[contextly_auto_sidebar] FRIDAY night I caught the Athens/Atlanta group Futurebirds at the Georgia Theatre. On record, they've developed a style some have called "psychedelic country," but it's also textured in a way that brings to mind the gentle lineage of lush electric-acoustic guitar rock that runs from the Velvet Underground's self-titled album through the Feelies to Real Estate. … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2015
Memories of Marlon Brando
[contextly_auto_sidebar] I’M STILL LISTENING, MARLON By Lawrence Christon It doesn’t happen often because it can’t. The taste of the madeleine that unleashes a torrent of memories and associations, the thing that makes you stop what you’re doing and plunges you into unexpected reverie. With me, it was hearing Marlon Brando’s voice, that strange, half-vaulted, pureed-through-the-sinuses … [Read more...]
Where did the creative class come from?
[contextly_auto_sidebar id="H6GVlMAv9FbtIDTE6yRckcn9TVgOyWzQ"] YOUR humble blogger has been absolutely swamped with a cross-country move and writing about pop culture (mostly) for Salon. I hope to never leave CultureCrash fallow for nearly this long. At least, I've got something I'm proud of to post: Here is a piece on the site of the Bay Area music-meets-literature journal Radio Silence. It … [Read more...]