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The Chinese pop music scene is like no other ...

October 27, 2007 6:30 PM |

The best part of him will never leave the building ...

September 7, 2007 2:41 PM |

Like all chart categories, "country" is an arbitrary heading under which one finds the ridiculous, the sublime, and everything in between. On the sublime end, a track that I have been listening to over and over for the last six months: Wynnona Judd's version of "She Is His Only Need." The way she sings it, irony is not a color or even a set of contrasting colors; it is iridescence.

August 26, 2007 5:45 PM |

Does Miles Davis belong in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame? Here's my take on his career ...

March 14, 2006 10:11 AM |

Attention, high school jazz listeners ...

October 29, 2005 9:20 AM |

I have mixed feelings about the movie Good Night, and Good Luck. But not about the soundtrack...

October 27, 2005 4:04 PM | | Comments (1)

Normally I would not presume to choose a theme song for what's happening right now, but...

September 3, 2005 6:26 PM |

Does James Brown's musical legacy live on? Or has it been betrayed? See my essay in the Weekly Standard...

July 23, 2005 9:30 AM |
Speaking of Bobby Darin, here's a piece about "crooners" ...
July 15, 2005 11:33 PM |
What does rap have to do with fatherhood? See my latest in the Wall Street Journal.
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PRC Pop 

The Chinese pop music scene is like no other ...

Remembering Elvis 

The best part of him will never leave the building ...

Beyond Country 

Like all chart categories, "country" is an arbitrary heading under which one finds the ridiculous, the sublime, and everything in between. On the sublime end, a track that I have been listening to over and over for the last six months: Wynnona Judd's version of "She Is His Only Need." The way she sings it, irony is not a color or even a set of contrasting colors; it is iridescence.

Miles the Rock Star? 

Does Miles Davis belong in the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame? Here's my take on his career ...

Essay Contest 

Attention, high school jazz listeners ...

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Me Elsewhere

Edward Hopper 

Painter of light (and darkness) ...

Dissed in Translation 

Here's my best shot at taking Scorcese down a few pegs ...

Henri Rousseau Revisited 

"Henri Rousseau: Jungles in Paris" appeared at the National Gallery of Art in Washington this fall ...

Paul Klee's Art 

Paul Klee was not childish, despite frequent comparisons between his art and that of children...

Our Art Belongs to Dada 

Rent my "Dadioguide" tour of the Dada show (before it moves to MoMA) ...

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