Swinging Modern Sounds #54: Jam Band Apotheosis
Back in the seventies, in circles I travelled in, you could not escape the Grateful Dead, even if you wanted to—and I was someone who wanted to.
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The Rumpus Interview with Porochista Khakpour
Writer Porochista Khakpour discusses her new novel, The Last Illusion, her desire to literalize the surreal, the role addiction plays for her characters and narrative, and being a lover of outsider stories.
Post-Partum Regression
My husband went back to work, and then my mom flew back to Florida, and it was just me and the baby. Alone together, but no longer the us we had been when I was pregnant.
The Sunday Rumpus Interview: Sean Madigan Hoen
"I wanted to convey the ecstatic experience of performing really destructive music, and to articulate the kind of raw need that drives young people to do so."
The Last Book I Loved: Let The Great World Spin by Colum McCann
The way LTGWS lovingly caressed every carnal description of Manhattan’s byways and alleys, tenement flats, assisted-living towers, and half-way houses was a revelation in today’s post-Minimalist world.
The Rumpus Review of 12 O’Clock Boys
The new documentary 12 O’Clock Boys is the latest example of Baltimore’s restless creative energy... a film that stands up to its inevitable comparisons with [David] Simon’s urban epic.
Sound & Vision: Melissa Cross
Melissa Cross, a vocal coach who's worked with everyone from the lead singer of Slayer to non-metalists like Sarah Bareilles, talks about her road to teaching, how to scream without compromising your voice, and the importance of performance.
My Life In Receipts: Aspen Skiing Company, $617
Having tried and failed to keep a diary of my life, having tried and failed to begin to narrate the coexistence of staggering material wealth and enduring spiritual sickness, I have decided to write a series of dispatches pegged to receipts.
Make/Work Episode 13: Vanesa Zendejas
In Episode 13 of Make/Work, host Scott Pinkmountain speaks with artist Vanesa Zendejas. Recently, Zendejas has been dealing primarily with Modernist sculpture and her habit to decorate, perfect, and balance, which she says may or may not be related to being a woman.
The Rumpus Interview with Ethel Rohan
Writer Ethel Rohan talks about Out of Dublin, her memoir in e-book form, as well as growing up in Ireland, her awe for human endurance, and giving voice to the silent.
I’m Touching You Now
When a doctor examines a woman, it is a moment of acute vulnerability. And it lasts until she is sitting up and fully clothed. It lasts until she gathers herself and leaves, stepping back into the “normal” world and her place within it.