Swinging Modern Sounds: Observations on the Occasion of a 100th Column
The clash of opinions about music is music itself.
...moreThe clash of opinions about music is music itself.
...moreYou will now find some version of the list below. It is imperfect.
...more“The green path takes far more work to even recognize—it takes bushwhacking.”
...more“I felt that Meredith Hunter was the invisible figure at the center of the story.”
...moreIntellectually, I know Gracie’s mom loves her and needs help. In practice, I just want my daughter safe.
...moreOne thing I was taught about travel—because my father is a black man born in Alabama in 1950—was that there are safe places for black people to go and places that aren’t as safe.
...moreA friend of my parents, who was the girlfriend of a roadie for the Grateful Dead, gave me this hologram skull and roses bolo tie when I was around five years old.
...moreAll the cruelty of the past seasons washed away with the new layer of snow. I thought your streak was over. I thought we could be friends.
...moreJeremy Earl discusses his latest album, City Sun Eater in the River of Light, the fruitful tension of city vs. country, finding beauty in the darkness of today’s world, and the enduring good vibes of the Grateful Dead.
...moreWe handled almost everything differently, her way of seeing the world so different from mine. She wanted to fly; I wanted to stay on the ground.
...moreIt does us all a disservice to separate the Valley’s current industrial action from that of its natural environment, human history and broader political context.
...moreBack 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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