This character called "Bob Dylan"
Greil Marcus's newest, and probably last, book about Dylan is his best in many years. This is why I thought so.
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Too Dark to See
Here's what I thought of Bob Dylan's new book. Bottom line: don't go in the basement.
The Magic Circle
The Revolver Super Deluxe Box set enables us to hear the album as we always have, but differently. Here's what I wrote about it.
Talking about Get Back with Tim Riley
Speaking of Beatles, here's a conversation I had with author Tim Riley (Tell Me Why: A Beatles Commentary) late last year about the Get...
"Superstar" at 50
A nice write-up, from Religion News Service's Kathryn Post, about the 50th anniversary of Jesus Christ Superstar, for which I provided a...
Just Another Birthday Party with the Folks
My review of the new version of The Boys in the Band, with notes on the 1970 film, is up at Critics at Large.
Prisoner & Eunuch
My piece on Town Bloody Hall (1979), the Pennebaker-Hegedus documentary about a 1970 Women's Liberation panel starring Germaine Greer and...
Her eyes have seen it all
My contribution to the annual summertime "Your Enthusiasm" series at Hilobrow. CARBONA YOUR ENTHUSIASM "is dedicated to punk songs of the...
They want to help
This short musing on a virtually unknown film directed by Peter Fonda in 1973 is my contribution to the current year-long series running...
"Watch the third rail!"
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is a comic thriller, or thrilling comedy, retrieved from the volatile alchemy of "Drop Dead"-era New...
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