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'You Can't Turn Back the Ocean'

MTV's Kurt Loder on the delusions of celebrity culture, the coming collapse of mainstream media outlets, and the rising tide of free expression that can't be stopped

Nick Gillespie | 1.29.2008 8:07 AM

Friday Mini Book Review: Perfect From Now On

Brian Doherty | 1.25.2008 7:11 PM

And hey!/How 'bout that nutty Star Wars bar/Can you forget all the creatures in there?

Jesse Walker | 1.22.2008 10:10 AM

Longhaired Country Boys

Jesse Walker | 1.16.2008 9:43 AM

Steve Earle's Hammer

A talented songwriter puts his message before his music.

Jesse Walker | 1.11.2008 12:31 PM

Friday Fun Link: RIAA CD Warning Label of Tomorrow

Brian Doherty | 1.4.2008 3:11 PM

Goodbye, Oscar Peterson

Jesse Walker | 12.26.2007 9:25 PM

Put Christ Back in Christopher Hitchens

Jesse Walker | 12.24.2007 7:05 PM

And Now the Dead Hariris Will Sing "Islamofascist Punks Fatwa Off"

Jesse Walker | 12.17.2007 9:36 AM

Anarchy Swings

Jesse Walker | 12.14.2007 4:47 PM

Ike Turner R.I.P.

Michael Young | 12.12.2007 5:04 PM

Always on Trial for Just Being Born

Revisiting 1960s tumult in art and politics--and seeing what lasts

Brian Doherty | 12.10.2007 1:21 PM

The Rave Museum

Jesse Walker | 11.29.2007 11:36 AM

Who Is Headlining Headlined Hillary Clinton's 60th Birthday Party To Help Make It "Younger, Hipper, More Fun"?

Nick Gillespie | 11.8.2007 10:55 AM

Hank Thompson, RIP

Jesse Walker | 11.7.2007 9:20 PM

The Lydon/Manilow Coalition (Or: Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Greeted?)

Jesse Walker | 10.31.2007 12:56 AM

Porter Wagoner, RIP

Jesse Walker | 10.30.2007 9:13 AM

A Message to You, Rudy

Jesse Walker | 10.25.2007 11:17 PM

Friday Not-So-Fun Link

Jesse Walker | 10.5.2007 1:37 PM

Radiohead Cuts Out Two Middlemen

Brian Doherty | 10.1.2007 12:48 PM

iPod Classic Thwarts Bureau of Labor Statistics

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 9.7.2007 1:43 PM

"To Destroy You is No Loss"

The endurance of Cambodian pop culture

Brian Doherty | 8.20.2007 2:00 PM

Rattled and Glum

Jesse Walker | 8.17.2007 10:33 AM

Iggy Pop to Punks: Don't DIY

Brian Doherty | 8.14.2007 3:08 PM

Civil Liberties

Some of My Heroes Do Appear on Stamps

Jesse Walker | 8.13.2007 11:07 AM

The Voice of the Kalakuta Republic

Jesse Walker | 7.24.2007 4:55 PM

Cultural History Corner

Jesse Walker | 7.13.2007 9:43 AM

Life Does Give You Second Chances, or: He's Got the Silver, He's Got the Gold

Brian Doherty | 7.12.2007 1:23 PM

Live Earth After Death

David Weigel | 7.10.2007 5:10 PM

Civil Liberties

The Man Did Bust Our Music

Jesse Walker | 7.10.2007 10:36 AM

Ted Nugent's Summer of Hate

Jacob Sullum | 7.5.2007 11:45 AM

Civil Liberties

Get Thee Censored, Satan

Juliet Samuel | 6.19.2007 10:22 AM

Moscow Girls Make Me Sing and Shout

Jesse Walker | 6.11.2007 10:20 AM

Rock Bands May Come and Rock Bands May Go, But Music Hall is Gonna Go On Forever….

Brian Doherty | 6.7.2007 3:16 PM

The Jazz Tax

Jesse Walker | 6.7.2007 2:42 PM

Wednesday Mini Book Review: Bob Dylan and Philosophy

Brian Doherty | 6.6.2007 3:44 PM

Bounties, Sí; Hunting, No

Jesse Walker | 5.23.2007 1:28 PM

The Planet is Hot, But Nothing's Gonna Stop This Singer Going Wild

Brian Doherty | 5.21.2007 11:05 AM

The War on Used Records

Jesse Walker | 5.7.2007 9:34 AM

How the Wolves Survive

Los Lobos' Louie Perez on immigration, cultural mixing, and his band's new album

Radley Balko | 4.25.2007 11:59 AM

Henry Kissinger Rollins on Statecraft

Nick Gillespie | 4.25.2007 8:42 AM

Reasons to Remain Deaf, Dumb, and Blind to Pete Townshend

Brian Doherty | 4.23.2007 12:39 PM

Rolling Stone's 40th Anniversary

Brian Doherty | 4.23.2007 10:58 AM

Markets Beat Politics

Jesse Walker | 4.12.2007 5:13 PM

The End of DRM?

Radley Balko | 4.2.2007 4:46 PM

How Much Music is Enough?

Brian Doherty | 3.13.2007 2:59 PM

Say Amen, Somebody

Jesse Walker | 3.9.2007 9:38 AM

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