ANDY WARHOL: THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #7
In a new biography this year, the New York Times art critic Blake Gopnik called Andy Warhol the...
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WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS: A WORD FROM THE WISE GUY
Billy Hough is a longtime fan of William S. Burroughs. He sees parallels between Burroughs’ writings and our...
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #4: BRIAN ENO
When “Eno is God” started appearing in spray paint all over NYC in the 70’s, most people were mystified....
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #3: MARIANNE FAITHFULL
We are thrilled to hear the news that Marianne Faithfull has been released from the hospital and is...
BILLY HOUGH: THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PATTI SMITH’S HORSES ALBUM
Billy Hough tackles Patti Smith’s Horses in 3 minutes Legs McNeil gave Billy Hough three minutes to unpack...
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW #1: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND AND NICO
Billy Hough tackles 1967’s “Velvet Underground & Nico” in 3 minutes Legs McNeil gave Billy Hough 3 minutes...
THE PUZZLING CASE OF PATTI SMITH: GROUNDBREAKER, ‘GODMOTHER OF PUNK’ AND YOUR MOM’S FAVORITE AUTHOR
Patti Smith has been one of Billy Hough’s “Ride-or-Die” favorites ever since he heard her debut album, Horses....
POP EATS ITSELF: OR, NOT THE PHILOSOPHY OF ANDY WARHOL
Using The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again as his template, poet/playwright/performer Billy...
NICO: THERE SHE GOES AGAIN, A MEDITATION ON DEATH, BEAUTY AND ARTISTRY
Nico (Christa Paffgen) was many things to many different people, including Andy Warhol, Lou Reed, Jim Morrison, Bob...
JOHN CALE : THE MIDWIFE OF PUNK ROCK
It is Billy Hough’s passionate belief that our musical world would be a different place if this brilliant...
NAKED BREAKFAST: WHERE TO START WITH WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
Burroughs’ vision, birthed in the Midwest during the Great Depression and brought to maturity by the Beat Generation,...