Jimi Hendrix, Lonely For Robert Johnson...

An expat storms the heavens, the UK, and the outsider within

Nov 21 • 

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Superfingers Gone Wild

Horowitz's infamous 1965 Carnegie Hall comeback, synapses ablaze

Nov 7 • 

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4

October 2025

Expanding the Giant Now

1995's first Anthology installment inflects how we think about the post-Beatles era

Oct 24 • 

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John Ono Lennon 1940-1080

"Madness is the first sign of dandruff..."

Oct 10

7

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September 2025

Springsteen Between Flesh and Fantasy

Peter Carlin's book includes studio chatter from Born to Run

Sep 29 • 

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Owsley Stanley III's 80-Ton Brain

Brain Anderson chases the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound

Sep 12

5

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August 2025

Bold Whispers, Ironic Subtexts

Sony releases the String Quartet's RCA catalog of unprecious elegance (from the Los Angeles Review of Books)

Aug 29 • 

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4

1

Hive Mind Bangers

Three Classic Rock acts trade ideas across the pond

Aug 15 • 

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7

2

I Will Not Waste Chalk

Alan Siegel’s Stupid TV, Be More Funny recounts how a cartoon satire remade the TV industry before biting its own tail, again

Aug 1 • 

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2

July 2025

One Nation Under a Groove… And We Still Ain’t Free (But the Funk Helps)

As he turns 82 on July 22, George Clinton's 2014 memoir still slaps

Jul 18 • 

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Ringo goes country again, tours, turns a nonchalant 85

Less-is-More Lefty Dummer Overdoes the Guest List

Jul 4 • 

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June 2025

Brian Wilson 1943-2025

The Beach Boys and Their Original One-Eared Dream Surfer

Jun 20

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