A Brief History of Musicians & Murder
Ten artists who committed crazy serious crimes
Hair jokes aside, we don’t see any levity in yesterday’s conviction of legendary girl-group producer Phil Spector. The Wall of Sound inventor was always eccentric, but, from the outside, it seemed a fairly benign insanity. (I mean, who hasn’t secretly wanted to take the Beatles down a peg?) I suppose there’s not much to say […]
Album Review: David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Released nearly three decades ago, Brian Eno and David Byrne’s first collaboration, My Life in the Bush Of Ghosts, went out of its way to accentuate the rogue duo’s experimental inclinations. The pair’s high-profile follow-up, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, offers a stark counterpoint to that earlier record’s impenetrability, embracing long-held pop archetypes. […]
Why the New York Times (and Other Outlets) Infantilize Smaller Cities
New York Times writer Tim Kreider may not live in Baltimore, but he sure knows how to get its goad. In a recent Sunday Review section, the writer waxed nostalgic about time spent slumming in Charm City a decade ago. Part memoir, part trend piece, part white-flight fear made plain, the article traverses the city’s […]
A conversation with Factory Records founder Tony Wilson, 6 months before his death....
Blender’s Andrew Phillips reflects on a recent, unpublished interview with now-deceased Factory Records founder and 24-Hour Party People progenitor Tony Wilson. For all the self-aggrandizing and lofty, self-serving liturgy, infamous Manchester TV personality, record guru, and public punching bag Tony Wilson’s most famous quote, the one that echoes through the rafters of every room he […]
Actor / Musician Steven Van Zandt talks Sopranos and Springsteen.....
Touring with Springsteen doesn’t keep guitarist Little Steven from fulfilling his “family” obligations. He’s also got his TV gig, playing consigliere Silvio Dante, and a second boss–Tony Soprano. And don’t forget: his syndicated radio show, “Little Steven’s Underground Garage.” NEWSWEEK’s Andrew Phillips caught up with Van Zandt on a rare day off. Who’s a tougher boss: Bruce […]
An Artist with the All-Seeing Eye
Futurist Saya Woolfalk's immersive environments are as much sci-fi as art...
Saya Woolfalk knows more than your average artist about virtual reality, Oculus or otherwise. When it comes immersive environments, the New York artist’s cunning is unmatched. Her installations are more Holodeck than headset; large-scale interdisciplinary works steeped in ecology, the fantasies of Philip K. Dick, feminist theory, and a yearning for a post-racial, post-gender society. More […]
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