From Time magazine, we give you, THE WIFE: "We teach little girls that we don't like them to be greedy, pushy or overly aggressive," says Sara Laschever, co-author of Women Don't Ask: Negotiation and the Gender Divide. "Once adulthood is reached, studies are conclusive that neither men nor other … [Read more...]

In this corner, the New Yorker music pages now boast Sasha Frere-Jones, Gary Giddins, and Alex Ross. In the other corner, David Denby never got Charlie Kaufman's ADAPTATION. But he's an obvious target. Here's Nancy Franklin in last week's New Yorker (courtesy of Greg.org's ongoing archive), arguing … [Read more...]

I'm as big a fan of Keith Richards as anybody, and TALK IS CHEAP (1992) was widely hailed as a garage-rock triumph, circa 1965. But Reigning Sound's TOO MUCH GUITAR has captured that ring. In honor of Little Steven's Garage Festival Blowout (featuring Somerville's own The Charms) I've been listening … [Read more...]

"They came to me and said, 'We don't want to lose Conan O'Brien.' I said, 'Oh, OK, what does that mean?' " The big shocker here: Leno's been host for 11 YEARS already. All CBS has to do is hire Jon Stewart, it's a SLAM DUNK. … [Read more...]

Punk's Revenge on WBUR's arts page. … [Read more...]

NPR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook (from WBUR Boston) Rock 'n Gender Roles Aired: Friday, September 17, 2004 8-9PM ET RA | WMA | QT … [Read more...]

My appearance on today's Here and Now, with Robin Young, promoting Fever. Click here for the direct RA link. … [Read more...]

Owen Gleiberman weighs in on a lot of things at rockcritics.com, including this comment on pop in the movies: I've always lived for those moments in movies that are musical-dramatic epiphanies. The form, if that's what it is, was really born in Kenneth Anger's Scorpio Rising--both Scorsese and … [Read more...]

Jeff Jacobi ("Where is the Muslim outrage?"), meet the New York Times ("Massacre Draws Self-Criticism in the Muslim Press"). … [Read more...]

Back from another Goshen Fair, rich with carbs. Late into the night after rescreening some BAND OF BROS, which holds up nicely, I listened to the Fiery Furnaces's BLUEBERRY BOAT, which blew my mind instead of lulling me off to sleep. I mean this in a good way. The lyrics veer between offhanded … [Read more...]

David Thomson on Robert Redford. introducing FANTASY COVERS: Max Cleland doing Johnny Paycheck's "It Ain't Over Til the Triple Paraplegic Vet Sings" GLOSSED IN TRANSLATION: "I listened to Richard Nixon... and I decided to be a Republican..." Arnold Schwarzenegger. READ: "That one guy looked richer … [Read more...]

Suffering the slings and arrows of cramped housework, camping in the attic WITH TWO KIDS, and trails of LEAD DUST, it's been a blog-free week. MEA CRAPPA CULPA. But here's what we've been listening to: Toscannini GREATEST CONDUCTOR series, Brahms Fourth; Beastie Boys CHECK YOUR HEAD (organ! … [Read more...]

This from Bagnews Notes (referred by First Draft and the mighty Atrios): In his Arts (and Politics) column in the NYTimes about a half year ago, Frank Rich speculated that the biggest reelection blind spot for Bush had to do with his ignorance of popular culture. This article was written just as the … [Read more...]

Wisconsin Public Radio Tuesday, August 10, 2004  at  10:00 AM Veronica Rueckert's guest, after ten, says that, contrary to what conservative critics say, rock'n roll has helped baby boomers and later generations become better friends, better parents, and better citizens. Guest: Tim Riley, pop … [Read more...]

Still trying to make sense of what I saw at the DNC on Wednesday night and how it got covered. The Fleet center was abuzz with scads of bright, young, energetic, active, idea-driven, hard-working people, and the journalists I saw on TV the day after were tired, cynical, self-obsessed, patronizing … [Read more...]