Bending History's Arc

Historian Howard Zinn: Still Gaining Acceptance

Jul 31 • Tim Riley

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Lose Some Sleep and Say You Tried

Facing down my own late-20s intimidation in this 1988 review of Joy Division's Substance.

Jul 17 • Tim Riley

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Welfare Music for a Cosmic Cowboy

Songs of Sahm elevates the notion of a tribute album with rare conceit: humbling an exceptional band to even better material

Jul 3 • Tim Riley

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June 2026

Doonesbury Kills Satire

Beloved political cartoonist gets his "unopposed" biography, retires

Jun 19 • Tim Riley

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Don't Tell A Soul: Replacements Dress Down

Cold War fizzle taints Tom Petty’s softcore summer of 1989

Jun 5 • Tim Riley

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May 2026

Sequencing Lennon's Double Fantasy

Producer Jack Douglas (1945-2026) Goes Off-Script

May 22 • Tim Riley

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Four Dylan Myths Debunked

And: the New York Times' 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters eats its tail

May 9 • Tim Riley

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April 2026

“Come Together” Roars Anti-War

Lennon' 1972's MSG set conjurs a newly beleaguered manifesto

Apr 24 • Tim Riley

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Roy Orbison’s Eternal Return

How "Mystery Girl," his posthumous 1989 comeback album, canonized his mysterious sound...

Apr 10 • Tim Riley

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March 2026

Memory Cathedrals

From Denmark’s ghosts to Deep Space flashbacks

Mar 27 • Tim Riley

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Neil Diamond and Tonal Whiplash Oscars

Some soundtracks wag their movies, some just sit there

Mar 13 • Tim Riley

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February 2026

"Nothing To Get Hung About" At 59

Sgt. Pepper's poached dream recasts the pop song as anxious idyll

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