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The Very Possibly True Origin Story of Geese

March 20, 2026March 20, 2026 Tim Sommer 1 Comment Cameron, Cameron Winter, Carnage Visors, Geese, LaMonte Young, Marquee Moon, New York City, Partisan Records, Television, The Cure

(By Dylan Trungpa-Maxberg, as told to Tim Sommer)

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Rock 

Ethan Daniel Davidson: Detroit Ordained

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2025, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Cordelia, Detroit, Duane Betts, Ethan Daniel Davidson, King Lear, Lear, Television, William Shakespeare

Catching up with the most talented rabbi in rock

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Poetry Punk 

Patti Smith: Earth Angel

December 30, 2025December 30, 2025 Dave Steinfeld 1 Comment Blondie, Bread of Angels, Fred Sonic Smith, Ivan Kral, Jay Dee Daugherty, Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, St. Martin’s Press, Talking Heads, Television, The Patti Smith Group, Todd Smith, Tony Shanahan

The Godmother of Punk’s new memoir is the book of a lifetime

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

LISTEN: The Salt Collective Shares “The Pebble In My Hand”

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Anton Barbeau, Benoit Lautridou, Chris Stamey, Fred Quentin, Gene Holder, Juliana Hatfield, Life, Matthew Caws, Matthew Sweet, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Propeller Sound Recordings, Richard Lloyd, Stéphane Schück, Susan Cowsill, Television, The dB's, The Pebble In My Hand, The Salt Collective, Will Rigby

The Peter Holsapple-assisted track appears on the collaborative new album Life, produced by Chris Stamey

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Indie Rock North Americana Rock 

WATCH: Resurrectionists Share Video For “Break & Enter Part 2”

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2023, Bob Weston, Dock Boggs, Joe Cannon, Milwaukee, Now That We Are All Ghosts, Resurrectionists, Seismic Wave Entertainment, Shellac, Television, Wisconsin

The Milkwaukee band’s new album, Now That We Are All Ghosts, available now

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Alternative Rock Punk Remembrance Rock 

Guiding Light: Remembering Tom Verlaine

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023 Deborah Sprague 0 Comments Billy Ficca, CBGB, Fred Smith, Jay Dee Daugherty, Marquee Moon, New York City, Patti Smith, Richard Lloyd, RIP, Television, Tom Verlaine

The legendary Television guitarist never stopped looking for adventure

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Remembrance Uncategorized 

Rick Rizzo Remembers Tom Verlaine

January 29, 2023January 30, 2023 Rick Rizzo 0 Comments Marquee Moon, Television, Tom Verlaine

Angular, innovative guitarist, singer and songwriter leaves lasting legacy

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 34: August 2022

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Annabella Lwin, Billy Currie, Bow Wow Wow, Famous Quotes, Jim Sullivan, Malcolm McLaren, Richard Lloyd, Steve Earle, Television, Ultravox, Warren Cann

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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Music Journalism 

They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking Pt. 2

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 1 Comment Blondie, Gene Sculatti, Greg Tate, Ira Robbins, Nick Tosches, Ralph J. Gleason, Television, The Catalog of Cool, The Marbles, The Mumps, The Ramones, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti, continued

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Music Journalism 

They Were There: Two Legendary Rock Writers Sitting Around Talking, Part One

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Jim Allen 0 Comments Big Brother and the Holding Company, CBGB, Crawdaddy!, Creem, Gene Sculatti, Hit Parader, Ira Robbins, Melody Maker, Mojo Navigator, Music Journalism, New York City, San Francisco, Talking Heads, Television, The Beach Boys, The Ramones, The Who Sell Out, Trouser Press

A candid conversation with Ira Robbins and Gene Sculatti

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New Wave Punk 

Lightning Struck Itself: Marquee Moon at 45

February 14, 2022April 3, 2022 Deborah Sprague 3 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Billy Ficca, Brian Eno, CBGB, Elektra Records 1977, Fred Smith, Marquee Moon, Richard Lloyd, Television, Terry Ork, Tom Verlaine

The debut LP from Television remains a master class in New York Punk

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New Wave Pop 

Chris Frantz at 70

May 8, 2021March 24, 2022 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 70th Birthday, Blondie, Chris Frantz, David Byrne, Genius of Love, Son of Sam, Talking Heads, Television, The Cramps, The Dead Boys, The Ramones, Tina Weymouth, Tom Tom Club

Jim Sullivan catches up with the groundbreaking drummer for Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club on his 70th trip around the sun

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Music Journalism 

Famous Quotes Vol. 19: May 2021

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Answers: Famous Quotes, Glenn Tilbrook, Harry Connick Jr., Jim Sullivan, Juliana Hatfield, Leonard Cohen, Richard Lloyd, Squeeze, Television

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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Music Journalism Rock 

Expect Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Process to Stay Broken

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Jeff Tamarkin 3 Comments Bad Company, Billy Preston, Carly Simon, Dionne Warwick, Emerson, George Michael, Gram Parsons, Grand Funk Railroad, Harry Nilsson, Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, Johnny Winter, Judas Priest, King Crimson, Lake & Palmer, Link Wray, Lionel Richie, Little Feat, Mary Wells, Motörhead, Mott the Hoople, Mountain, Neil Sedaka, Patti LaBelle, peter Frampton, Ry Cooder, Sonic Youth, Suzi Quatro, T.Rex, Television, the Doobie Brothers, The Go-Gos, the MC5, the Meters, The Monkees, the New York Dolls, the Shangri-Las, The Turtles, Thin Lizzy, Todd Rundgren, Tom Jones, Warren Zevon

Former nominating committee member cautions rockers that Wenner exit won’t cure much

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Records 

MIXTAPE: A Salute to Apollo 11 at 50

July 18, 2019July 19, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 50th anniversary of moon landing, Air, Apollo 11, Captain Beefheart, Easy Star All-Stars, Harry Nilsson, Kid Cudi, Mixtape, Moon Rock, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Porno For Pyros, Sun Ra, Television, The Neville Brothers, The Soft Machine, Wings

Listen to this blend of moon-themed tunes as you celebrate a half-century of American ingenuity in outer space

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