For freethinkers as much as anyone stereotyped as a typical conservative, this laconic invitation will…
Author: John L. Murphy
C.3.3: Ballad of Reading Gaol – The Cacophonietta
One hundred twenty years later, this song-cycle may lead another generation back into the gloomy…
Magic Hours: by Tom Bissell
Bissell aims a specific audience: Well-educated enough to recognize ancient nautical or modern sociological references…
Holy Hell! Telegraph Turns 20
Before Portland went twee, when it was mired in grunge, Richard Davies wound up there…
Stream System: by Gerald Murnane
Out of monkish solitude, Murnane arranges thoughts into storylines.
Confessions: by Augustine (translated by Sarah Ruden)
The final stretches of this enduring self-examination leave self behind as transcendence beckons.
The Who: Live at Fillmore East 1968
The Who may be the best band onstage in the annals of arena rock.
Revisit: The Undertones: The Undertones
The Undertones had a vision wider than punk's ironically conformist limits.
Blazing Combat: Edited by Archie Goodwin
Illustrators depict brutal battles and battered troops in the escalating Vietnam War.
The Gun Club: In My Room
If this compilation entices listeners to return to the band's back catalog, then In My…