WE NEED NEPO BABIES. HERE’S WHY.
The pejorative label “Nepo baby” came into sharper focus late last year thanks to an exhaustive New York magazine package that traced the advantageous lineage of entertainers with the academic zeal of...
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JERRY GARCIA & THE GRATEFUL DEAD: AN APPRECIATION
My earliest memories of the Grateful Dead are me being confused as to why people loved them so much. I didn't understand why, when I walked into a record store in Old Forge, Pa., on Aug. 9, 1995, the ...
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ROAD RAMBLIN’ WITH LEVON HELM & FRIENDS
This is not a concert review. It’s a story about a road trip with friends, an experience that was relaxing and enthralling at the same time, complete with an unforgettable soundtrack. For the past ...
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MY BACK PAGES: PINK FLOYD
By Eric Gould When I was in my early teens, my music collection was filled with a mix of old school hip hop, Michael Jackson and late-’80s hair bands like Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Tesla and Poison...
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MY BACK PAGES: ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY
My Back Pages is a series that explores our relationships with the music we grew up with. Alternative country is the subject of this installment. “Lone Star belt buckles and old faded Levi’s …” has b...
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MY BACK PAGES: VIOLENT FEMMES
My Back Pages is a series that explores our relationships with the music we grew up with. Violent Femmes is the subject of this installment. The details of how the Violent Femmes became part of my mu...
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MY BACK PAGES: SOCIAL DISTORTION
My Back Pages is a series that explores our relationships with the music we grew up with. Social Distortion is the subject of this installment. It was the middle of 1992, and I was just beginning my ...
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MY BACK PAGES: BRITPOP
My Back Pages is a series that explores our relationships with the music we grew up with. Britpop is the subject of this installment. When I boarded a plane for a study-abroad program in Manchester, ...
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MY BACK PAGES: WU-TANG CLAN
My Back Pages is a series that explores our relationships with the music we grew up with. Wu-Tang Clain is the subject of this installment. In the winter of 1994 I was an 18-year-old white kid in Scr...
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MY BACK PAGES: DEAD KENNEDYS
My Back Pages is a series that explores our relationships with the music we grew up with. Dead Kennedys are the subject of this installment. By the time I got to high school, I’d made my way through ...
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