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Elephant dancing: bringing it all back home: two new memoirs explore the down and dirty of rock 'n' roll
Vince White joined a legendary punk band in late 1983, seven years into the band's life; his Out of Control: The Last Days of the Clash (Moving...
Interview, 04/01/08 by Greil Marcus · More from publication -
Elephant dancing: why the new Waco Brothers album is not just "live" but alive
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Four songs into their uproarious Waco Express: Live & Kickin' at Schubas Tavern (Bloodshot), the...
Interview, 03/01/08 by Greil Marcus · More from publication -
Elephant dancing: from Springsteen to the new pornographers, how a handful of acts capture America now
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] New York City, fall 2007. Performing two weeks apart in small clubs in October, the Avengers and...
Interview, 02/01/08 by Greil Marcus · More from publication -
Elephant dancing: two traffic-stopping street bands
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Walking out of a class at the New School in downtown Manhattan, I headed for the Astor Place...
Interview, 12/01/07 by Greil Marcus · More from publication -
Elephant dancing: in his new Bob Dylan biopic starring Cate Blanchett and equally surprising others as the music legend, Todd Haynes throws the rules out the window and opens the curtains on the man
Todd Haynes's movies get under your skin or they pass right over it. Velvet Goldmine (1998) was seductive from start to finish, and I've almost...
Interview, 11/01/07 by Greil Marcus · More from publication -
Elephant dancing: in an age of apathy, an album that dares to say anything is possible
I was listening to the New Pornographers' Challengers (Matador) over and over; at the same time I was reading a pitchforkmedia.com review of the...
Interview, 09/01/07 by Greil Marcus · More from publication -
Elephant dancing: the Summer of Love stood for one thing. The repackaging for that long ago time is about something else
It's common knowledge that age isn't what it used to be: Forty is the new 30, and 60 is the new 50. Is this because people are healthier than they...
Interview, 08/01/07 by Greil Marcus · More from publication -
Cat power: at times she has seemed like the second coming of Bob Dylan—at others. Fit for scratching post. And no matter how far Chan Marshall falls, she always seem to land on her feet
There's a quietness, a slowness in the music made by Chan Marshall--who performs alone or with others as Cat Power. You can feel her feel herself...
Interview, 08/01/07 by Greil Marcus · More from publication -
Elephant dancing: why the cool, confident sound of Kelly Willis ultimately blows away the year's biggest noisemakers
There's nothing on Kelly Willis's new Translated From Love--a wonderful album titled after its soppiest song--to come close to Amy Winehouse's...
Interview, 07/01/07 by Greil Marcus · More from publication -
Elephant dancing: the who, the what, the wow, and the why in music and around it
1 MICHAEL THOMAS 1 MICHAEL THOMAS Man Gone Down (Black Cat) In this stupendously jittery novel, the narrator, with no idea how to make it to...
Interview, 06/01/07 by Greil Marcus · More from publication
