Dystopian Listening Party Podcast: Memorial Day, 2016-2017
Well, here we are: for the second consecutive year, we're turning Memorial Day weekend into a time of remembrance for the many great artists we lost since last May. But because this...
Women’s History Month: The Slits’ “Typical Girls”
Rock and roll is a notoriously male-dominated genre: never more so than in the 1970s, the peak years of a groupie culture that turns women--and, more often than not, underage girls--into...
Women’s History Month: Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love”
New York’s Talking Heads were many things, but as far as I'm concerned, they were most importantly the greatest white funk group of all time--and a lot of the credit belongs...
Dystopian Road Mix Vol. 9: Northern Virginia to New York City, Part 2
Well, here it is. Ever since I wrote my first Dystopian Road Mix exactly two years ago, I've known in the back of my mind that eventually I'd be writing about...
From the Vault: David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight
Editor's Note: This week has capped off a remarkably strong run for David Bowie fans, what with last year's pretty damn good album The Next Day, the touring exhibition and film David Bowie Is, and now...
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...