Dystopian Dance Mix Vol. 11: Songs of Ice and Fire
This Sunday saw the fifth-season premiere of Game of Thrones, HBO's hugely popular television adaptation of George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. Which means that, as...
Je Suis Kanye: The Kanye West Oeuvre – Part 2: Here’s to the Roc (2000-2002)
Editor's Note: This is the second in a (probably) 11-part series covering the entire musical oeuvre of Kanye West, from his beginnings as a producer to his upcoming seventh solo album So...
Dystopian Dance Mix Vol. 666: Devil’s Night
Everyone knows that rock and roll--and, before it, jazz and blues--is the "Devil's Music"; and, indeed, the great deceiver has provided plenty of fodder over the last hundred years or...
Happy Birthday, Cosmic Dancer
Marc Bolan would have been 67 years old today, were it not for the car crash that took his life in 1977, two weeks before his 30th birthday. Today we...
Dystopian Dance Mix Vol. 5: Helluva Drug
Cocaine, a wise philosopher once said, is "a helluva drug." Certainly, it's a very influential one: by my completely unscientific estimation, coke comes second only to pot in the drug-music mindshare....
Dystopian Dance Mix Vol. 3: Rock, Flag, and Eagle
Forget about baseball; America's favorite pastime is undoubtedly talking about America. For proof, just turn on the TV during any election cycle, and witness the unseemly spectacle of two grown...