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Superfingers Gone Wild
Horowitz's infamous 1965 Carnegie Hall comeback, synapses ablaze
Nov 7 • 
Tim Riley

October 2025

Expanding the Giant Now
1995's first Anthology installment inflects how we think about the post-Beatles era
Oct 24 • 
Tim Riley
John Ono Lennon 1940-1080
"Madness is the first sign of dandruff..."
Oct 10

September 2025

Springsteen Between Flesh and Fantasy
Peter Carlin's book includes studio chatter from Born to Run
Sep 29 • 
Tim Riley
Owsley Stanley III's 80-Ton Brain
Brain Anderson chases the Grateful Dead's Wall of Sound
Sep 12

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 • 
Tim Riley
Hive Mind Bangers
Three Classic Rock acts trade ideas across the pond
Aug 15 • 
Tim Riley
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 • 
Tim Riley

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 • 
Tim Riley
Ringo goes country again, tours, turns a nonchalant 85
Less-is-More Lefty Dummer Overdoes the Guest List
Jul 4 • 
Tim Riley

June 2025

Brian Wilson 1943-2025
The Beach Boys and Their Original One-Eared Dream Surfer
Jun 20
The Basement Tapes Turn 50 (or 58)
A pile of songwriting demos from 1967-68 that generated oodles of ink
Jun 6
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