‘Rules for Changing the World’ ‘Rules for Changing the World’

This was intended to be a sweet little prewar column about an artist I admire, Rosanne Cash.

Mar 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Slumming Toward Academia Slumming Toward Academia

Only the joy of capitalist expectation could move a pre-Reagan-born American to utter the line "civil rights is dead," let alone write a book devoted to that proposition.

Feb 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Armond White

Holy Rock ‘n’ Rollers Holy Rock ‘n’ Rollers

In Hicksville, Long Island, on any given Sunday afternoon, pierced and tattooed teenagers in black clothing gather to listen and watch as groups of kids like themselves tear th...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Lauren Sandler

Fear of a Punk Planet Fear of a Punk Planet

The Chicago-based magazine Punk Planet--nominated for the past two years in Utne Reader's Alternate Press Awards for "General Excellence," along with such better-heeled competi...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ivan Kreilkamp

Kathleen Hanna’s Fire Kathleen Hanna’s Fire

On the self-titled debut record by punk/dance band Le Tigre, there's a short song called "Eau d'Bedroom Dancing" that pays tribute to the timeless tradition of spinning around ...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey

Does Europe Do It Better? Does Europe Do It Better?

In more than fifteen years of rock-and-roll touring, my worst night of sleep followed a June 10, 1989, show at Centro Sociale Leoncavallo, an anticapitalist squat in Milan.

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Johnny Temple

Sweet Soul Music Sweet Soul Music

As Trent Lott struggled to "repudiate" segregation fifty years after it was outlawed, about the only point he left out of his incoherent counterattack is that he was a soul-mus...

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Gene Santoro

Prick Up Your Ears Prick Up Your Ears

How does a fiercely anticorporate musician feel about participating in a corporate entertainment system?

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

The Power of Music The Power of Music

Talking With Eddie Vedder, Boots Riley, Amy Ray, Carrie Brownstein, Tom Morello

Dec 23, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Ann Powers

Desert Island Discs Desert Island Discs

Picture this: you're stranded on a desert island with nothing to comfort you but sand, sun and, miraculously, the solar-powered sound system that washed up with you.