Last summer, we were standing in line at a bookstore. Okay, that's not a promising start to a rock feature. We're aware of this….
I have been reading a bunch of memoirs lately, like Patti Smith's Just Kids and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. There is a…
Anthony Mangieri is more punk rock than you and I will ever be. I'm not referring to the Una Pizza Napoletana owner's tattoos, which…
The lineup for this year's Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival — the free, three-day mega-bash that brings great artists of all sorts to Golden Gate…
Rock film historian and music critic Richie Unterberger loves you, budding diva. He wants you to feel excited and inspired and up for anything….
If Patti Smith's narration to Dream of Life was simplified into a stanza, it might go something like this: As long as I can…
If Patti Smith's narration to Dream of Life were simplified into a stanza, it might go something like this: “As long as I can…
With the release of her revolutionary debut, Horses, Patti Smith solidified her place in the vibrant music scene of 1970s New York City. From…
Turned on (in more ways than one) by the brassy inspirations of Chrissie Hynde, Patti Smith, and, yes, Joan Jett, thousands of girls picked…
Trees Outside the Academy (Ecstatic Peace!)