Don’t Think Twice Don’t Think Twice
Eric reviews his latest music choices and Reed analyzes recent trends in Congressional oratory.
May 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Occupy This Album Occupy This Album
A new collection featuring ninety-nine tracks of class-conscious music from ninety-nine artists.
May 17, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
Jazz Fest and the Ghosts of New Orleans Jazz Fest and the Ghosts of New Orleans
In a city divided by extremes, the festival brings together all kinds of people to cook up something marvelous.
May 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Pieces of a Man: On Gil Scott Heron Pieces of a Man: On Gil Scott Heron
The musician’s posthumous memoir, The Last Holiday, is as rich and ambiguous as his declaration that “The Revolution Will Not be Televised.”
May 9, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Franklin Bruno
MCA’s Feminist Legacy MCA’s Feminist Legacy
How the Beastie Boys brought hope to female hip hop fans.
May 8, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Valenti
Goodbye MCA Goodbye MCA
For me, losing a Beastie Boy is like what losing a Beatle was to my father's generation.
May 4, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg
David Stovall: What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About the World? David Stovall: What Can Hip Hop Teach Us About the World?
Hip hop and the Occupy movement have even more in common than you might think.
Apr 26, 2012 / Books & the Arts / On The Earth Productions
Bruce Springsteen’s Political Voice Bruce Springsteen’s Political Voice
He began his career singing about cars and girls before moving on to empty factories and abandoned quarries—and now, with Wrecking Ball, the depredations of Wall Street.
Apr 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Last Year’s Model: On Simon Reynolds Last Year’s Model: On Simon Reynolds
A critic of pop’s retro turn can’t shake his own strain of pop nostalgia.
Jan 4, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Sara Marcus
Miley Cyrus Comes Out for OWS Miley Cyrus Comes Out for OWS
&ldquotLiberty Walk,” the one percenter teen sensation’s catchy, if repetitive, remixed single sets her music to laudatory images from OWS encampments throughout th...
Nov 29, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Peter Rothberg