LOU REED AND VACLAV HAVEL, 1990: WHEN THE VU FUELED THE VELVET REVOLUTION
Lou Reed visited Czechoslovakia in 1990, months after the country was freed from Soviet rule. The writer and...
History
VONG CO: GUITAR SOUNDS FROM VIETNAM TO THE U.S.
After the Vietnam War, refugees from Southeast Asia began making their way to the U.S. These new citizens...
BORDER RADIO: THE LONG RIDE OF AN L.A. CULT CLASSIC
Director Kurt Voss (Down and Out with The Dolls, Ghost on the Highway) got his start after film...
SOUNDMAN CONFIDENTIAL: FRANK X. GALLAGHER ON TALKING HEADS, RAMONES, PLASMATICS AND MORE
Frank X. Gallagher is best known as a sound engineer for the likes of Talking Heads, B-52s, Buddy...
VIVIAN STANSHALL: BEYOND THE BONZO DOG BAND
Vivian Stanshall was the strikingly eccentric ringleader of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, often described as the...
LARRY FLYNT FOR PRESIDENT: NADIA SZOLD’S NEW DOCUMENTARY
Nadia Szold’s documentary Larry Flynt for President was scheduled to have its premiere last year. But COVID put...
AMERICAN MASSACRE: TULSA 1921
One hundred years ago, the deadliest white-on-black crime in U.S. history took place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Not only...
ROBERT JOHNSON: THE LEGEND VS. THE MAN VS. THE DEVIL
There’s Robert Johnson the country blues legend and Robert Johnson the man and somewhere in the mix is...
MISS PAMELA: BEATLEMANIAC
The Beatles had no greater fan than a 14-year-old from Reseda, California, named Pam Miller. Young Pam was...
MILES COPELAND: HIS LIFE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS
Miles Copeland III was already a veteran music promoter and manager when the punk scene exploded in London....
THE ORIGINAL GANGSTA: LEAD BELLY AND HIS LEGACY
Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Lead Belly, was a folk-blues giant whose music and persona transformed American culture....
RELIEF AND RELEASE: REVISITING WENDY O. WILLIAMS & THE PLASMATICS
The Plasmatics, fronted by the unmatchable Wendy O. Williams, may have been the most misunderstood rock ‘n’ roll...
SAM COOKE: EPITOME OF COOL
Sam Cooke is back in the spotlight with the release One Night in Miami, a feature film set...
SCAT RECORDS REBORN: CLEVELAND ROCKS AGAIN
Cleveland’s Scat Records, brainchild of Robert Griffin, set a high bar for indie labels in the Midwest, especially...