Last week we surveyed the long history of songs about Johnny, but we can’t overlook his sidekick Mary. Songs about Mary date at least to the eighth century, though those early ones […]
Deep Cuts: Mary Songs
From The Stacks: Moon Martin, ‘Escape From Domination’
I’m kind of fascinated by Moon Martin, and I have been for forty years.
Choose and Defend: Ice Cold or Flaming Hot?
Summer is almost here. Whether that’s good or bad is a personal decision: Some of us love sun and fun, others cower in the safety of our air-conditioned homes. As the late […]
From The Stacks: Roxy Music – Country Life
Roxy Music’s fourth LP, 1974’s Country Life, is the Mona Lisa of controversial album covers. Oh, there are more famous banned sleeves, more explicit, more surreal, but sexier? Not to my eye.
Why It Matters 