Swinging Modern Sounds #76: American Songbag
In the broadest sense, I think of this work as being about the stuff of life: excitement, love, disappointment, pride, nature, cities, war, loneliness, work, class distinction, communication.
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Swinging Modern Sounds #75: The Petra Haden Story
At every turn, Haden’s decisions, while labor-intensive and rigorous, feel fresh, passionate, funny, and new.
Swinging Modern Sounds #74: A Social Practice
Everywhere there is sterling musicianship, of the original, unexpected sort.
Swinging Modern Sounds #73: Prince Rogers Nelson, Guitar Player: A Symposium
I started thinking about additional, more slantwise ways we might talk about his legacy. What if I organized a bunch of guitar players?
Swinging Modern Sounds #72: Urban Pastoral
It’s like a landscape that you can’t know until you’ve seen it through four seasons, until you’ve seen it on days gray and bright.
To Cheat or Not to Cheat
Life coach, Rumpus columnist, and novelist Rick Moody lends his ear to those at the crossroads of love over at Lit Hub. This week, he addresses the unfaithful: And: what we’re talking…
Notable NYC: 5/7–5/13
Saturday 5/7: Paula Bomer, Joey De Jesus, Regan Good, Erica Hunt, Dylan Landis, and Eli Todd celebrate the release of the latest issue of TLR. BookCourt , 7 p.m., free.…
Swinging Modern Sounds #71: A Michael Bay Film Eating Itself
“Love,” then is not to be taken lightly here. It is being engaged at full force, megaphonically.
Swinging Modern Sounds #70: Alien Now!
Maybe, in terms of idiom, The Dabbers are like a thrash rock and roll version of the Cocteau Twins, or what the This Mortal Coil would sound like if the Dead Boys tried to cover one of their albums.
Notable NYC: 1/30–2/5
Saturday 1/30: Rick Moody talks with Dave Schramm and will play a selection of live music. Little City Books (Hoboken), 8 p.m., $25. Michael Morse, Kristina Bicher, Mary Lou Buschi,…
Swinging Modern Sounds #69: Meaning Yes
When in need of comfort, it’s always worth trying close reading.
The Rumpus Remembers David Bowie
Over the years, we've written about David Bowie many times, and today, in honor of this great man and all he accomplished, we're taking a look back.