Plenty of bands play at being subversive. But the final arbiter of the threat a band poses to the Establishment is ultimately how the Establishment reacts to their provocations.
2022-01-10
The Secret Origin of Ziggy Stardust, Concluded
All the more appropriate as we observe the sixth anniversary of Bowie's cosmic ascension.
2022-01-06
The Secret Origin of Ziggy Stardust, Part Two
"I always had a repulsive sort of need to be something more than human. I felt very very puny as a human. I thought. 'Fuck that. I want to be a Superman.'" -- David Bowie
2022-01-03
The Secret Origin of Ziggy Stardust, Part One
You don't need me to tell you that the 1972 LP The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (or Ziggy Stardust, for short) was a major milestone, not only in the life and career of David Bowie but in rock 'n' roll history as well. It was with this album that the Glam era truly began, and pop music - and popular culture - would never be the same again.
2021-12-14
The Bloody, Sweaty Moshpits of Yesteryear
Yeah, that wasn't my best-ever look
The expanded 2020 edition of The Endless American Midnight is on sale now. And to mark the occasion, I'm posting an excerpt on my experience on the Boston Hardcore scene, along with some snapshots of yours truly in the bloody, sweaty moshpits of yesteryear.
2021-10-28
Clare Grogan, the Original Manic Pixie DreamPop Girl
Before Stacey Q, before Cyndi Lauper, before Madonna, before Gwen Stefani there was the original recipe manic pixie dream girl, Clare Grogan. It was her work with the band Altered Images where the hyperactive, estrogen-drenched, squeaky-voiced adorableness many singers would later take to the bank first truly burst into the public consciousness.
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