The co-founder of the art toy collecting bible talks republicans & action figures!
By Katy Dang
Decades after her disenfranchised so-cal youth, Katy Dang returns to LA for one more concert, and finds out for her and other 40 somethings, punk’s not dead.
Americans love to say they are issues voters. From abortion to taxes to the military, voters often pick a few subjects of importance to them, then seek a candidate they agree with on those particular topics. But what if your issue is rock and roll? For our readers who are Republicans, heading to vote [...]
By Will Kennedy
Q.: With so many different formats of recorded music to choose from, how do I know which sounds closest to what the artist originally intended?
A: This question has been with us ever since recorded music became available in multiple formats. The answer requires a quick trip down memory lane, and a look at the dark art of mastering. First, the history:
By Marty Thau
Marty Thau is one of punk rock’s living legends. Possibly best known as the founder of Red Star Records and former manager of The New York Dolls, throughout
By Brian Halligan
Many BPMs ago, when vinyl was the standard format, I was a nightclub DJ. Most of the places and many of the witnesses to my successes and failures have vanished into Boston’s past, but during my decade in the DJ booth I was lucky enough to not only learn from some of the best DJs the [...]
By Dave Brigham
The loss of virginity – Butthole Surfers virginity that is – is a tender time, recalled with hilarity in this excerpt from Dave Brigham’s book “(C)Rock Stories”
By Richard Rossi
“I gassed up the minivan, put my 45′s under my arm, and hit the road for parts unknown.” one (middle aged) man’s quest to meet the rock heroes of his youth
By Will Kennedy
Rocker’s resident music producer Will Kennedy answers questions which plague the mind of ‘mature hipsters’ everywhere. In this, his first column he finds out what up with the vinyl resurgence
By Bill See
“…we learned later what we’d done was a Federal crime!” Divine Weeks frontman and author of road memoir “33 Days” weighs in on the changing face of touring then & now
By Eugénie Olson
After the countless exhausting nights a lot of moms live to hear the sound of the ga-ga. And then there are others who live to hear the sound of the Gaga.
By Brett Milano
It’s the Spring of 1986, and I’m wandering around Boston in the middle of a tough season – recent breakup, career not happening, future looking dicey – when…