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Author: Jim Sullivan

New Wave Rock 

The Man From Utopia: David Byrne at 70

May 14, 2022May 14, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 70th Birthday, Alex Timbers, American Utopia, Annie-B Parson, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Feelings, Janelle Monae, Jerry Harrison, Naked, Remain In Light, Talking Heads, Tina Weymouth

Looking back on the career of a Great American Eccentric

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Punk 

He Did It His Way: Sid Vicious @ 65

May 10, 2022May 11, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 65th birthday, Glen Matlock, My Way, Paul Cook, Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

Looking back at punk’s most controversial icon

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Electronic New Wave Pop 

Reach Out and Touch Faith: Dave Gahan Turns 60

May 9, 2022May 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 60th birthday, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Exciter, Martin Gore, Songs of Faith and Devotion, Ultra, Vince Clarke

Looking back on the Depeche Mode singer’s triumphant human spirit

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Music Journalism Radio 

The Best Sequences in Album Rock and Beyond

April 30, 2022May 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 7 Comments Blue Oyster Cult, Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen, Dark Side of the Moon, Pink Floyd, Tangerine Dream, The Clash, The Kinks, The Wall, The Who

Honoring the art of the mix with Springsteen, the Stones, Prince and more

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Rock 

My Mind’s Such A Sweet Thing: Tommy James at 75

April 29, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment 75th birthday, Billy Idol, Crimson and Clover, I think we're alone now, Joan Jett, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Lene Lovich, Mony Mony, Tiffany, Tommy James, Tommy James and the Shondells

The Michigan hitmaker reflects on the Mob, “Mony Mony” and a magical career

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Punk 

Happy Man: Iggy Pop At 75

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 75th birthday, David Bowie, Iggy and the Stooges, Iggy Pop, James Osterberg, Paradise, Party, Raw Power, The Stooges

“I got plenty of wounds and everything, but I am alive. So, it’s kind of cool, you know.”

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 30: April 2022

April 13, 2022April 14, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Annie Lennox, Capt. Sensible, Chris Thile, Edgar Meyer, Famous Quotes, Goat Rodeo Sessions, Nickel Creek, Punch Brothers, Rod Argent, Stuart Duncan, The Damned, The Eurythmics, The Zombies, Yo-Yo Ma

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Indie Rock 

Mogwai and the Perils of Rock ‘n’ Roll Shellshock

April 11, 2022April 11, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Barry Burns, Boston, Mogwai, Stuart Braithwaite, Swans, The Paradise Rock Club, The Ramones

Are Scotland’s premier post-rock heroes too loud for an old punk?

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Art Pop Glam New Wave Rock 

Sparks Fly High In Boston

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Alex Kapranos, Andy Bell, Beck, Boston, Duran Duran, Erasure, FFS, Flea, Franz Ferdinand, Gillian Gilbert, John Taylor, New Order, Nick Rhodes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Sparks, Stephen Morris, Steve Jones, The Sex Pistols, Todd Rundgren, Vince Clarke

The Brothers Mael continue their late career victory lap at the Shubert Theatre

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Gospel Pop Post-Punk 

Nick Cave Returns To Boston With Carnage In Mind

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Boston, Bryan Ferry, Carnage, Concert, Nick Cave, Ric Ocasek, Tour, Wang Theatre, Warren Ellis

With a small band co-led by Warren Ellis, the Goth bard sows the seeds of sorrow and redemption in Beantown

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 29: March 2022

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Angela Bowie, Famous Quotes, Gary Numan, Jim Sullivan, Judy Collins, March 2022

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Art Pop New Wave Pop 

Wet Leg: From the Chaise Lounge to the Concert Stage

March 10, 2022March 11, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 2022, Boston, Chaise Lounge, Domino Recording Co, The Paradise Rock Club, Wet Leg

Are the critics’ latest darlings as good live as they are in studio?

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Classical Experimental Pop Post-Punk 

John Cale: 80 and Ageless

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Brian Eno, Fear, John Cale, Kevin Ayers, Lou Reed, Nico, Paris 1919, The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico

Now in his eighth decade on Earth, the Velvet Underground viola master remains an explorer ever on the lookout for challenge

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Punk 

Something To Make Me Go Fast: Mark E. Smith of The Fall at 65

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 65th birthday, Brix, England, I Am Kurious Oranj, Mark E. Smith, RIP, The Fall

This bloke left us far too soon, and we miss him

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Remembrance Rock 

Grown Up In Public: Lou Reed at 80

March 2, 2022March 12, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 80th birthday, Andy Warhol, Boston, Heroin, John Cale, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, RIP, Sweet Jane, The Velvet Underground

Looking back on the man Lester Bangs once called a “pathetic death dwarf” but we hail as a forever hero

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