PopMatters Associate Music Editor
Features // 24 Articles
Reviews // 128 Articles
//Features
Dear Planet Earth: An Interview with Sebastian Bach | 28 Feb 2008 // 3:59 PM
Through reality shows, theater appearances, and Hep Alien, the enthusiastic Bach keeps his focus (and his funding) on his music, even if the industry is a bitchslap.
Nuevo Marketing: An Interview with Me Talk Pretty | 21 Jan 2008 // 3:59 PM
Me Talk Pretty takes a flexible approach to new forms of distribution while trying not to leave anyone bewildered.
The End of an Era: Hilly Kristal 1932-2007 | 31 Aug 2007 // 7:40 AM
A good guy, who gave us all a hell of a lot to be thankful for.
Lead By Example: A New Dawn With Sixx: A.M. | 21 Aug 2007 // 5:59 PM
More than a mere memoir and corresponding album, The Heroin Diaries, the latest project from Mötley Crüe's Nikki Sixx, is a graphic exploration into the mind of a man losing his battle with himself.
Open Letter to Lester Bangs | 29 Apr 2007 // 6:00 PM
The fearless, arrogant, and very much missed rock writer has been gone from this world for a quarter century, now. Time to drop him a note.
Crüe'd and Tattüe'd //7.Sep.06
Write On! Musings on Music Journalism //17.Jan.06
Imagining Lennon //7.Dec.05
Future 86 //22.Nov.05
The Band Who Would Be King //11.Oct.05
Losing Our Hare //26.Jun.05
Diminutive in Name Only: Bobby Short 1924-2005 //21.Mar.05
Band on the Run: An Interview with the Bamboo Kids //28.Feb.05
And Then There Were None...: Dr. Hunter S. Thompson 1937-2005 //24.Feb.05
Success Story //15.Feb.05
Neverland Penitentiary //3.Feb.05
Heeeere's to Johnny...: Johnny Carson, 1925-2005 //23.Jan.05
What of the Voodoo Child? //28.Nov.04
Thanks John... //22.Sep.04
Remembering Rick James //9.Aug.04
WHO'S 40? //6.Apr.04
Best Music of 2003 | Adam Williams //18.Dec.03
Iraq and Roll... //17.Mar.03
Alive and Still Kicking 'em Out: an Interview with Michael Davis of the MC5 //31.Dec.94
//Reviews
AC/DC | 14 Dec 2008 // 3:00 PM
The band has found itself at that precarious past-meets-present junction; lesser artists invariably show their age and labor through as nostalgia acts, but not AC/DC.
Mötley Crüe: Saints of Los Angeles | 25 Aug 2008 // 6:00 PM
Older, wiser, but just as Mötley as ever.
Crüefest 2008 | 31 Jul 2008 // 6:00 PM
Crüefest 2008 is a long day of big noise and metal magnificence that provides concert goers an attractive return on their investment.
Slash by Slash, Anthony Bozza | 13 Mar 2008 // 6:00 PM
Somewhere between Slash living the junkie-cum-rock star lifestyle and recounting that life, there is a profound disconnect.
The Naked Prey | 4 Feb 2008 // 4:00 PM
Though his seemingly directionless flight appears futile, Wilde runs with purpose; he is striding toward triumph through survival, and as such, a validation of himself.
