11, 2020
How Bob Dylan Wrote the Second Great American Songbook
The sale of the singer-songwriter’s catalogue is a reminder of his massive cultural legacy.
Jeet Heer
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October 12, 2020
Stanley Crouch, 1945–2020
Even many of those who at times wanted to throttle Crouch will miss him now that he’s gone.
Gene Seymour
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August 14, 2020
Neil Young’s Journey Through the Past
As he prepares to vote in his first American election, the eccentric singer-songwriter’s Archives project unearths his own lost history.
John Semley